Flower Mound, TX – February 19, 2009 – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired home entertainment and limited broadcast rights and digital rights to the 26-episode romantic comedy anime series My Bride Is A Mermaid from Media Net.

The series is directed by Seiji Kishi (Ragnarok The Animation) and is based on the serialized manga “Seto no Hanayome” in Gangan WING magazine.

About My Bride Is A Mermaid
Nagasumi Michishio is visiting his grandmother for summer vacation when one day he is saved from drowning by a mermaid named Sun Seto. According to Mermaid law, if a human sees a mermaid’s true form, both must be killed. The only solution to the problem is for him to marry her – but can they keep her secret?

FUNimation Entertainment will release the series in two half season sets beginning later this year.