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| Umizaru | |
 Cover of the first volume | |
| 海猿 | |
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| Genre | Drama, romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shūhō Satō |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1998 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Live-action television film | |
| Directed by | Yoshiko Hoshida |
| Written by | Yasuo Hasegawa |
| Original network | NHK |
| Released | July 13, 2002 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Live-action television film | |
| Umizaru 2 | |
| Directed by | Yoshiko Hoshida |
| Written by | Yasuo Hasegawa |
| Original network | NHK |
| Released | August 18, 2003 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Umizaru Evolution | |
| Directed by |
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| Produced by | |
| Written by | Yasushi Fukuda |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
| Studio | Fuji TV / Kyodo |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | July 5, 2005 – September 13, 2005 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Related works | |
Umizaru (Japanese: 海猿, lit. 'Sea Monkeys') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūhō Satō. It 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. The plotlines in the series were drawn from incidents and accidents which actually happened while the manga was being written (similar to the "ripped from the headlines" tagline used by various Law & Order series).
The manga has been adapted into two NHK high-definition specials, four films, and one drama series.