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Phoenix, Vol. 1: Dawn (Paperback)

by Osamu Tezuka (Author, Illustrator)

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Paperback: 344 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (Mar 26 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1569318689
ISBN-13: 978-1569318683
Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.4 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 481 g

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Chances are readers have never seen anything like this, and not just because it's only now being published in English. Tezuka (1928-1989), known for his manga innovations, considered this series of interlocking stories to be his masterpiece. Viz excellently contextualizes it with essays and an interview with and brief statement by Tezuka. This work, the second of Tezuka's 12 Phoenix books, starts off conventionally enough in the year 3034. Humans have been forced underground by a series of wars, and the remaining population lives in five cities ruled by infallible computers. Young space patrolman Yamanobe is in love with a Moopie (a shape-changing alien) who's taken on the form of a beautiful young woman. When ordered to kill her-Moopies are being exterminated because of their ability to induce hallucinogenic fantasies-Yamanobe flees to the Earth's ravaged surface instead. The cities subsequently blow each other up, and in the ensuing nuclear winter, Yamanobe finds that he's been granted eternal life by the mysterious Phoenix. The story then shifts into high gear: the rest of the book covers not centuries or millennia, but millions of years, as Yamanobe, unable to die and totally alone, watches evolution unfold, from primordial soup to evolved, thinking life forms. Throughout, Tezuka's visual imagination is as stunning as his narrative is ambitious. If readers can get beyond the retro-cute look-the artwork's bold, simple lines might seem overly cartoony given the serious, even metaphysical nature of the story-this is a work guaranteed to blow their minds.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Tezuka (1928-89) was Japan's "God of Manga." The incredibly prolific artist created manga's cinematic and cartoony style, pioneered many manga genres, and inspired generations of creators. His manga Tetsuwan Atom, known here as Astro Boy (Dark Horse), became the first anime shown on American TV. Tezuka referred to the Phoenix saga, begun in the 1960s but unfinished at his death, as his life's work. This volume, though only one of 12 original parts (only an excerpt of one of the others is available in English), is actually the climax of the series and is an epic in itself. In the year 3404, fugitive space patrolman Masato, illegally harboring a friendly alien creature, flees one of the last homes of the human race, which sparks a conflict between the last humans that seems like the end for humanity. But Phoenix, the Spirit of the Earth, has other plans. Some modern comics fans may find the look of Tezuka's characters old-fashioned, but this is the work of a master storyteller, comparable to other complex manga such as Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (Viz). The excellent translation team Dadakai includes manga expert and Tezuka associate Frederik L. Schodt. Visionary science fiction on a grand scale, this is highly recommended for all collections.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Undescribably buetiful, Jan 12 2004

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Osamu Tezuka amazes me, I'd throw everything away just to be like him, words short of god fail to describe him. He is a master of his art, invoking feelings from sadness, to hope, to despair, to joyfulness, and back again. I'm a guy who has gone through pain unlike what you could most likely imagine, at the very least I've hardened to the point where I couldn't care less, to do this to me, to make me feels exactly what the characters are feeling as they are feeling it, is beyond indescribable. I don't know japanese or french, if what they say is true, then that just means I'll have to create my own masterpieces in english.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A DYING EARTH, Sep 14 2003

By	Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phoenix, Volume 2: A Tale Of The Future (Paperback)

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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work, insulting translation., Jul 7 2003

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First let me start off by saying that Tezuka's Hinotori is a masterpiece of illustrated storytelling, and anyone would do well to pick it up, even if they aren't into comics. However I do truly wish that there a better translation for you to read. Dadakai has unfortunately shown that it has no respect for the audience's intelligence with their translation. They began by adding a text "narration" to the sequence of the volcano erupting at the beginning. The writing of these scenes is inept and overblown, if I hadn't already read the book in French, I would've probably given up on it there. These text boxes add nothing to the story, and actually take something of it away, because besides being poorly worded, they also cover up some of the artwork that Tezuka-sama meant for us to see! I suppose some changes are acceptable, such as making Guzuly "EmDee", but the most intelligence-insulting gesture, which made me throw the book across the room, was in the character of Saruta. American readers encountered Dr. Saruta in the "first" volume of Phoenix (actually the second), and since we American readers can't obviously concieve of the characters of Saruta and Sarutahiko being connected (probably by reincarnation) they chopped the -hiko off the end of his name so as not to confuse us. Dadakai doesn't respect its audience, and hence I don't respect their work. You'd probably be better off buying the French or Japanese version and
translating them yourselves.

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