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Title: Phoenix: A Tale of the Future by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1-59116-026-X Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A DYING EARTH
Comment: In the year 3404 A.D., the earth and its civilizations are on their last legs. There are only 5 human cities left and those have moved underground where, in an effort to stem despair, they have been dubbed the "eternal capitals". Enter Space Patrolman Masato who is in love with a shape-shifting and mind altering alien named Tamimi. Her race has been outlawed on Earth because the authorities fear that humans, if subjected to the moopie dream state, will become lethargic lotus eaters.
Masato is ordered to kill Tamimi but refuses and flees with her to the surface world where they run into the hermit Dr. Saruta, a brillant scientist whose vision of a flaming phoenix might just hold the future rebirth of a new Earth within it. In the meantime, Masato's old boss, Roc, becomes obsessed with hunting down the fugitives.
Some of the blurbs on this book refer to it as "mind-blowing" and "awesome" etc., like the effect of a psychadelic drug. While I wouldn't go that far, Phoenix does go a long way past 99% of comics being produced today. While it takes a bit to get used to the cartoonish figures within, it really grabs a hold of you. Tezuka is trying to craft an almost future history of the Earth with deep philisophical themes which make the characters at the beginning of the book seem almost trivial. On the other hand, it strengthens the relationship between Masato and Tamimi by showing the fragility of human life when compared to the life of a universe.
I admire Tezuka for attempting to grapple with such deep issues in a comic form. This book is actually the 2nd volume of a 12 volume series which is only just now being published in America.
Rating: 5
Summary: A master at the top of his craft
Comment: Fans of Osama Tezuka know what to expect -- a wild imagination driven by the shock and anger that drove many post-WWII storytellers.
Phoenix, billed as Tezuka's crowning achievement, does not disappoint a fan. Once again, Tezuka primarily seeks to comment on the human condition. This time, he uses a post-apocalypic future to examine the faults of man.
Surprisingly, this time Tezuka manages to manage an amount of optimism, as this story seems to hold at its core a hope that these faults can someday be overcome, even if history testifies otehrwise. A powerful story even if you border on burning out of Tezuka's typical issues.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfection
Comment: Rumiko Takahashi is probably the most celebrated voice of the
last twenty years in the field of manga. These are the same twenty years in which manga has suffered a gradual but steady
decline, resulting in a state where even the best manga is mostly
unreadble, intentionally obtuse and "deep" in a shallow short of
way. The reason is that there is currently no one to match the
sheer power and majesty, not to mention the utter simplicity, of
Osamu Tezuka: the God of manga. Hinotori is undoubtedly his best
work. It is subtle and deep; and fulfills the promise that manga
has always made. This story, though the second in the series, is
also the last chronologically. It tells of the end, and rebirth,
of history. Unfortunately this edition suffers from two problems:
First is the size of the edition. The Japanese and French versions of this comic are presented in much smaller books,
hiding flaws of the work and making the work look more detailed.
That's lost in this full-size presentation. Viz also inexplicably
decided to release the second volume first; dulling a great deal
of the impact we get from the series. The first volume was the
beginning of history, the second volume is the end. This also
makes the end sequence suffer because readers won't understand
that they are seeing the events of the first volume take place
in the next incarnation. I still highly recommend buying this
book despite these reservations. And we can only hope that Viz
will release the rest of the volumes, especially the ones set in
the past, which tend to be the best of the series.
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Title: Phoenix: Dawn by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1569318689 Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Phoenix, Vol. 3 : Yamato/Space by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1591161002 Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: 10 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Kapilavastu (Buddha, Vol. 1) by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1932234438 Publisher: National Book Network Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Four Encounters (Buddha, Vol. 2) by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1932234446 Publisher: National Book Network Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Buddha: Devadatta by Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 1932234454 Publisher: Vertical Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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