Hard to believe I'm enjoying Ikamusume this much (I've watched every episode twice, what the hell) even though I casually dismissed it before. The show is just plain cute and surprisingly funny at times.

Loved Ika, hated the rest of the cast outside of the otouto and the lifeguard. Eiko and Chizuru really ruined it for me. Eiko's the bitchy, talks-like-a-guy, always right type, and Chizuru is the "look, I'm seemingly so feminine, gentle and kind, but I have a really cruel, sadistic side" garbage.

It's similar to Yotsuba, but Ika can't get away with anything due to not being a child, and wanting to conquer the planet, obviously.

>>14
Ika seems like a child to me. Though I share your opinions on Eiko and Shizuru, especially at the end of episode 3.

Maybe it's time I start watching this show.

>>16
Yes you should.

>>17
This gif alone has made me want to watch this series.

I need to get back to watching this.

>>108
How the hell did you stop?

>>110
I only downloaded the first episode and I haven't gotten around to downloading the rest. Rectifying that as we speak.

Taking it easy

So which release do you guys usually grab, FFFpeeps or Underwater? I'm watching FFFpeeps but their subs are subpar (translating Ika-chan as 'little Ika', what the heck man). Are Underwater's releases any better?

>>180

I have no complaints with underwater myself. Seems better then peeps just from what you say

I go with peeps

Rock out ~de geso!

Umbrella-chan ;_;

>>180
underwater gives you all the squid jokes.
"You gotta be squiddin me"
stuff like that

>>543
I don't know why, but I love the squid puns in underwater's subs. They always make me laugh.

Jesus, this episode was...

I'm going to miss this show so much ;_;

>>616
That whole bit was surprisingly sad..
It made me feel really sorry for her.

>>660
Myself as well. I felt horrible the whole episode.

This was probably the first baseball episode I enjoyed since Samurai Champloo.

>>616
>>638
Can someone explain this? I haven't watched Ika Musume since the first few episodes, and I liked the girl that was obsessed with Ika.

>>681
She was told to stop trying to smother Ika so Ika would start liking her and she ended up snapping.

It's over ;_;

What was up with this scene?

In any case, that was a really good episode to end the series off by. Almost makes me not want a season 2 because of how nicely it ended. Glad to see the staff put some good effort and budget into this conclusion.

>>1004
They were so bummed out about Ika leaving that they started to overeat. Except the fat guy, who is now thin as a rail

>>1005
Ohhhhhhh. Great, now I feel stupid for not getting that.

>>1004
haha didn't realize the fat guy becoming thin until now.
also, at least they didn't portray the black guy with the fried chicken..

>>1008
Does Japan even know about that stereotype?

>>1010
I guess they probably wouldn't.. I bet there'd been a big commotion online about it if they did give it to him though

2 short eps will be bundled with DVD vol 5 and 6 so it's not over yet.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-20/ika-musume-gets-2nd-tv-anime-season

>>2184
Thank god. Reading the de gesos in manga just isn't the same...

>>2184
How were the DVD/BR sales for Ika Musume? In fact, how were the DVD/BR sales for all of the fall shows?

I used to see sales numbers for each season sporadically posted on /a/, but I never go there anymore. ANN never seems to have any actual numbers, either. Is there a site that keeps up with this sort of stuff?

>>2189
I don't know about sales numbers, but if the merchandise so far is any indication, I'd say it did well

>>2184

>>2189
I recall a chart that said Ika was 2nd place in pre-orders behind Oreimo

>>2189

There's a guy on animesuki who posts DVD and Blu-ray sales ranking for anime in Japan:

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?s=2782d0e608334d95a8f9e3368decd099&t=60985&page=7

According to this the squid sold 6,181 BDs in its first week. Not a particularly mind-boggling success in terms of discs sold but still enough to be profitable.

I still think it's weird given the Ika Musume manga's retarded memetic popularity in Japan that they would still air the anime in a post-midnight slot like they did. I do wonder how it would have fared in ratings had it been given an afternoon or prime time slot.

>>2246
So bookmarked. Thanks.