A brand name? Like Louis CK?

Yeah this is awkward. It's been a couple months and solely cause I haven't gotten around to watching any anime with all my school work. Luckily it's summer time and I will definitely have more free time on my hands.

Therefore, welcome me back with a new review of an anime called Princess Jellyfish.

Our story focuses around an apartment building in Tokyo called Amamizukan where the tenants are all otaku women that have created a "nunnery" where no men are allowed. Each female has their own otaku fixation.

Our main protaganist, Tsukimi Kurashita, is an awkward 18 year old jellyfish fanatic with the ambition to become an illustrator. Chieko, the building manager, is obsessed with traditional Japanese clothing and collects traditional Japanese dolls. Mayaya is an overly excited woman with an obsession for Records of Three Kingdoms. Banba is an eight year old (in leap years) who loves trains. And Jiji is an extremely shy girl obsessed with mature, old men.  All five of them live secluded with each other and are socially awkward when it comes to leaving their "sacred nunnery", away from their fellow otaku friends.

We follow Tsukimi as she's been living her new life in Tokyo for the past three months. Her life suddenly takes a huge turn when the unexpected happened: she met a boy. Unintentionally, she made friends with Kuranosuke Koibuchi, the illegitimate son of a famous politician. Luckily the other tenants are unaware because Kuranosuke cross-dresses under the alias "Kurako" when around the male-hating otakus. Despite Tsukimi's attempts to have Kuranosuke out of her life, he always comes back, fascinated by their lives. He becomes even more interested when he finds out that Amamizukan and the surrounding areas are in danger of being demolished and replaced with hotels and what not.

I'm really fascinated with this anime not solely on the characters and some of its extremely hilarious moments (The title for example. Literally quoted from the anime.), but for its theme. Princess Jellyfish's central message is about trying new things that you probably never would do cause you might find that you'll actually enjoy it. All of the otaku characters are extremely socially awkward when it comes to "stylish" people, yet Kuranosuke urges them to dress in girly clothes and go out to eat at cafes and just surround themselves with stuff outside of their norm. Sure it's really weird and awkward at first, but you eventually to grow to like yourself with your new surroundings.

Every woman has a beautiful princess inside her, and that same woman has the power in herself to let out that princess.

Overall, it's kinda obvious the intended audience is for girls, so it may not be a cup of tea for the male audience, but it depends on what you like. The humor is very enjoyable and I wouldn't mind watching the whole series again just to see the comedy. My only complaint? It's too damn short. Personally, 11 episodes just isn't enough for this anime. But for what it is, I love and enjoy it a lot.