Tropic of the Sea
$42.25
- Paperback
236 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2013
Summary
The debut comic by the legendary animation director is also Kon’s first comic work published in English. A modern day fantasy from a beloved comic artist and film maker.
Yosuke’s family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid. When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated. In exchange for this favor, the mer-people bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781939130068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1939130069 |
| Author: | Satoshi Kon |
| Publisher: | Vertical Inc. |
| Imprint: | Vertical Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 236 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 224mm x 142mm |
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About The Author
Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon was born on October 12, 1963. While in college, at the Musashino Art University, Kon made his debut as a manga artist with the short manga Toriko (1984) and earned a runner-up spot in Kodansha’s 10th Annual Tetsuya Chiba Awards. Afterward, he found work as Katsuhiro Otomo’s assistant. Kon is credited by some as one of the faces most responsible for bringing Japanese pop-culture to America. His feature length films, Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers, were all distributed in theaters across the States and saw critical acclaim worldwide earning a number of awards in the process. Kon died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46.
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