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Trolling around Amazon and noticed that listings for the next two volumes of Phoenix have been added to the site. Getting closer to the completion (well, near-completion since the old man never finished the epic!) of this series in English. SCIENCE FICTION AND FURRIES, YES!
Released December 12, 2007

Released February 26, 2007

5 comments:
Wow, I've heard this is awesome, but ... to read 10 volumes + and STILL not get to an ending? Is there a particularly exemplary/stand-alone-ish volume so I can determine if it's worth the pain? Or do I pretty much have to start from the beginning?
it is really really really good. The stories are all self-contained, and each book vollies back and forth from distant past to distant future, and changed genre a million times along the way. It's one of those series that is indirectly incremental and rewards you for reading from the start, but each basically starts anew with a new set of characters...
Hmmm. i mean, i would say that the best things would be to get:
1) old style period piece story? get Volume 4 : Karma
http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-4-Karma-Osamu-Tezuka/dp/1591163005/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-8344969-0379033
2) space story, future crazyiness? get Volume 2 : Future
http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-2-Tale-Future/dp/159116608X/sr=1-2/qid=1164067586/ref=sr_1_2/103-8344969-0379033?ie=UTF8&s=books
But seriously, almost all of them are really really good. Wanna borrow some when you come next? -ryan
Yes.
Also, you know me, and you know that if the choice is between period piece and space craziness, well, the choice is obvious.
speaking of Osamu, i just wanna say thank you.
thank you for the post about Ode to Kirihito.
after reading your post, i ordered it out of curiosity, having only read my ten or so volumes of Astro Boy.
i ended up reading Kirihito over a weekend and i LOVED it.
i'll probably start the Phoenix series next.
anthony: space madness it is :)
bryan: oh, NICE! that is really great to hear. I thought Kirihito was really really satisfying in a pretty narrative/traditional way, and the experimental panels and transitions were extra icing on the monmow cake.
YES PHOENIX! it's probably my favorite comic series ever.
-ryan
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