Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Humans have been polluting the ocean for a long time, carelessly pouring their garbage and desecrating the waters that many creatures call home. The denizens of the sea have suffered at their poisoning hands. Finally, one certain squid has had enough and vows to punish the humans' selfish actions.

Possessing all the fearsome abilities of a squid such as powerful hair-tentacles, the ability to spit ink, and even use bioluminescence at will, Ika Musume takes it upon herself to rise from the depths of the ocean and exact revenge upon humanity! She surfaces at a certain Lemon Beach House, a restaurant managed by the sisters Eiko and Chizuru Aizawa. Thinking them to be an easy first step toward world domination, she immediately declares war against them, only to find out that she is, quite literally, a fish out of water! To make things worse, she destroys a part of a wall of the beach house in an attempt to flaunt her squiddy superiority and is consequently forced into becoming a waitress to pay the repair costs. Beached for the time being after tasting a thorough defeat at the hands of the Aizawa sisters, Ika Musume is forced to put her plans for world domination on hold.

Despite these setbacks, Ika Musume soon finds herself right at home in her unexpected position as Lemon Beach House's newest employee. Wacky and hilarious, Shinryaku! Ika Musume follows her brand new life on the surface as she makes precious memories and meet lots of new people. With her newfound acquaintances, Ika Musume is looking to take the world by storm, one squid ink spaghetti at a time!

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Ika Musume Main

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Aizawa, Chizuru Main

Tanaka, Rie Japanese

Aizawa, Eiko Main

Fujimura, Ayumi Japanese

Nagatsuki, Sanae Supporting

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Alex Supporting

Saitou, Nagisa Supporting

Enoki, Azusa Japanese

Sakura, Kiyomi Supporting

Kikuchi, Kokoro Japanese

Aizawa, Takeru Supporting

Ootani, Miki Japanese

Arashiyama, Gorou Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Tokita, Ayumi Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Ishiguro, Tatsuya Producer

Koike, Katsumi Producer

Satomi, Tetsurou Assistant Producer

Sgroi, Victor Assistant Producer

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Dec 6, 2024

haus444

Recommended

About as good as a comedy anime could hope to get. The show is very reliant on it's protagonist, and a lot of the comedy comes from each side characters unique relationship with Ika Musume. Although this could be a weakness, Ika Musume it works, plus all the characters are unique and interesting in their own ways, but having them play off Ika just works so well for the comedy of the show. All the other characters interact with one another in unique and interesting ways as well such as Sanae and Cindy becoming fast friends due to their infatuation with her. It really plays ... off of character dynamics masterfully, it didn't get stale in the 418 chapters of the manga and it definitely doesn't get stale here. The show also has a lot of genuinely heartfelt and sentimental moments. The mini Ika episode which came out of nowhere was a well made standalone short story that almost made me cry (okay to be honest I actually did cry). I think my issue with a lot of other comedy series, My Deer Friend Nokotan comes to mind, is that it never really takes the time to have you grow close to the characters or make their relationship seem genuine, but in Squid Girl seeing Ika Musume grow closer to those around her and become a member of the Aizawa household is really sweet. I think theres a line in episode 10 where Takeru has to draw a family member for a school assignment and Chizuru says "why not draw Ika Musume, she's basically a part of our family now right?" That moment really cemented this show as something special in my mind, it's doesn't just work as a comedy but it really is a heartfelt show. Ika may never invade the world but she's invaded my heart (corny I know, I just love this show so much)

10/10 one of my favorites

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 6, 2024

weegee_cool

Mixed Feelings

This was my first ever anime I actively put on to watch. Somewhat forgettable but a neat premise nonetheless. It centers around a "Squid Girl" who tries to overtake humanity, but gets stuck at a seafood job to pay off some debt for property damange. She meets a colorful cast of characters along the way but I'd be damned if I actually remembered their names. I vaguely remember their personalities but now that's all of the anime I remember. It's your run-of-the-mill animation for the era and lower stakes for what it could actually be.

Overall it's decent for putting on in the background ... to fill the void of silence. Other than that I wouldn't reccomend watching it if you want something to be engaged in.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 10, 2010

Mugen900

Not Recommended

Preliminary (10/12 eps)

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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