LI: "My Bride is a Mermaid"

I've seen some unique anime over the few years as a fan, though I can clearly say that anime involving a mermaid as a central character is a rarity. My Bride is a Mermaid (known also as  Seto no Hanayome) is such a title, and it's one I would never hear about much if I had not been informed by a good friend of mine about it. Licensed by Funimation, it came as a fastball to me when I heard of it. Like some titles before it, the manga was publised by Square Enix, the same ones responsible for publishing Pani Poni.

My Bride is a Mermaid hones in on Nagasumi Michishio, a young boy who seems normal enough as the story begins. However, during his trip around the Seto Bay, he nearly drowns to death, only to be saved by a girl named Sun Seto. However, Sun is a mermaid, much to Nagasumi's surprise. To add, there's a law that any mermaid who reveals his or her self to outsiders, or the person that encounters one, must be executed. To avoid fatalites of either party, it was reluctantly arranged that Nagasumi and Sun are to be married. Might not be the best time to add this, but the Seto family is the head of an underwater mafia group. In any case, the arrangement doesn't sit well with the members of the Seto family, more so on the part of Gozaburo Seto, Sun's father. While the majority are ready to wring Nagasumi's neck, Sun's mother Ren, and Gozaburo's right-hand man Masa more or less favors the arrangement.

Throughout the anime, Nagasumi is given hell by the Seto family, as well as his own, serving up doses of comedy throughout the anime. To add, there's antagonists that add to this, including a rival of Sun's and her father. For the general bit, however, Nagasumi fares okay with the help of Sun, though he has some strengths about him on his own when Sun is the one directly in danger. Todd Habberkorn is the English voice of Nagasumi, and covers other roles like D. Gray Man's Allen Walker and Android #19 of the redubbed Dragon Ball Z Kai. Sun's English voice actor, Alexis Tipton, covers roles for Casshern Sins' Niko and Corpse Princess' Flesh Backbone, among others. And common to most Funimation licensed media, veteran voice actor Christopher Sabat, known heavily for roles as DBZ's Vegeta and SoltyRei's Roy Revant, lent his voice as Masa. The studios that made this are Gonzo and AIC. The anime itself is made of 26 episodes, accompanied with 1 OVA.

I had a ball watching this one, and it's clear to say that I give this anime good marks. So, that said, My Bride is a Mermaid gets 7.5 of 10, and for me, it's worth watching again every now and then.