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Ranked #101
Seto no Hanayome

Seto no Hanayome

Alternative Titles

The Inland Sea Bride

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 1, 2007 to Oct 1, 2007
Producers: Gonzo, Square Enix
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.351 (scored by 5594 users)
Ranked: #1012
Popularity: #104
Members: 11,023
Favorites: 414
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

comedy mermaid mermaids romance

Synopsis

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be anymore normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying San. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for San's hand in marriage. Nagasumi’s summer vacation reaped more then what he would expect, as he must now protect San from others finding her secret out. Based on the manga by Tahiko Kimura.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Seto No Hanayome
Side story: Seto no Hanayome Jin, Seto no Hanayome Fan Disc

Characters & Voice Actors

Michishio, Nagasumi
Michishio, Nagasumi
Main
Mizushima, Takahiro
Japanese
Mizushima, Takahiro
Seto, Sun
Seto, Sun
Main
Momoi, Haruko
Japanese
Momoi, Haruko
Masa
Masa
Supporting
Murase, Katsuki
Japanese
Murase, Katsuki
Maki
Maki
Supporting
Kuwatani, Natsuko
Japanese
Kuwatani, Natsuko

Staff

Takanashi, Yasuharu
Music

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this anime, you'll enjoy Nagasarete Airantou, Set no Hanayome has more comedy than Nagasarete, but Nagasarete has it's funny parts too, they both have romance, and they are both enjoyable to watch to kill some time.
reportRecommended by Slayer12
If you're into the style of comedy, then you'll DEFIANTLY love Seto no Hanayome.
reportRecommended by melancholy

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Overall 10
Story 10
Animation 9
Sound 10
Character 10
Enjoyment 10
Nov 3, 200726 of 26 episodes seen
Seto no Hanayome is one of the rarest types of anime you can find - a parody rom-com that is actually extremely funny!

This is without doubt one of the funniest animes released in the past few years, and I have never seen parody done so well since the original Jungle wa itsumo hale nochi guu (especially Michishio Nagasumi's pardoy of Ken from Fist of the North Star, and Runa's father as the the terminator).

The art style in this anime, like most parodies, can take a... read more
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Overall 9
Story 8
Animation 8
Sound 8
Character 8
Enjoyment 10
Sep 11, 200826 of 26 episodes seen
First off, I would like to get this straight. I am not a huge fan of romance anime's, throw in a harem in the way, then just forget about it . Now, dont get me wrong. I am not saying this anime breaks away from the tired formula of harems, in fact it has the word cliche written all over it. But what separates this anime from the rest, is how it uses those cliche to its advantage.

Read the synopsis, an average student gets forcibly married to the girl. We all know how those goes, ... read more
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Overall 9
Story 7
Animation 8
Sound 8
Character 10
Enjoyment 10
Nov 24, 200726 of 26 episodes seen
Seto no Hanayome is a Romantic, Comedy about a young boy who was saved from drowning by a beautiful mermaid and according to mermaid law, he/she must die. However to escape their wrath, he decides to marry her but this will eventually cause more problems. The premise of the show may be that of an average Romantic Comedy but it is so enjoyably fun to watch that it doesn’t matter.

That is basically how the story begins and from that point on there really isn’t any storyl... read more
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Opening Theme

"Romantic summer" by SUN&LUNAR

Ending Theme

#1: "Ashita e no Hikari" by Asuka Hinoi (1-13)
#2: "Dan Dan Dan" by SUN&LUNAR (eps 14-26)

Recent Forum Discussion

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