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Princess Jellyfish

Princess Jellyfish

20107.31 Season11 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch. She stays overnight at the apartments—but it turns out "she" is really a "he".

Created by Akiko Higashimura
Written by Akiko Higashimura
Produced by Yoshinori Takeeda
NetworksFuji TV

Where to Watch

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Top Cast

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Tsukimi Kurashita (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga

Mitsuki Saiga

Kuranosuke Koibuchi (voice)

Kimiko Saito

Kimiko Saito

Chieko (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Mayaya (voice)

Motoko Kumai

Motoko Kumai

Banba (voice)

Mamiko Noto

Mamiko Noto

Jiji (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Shū Koibuchi (voice)

Junko Kitanishi

Junko Kitanishi

Shōko Inari (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Sumire Morohoshi

Clara (voice)

Mugihito

Mugihito

Keiichiro Koibuchi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

cross dressingbased on mangaanimeotaku

About Princess Jellyfish

Princess Jellyfish is a animation, comedy series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of cross dressing, based on manga, anime, otaku. Created by Akiko Higashimura, it stars Kana Hanazawa, Mitsuki Saiga, Kimiko Saito. Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch. She stays overnight at the apartments—but it turns out "she" is really a "he".

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