[Haggis]

I'd imagine it's quite a difficult balance to mix thought provoking ideas with comedy. The most interesting anime to me are things like Serial Experiments Lain, Kino's Journey and Evangelion which have humorous moments but it would be hard to see them as being comedies.

My favourite comedies would be Azumanga Daioh, Slayers and Ranma, which aren't really that thought provoking. It's hard to think of a series that combines both, Patlabor the TV series is the only one that comes to mind right now.

I think it could be interesting where you accept a story on one level (ie you see it as a romantic comedy) and then there comes a twist that surprises the reader and makes them question what they've just been reading.