Squid Girl...
I picked up Squid Girl aka Shinryaku! Ika Musume...
The animation quality is reasonable given the subject matter -- expectations are not very high. The comedy is fast-paced, but, not as overwhelmingly fast-paced as Pani Poni Dash or Dragon Half. Much of the humor comes from Squid Girl's unfamiliarity with humanity and human culture. Although, the series is silly, it somehow manages to not be quite as silly and over the top as Excel Saga. Squid Girl is a nice family-friendly, almost slice of life drama, only with a confused squid girl with aspirations of world domination. Although cast in an entirely different mold, the nearest American counterpart might be Pinky and the Brain. There are no naughty bits or gore to speak of. Overall, Squid Girl is cute, fish-oriented fun and I give the series a 3 out of 5.
Squid Girl is, as one would expect, a fairly silly series. There's nothing truly extraordinary about the series, but, it is still very enjoyable. Squid Girl is superbly stupid, but, I still had a lot of fun watching the series. I'm not sure, at this point, that I would want to watch both volumes of the series. Although, I might purchase the other volume just to complete the series.Foolish land-born air breathers! Behold the terror from the depths, the tentacled conqueror of humanity: Squid Girl! With your pollution and stuff you really deserve it, so prepare for menacing, inky doom!
Squid Girl has come from the depths of the sea to conquer humanity for its pollution of the ocean. 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, 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?
The animation quality is reasonable given the subject matter -- expectations are not very high. The comedy is fast-paced, but, not as overwhelmingly fast-paced as Pani Poni Dash or Dragon Half. Much of the humor comes from Squid Girl's unfamiliarity with humanity and human culture. Although, the series is silly, it somehow manages to not be quite as silly and over the top as Excel Saga. Squid Girl is a nice family-friendly, almost slice of life drama, only with a confused squid girl with aspirations of world domination. Although cast in an entirely different mold, the nearest American counterpart might be Pinky and the Brain. There are no naughty bits or gore to speak of. Overall, Squid Girl is cute, fish-oriented fun and I give the series a 3 out of 5.
