🧭 Watch order guide

Squid Girl watch order

3 core entries, 3 extras. Watching only the core story and movies takes about 10h 48m. Generated from the franchise graph, so it updates when new seasons are announced.

core entries

movies to include

recaps / alt versions to skip

10h 48m

total core runtime

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Where the hours go

Core story and movies in watch order · 10h 48m in total · longest: Squid Girl

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Item	Runtime
Squid Girl	4h 48m
2	4h 48m
Shinryaku!! Ika Musume	1h 12m

Score across seasons

Peaked with 2 at 7.63 · from first to latest, the score held steady

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#	Entry	Score / 10
1	Squid Girl	7.50
2	Squid Girl 2	7.63
3	Shinryaku!! Ika Musume	7.62

Recommended order

1
Main
Squid Girl
TV Series · 2010 · 12 ep · 4h 48m
Core story – watch in this order.
2
Side storyoptional
Squid Girl Specials
Special · 2011 · 2 ep · 8m
Side story / OVA – optional but adds context.
3
Side storyoptional
Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Ika Ice Tabena-ika?
Music · 2011 · 1 ep · 4m
Side story / OVA – optional but adds context.
4
Side storyoptional
Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Kore ga Umi e no Ai Jana-ika!
Music · 2012 · 1 ep · 3m
Side story / OVA – optional but adds context.
5
Main
Squid Girl 2
TV Series · 2011 · 12 ep · 4h 48m
Core story – watch in this order.
6
Main
Shinryaku!! Ika Musume
OVA · 2012 · 3 ep · 1h 12m
Core story – watch in this order.

Release order

1Squid Girl2010-10
2Squid Girl Specials2011-05
3Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Ika Ice Tabena-ika?2011-07
4Squid Girl 22011-09
5Shinryaku! Ika Musume: Kore ga Umi e no Ai Jana-ika!2012-01
6Shinryaku!! Ika Musume2012-08

Squid Girl watch order FAQ

What order should I watch Squid Girl in?

Follow the recommended order above: Squid Girl → Squid Girl 2 → Shinryaku!! Ika Musume. Movies and side stories are slotted after the season they relate to.

How long does it take to watch all of Squid Girl?

The core story and movies run about 10h 48m. At two hours a day that is roughly 6 days.

Can I skip the recaps?

There are no recap episodes or compilation movies on record for this franchise.

Where does this order come from?

It is built automatically from the sequel, prequel, side-story and spin-off links in the Kitsu database and refreshed daily, so new seasons appear without manual edits.