Seto no Hanayome: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on a manga by Kimura Tahiko serialised in Gangan Wing. Nagasumi visits his grandmother near the sea during the summer. While visiting, he goes for a swim, and drowns right after entering the water. Fortunately for him he is saved by a young mermaid. Later as he tells the story to his family, a young girl named San appears at his home and begs Nagasumi to marry her. She's followed by two large thugs and they take both him and his parents to San`s home under the sea. If that wasn't strange enough, it turns out San`s parents are mob bosses. Nagasumi is left with the choice of either death or marrying San. He chooses to marry a mermaid. This would likely be that, except San`s father and some members of the mob are not exactly thrilled to have Nagasumi courting San and are determined to bring an end to their relationship--or him. And there is also the matter of keeping it a secret.

Series details

• Title: Seto no Hanayome
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Fantasy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2007-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10236
• IMDb ID: tt1739796
• TVDB ID: 80236

Cast and credited roles

• Takahiro Mizushima — Michishio Nagasumi
• Halko Momoi — Seto Sun
• Tessho Genda — Edomae
• Sakura Nogawa — Edomae Lunar
• Masahito Yabe — Hideyoshi Sarutobi
• Noriko Rikimaru — Iinchou
• Natsuko Kuwatani — Maki
• Katsuki Murase — Masa
• Daisuke Ono — Mikawa Kai
• Kenta Miyake — Seto Gouzaburou
• Eri Kitamura — Shiranui Akeno Myoujou
• Rika Morinaga — Mawari Zenigata

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-04-01; final listed air date 2007-09-30; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Seto no Hanayome on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.