==[Pros]==
- Jokes are original because the material they cover is not standard fare. This isn't Lucky Star. This isn't Azumanga Daioh (though both of those series are great stuff). The normal SOL comedy uses stereotyped characters and running gags to stir up laughs. Osaka was funny because she was the constant village idiot. Panty-flashing-girl and dog-with-stick-in-butt from Zetsubou Sensei are funny because they pop up repeatedly. But does GA rely solely on this? Nope. The Geijutsuka Art Design Class lives up to its name - it makes jokes grounded not only in the usual school life situations (school festivals, etc.), but also in art. "How is that remotely possible...?!" you might ask. But it is, and it works.
- The humor is consistent. There are no dips in the humor throughout the entire series. Even though this may sound like a quality that every comedy has to have, that's often not the case. Kannagi turns to drama, Gintama becomes hardcore action at times, and Full Metal Panic hops between action, romance, and comedy. It's easy to appreciate an anime with more than one aspect, but it's damn hard to keep an anime in a single genre. When you watch Gintama, you don't know whether you'll get an action-packed episode or a comedic one. When you watch GA, you know that you'll get a light-hearted comedy, and that you won't be disappointed with what you see.
- Sounds, visuals, other stuff like that. It sounds good and looks good.
==[Cons]==
- The "cute" art style. Personally, I found this appealing (it really works with the the humor that's put forth), but some people really hate this style. But then again, people who hate this kind of art probably wouldn't like SOL comedies in general.
- Predictability of characters' actions. A slice-of-life comedy requires somewhat formulaic characters for its humor to work, and GA is no exception. The characters stay pretty much the same throughout the entire series (honestly, would you expect a high school student to undergo incredible changes in a month?), and this leads to somewhat predictable situations. But as I said above, this is something that anti-SOL comedy viewers would pick at no matter what.
==[Conclusion]==
Suffers from usual problems that slice-of-life comedies face, yet breaks the mold with its art-based humor. Consistency in humor and good visuals and sounds add to my score of 9/10.
