Tropic of the Sea

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. <p/>But 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? <p/><i><b>Tropic of the Sea</b></i> 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.