I've watched to Five. I'm liking the characters and music/style. but it's true that the show isn't that funny, except in a very perverse way. I guessing this is the thrash-metal equivalent of otaku anime, subversive and stupidly self-conscious for the sake of stupid, self-conscious subversity and an aggressive, viscerally-appealing style?

Well, NGE wasn't too different, so I guess I can buy it.
But NGE had a lot of stuff going on, not just (absurd) references to Lucky Star.
dunno... ^^