Did anyone read Phoenix by Ozamu Tezuka!!

[Azraelito]

is really a masterpiece that I must have??

Viz is now releasing in the last previews the last volume,number 12.

the cost is 14.95

I read the story of the previews of each volume and it was a bit crazy...

is it really worth,apart that is a work of the god of manga!!!!

Saludos!!!

[Jet_Jaguar]

I've read the first two volumes of Phoenix. The first one I read is the second volume, "Future," which was actually the first one that Viz released in English. I'd say that it's a pretty good litmus test as to whether or not you're going to find the rest of it to be worth reading. The first volume, "Dawn," is good too, but it has a lot of random weirdness that may turn off people that are new to the series or to Tezuka in general.

Has anyone seen the Phoenix anime series? I was listening to an episode of the Anime World Order podcast ( http://animeworldorder.blogspot.com ), and one of the reviewers really liked it. He said that New York's PBS affiliate actually had some kind of role in producing it and lamented that it's probably something that nobody in America will buy (Since the review is a little old, what he says about it not being out on DVD in America is outdated).

http://animeworldorder.blogspot.com/200 ... ostro.html

[Mike Nicolai]

Phoenix is one of the finest comics series I've ever read. The stories are loosely connected, so you can jump on at any point. "Future" is a good place to start, you may be able to get a good deal on the first (oversized, flipped) printing.

If I wasn't at work I would go on and on, it's a fantastic series. Highly recommended.

[Stan Sakai]

Phoenix is an excellent series.

I was first introduced to the character during a showing of Phoenix 2727(?) at the San Diego Con, a year that Tezuka was a guest. It was geared for kids, but also had an adult message. I have the VHS somewhere as well as the film books. Another of his films that was shown was Cleopatra, in which Caesar does a kabuki dance. Pretty neat.

[Jet_Jaguar]

Phoenix is an excellent series.

I was first introduced to the character during a showing of Phoenix 2727(?) at the San Diego Con, a year that Tezuka was a guest. It was geared for kids, but also had an adult message. I have the VHS somewhere as well as the film books. Another of his films that was shown was Cleopatra, in which Caesar does a kabuki dance. Pretty neat.

Have you ever seen Tezuka's A Thousand and One Nights? Someone actually posted the whole thing on YouTube (sans subtitles), and it looks cool from what I've seen so far::

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BLgpRdpegMo&feature=related

I love the anachronistic psychedelic rock music at the beginning of the movie. I think this movie and Cleopatra were both scored by Isao Tomita.

The art direction in this clip from A Thousand and One Nights reminds me just a little of the old German animated movie The Adventures of Prince Achmed, I wonder if Tezuka ever saw it. Also, there are some shots with model buildings that look a little like something out of one of the old Fleischer Popeye cartoons.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/

[Mike Nicolai]

As long as we are sharing Tezuka youtube clips...

Jumping

Broken Down Film

[Jet_Jaguar]

I like both of those shorts a lot. I think of "Broken Down Film" as being sort of the "Duck Amuck" of anime.

[Jet_Jaguar]

I've read the first and third volume of Phoenix, and one thing that I find interesting is that both stories are set around 300 AD or so but use lots of anachronistic references to 20th century history and pop culture (Both include references to student protests taking place in Japan in the late 60s). I know that Tezuka intended Phoenix to be something of an experimental work, could the reason for these anachronistic references be that, on some level, Tezuka simply wasn't very interested in writing a more conventional historical story, or could there be another reason?