Anime Profile: Squid Girl
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Title | Squid Girl | Shinryaku! Ika Musume (侵略!イカ娘: THE INVADER COMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA) | |
Released | 12 TV episodes (as of November 28, 2011) | 24 TV episodes (two seasons) | |
Dates | September 19, 2011 | October 4–December 10, 2010 (first season), September 26, 2011 (ongoing as of November 28, 2011) | |
Company | AnimeWorks (Media Blasters) | Akita Shoten, Diomedea | |
Creator | Masahiro Anbe (安部 真弘) | ||
Director | Tsutomu Mizushima (水島 努) | ||
Genre | Comedy, Paranormal | Comedy, Paranormal | |
Characters | Chizuru Aizawa | Chizuru Aizawa | |
· · · | Cindy Campbell | Shindi Kyanberu | |
· · · | Eiko Aizawa | Eiko Aizawa | |
· · · | Nagisa Saito | Nagisa Saito | |
· · · | Sanae Nagatsuki | Sanae Nagatsuki | |
· · · | Squid Girl | Ika Musumi | |
· · · | -- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
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Characters: Squid Girl
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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Chizuru Aizawa | Chizuru Aizawa | Goro Arashiyama ⊕ | Goro Arashiyama ⊕ | |
Cindy Campbell | Shindi Kyanberu | Harris ⊕ | --?-- | |
Eiko Aizawa | Eiko Aizawa | Kiyomi Sakura ⊕ | Kiyomi Sakura ⊕ | |
Nagisa Saito | Nagisa Saito | Kozue Tanabe ⊕ | Kozue Tanabe ⊕ | |
Sanae Nagatsuki | Sanae Nagatsuki | Takeru Aizawa ⊕ | Takeru Aizawa ⊕ | |
Squid Girl | Ika Musumi | Tatsuo Isozaki ⊕ | Tatsuo Isozaki ⊕ | |
Ayumi Tokita ⊕ | Ayumi Tokita ⊕ |
Description: Squid Girl
From the depths of the seas comes Squid Girl, a young girl with powers and abilities mimicking that of the gastropod she takes after (she even spits ink). Her mission – to conquer humanity for the crime of ecological damage to Earth's oceans. However, her attempt to make a quaint beach house snack bar in Japan her base of operations ends up damaging it. So now the poor girl has to work it off be becoming a waitress to pay the damages!
As a result, Squid Girl, also known as Squidie, comes to know the Aizawa family, who operates the Lemon Beach House, which consists of manager Eiko, her older sister Chizuru, and little brother Takeru. Squidie as well becomes acquainted with Sanae Nagatsuki, the Aizawas' neighbor who develops a schoolgirl crush with the pint-sized invader, which leads to very awkward situations. And it doesn't help Squidie's mission with continual distractions in her way – such as watching movies, reading manga – and making friends!