Punch Line (??????, Panchi Rain) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Yutaka Uemura and produced by MAPPA with scripts by Kotaro Uchikoshi, music by Tetsuya Komuro, and character designs by Sh?ta Iwasaki. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block between April 9, 2015 and June 25, 2015 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. A video game adaptation developed by 5pb. was released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 28, 2016 in Japan. A manga, titled Punch Line Max, taking place after the anime series, is published by Kadokawa Corporation in Dengeki G's Comic starting Sep 30, 2015. It is illustrated by Ginichi, and is based on an original idea by Uchikoshi.
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Plot
Y?ta Iridatsu lives at the Korai House apartment complex with four girls: Mikatan Narugino, Ito Hikiotani, Meika Daihatsu, and Lovera Chichibu. One day, following a busjacking incident, Y?ta finds himself ejected from his own body and becoming a spirit. Guided by the cat spirit Chiranosuke, Y?ta must learn to master his spirit powers in order to protect his housemates from the various circumstances they find themselves in. However, if Y?ta sees a girl's panties twice in a row, the Earth will be destroyed by a meteor.
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Characters
- Y?ta Iridatsu (??? ??, Iridatsu Y?ta)
- Voiced by: Marina Inoue
- The main protagonist. Y?ta's soul was separated from his body following the bus hijacking incident. Y?ta must search for Sacred Tome of Koraikan in order to return to his physical body. Whenever he sees a girl's panties, he gains a burst of strength known as Über-fy powers, but upon seeing panties twice in succession, Y?ta gains too much stimulation and loses consciousness, which somehow results in a meteor destroying Earth, though he can go back in time to prevent that. He has a small amount of spiritual abilities, which increases upon 'levelling up', but can also perform more advanced abilities, such as possession, when there is cinnamon in the vicinity. In episode 7, it is revealed that Y?ta was originally a boy named Pine (???, Pain) who ended up switching bodies with a girl named Chiyoko. As such, Y?ta is biologically female, with his legal name being Y? Iridatsu (??? ?, Iridatsu Y?). "Y?ta Iridatsu" is a pun on the phrase "astral projection" (????, y?tai ridatsu).
- Mikatan Narugino (??? ????, Narugino Mikatan)
- Voiced by: Sora Amamiya
- A member of the idol group "Seas May", who secretly fights crime as the magical girl Strange Juice. Whenever she is flustered or alone, she ends up speaking in the Tsugaru dialect which she picked up in her early childhood. Similar to Y?ta, she possesses Uber-fy powers for her crimefighting, but these have a strong side-effect on her body which requires constant medication. It is later revealed that she is Chiyoko (???), whose soul went out of the body Y?ta possesses and into the body of Guriko. When the characters in her name are read differently, her name is a pun on the phrase "ally of justice" (?????, seigi no mikata).
- Ito Hikiotani (??? ?, Hikiotani Ito)
- Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki
- A NEET who spends most of her time playing online games and taking care of her pet Muhi, a bear cub. Her name is a pun on the term "HikiOtaNEET" (???????), a portmanteau of hikikomori, otaku, and NEET.
- Meika Daihatsu (?? ??, Daihatsu Meika)
- Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya
- A robot who happens to be the landlady of the apartment all the characters are living in. She is also a genius inventor, and has unrivalled hacking skills. However, she has very poor physical reflexes. She speaks in the Kansai dialect. Her name is a pun on the phrase "great inventor" (????, Daihatsumei-ka). She is Pumpkin Chair.
- Lovera Chichibu (?? ???, Chichibu Rabura)
- Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
- A gyaru who works as an exorcist. Despite her profession, she does not believe in the existence of spirits. She can be temporarily possessed by Y?ta when there is cinnamon in the vicinity. Her name is a pun on "chichi burabura " (?????, lit. "breasts dangling").
- Chiranosuke (????, Chiranosuke)
- Voiced by: Yuri Yoshida
- A talking cat spirit who informs Y?ta about spirit powers and serves as a guide to get him to save the world. In episode 12, it seen that Chiranosuke is a cat that Ito Hikiotani's friend from technical school gave to her. He/she is a chinchilla, which is a type of Persian Cat.
- Ry?to Teraoka (?? ??, Teraoka Ry?to)
- Voiced by: Kenji Akabane
- The leader of the QMay terrorist organisation. He is later revealed to be Guriko (???), whose soul currently possesses Y?ta's original body.
- Chihaya Tomoda (?? ??, Tomoda Chihaya)
- Voiced by: Jun Oosuka
- Ito's homeroom teacher, who has a deranged admiration for Ito. Merging with Q-May's spirit, Tomoda becomes a masked soldier, referred to the residents as "Turtle Man" (??, Kame Otoko), and is able to use Über-fy powers.
- Kenji Miyazawa (?? ??, Miyazawa Kenji)
- Voiced by: Marina Inoue
- A costumed vigilante who shows up out of nowhere and possesses the same Uber-fy powers as Y?ta. It is later revealed that this is another version of Y?ta, who goes back in time from a previous time loop and possesses his present day body whenever the plan to save the world fails, eventually becoming an identity the present Y?ta assumes when he goes back in time.
- Akina Iridatsu (??? ??, Iridatsu Akina)
- Voiced by: Mariko Honda
- Y?ta's foster sister, who found him after he had switched into Chiyoko's body. She is the one who sends Y?ta the Kenji Miyazawa costume.
Production
Punch Line was first announced on November 24, 2014. The series is directed by Yutaka Uemura at MAPPA and written by Kotaro Uchikoshi with character design by Sh?ta Iwasaki and music composed by Tetsuya Komuro. The series aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA programming block between April 9, 2015 and June 25, 2015 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Punch Line!" by Shokotan ? Denpagumi while the ending theme is "Honey Honey Honey" (???) by AyumiKurikaMaki. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Video game
A video game adaptation was developed by 5pb. for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game offers multiple endings that divert from the anime's main ending. While originally planned to be released in late 2015, it was delayed and released on April 28, 2016 in Japan.
Notes
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Punch Line (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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