It's clear that Nichijou is a comedy show which just happens to have a slice-of-life personality to it, and it's chock full of moments where you'll ask "The hell!?". It may not appease to all minds alike, but it's never completely unfunny either; there will always be a moment, somewhere during the show, where a smile will be drawn on your face. Or just plain laughter, really. The entire show is over-the-top, has an unique style which has been very-well translated to anime form, and does not require the view to watch any other shows to understand why do these characters behave the way they do (unlike Fumoffu, for example, which does need some Full Metal Panic knowledge to be fully understood).
For me, one of my favorite moments is when Takasaki-sensei just loses his s:censored: out of nowhere and decides to shout "NO FUTURAHHHHHH!!!" during his conversation with Sakurai. It's the whole thing just appearing out of the blue, with Takasaki shouting his lungs out in one of the most over-the-top (and random) answers I've ever seen and/or heard. And when I realized that his actor was none other than Tetsu Inada (famed for his "UNIVERSEEEE!" shout as Harry Ord during Turn A Gundam), my mind was blown completely out of the water...
It's just a shame that the anime itself was not quite sucessful due to its timing (apparently it was broadcasted during the times before, during and after the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami). I could see this show last forever, honestly, if it weren't for that.
) but I hear the manga is good.
