Squid Girl

Squid Girl is for those that enjoy episodic slice of life style anime with a dash of light hearted comedy topped at times with bizzare moments. The animation quality is pretty good for it being released once a week and the show surprises you once in a while with neat animated battle sequences or smooth tentacle action (not hentai, really - stop looking at me like that). The art style is frankly quite generic but the characters are loveable and all pretty unique from each other. New characters are introduced at a pretty good pace and the comedy revolves around Ika chan adjusting to life on land and her unique squid abilities. It's definitely something you can watch casually, like a sit-com.

The phrase "a fish out of water" is typically used to describe a story where the character is put in a situation for which they are utterly unsuitable. Squid Girl is the the closest thing to an actual fish out of water story that I have ever seen! Although of course squids are not fish but cephalopods but that's a minor detail.

Squid Girl came to the surface to punish humanity for polluting the ocean. However, shortly after coming to the surface, she is informed of the magnitude of her task by the owners of "Lemon", a seaside restaurant, whom she had marked as her first victims. As she tries to get the humans to take her seriously, she ends up working as a waitress and gets more or less adopted by the siblings who run the "Lemon".

Squid Girl does make one serious attempt to be all psycho with the siblings, wrapping-up two of them in her surprisingly powerful tentacles, ready to claim them as her first victims in her squid-vasion quest. However, she is quickly subdued by the eldest of the three siblings, who ends up making Squid Girl make amends by committing minor "squid abuse" by getting Squid Girl to spew out her ink repeatedly for the restaurants new squid-ink pasta!

That is not to say that the siblings don't care for Squid Girl. They go out of their way to humour her, throwing her a party and generally helping her adjust to life on the surface. Not that they are above teasing her about getting too used to life on the surface, to the point that Squid Girl thinks she is able to drown. Come to think of it... can Squids drown? I know sharks can drown if they stop swimming but I don't think I have ever heard the phenomenon of squids drowning... hmm....

A right, the review. One Squid Girl episode consists of three short stories that are roughly 7 minutes long. This is a good length and keeps the gags fresh. After watching two episodes, six short stories, I do not think that there is going to be any overarching story or any sort of story arc at all. The squid-vasion is just an excuse to get Squid Girl to shore to set-up the squid out of water premise from which the series draws its gags. Squid Girl is something you watch to get a few laughs, to have your day brightened and that's that. Sure there is the underlying message that we should look after the sea but it is not heavy handed. It is just there, in the background, simmering just beneath the surface (does that qualify as a pun...) and it is an important lesson to remember. I mean, if Squid Girl makes you put that candy wrapper in your pocket or hold on to that bottle until you can dispose of your rubbish properly the next time you are at the beach, I am sure she'll be very squidly happy! In the meantime, enjoy Squid Girl in all her squidly glory.

I loved this anime. It really set the bar for my stanndards, as it was my first one. I loved the theme songs, and the plot kept me in, even though it was kind of scattered. The animation was good to me, and I loved the characters! The only bad thing is that there isn't more than two seasons:( I want there to be more, but it is what it is. I heard there was a manga and loving this anime, I might check it out! Anyway, I highly recommend this series and people of all ages will enjoy it!

"Squid Girl" is hilarious, but I have to admit, I almost dropped this series during an episode in season two. It's like that. But if you do drop it, you're really missing out. c:
Okay, so this anime is about a squid who wants to abduct the human's world for littering her territory in the ocean. But sooner, Squid Girl forgets her cause to visit the land and becomes friends with three siblings that own a restaurant.
That's my plot, not so extraordinary or officiant. >_> LOL. I recommend this to EVERYONE who loves to laugh, or needs to smile.

I can't count the number of times I've laughed out loud while watching this anime. Even though I'm pretty sure the target audience of this show is for young children, I enjoyed this anime very much. The mini episodes were all silly, but in a very entertaining way. The characters were likeable and I looked forward to this anime every week when I watched it. Because it was set up with almost no story line, I was a little surprised that it came to an end after 2 short seasons. I really wish they'd continue this anime just because of how fun it was to watch.

Ok, let me put it this way. I even bought Ika-musume bike wear. So you can probably figure out how I liked this show.

Hardest part of this review is that it seems to be very hard to describe what makes this show good. It is mostly character that makes it interesting; depiction of Ika-musume trying to adopt (or force her way) to human society.
Tell you what, what I'd recommend is to check out first episode, spend 30 minutes to find it out. If you like the first episode, then you'll probably like the rest of the set.

Using the top of today's modern animation in "everyday's life" anime type, Squid Girl presents us a funny and very enjoyable way to see our world with the eyes of a little kid.

The humans character design seems pretty generic, however, in episode 10 (I think), as Squid Girl draws people with a very realistic style, we see that's it's only to make her seems so out of the place in this "normal" town. Like a little child, Squiddie will try to rule humanity, but always fail miserably. Touching by how innocent she is, she's not however a total loli and not annoying at all with her original personality.

In this show, we rediscover how unique are people's reaction to normal things, which is a type of anime I LOVE.

If everyone thinks in a perverted way with her tentacles, don't worry, with Cindy, there are a bunch of jokes about it