Squid Girl TV Series Part 1

Just received my DVDs.-DVD Review-The Quality is better than I expected for the DVD release, since DVDs tend to use a more compressed format than Blu Rays, the only thing that sounds weird is the menu music, which is obviously not important unless you like just listening to a low quality version of the opening theme.There are two DVDs in this first part, so I assume the entire series will be on four DVDs. They arrived unattached to their holding spots in the DVDs, but that's shipping for you. They play fine so far as I can tell.The Dub isn't horrible, though I'm sure a lot of people would beg to differ with me. I watched some parts in English and the voices certainly fit the characters, whether or not they sound awkward at times is debatable. Though I'll admit you're not going to get some of the charm the Japanese voice actress of Squid Girl gives for her performance (maybe I'm just a sucker for all the "De Geso" lines?). It's not like I understand Japanese so I can't really say the English dub is complete crap, but then again I can't say the Japanese voice track is amazing because I don't understand it... While I generally watch the show in the original language with subtitles, I'll admit I've been a lot more impressed with the dubs of recent anime. I'm not so much impressed with Squid Girl's dub, but it's certainly not unwatchable. Though now I sound like I'm contradicting myself... oh well.The only complaints I have are the Subtitles, not the translation, the color of the text. Why do companies still think Yellow text with a Black outline looks good? I just don't think it looks good, though that's really just a minor complaint.So the question stands: Should I buy Squid Girl?I say you should at least check out some clips and see if you like it, I generally watch a few episodes, if I can, and then decide if I want to continue the series. At the time I'm writing this the entire series including the first episode of season two are available to watch on Crunchy Roll's site.-The DVD extras include-Textless OpeningTextless Closings (there are 6, all 12 are more or less the same, however, each one has something different about it)Interview with Hisako Kanemoto (not that the box explains who that is)and Hat FoldingNot quite the "chock full of extras" they were exclaiming the discs would have when they released them, though it's better than the nothing they tend to put on DVDs these days, some companies even claiming subtitles are "special features". I guess I'll have to buy part two to get the rest of the Mini Squid Girl shorts which the Japanese releases included with one of the later releases, so I guess it's only fair that this company does the same to the Stateside release and at least in the US we don't have to pay a bundle and only get two episodes a piece I guess. This is like Shakugan no Shana's extras, all the Shakugan no Shana-tan's are going to be on the season 2 discs... if Funimation ever decides to release those. (though this review isn't about my distaste for their release schedule, though Angel Beats which came out exactly 1 year after it aired in Japan has a really good dub (you know they aren't spending that time on the subtitles)... takes Funimation however many years they see fit I guess...)-Original Post-I originally watched this show when it was airing in Japan for the first time, it's an interesting premise of a Squid Girl coming to shore to punish the humans for polluting the ocean. However she underestimates the number of humans and the fighting forces they have after unsuccessfully trying to take over the Lemon Beach House, owned by the other three main characters. Eiko, Chizuru and Takeru Aizawa. They tell her to take off her silly cosplay and stop bothering the customers, she later reveals what she is there for and eventually has a mosquito buzzing around her, to which Chizuru exclaims "You can't even handle a little bug, how could you possibly invade the world and take on Humans?" To which Ika uses her tentacles and busts a hole in the side of the restaurant, killing the bug, and making Chizuru really mad. So the story begins with Ika having to pay off her debt from the damage she caused, it's a comedy anime and it's also very cutesy, not straight up moe, though what anime series this day and age doesn't have cute girls doing cute things? I feel this series pulled off this story rather well, not having to rely on all the jokes they could've done since Ika isn't exactly aware of how things work on the surface. There are a lot of bad movies and shows that also use this premise, however Ika doesn't fail to please. In the first episode Ika decides she's tired of being bossed around by Chizuru and Takeru and tries to take them down by using her Tentacles, Eiko comes back to the beach house and manages to free the two and scare the living ink out of Ika.The rest of the series is basically Ika having to deal with various characters, one that thinks she's super cute and she wants to hug her to death. Some Scientists who are trying to convince her that she's an alien and want to do various experiments on her, and the rest of the gang just trying to keep her from invading or at least trying to.Over all, I'd recommend this series to first time anime watchers and veterans alike, the animation is very well done and the entire series was a joy to watch. Ika is a very likable character and makes the entire series a joy from start to finish.I'm a little upset that they're not just releasing the series all at once, and that it will only be on DVD, but at least it's being localized and more people can enjoy it. I'm definitely putting my money down for Ika and I hope this review helps you decide whether or not you want to.When I receive my DVDs I'll be sure to edit this if I can and review them.

Originally I did not watch this series. I saw the premise of it and figured it would be an eco warrior style of series. The ideas have been done so I passed on it. Then I saw a season two being aired in Japan. On that alone, I took another look. If it is good enough for two seasons, then I figure "maybe I misjudged it?"That in the end turned out to be true. Squid Girl is one of the funniest anime I've seen over the years. Each episode, each character, everything is just fantastic. Squid Girl starts her invasion to get revenge on humans for their treatment of the sea. She makes it to a beach restaurant and there, the hilarity begins as she manages to invade the hearts of everyone there.This is a show that you'll find yourself watching time and time again. You'll also find it safe for many ages. I've shown it to relatives in their 60s and they had a ball with this one. Which just goes to show, you are never too old when you are young at heart. Hopefully we'll get season two released here soon. It just gets better and better. If you can't wait, go watch it online already. But be sure and buy it when it is released! This show is a keeper, there is no doubt about that.The English dub is respectable. It lacks the Musume accent and some of the humor of the Japanese dub but it isn't bad.With that said...Shinraku Shinraku Shinraku Shinraku Shinraku Shinraku IKA MUSUME!!!

When I first checked out the first episode, I was already enjoying the show very much. The plot started with Squid Girl coming to surface to invade mankind for polluting the ocean but quickly she found herself in debt for breaking the wall of the Lemon Beach House restaurant owned by Chizuru, Eiko, and Takeru, she ended up working for them to pay off her debt, the comedic moment is mostly revolve around Squid Girl trying to learn to live the surface life though there is a couple of emotional moment that make you really care for the character. Squid Girl talked with fish pun in it with thing like: that's kraken hurt!, you are bunch of silly school of fish, or leave me the squid the alone.Overall, the show is fresh and easy to follow, the comedy is clean and funny, and Squid Girl is charming and moe. I just wish the series was longer than just 12 episodes, technically there's another season of this series but Media Blasters decided to cancelled the release for the 2nd season so I am afraid the 2nd season might not get to see the light of day in the US release hopefully Funimation or other companies will licensed the 2nd season at some point in the future.

Squiddie comes from the sea to inkvade the surface world but it turns out she is ill equipped to do so she damages a beach restaurant and tries to work off the repairs and has many adventures and meets various other characters thru out the series and becomes part of the beach restaurant owners family. I thoroughly enjoyed this series it's a lot fun the squid puns were great I can and have watched this series many times the dub is very good it's for all viewers young and old. Their is a second season and a few OVA's out I hope they get dubbed and put out for sale pretty soon if I have to get them subbed that's o.k. I highly recommend this series.

I bought this many months ago from a different seller, but it was severely damaged. I returned it and purchased this one a few days ago. It came in today, about two weeks ahead of expected delivery date. I open it, and yet again, the disks were unbelievably damaged. The case is incapable of holding and CD due to poor design and scratched them to ****. HOWEVER, I think they'll still work without much/any trouble. I've had two bad experiences when buying this series from two different sellers. Just because I did, doesn't mean you will! Give it a shot before YOU pass judgment.

Squid Girl is one of those series that sounds like it will be terrible but actually turns out to be funny, clever and overall a great show.The reason I gave it only 3 stars is due to the DVD case. For part 1 of the series the clip that is supposed to hold the DVD in is poorly designed and allows the disc to come loose during shipping. As a result the DVD arrives scratched. I ordered part 1 and when it arrived one of the DVD's was loose and scratched up. The clip just did not hold the disc at all. Amazon was great and sent me a replacement however, this one arrived in even worse condition. Both DVD's were loose and severely scratched and one of the clips was totally busted.I also ordered Squid Girl Part 2 and that one was fine. For some reason Part 2 uses a different DVD case design than Part 1.Hopefully Anime Works will fix the case issue for Part 1 in the next batch.Update: Dec 21 - Amazon has replaced the Part 1 disks twice know and the most recent set still arrived loose in the DVD case and scratched. That's 3 time I received the DVD's scratched. I'm just going to return them for a refund this time. It's a shame though, I really like this series. If any of you manage to receive Part 1 in good condition I recommend you replace the DVD case to ensure that they don't get scratched in the future.

Behold the terror from the depths, the tentacle conqueror of humanity: Squid Girl! With your pollution and stuff you really deserve it, so prepare for menacing, inky doom!Unfortunately for our ecosystem, but fortunately for, you know... people and civilization and life as we know it... within moments of arriving on the surface world, our easily distracted little invertebrate is promptly bullied into working for the Aizawa sisters as a waitress and supplying their restaurant with squid ink. If poor Squid Girl can't handle two pushy Japanese girls, how will she ever subjugate the human race?

Ika Musume (Squid Girl) is a light hearted and sweet comedy that must not be taken too seriously and just purely enjoyed.The feel good moments and laughter induced are a good pick me up from bad days.

内容は全く問題なし、ＰＣなので日本語で楽しめました。価格も国内品に比べて大幅安で高Ｃ／Ｐです。しかしケースの作りがあまりに陳腐でディスクを抑える部分の成形不良のため破損しており、輸送に耐えきれず、２枚組のディスクの両方が外れてしまい、中で動きケース内で突起部に当たって傷がついていました。幸い本編の視聴は読み込み補正のお陰で何とか出来ましたがメニュー画面が乱れたり、チャプター間移動は傷のため上手く行きませんでした。販売者の方からは返品交換と割引の提案を丁寧に方法と共に受け、私は本編が何とか視聴出来たことと、忙しくて返品手続きの時間も無かったので、割引引き取りを選択しました。その後ディスクは研磨して再生は若干改善しましたが完全動作には至りませんでした。もしかするとディスクのプリントもあまり良くなかったのかも・・・。他のディスクが外れか否かは不明ですが海外ＤＶＤは国産に比べて安価な代わりにケースやディスク自体の品質が多少落ちます。今まで色々と買ったディスクの中では外れでした。でも内容は問題無いし、価格も大幅安なので、「まぁこんな事も有るさ」と行ったところです。

中身については今更語る必要もないだろうし。英語が非常に聞き取りやすく、それほど難しい英語も使っていないため英語に慣れ親しむ教材として使用できるのではないかと思います。(ただし、イカ娘の「~イカ？」といったセリフを恐らくそのまま「~squid？」などと言ったような形で英訳しているため時々混乱しますが)