It seems that even a pure comedy series needs a premise with some weight, to anchor itself down; Robot Anime is much stronger in this sense than the similar GdGd Fairies. Put another way, stories need a reason for existing, in this case the quest of the three robots to discover laughter, providing a few laughs and a couple of very poignant moments along the way. The characters of the three robots are quite middle-of-the-road, but very well defined and distinct. Their humour (and most of the show is humour) might tickle a Japanese audience nearer the funny bone, but is still quite good. Idoubt it would be laugh-out-loud anywhere, but the clever analysis of humour itself is something to be quietly appreciated in any country. The physical comedy of sequences where our heroines simulate cross-dressing robots, or a roller-skating headmaster, to end the war, loses nothing in translation. Perhaps this isn't the funniest show in the world, but it is unique, and certainly worth a look.