[Anime] Hayate the Combat Butler

I've only seen the first episode, but that was frickin' awesome. It seems this show is especially well-written. The art looks kinda shoddy, especially from a character-design standpoint, but it makes up for it in off-beat punchlines and just plain craziness.

EDIT: After having seen the second episode, the dire art is starting to really annoy me, because it brings the whole show down, despite having some of the funniest dialogue/writing I've seen in any recent anime. The art just looks like it was made by someone who was following a "draw in an anime style!" tutorial or something, and the animation is really choppy. Lots of useless and cheapening CG-effects, also.

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I especially loved the various "fake ends" in the second episode, where "THE END" would appear and then the announcer would be like "wait, we're not even halfway the first half of the show! Here's some fanservice to compensate!"

The show definitely likes breaking the fourth wall, but I think it's done in a funny way and isn't as trite as some shows.

Originally Posted by Shenlon

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Yeah busted out laughing when I saw the black lagoon crew and him dressed up as Levi ^^.
Hayate mentioned his dream of becoming "king of the pirates" would be ruined and was wearing a straw hat while saying it.
Thats from One Piece, the rubber boy with the straw hat who wants to be king of the pirates.

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And his name is Monkey D. Luffy, so that's where the monkey boy thing comes from.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Taco

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The Metal Gear Solid references were amazing. It would've been perfect if they included a "!" sound effect. The other three girls introduced are also hilarious, always facing the screen.

Hahaha that killed me! Great stuff.

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The joke where Nagi repeats the (extremely unlikely) event that just occurred when her lunch was destroyed reminded me of the same joke which is used repeatedly in Digi Charat, but I wasn't sure if it was a reference or just a common joke.

Tama is hilarious, also. Hopefully he'll be featured here and there throughout the series so he remains funny and doesn't become tired.

There's nowhere I can't reach.