Phoenix (manga)

Phoenix
Cover art of the Phoenix: Dawn 2009 reprint, featuring Hi no Tori.
火の鳥 (Hi no Tori)
Genre	Drama[1] Fantasy[1]
Manga
Phoenix (Manga Shōnen)
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Gakudōsha
English publisher	Viz Media
Magazine	Manga Shōnen
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 1954 – May 1955
Volumes	1
Manga
Phoenix (Shōjo Club)
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Viz Media
Magazine	Shōjo Club
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	May 1956 – December 1957
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Mushi Production (1967–1973) Asahi Sonorama (1976–1981) Kadokawa Shoten (1986–1988)
English publisher	Viz Media
Magazine	COM (1967–1973) Manga Shōnen (Asahi Sonorama) (1976–1981) Yasei Jidai (1986–1988)
English magazine	NA: Pulp
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1967 – February 1988
Volumes	12
Manga parts
Dawn (January – November 1967) Future (December 1967 – September 1968) Yamato (September 1968 – February 1969) Space (March – July 1969) Karma (August 1969 – September 1970) Resurrection (October 1970 - September 1971) A Robe of Feathers (October 1971) Nostalgia (September 1976 – March 1978) Civil War (April 1978 – July 1980) Life (August – December 1980) Strange Beings (January – April 1981) Sun (January 1986 – February 1988)
Further information Live-action film Phoenix Directed by Kon Ichikawa Produced by Kunihiko Murai Kon Ichikawa Written by Shuntaro Tanigawa Music by Michel Legrand Jun Fukamachi Studio Toho Released August 19, 1978 Runtime 138 minutes Original video animation Phoenix Directed by Rintaro (OVA 1) Toshio Hirata (OVA 2) Yoshiaki Kawajiri (OVA 3) Produced by Rintaro Masao Maruyama Yasuteru Iwase Written by Tomoko Konparu Hideo Takayashiki Music by Fumio Miyashita Studio Madhouse Team Argo Project Released OVA 1: Karma December 20,1986 OVA 2: Yamato August 1, 1987 OVA 3: Space December 21, 1987 Runtime 48–60 minutes Episodes 3 Original net animation Phoenix: Dougo Onsen Chapter Directed by Fumihiro Yoshimura Produced by Ryoutarou Hayashi (2) Gorou Kumatani (2-3) Hirotoshi Nonaka (3) Written by Taisuke Nishimura Shouichirou Masumoto Music by Yuji Nomi Studio Tezuka Productions Released May 24, 2019 – November 20, 2020 Episodes 3 Original net animation Phoenix: Eden17 Directed by Shōjirō Nishimi Produced by Eiko Tanaka Written by Katsunari Mano Saku Konohana Music by Takatsugu Muramatsu Studio Studio 4°C Licensed by Disney Platform Distribution Released September 13, 2023 Episodes 4 Anime film Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower Directed by Shōjirō Nishimi Produced by Eiko Tanaka Written by Katsunari Mano Saku Konohana Music by Takatsugu Muramatsu Studio Studio 4°C Released November 3, 2023 Runtime 95 minutes Related anime Phoenix 2772 (1980 feature film) Phoenix (2004 TV series)

Phoenix (火の鳥, Hi no Tori, "Bird of Fire") is an unfinished manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered Phoenix his "life's work"; it consists of 12 parts, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era. The plots go back and forth from the remote future to prehistoric times. The story was never completed, having been cut short by Tezuka's death in 1989.

Several of the stories have been adapted into anime and a live-action film, along with a musical production by the Takarazuka Revue. As of 2008, the entire manga series is available in English-language translations.