Better late than never

A lot has already been said about Daisuke Igarashi's Children of the Sea, so there's not much for me to add. I deeply encourage everyone to check the book out, because it's one of the best manga out there, available in North America or not. While not as dense of Witches, it's a well-researched, accessible work that reads so quickly (due in part by not just Igarashi's lyrical decompression, but also by the translation) that you'll be aching for more when you reach the final page.

I'll depart with the link to read the series on Viz's Ikki and two examples of Igarashi's captivating two-page spreads:

Read Children of the Sea Online

A new incarnation of Pulp

Viz's experiment with Rumiko Takahashi's newest title was an apparent precursor, as they now have a website dedicated to running Ikki magazine titles.  They have already posted the first chapter of Daisuke Igarashi's Children of the Sea (read Andrew's brief review here), with promises of more to come.  Titles in the near-future include:

Bokurano (Mohiro Kitoh)

Dorohedoro (Q Hayashida)

House of Five Leaves (Natsume Ono)

I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow (Shunji Aono)

Bit confused on how the decision to print titles will work out (based on individual hits for a series?  Publish a volume after it is fully serialized, or just treat it like any other non-Ikki series?), but this is promising.