Shogakukan published five compiled book volumes for the manga, and Viz Media published all five volumes in English.
GKIDS announced on Wednesday that it has acquired North American distribution rights for Studio 4°C’s anime film of Daisuke Igarashi’s Children of the Sea (Kaijū no Kodomo) manga.
The manga earned nominations and awards of excellence from the 38th Japan Cartoonist Awards, the American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association, the School Library Journal, and the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards.
The company will screen the film theatrically in Japanese and English in 2019.