Yosuke\'s family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid.
But as a commercial development encroach on the sleepy seaside village and Yosuke\'s father is lured away from tradition towards modern properity, and turns the egg into a tourist trap, what will happen to the promise their family made to the mermaids generations ago? Tropic 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..
In exchange for this favor, the mer-people bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.
When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated.
Yosuke\'s family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid
