Children of the Sea, Vol. 1 (1) Paperback – July 21, 2009

Beautifully drawn and gripping throughout! I need to read more ASAP! Can’t wait to recommend this to others in my book club!

amazing, beautiful, touching, i love it so much i could talk all day about this manga series!!the book is pretty big as well so it's extra nice looking at the panels!

I had learned about Children of the Sea at a comic store, just by picking it up. I'm really attracted to manga with good artwork, and this fit the bill. Daisuke Igarashi is not only a fabulous artist, but an incredible story teller. This book really is amazing and sets you up for the entire series. It has really great characters and the images show the beautiful sights of the waters around Japan. The book also hints of folk lore and stories about the sea from around the world. Unraveling the tale of Umi and Sora will really capture your imagination right away.

I already watched the movie and know what happens, but something about owning the physical manga fulfills me. I highly recommend for ocean and adventure lovers out there!

Daisuke Igarashi uses manga in a way that truly exercises the strength of this medium. His use of words blends in with the visuals which help communicate things that are beyond words.

As I read this graphic novel (my first), I realized that I am not a graphic novel person. Perhaps, if I had started reading graphic novels and manga earlier in my life the process might be more enjoyable.I can appreciated the art and the story of "Children of the Sea" although I could not enjoy it the way it should be enjoyed and savored. As I was reading the book backwards, and reading the panels right to left, I'm sure that more than once I read the panels out of order. Silly me, but I really wanted to read it from left to right.Plot: I am used to more words in the stories I read. I was too anxious to get to the story, to get answers, that I read as fast as I could. Not a great thing.The first half of the book builds up the story-line. I prematurely gave it 3 stars. The last half was more interesting and so I gave it 4 stars.--The last page of the book basically says that this story (part 1) was just to build up to the real story: in the next book! I already have the second book so if I ever want to figure out what is going on I'll have to read the next book.

This is a great, original, creative, beautiful series. All three of my boys and I loved it.

Fantastic art