Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Ok, so just 2 more episodes and this anime is already nearing its end, so what can I say about this anime? Well, let's put it this way according to how I rate this anime:

STORY:

Originally, the plot of this story is about nature fighting back against humans who pollute the seas with garbage and with the help of squid girl Ika Masume and her so called invasion force of half human and half squid, which,by the way she seems to had forgotten bring it along with her at the start of the anime- talking about letting a girl do a grown-up's job. But,only to get ... sidetracked by working in a seaside eatery, fumbling around as she learns with the everyday life on the surface and having a relationship (including harassment from 2 lesbians Cindy and Sanae) with the surface dwellers, though, the comic side of it is cliche, I thinks that it still deserve a fair score of 6.

ART:

I have nothing to say about the art of the anime,but the artist's impression on how the characters and the background were drawn would literally give one an impression as to what the anime is without telling the audience about its synopsis. Then again, there were some awkward parts of the character's appearance e.g. the sharp ends that were sticking out on the left side of Eiko and Chizuru's hair,the design of Ika's tentacles and the baseball team were Ika participated. But in fairness one can simply just forgive it, so, a fair number 6 it is.


SOUND:

No comment for the sound, and I like the opening theme of the anime, so it deserves the number 6th spot for its rating.

CHARACTER:

I don't have much comment for most of the cast, but for Gorou to be called "Life Saver," kinda make the term an awkward definition of his occupation, I don't know for sure if it is the fault of the author or is it the translation, but the proper noun for the said character's role is "Life- Guard." Also,I'm no marine biologist, but,if Ika Masume is a squid girl then she belongs to the species of cephalopod and should only have 8 tentacle instead of 10, she should also swim using jet propulsion instead of using her tentacle and she should also have chromatophores that enables her to either hide,glow or communicate with other squids in the water and depending on the species of Cephalopod an ordinary squid can live only about 10 years in captivity . I guess both the author and artist don't know anything about squids except when eating it as sushi. Then again,who cares? As long as the character entertains,then it is decent enough to rate it as number 4.

OVERALL AND ENJOYMENT:

Decent enough to be viewed by all ages, so number 4 it is.


Trivia: Humboldt Squids can grow as much as 30 feet.

It is estimated that there are at least 1000 tons of non biodegradable garbage floating around the world's oceans.

Japan is a known consumer of Whale meat , according to Greenpeace data.