PUNCH LINE
2015 • MAPPA
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2015
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- MAPPA · MAGES. · Kansai TV · KYORAKU
- Genres
- Comedy · Ecchi · Science fiction · Supernatural
When your day begins with being held hostage in a hijacking, can things get much worse? How about being kicked out of your own body? Or learning that if you can't re-possess your physical shell, you'll trigger a panty-fueled apocalypse that will wipe out all life on the planet? For Yuta Iridatsu, it's just the start of the worst out-of-body experience ever. Now, if his dissed disembodied spirit doesn't pursue the persuasions of a porn-obsessed paranormal pussycat and purloin a missing mystical manual, a meteor will collide with Earth! And to stack the odds even further, the book is hidden somewhere in the boarding house Yuta shares with a bevy of beautiful babes, but if he gets an eyeful of his ravishing co-renters in their unmentionables before he's back in himself, it's flash-forward to Doomsday! Will the literal end of the world be wearing briefs, a bikini, or a thong? Find out when panties, possessions and extinction level events have the ultimate rear-end collision in PUNCH LINE!
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Punch Line was produced by the studio MAPPA and directed by Yutaka Uemura, premiering in 2015 as part of the Noitamina programming block. The series was born from a collaborative effort between the game developer MAGES and writer Kotaro Uchikoshi, best known for the Zero Escape visual novel series. The project was conceived as an original multimedia venture that mirrored the structure of a visual novel, blending science fiction, slapstick comedy, and mystery elements into a distinct narrative framework.
The series is noted for its intricate, puzzle-like plot that relies on time travel and body-swapping mechanics, intentionally designed to reward viewers for paying close attention to visual details and recurring motifs. While the show initially garnered a mixed reception due to its polarizing premise—which hinges on the protagonist triggering an asteroid strike if he becomes too excited—it has since earned a dedicated following for its clever subversion of anime tropes and its surprisingly cohesive, high-concept storytelling that unfolds across its twelve-episode run.
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