From: kenmlin@aol.com   
      
   There's actually an original novel and manga adaptaion by Saithou Takao.   
   The remake is very deliberate and really taking its time.  I recall the main   
   character being a submarine pilot but have been struggling to find all the   
   volumes.   
      
   "BobbieSellers"  wrote in message news:lkj0eg$6k6$3@dont-email.me...   
      
   NIHON CHINBOTSU Manga   
   日本沈没; Japan Sinks; Jepang Kelem; Jepang Tenggelam; The Sinking of Japan   
   Released: 2006   
      
   Author(s): Komatsu Sakyou   
   Artist(s): Ishiki Tokihiko   
   Genre(s) Drama, Sci-fi, Seinen, Tragedy   
      
   From the Animeraider:   
      
   Japan is a seismically active country, so the occasional tremblor isn't   
   anything that people get too worked up about. They happen and it's   
   unfortunate, but in general Japan is prepared. But there is one scientist   
   who believes that he has found proof that a recent quake has triggered a   
   cataclysmic event, and that within a year Japan will sink into the sea.   
   Now if he can get anyone to believe him before it’s too late…   
      
   Also known as Japan Sinks, this is based on the award-winning novel and   
   movie of the same name. It's a well-written and complex story, and will   
   seem like it's about something else before it gets into the meat of   
   things. Well worth the effort.  (above copied from Manga Fox with   
   spelling corrected.   
      
        Well this starts slowly with the sinking of a bar and the rest of   
   the building in the fortuitous presence of a Rescue Worker, an   
   Oceangraphic diver with extended senses, his co-worker and an Earth   
   scientist thru whose efforts the patrons and residents escape death.   
   That is the first 4 chapters and it seems as though the action of   
   Sinking Japan must accelerate and broaden.   
      
   Powerful art and powerful story.   
      
   bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)