Originally released as a four-episode mini-series (“Phoenix: Eden17”) and adapted into a feature-length film with an alternative ending, “Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower” is based on the work Hi no Tori (Phoenix) by Osamu Tezuka. The original series, which began publishing in 1954, was plagued by sporadic release and was never finished due to the legendary mangaka's passing in 1989.
The story, spanning over a thousand years, starts with Romi and her partner escaping from Earth and finding a new planet they can cultivate and grow a home on. Romi gives birth and leaves her child behind to sleep in stasis for 13 years, which turns into 1,3000 years when an error occurs. However, when she awakes, the space traveler finds that an entire civilization has risen, with her son having met and bred with alien life. Now the queen of the ‘moopy's,' Romi's desire to return to Earth still grows; when a young alien,...
The story, spanning over a thousand years, starts with Romi and her partner escaping from Earth and finding a new planet they can cultivate and grow a home on. Romi gives birth and leaves her child behind to sleep in stasis for 13 years, which turns into 1,3000 years when an error occurs. However, when she awakes, the space traveler finds that an entire civilization has risen, with her son having met and bred with alien life. Now the queen of the ‘moopy's,' Romi's desire to return to Earth still grows; when a young alien,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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