侵略!イカ娘
Squid Girl
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? (Source: Media Blasters)
Names
| Original | 侵略!イカ娘 (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Shinryaku! Ika Musume |
| English | Squid Girl |
| Also known as | The Invader Comes From the Bottom of the Sea! |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2010-10-05 → 2010-12-21 (Autumn 2010) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | diomedéa |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ComedySlice of Life |
| Themes | Monster GirlEpisodicFemale ProtagonistSlapstickCoastalRestaurantCute Girls Doing Cute ThingsChuunibyouWorkFound Family |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · Hulu |
Reception
| Community score | 7.28 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.30 / 10 |
| Composite | 54.7 |
| On lists | 51,347 |
| Favourited | 691 (1.3%) |
| Completion | 81.2% |
| Drop rate | 6.1% |
| In backlog | 36.9% |
| Score spread σ | 1.51 |
Score distribution
1722603178439951,26762,47875,40784,63792,340101,122
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | diomedéa | B | 7 of 52 |
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2010 | B | 14 of 70 |
| Year | 2010 | B | 56 of 253 |
| Era | Early 2010s | B | 328 of 1,627 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | C | 521 of 1,921 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | C | 573 of 1,578 |
| Length | Single-cour | C | 793 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Comedy | B | 871 of 3,488 |
| Source material | Manga | C | 1,014 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | C | 1,064 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 1,842 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Tsutomu Mizushima |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Michiko Yokote |
| Character design | Masakazu Ishikawa |
| Music | Tomoki Kikuya |
| Original creator | Masahiro Anbe |
Franchise — 侵略!イカ娘
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| sequel | 2011 | Squid Girl 2 |
| side story | 2011 | Squid Girl Specials |
| character | — | Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Ika Ice Tabena-ika? |
| character | — | Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Kore ga Umi e no Ai Jana-ika! |
AniList id 8557 · MAL id 8557 · record updated 2026-08-27