The anime was created by Studio MAPPA which aired on the noitaminA block in 2015 and the game was released a year later on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 28, 2016. The game's first half serves as an adaptation of the anime's story and the second half contains all new story content that serves as a sequel/ending to the TV series. PQube eventually published Punch Line in the West on August 30, 2018 in Europe and September 25th in the United States for the PlayStation 4 and Vita with a new PC port released on Steam in 2019.StoryPunch Line centers around a boy named Yuta Iridatsu who's soul has been separated from his body, leaving him to haunt the apartment he once lived in with four other women. With the help of a fellow ghost cat and his newfound ghost powers, Yuta begins trying to solve the many mysteries behind his new spirit form and why the Earth is destroyed anytime he looks at a girl's panties.TriviaWhile the anime for Punch Line premiered a year before the release of the video game, Kotaro Uchikoshi has stated that the story was written to be a game first and was adapted into an anime during its development [1].External LinksInterview: Zero Escape Director Kotaro Uchikoshi by Jacob Chapman (Anime News Network, 2018).
