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Hi no Tori

Also known as Phoenix.

Studio: Touhouku Shinsha , NHK , Tezuka Productions , Media Blasters , NYAV Post
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.



Tags: Mythology , Historical , Anthology , Philosophy , Reincarnation

Ginga Tansa 2100-nen Border Planet

Also known as Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet.

Studio: Nippon Television Network , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Sci-Fi

This work was produced as the ninth special animated piece for the 24-hour television program by Tezuka Production, which took full charge of the original story, screenplay and direction. Tezuka Osamu crafts a love story in the time when humans are expanding into space at the end of the 21st century, employing an omnibus form similar to Bradbury's "Martian Chronicle." The story line is similar to "Phoenix: Nostalgia." Leaving the earth after marriage, a woman is left behind in space when her husband suddenly dies of a cosmic disease. These background details were used in "The Phoenix" as well. This time, her friends on the Earth head for space to save the woman who was once everyone's ideal lady. In this special animated piece, Tezuka Osamu emphasizes his basic concepts that "love can save the earth" and "only love can save humans."



Tags: Time Skip , Aliens , Survival , Space Opera , Space , Pandemic , Post-Apocalyptic , Unrequited Love , Body Horror

Love Position Halley Densetsu

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

This is the very first original animated video produced by Tezuka Productions, about an agent who was sent riding on Halley's comet to the earth. He was actually given an order to destroy the earth. Captivated by planet's beauty, however, he is no longer able to destroy the planet. Seventy-six years later, another agent from Halley's comet is sent to the earth to liquidate this traitor, who is now disguised as a girl named Lamina in Vietnam. Tezuka Osamu oversaw only the original story.



Tags: Aliens , War , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Foreign

Mitsume ga Tooru

Studio: Tezuka Productions , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

He is a little boy who has a terrible power. On his forehead is a third eye that, if open, releases extremely dangerous mystical energy that turns him into an evil sorcerer, bent on conquering mankind, and able to summon demons and wielding a red harpoon wand called Red Condor. To protect mankind from his terrible power, Sharaku is made to wear a bandage which seals his third eye. While his eye is sealed, Sharaku knows nothing of his true nature or his power, and does not remember his evil half's sinister attempts to conquer the world.

Tags: Shounen

Hi no Tori: Houou-hen

Also known as Phoenix: Karma Chapter.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Project Team Argos
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

The story is about two characters, Akanemaru, a sculpture genius, and ex-burglar Gao whose only purpose in life is sculpting, and how they struggle with the fate to compete with each other over their capacity and talent.



Tags: Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Tragedy , Gods , Reincarnation