{"product_id":"tropic-of-the-sea-73576","title":"Tropic of The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eYosuke'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eBut as a commercial development encroach on the sleepy seaside village and Yosuke's father is lured away from tradition towards modern prosperity, and turns the egg into a tourist trap, what will happen to the promise their family made to the mermaids generations ago?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eTropic of the Sea Satoshi Kon's first feature length manga, includes a dozen black and white art plates from his original release, along with a 5-page essay written by Kon in 1999 detailing his transition from the manga industry to the animation business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSatoshi 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, including TIME, magazine 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eKon died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertical Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51846372229418,"sku":"73576","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/tropicofthesea_cover.jpg?v=1782081559","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/tropic-of-the-sea-73576","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}