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Seto no Hanayome

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Seto no Hanayome(The Bride of Seto)(2007)

 

Original Work : Manga by Tahiko Kimura

Genre : Comedy / School Story / Romance

Production : Avex / AIC / GONZO

BA Rate : BA-17

Total Running Time : 25mins * 26 episodes

 

The original comics(currently there are 12 volumes) is very popular because of the mixture of two unrelated topic, mermaid and Yakuza(Japanese gangster).

 

Nagasumi Michishio, the main character of this anime, is saved by a mermaid, San Seto. But, in mermaid's rule, if a mermaid was revealed his/her identity to human, either he/she or the human who saw the identity should die. The only way is to get married. It looks like a way to happiness for Nagasumi, but it isn't. San's family is a gangster group and her father who loves his daughter too much tries to kill him at anytime.

 

The anime had started to broadcast in the beginning of April and finished on the end of September. Many people assess this anime as 'the best comedy anime of 2007' and since there is no comedy anime like this in October season of 2007, it will keep its position.

 

The production combination of AIC and GONZO has shown good results and 'Seto no Hanayome' is also a successful case of combinzation. Also musics by Avex is quite noticeable. The image songs(Your Gravitation, Lunarian) which came out in the middle of anime were quite popular.

 

 

Hong's Personal Comment : I watched the whole episodes in one day and it was never a hard task. Sad thing is that the amusement is quite hampered when it is translated to English, because it cannot catch all the specific nuance of words and it is almost impossible to describe Japanese dialect. Many characters in this anime performs Setouchi dialect, a variation of Kansai dialect. Actually one of the voice performer, Makiko Nabei(as Ren Seto, and this is her debut character) is from Setouchi so all the other performers learned Setouchi dialect from her to act in this anime. If you watched Rozen Maiden, you can find another enjoyment in this anime by comparing voice actors of the two animes.

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