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Phoenix (manga)

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Alternative title:
Fénix (Spanish)
Fênix (Portuguese)
Fire Bird
Hi no Tori (Japanese)
La Fenice (Italian)
Phénix, l'oiseau de feu (French)
火の鳥 (Japanese)
Genres: science fiction
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: “All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven.” According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes.
User Ratings: 74 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 35 votes (Eng:18, sub:9, dub:5, raw:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (Eng:9, sub:7, raw:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 8 votes (Eng:6, raw:1, sub:1)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:1, dub:1, Eng:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 3 votes (Eng:1, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 177 users, rank: #494 (of 6736)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.500 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 2.4619, rank: #341 (of 7469)
Weighted mean: 8.894 (Excellent), rank: #286 (of 7469) (seen all: 9.31 / seen some: 8.87 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 8.833 (Excellent−), rank: #14 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 12
Volumes:
#01. Dawn
#02. A Tale of the Future
#03. Yamato
#04. Universe
#05. Hou-ou
#06. Resurrection
#07. Robe of Feathers
#08. Nostalgia
#09. Civil War
#10. Life
#11. Strange Beings
#12. Sun
Vintage:
1954-07 to 1955-05 (Dawn)
1986-01 to 1988-02 (Sun)
2003-03-10 to 2008-03-18 (North America)
2023-12-23 (Brazil)
Release dates: We have 12
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
Phoenix: A Tale of the Future (Mar 26, 2002)
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Line-Up for Scotland Loves Anime 2023 in Edinburgh Confirmed (Sep 23, 2023)
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Osamu Tezuka Characters Get Team Phoenix Crossover Manga by Spanish Artist Kenny Ruiz (Apr 12, 2021)
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Burning Kabaddi TV Anime Reveals April 2 Premiere, New Visual (Feb 15, 2021)
Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga Gets Sequel in Novel Form in April (Jan 24, 2019)
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Mysterious Joker Anime's 4th Season Announced in Video (Jun 25, 2016)
Meiji-Era Ace Attorney Game to Bundle Sherlock Briefcase (Apr 6, 2015)
Supanova Pop Culture Expo Gold Coast on this Weekend! (Apr 3, 2014)
SMAP's Kusanagi to Play Osamu Tezuka in Manga-Based Show (Jul 31, 2013)
1st 2 Madoka Magica Films to Play in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tulsa (Dec 11, 2012)
Fairy Tail Film's 3-Minute Special Promo Streamed (Aug 30, 2012)
Japanese Box Office, August 18-19 (Aug 26, 2012)
Melbourne International Film Festival to screen Phoenix Wright, A Letter to Momo. (Jun 7, 2012)
16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (Feb 20, 2012)
Osamu Tezuka's Hand-Drawn Notebooks to Be Published (Nov 1, 2010)
Astro Boy Mag iPhone App Now in UK, AU, Other Nations (Mar 8, 2010)
Stan Lee, Frederik Schodt, Priest Helmer Interviewed (Feb 6, 2010)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine on European iPhones in 2010 (Nov 25, 2009)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine Now on iPhones in English (Nov 18, 2009)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine on U.S. iPhones This Month (Oct 20, 2009)
11-Meter Sculpture of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Unveiled (Sep 22, 2009)
11-Meter Statue of Tezuka's Phoenix, 3-Meter Astro Boy to be Unveiled (Sep 14, 2009)
Anime Central 2009 - Dark Horse (May 14, 2009)
Frederik L. Schodt Wins The Order of the Rising Sun Award (Apr 29, 2009)
13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (Apr 19, 2009)
Weekly Tezuka Manga Posted on Yappa's iPhone App (Apr 13, 2009)
Edo-Tokyo Museum to Mark Osamu Tezuka's 80th Birthday (Feb 17, 2009)
Weekly Osamu Tezuka TV Show to Remake 19 Classic Manga (Jan 22, 2009)
Viz, B&N Post Tezuka's Phoenix 'Motion Manga' Video (Update 2) (Nov 25, 2008)
Manga Translator Frederik Schodt Interviewed (Nov 6, 2008)
Tezuka's 700 Manga, 100 Anime to Be Posted for Free (Nov 4, 2008)
Phoenix, Galaxy Express Films' Kon Ichikawa Passes Away (Feb 13, 2008)
Japanese Firm Puts Enhanced Manga on Nintendo DS (Dec 11, 2007)
Tezuka's Company to Digitize, Colorize All His Manga (Sep 14, 2007)
San Francisco's Tezuka Exhibit Hosts Publishers' Forum (Aug 16, 2007)
Japanese Box Office, July 21–22: Piano no Mori at #9 (Jul 23, 2007)
Otakon Hosts Final Fantasy XII Composer, Eminence Show (Jun 25, 2007)
Fred Schodt on Osamu Tezuka coming in September (Mar 21, 2007)
Polysics Sets 2007 Tour Dates (Dec 18, 2006)
Phoenix Anime Fest Scores Kosuke Okazaki (Nov 8, 2006)
NYCC - Viz Manga (Mar 14, 2006)
Viz Signature Line Details (Dec 13, 2005)
Anime!! at MoMA (Jun 26, 2005)
Katsucon 2005 - Media Blasters (Feb 28, 2005)
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Time Online Article on Tezuka Manga (Jul 20, 2004)
Phoenix Website (Jun 5, 2002)
Viz Titles nominated for Eisners (Apr 26, 2002)
Pulp Ends in August (Apr 11, 2002)
AnimeFringe: April 2002 (Apr 2, 2002)
More Tezuka From Viz (Feb 20, 2002)
Osamu Tezuka article in LA Weekly Cover story (Jan 8, 2002)
Tezuka manga 'Hi no Tori' translated into Esperanto (Oct 16, 2001)
Interest:
Tezuka's Phoenix Inspires Compilation CD in October (Jul 15, 2019)
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eBook
    Phoenix - Future (eBook 2) 2014-02-11 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Yamato/Space (eBook 3) 2014-02-25 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Karma (eBook 4) 2014-03-11 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Resurrection (eBook 5) 2014-03-25 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Nostalgia (eBook 6) 2014-04-08 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Civil War: Part 1 (eBook 7) 2014-04-15 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Civil War: Part Two/Robe of Feathers (eBook 8) 2014-04-22 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Strange Beings/Life (eBook 9) 2014-04-29 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Sun (Part One) (eBook 10) 2014-05-13 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Sun (Part Two) (eBook 11) 2014-05-20 (from $9.99)
    Phoenix - Early Works (eBook 12) 2014-05-27 (from $9.99)
Graphic novel
    Phoenix - Dawn (GN 1) 2003-03-10 (from $154.98)
    Phoenix - Future (GN 2) 2004-10-08 (from $108.95)
    Phoenix - Yamato/Space (GN 3) 2003-10-29 (from $61.98)
    Phoenix - Karma (GN 4) 2004-05-10 (from $99.99)
    Phoenix - Resurrection (GN 5) 2004-10-08 (from $194.00)
    Phoenix - Nostalgia (GN 6) 2006-03-07
    Phoenix - Civil War, Part One (GN 7) 2006-06-13
    Phoenix - Civil War, Part Two (GN 8) 2006-09-12 (from $99.00)
    Phoenix - Strange Beings / Life (GN 9) 2006-12-12 (from $349.95)
    Phoenix - Sun, Part One (GN 10) 2007-02-26 (from $499.00)
    Phoenix - Sun, Part Two (GN 11) 2007-09-18 (from $64.95)
    Phoenix - Early Works (GN 12) 2008-03-18 (from $14.99)
    Phoenix - A Tale of the Future (GN 2) 2002-07-06 (from $43.84)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Kodansha
Serialized In:
Com
Manga Shounen
Shoujo Club 
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Frederik L. Schodt
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Spain)
Verónica Calafell (Spain)

Correction: Jaime Rodriguez (Spain)
(none)
Spanish companies
Adaptation: Estudio Fenix (Spain)
Graphic & Layout: Estudio Fenix (Spain)
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo (Hazard)

Lettering: Giulia Gabrielli (J-Pop)
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher:
Hazard
J-Pop
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Licensed by: JBC (Brazil)
Publisher: JBC (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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