Tags: Manga.
Umizaru (海猿 lit. Sea Monkeys) is a manga series by Shūhō Satō which was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Young Sunday from 1998 to 2001. Yōichi Komori is credited with the original idea for the series and he also did the research to make the series more authentic. The series focuses on Daisuke Senzaki an officer in the Japan Coast Guard and tells the stories of shipwreck rescues and other incidents where the coast guard plays a role.