Children of the Sea (manga)

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Children of the Sea
ChildrenOfTheSea vol01 Cover.jpg
Manga volume 1 cover
海獣の子供
(Kaijū no Kodomo)
Genre
Manga
Written by Daisuke Igarashi
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Imprint Ikki Comix
Magazine Monthly Ikki
English magazine
SigIkki.com
Original run December 24, 2005 – September 24, 2011
Volumes 5 (List of volumes)
Film
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Children of the Sea (Japanese: 海獣の子供 Hepburn: Kaijū no Kodomo?, lit. "marine mammal children") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2005 to September 2011. Shogakukan has collected the series into five tankōbon volumes published between July 2007 and July 2012.

The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media, who serialized it online at SigIkki.com and released the five tankōbon volumes from July 2009 to June 2013.

An anime film adaptation by Studio 4 °C premiered in May 2019 in Japan.

Characters

Ruka Azumi (安海琉花 Azumi Ruka?)
Voiced by: Mana Ashida (Japanese), Anjali Gauld (English)[3]
Umi (海?)
Voiced by: Hiiro Ishibashi (Japanese), Lynden Prosser (English)[3]
Sora (空?)
Voiced by: Seishū Uragami (Japanese), Benjamin Niewood (English)[3][4]
Anglade (アングラード Angurādo?)[5]
Voiced by: Win Morisaki (Japanese), Beau Bridgland (English)[3]
Masaaki Azumi (安海正明 Azumi Masaaki?)
Voiced by: Goro Inagaki (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)[3][6]
Kanako Azumi (安海加奈子 Kanako Azumi?)
Voiced by: Yu Aoi (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English)[3][7]
Sensei (先生?)
Voiced by: Tohru Watanabe (Japanese), Wally Wingert (English)[3][8]
Jim (ジム Jimu?)[5]
Voiced by: Min Tanaka (Japanese), Michael Sorich (English)[3]
Dede (デデ?)
Voiced by: Sumiko Fuji (Japanese), Denise Lee (English)[3]

Media

Manga

Children of the Sea, written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine Monthly Ikki from December 24, 2005, to September 24, 2011.[9][10] Shogakukan compiled its chapters into five tankōbon volumes, released from July 30, 2007, to July 30, 2012.[11][12]

The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media,[13] who serialized it online at SigIkki.com[14] and released the five tankōbon volumes from July 21, 2009, to June 18, 2013.[15][16]

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 July 30, 2007[11] ISBN 978-4-091-88368-1 July 21, 2009[15] ISBN 978-1-4215-2914-1
  • 01. "Ruka" (琉花?)
  • 02. "The Day of Thunder" (神鳴りの日?)
  • 03. "Hitodama" (人魂?)
  • 04. "Marine Mammals"
  • 05. "Patterns" (図様?)
  • 06. "Ghost of the Sea" (海の幽霊?)
  • 07. "Chair" (椅子?)
  • 08. "The Realm of the Sea" (水界?)
2 July 30, 2007[17] ISBN 978-4-091-88369-8 December 15, 2009[18] ISBN 978-1-4215-2919-6
  • 09. "Isana"
  • 10. "A Strong Wind at Sea"
  • 11. "Beyond the Tide"
  • 12. "Falling Rain Collecting in Pools"
  • 13. "Soaked Children"
  • 14. "Rakshasa"
  • 15. "The Last Day of the Month"
  • 16. "Takeoff"
3 June 30, 2008[19] ISBN 978-4-091-88422-0 June 15, 2010[20] ISBN 978-1-4215-2920-2
  • 17. "Kuroshio Current"
  • 18. "Far Out at Sea"
  • 19. "Mirage"
  • 20. "Dugong"
  • 21. "Gondwana"
  • 22. "Ripples in the Wave"
  • 23. "Trap"
  • 24. "Internal Organs"
  • 25. "Sea Border"
4 July 30, 2009[21] ISBN 978-4-091-88470-1 December 21, 2010[22] ISBN 978-1-4215-3541-8
  • 26. "Marine Animals"
  • 27. "Pierced Body"
  • 28. "Muddied Waters"
  • 29. "Sea of the Universe"
  • 30. "Pregnancy"
  • 31. "Crucible"
  • 32. "Interception"
  • 33. "Preparation"
  • 34. "Venus"
  • 35. "Water Demon"
5 July 30, 2012[12] ISBN 978-4-091-88590-6 June 18, 2013[16] ISBN 978-1-4215-3848-8
  • 36. "Eyelids"
  • 37. "Birth Rite I"
  • 38. "Birth Rite II"
  • 39. "Birth Rite III"
  • 40. "Birth Rite IV"
  • 41. "Birth Rite V"
  • 42. "Iruka"

Film

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Main article: Children of the Sea (film)

An Japanese animated film adaptation of the manga was announced by Studio 4 °C on July 16, 2018.[23] The film is directed by Ayumu Watanabe, with Kenichi Konishi as character designer, chief supervising animator and unit director and music by Joe Hisaishi. It is produced by Eiko Tanaka.[24][25] The theme song, "Umi no Yūrei" (海の幽霊?, lit. "ghost(s) of the sea"), is written and performed by Kenshi Yonezu.[26][27]

The film had its world premiere on May 19, 2019[28] and was released in Japan on June 7, 2019.

Reception

Children of the Sea was nominated for the 2008 and 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize.[29][30] Daisuke Igarashi was awarded a Japan Cartoonist Awards excellence award for drawing Children of the Sea in 2009.[31] Children of the Sea was the recipient of an Excellence Prize from the Japan Media Arts Awards at the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival.[32][33]

About.com's Deb Aoki commends the manga for its "vibrant, detailed artwork that takes its inspiration from nature, real people and real places" but criticizes the manga for its slow plot which "picks up the pace after a few chapters".[34] PopCultureShock's Sam Kusek comments on the interactions between the main characters, saying, "[Umi, Sora and Ruka] all share something in common, the fact that they are outsiders from the norm. Ruka is not your normal girl. As athletic as she is, her attitude and aggression towards her teammates leave her high and dry for the summer. Consistently throughout the book, people are badmouthing her as she passes them on the street. Umi and Sora are obviously outsiders due to their extreme circumstances, wearing large robes to cover a majority of their skin and having to constantly bathe in water. Sora especially has a frail constitution, spending most of the book in and out of a hospital. All three are young children, and that is shown throughout the book, but they also have a unique sense of maturity that sets them apart not only from other children but most adults."[35]

Anime News Network's Carlo Santos commends the manga for its "subtle, seamless storytelling and first-class artistry combine to form a fascinating tale of the sea" but criticizes it for "mundane events and superfluous scenes sometimes slow down the plot".[36] ICv2's Steve Bennett commends the manga for "the art is rich with photorealistic details which help to give the fantasy a solid grounding in reality, and has strong, emotionally honest characters which should make this young adult fantasy appeal to both fans of epic fantasy and contemporary teen dramas."[37] Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux comments that he is reminded of the "1980s ecological sci-fi comic book, The Puma Blues" when reading the manga. He also commends on Igarashi's "earthy art, with its busy line work and crosshatching and unsophisticated figure drawing, grounds this series in reality, which makes the moments of enchantment all the more breathtaking." He also recommends the manga to those who liked Inio Asano's Solanin.[38]

References

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Further reading

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External links

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