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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 Shōgakukan 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2005 to September 2011.
Marine Corps Yumi (まりんこゆみ, Marinko Yumi) is a manga about life in the United States Marine Corps, written by former Marine Anastasia Moreno and illustrated by Takeshi Nogami . It is published in Japan by Kodansha , [ 2 ] and as a webcomic by Sai-zen-sen [ ja ] in Japanese and English.
King Kong was the inspiration for the name. When Gebora the "Marine Mammal" became the kaiju "Marine Kong", publicity materials stated "King Kong comes from the setting of a jungle, Marine Kong comes from the setting of the sea". [2] The Kaiju influence and the monster being Dinosaurian in appearance came from the Kaiju films from Toho.
The series was first published with a preview chapter in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Grand Jump on December 2, 2020; [4] [5] it began its serialization in the magazine on January 20, 2021. [6] [7] Shueisha released the first tankōbon volume on February 18, 2022. [8] As of November 19, 2024, five volumes have been released. [9]
The manga gained popularity overseas after fan translations of the series were posted on the English-speaking imageboard 4chan, the Western equivalent of Japan's Futaba Channel. [14] Yen Press has licensed the manga in North America and the UK, and began releasing the series from October 29, 2013. [2] [15]
Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. [1] This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.
Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story is a 1986 children's picture book written by Wendy Tokuda and Richard David Hall and illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama. [20] Humphrey the Wayward Whale is a 1986 children's picture book written by Ernest Callenbach and Christine Leefeldt and illustrated by Carl Dennis Buell. [21]
Littnan also contributed to a chapter on the ethics of studying marine animals in the book Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation. He contributed research methods on how to investigate marine life in an ethical manner. [13] In 2020, Littnan and a group of researchers set out to examine the causes of death in Hawaiian Monk Seals.