Happy Marine

Happy Marine Japanese Name: ハッピーマリン Literal Translation: Happy Marine Released: April 2001 Original Japanese: WWW Everyone loves the cheer of ideal summer! The sea animals appear with colorful and cute pencil touch colors!! Look at them and imagine becoming completely happy. 夏にピッタリな、元気でみんなが大好き！ な海の動物たちが、カラフルでカワイイ色えんぴつタッチで登場だよ！！ 見ているだけで思わずハッピーになっちゃうシリーズです。 Characters Penguin Penguin Saru Monkey Manatee Manatee Tako Octopus Kurione Clione Sea Angel1 Kurage Jellyfish Iruka Dolphin Ottosei Fur Seal Azarashi Seal Images

A cute collection of sea animals and a monkey! We also get to learn all about the obsession in Japan with Clione Sea Angels...! Japanese Culture 1. Clionidae is a family of sea angels, which are a group of pelagic marine gastropods. They are shaped a little like angels, and have flapping "wings", hence their common name. They are gelatinous, mostly transparent pteropods, and they only have shells in their embryonic stage. They're a tiny, obscure species of cold-water marine invertebrate. They also happen to be the subject of a national obsession in Japan, where they've been elevated to the status of "angels of the sea." These specimens were on display at a shop specializing in Hokkaido foods and other northern souvenirs. Clione are a staple of Japanese nature documentaries and trivia shows. Which would be intriguing enough, given the unassuming nature of the little beasts, but there's actually a surprisingly robust market for clione-related merchandise here as well. Source: Cult of Clione