

Shinryaku! Ika Musume
侵略!イカ娘 Finished
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From the ocean depths, the Squid Girl arrives on land with a grand mission: to invade and punish humanity for polluting her marine home. Armed with her tentacles and a fearsome squirt of ink, she declares herself a terrifying conqueror.
Her plans for world domination quickly go awry, however, when she encounters the Aizawa sisters at their beachside restaurant. Easily distracted and surprisingly gullible, the would-be invader is instead coerced into working as a part-time waitress to pay for her damages. The anime humorously follows her daily struggles as she attempts to balance her menacing persona with the mundane, often heartwarming, realities of human life, making unlikely friends along the way.
This is a charming and comedic slice-of-life story about found family, cultural misunderstandings, and the hilarious gap between grandiose ambition and adorable reality.
TV
12
24 min/ep
5 Oct 2010
21 Dic 2010
Characters

Chizuru Aizawa
Main
Eiko Aizawa
Main
Ika Musume
Main
Alex
Supporting
Ayumi Tokita
Supporting
Clark
Supporting
Cyndi Campbell
Supporting
Goro Arashiyama
Supporting
Harris
Supporting
Kiyomi Sakura
Supporting
Kozue Tanabe
Supporting
Martin
Supporting
Minami Kaze no Tenchou
Supporting
Nagisa Saitou
Supporting
Sanae Nagatsuki
Supporting
Takeru Aizawa
SupportingStaff

Tsutomu Mizushima
Director, Storyboard, Episode Director
Masahiro Anbe
Original CreatorMasakazu Ishikawa
Character Design, Chief Animation Director
Tomoki Kikuya
Music
Chikara Sakurai
Storyboard (ep 11b)
Hisako Kanemoto
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Kanae Itou
Theme Song Performance (ED)
Manabu Oohashi
Layout
Masato Anno
In-Between Animation
Mayuko Matsumoto
Animation DirectorMichihiro Itou
Sound Effects
Michiko Yokote
Series Composition, Script (ep 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10A, 10B, 11A, 12B, 12C)
Naokatsu Tsuda
Episode Director (eps 5a, 10a, 10b), Storyboard (eps 5a, 10a)
Naomi Ide
Episode Director (ep 5c)
Naomichi Yamato
Episode Director (ep 7)Satoshi Oosedo
Episode Director (eps 3, 9), Storyboard (eps 3, 9)