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Hiei77



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:53 pm Reply with quote
Well this is my first post here and i just want to know something about Phoenix (the manga). Is it in any way related to Astro Boy? Like does Astro make a cameo at all? Because i have read the first two volumes of Astro Boy and played the Astro Boy Omega Factor game. So far the Phoenix is in only the game and it plays a small part. Thanks.
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Hiei77



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:32 pm Reply with quote
Hey yeah i love Yu Yu Hakusho too! And yeah the Astro Boy manga's pretty good.
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:00 am Reply with quote
Phoenix is not related to Astro Boy, thoughI wouldn't rule out the possibility that AB might make an appearence in later volumes. Still, the two are quite diffrent (Astro Boy is for kids, Phoenix is for adults) so I'd be suprised. In any case, I'd highly recommend Phoenix, as it far surpasses Astro Boy. Volume two (Future) is probobly the best introduction.
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Hiei77



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:07 am Reply with quote
Kagemusha wrote:
Phoenix is not related to Astro Boy, thoughI wouldn't rule out the possibility that AB might make an appearence in later volumes. Still, the two are quite diffrent (Astro Boy is for kids, Phoenix is for adults) so I'd be suprised. In any case, I'd highly recommend Phoenix, as it far surpasses Astro Boy. Volume two (Future) is probobly the best introduction.


Ok thanks a lot i'll be sure to look into it. Also i heard the ending was not complete or something because of Osama's death. Whats up with that? Thanks again.
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coolerimmortal



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:11 am Reply with quote
Hiei77 wrote:
Kagemusha wrote:
Phoenix is not related to Astro Boy, thoughI wouldn't rule out the possibility that AB might make an appearence in later volumes. Still, the two are quite diffrent (Astro Boy is for kids, Phoenix is for adults) so I'd be suprised. In any case, I'd highly recommend Phoenix, as it far surpasses Astro Boy. Volume two (Future) is probobly the best introduction.


Ok thanks a lot i'll be sure to look into it. Also i heard the ending was not complete or something because of Osama's death. Whats up with that? Thanks again.


I don't think there's much more to it, at least, that's what I've heard.
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Dranxis



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:03 am Reply with quote
Yeah, Osamu Tezuka died before he could finish it. I think according to commentary from him in one of the volumes he intended the last story to take place in the present... Anyway, since each volume is a self-contained story, it doesn't really matter if he didn't finish it. It's still an excellent series. As for Astro Boy, I haven't read it, but it looks fun so I think I might pick up the 2003 version of the anime.
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:29 am Reply with quote
coolerimmortal wrote:
Hiei77 wrote:
Kagemusha wrote:
Phoenix is not related to Astro Boy, thoughI wouldn't rule out the possibility that AB might make an appearence in later volumes. Still, the two are quite diffrent (Astro Boy is for kids, Phoenix is for adults) so I'd be suprised. In any case, I'd highly recommend Phoenix, as it far surpasses Astro Boy. Volume two (Future) is probobly the best introduction.


Ok thanks a lot i'll be sure to look into it. Also i heard the ending was not complete or something because of Osama's death. Whats up with that? Thanks again.


I don't think there's much more to it, at least, that's what I've heard.

I've never heard that, but I also wouldn't be suprised as he was getting towards the later stages of his life. I suspect it was his intention to write Phoenix at diffrent points in his life so he would bring something new to the table, and the last volume would probobly be written when he was elderly. Of course he got cancer and died pre-maturely, and if he wasn't near the ending I doubt he would want to rush it. So I'd guess that it would have originally ended in the mid to late teens.
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Hiei77



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:06 pm Reply with quote
Dranxis wrote:
Yeah, Osamu Tezuka died before he could finish it. I think according to commentary from him in one of the volumes he intended the last story to take place in the present... Anyway, since each volume is a self-contained story, it doesn't really matter if he didn't finish it. It's still an excellent series. As for Astro Boy, I haven't read it, but it looks fun so I think I might pick up the 2003 version of the anime.


Thats what i heard about the whole thing too. Yeah, after all the great things i heard about it i think im going to pick the first couple volumes up to see if i like them. Astro Boy was pretty good, but it was a little weird because some parts were drawn well, and others were a little bit of the older Osamu drawings. And i've never seen the anime, but it must be good because it started the whole anime thing right?
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Hiei77



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:08 pm Reply with quote
Kagemusha wrote:
coolerimmortal wrote:
Hiei77 wrote:
Kagemusha wrote:
Phoenix is not related to Astro Boy, thoughI wouldn't rule out the possibility that AB might make an appearence in later volumes. Still, the two are quite diffrent (Astro Boy is for kids, Phoenix is for adults) so I'd be suprised. In any case, I'd highly recommend Phoenix, as it far surpasses Astro Boy. Volume two (Future) is probobly the best introduction.


Ok thanks a lot i'll be sure to look into it. Also i heard the ending was not complete or something because of Osama's death. Whats up with that? Thanks again.


I don't think there's much more to it, at least, that's what I've heard.

I've never heard that, but I also wouldn't be suprised as he was getting towards the later stages of his life. I suspect it was his intention to write Phoenix at diffrent points in his life so he would bring something new to the table, and the last volume would probobly be written when he was elderly. Of course he got cancer and died pre-maturely, and if he wasn't near the ending I doubt he would want to rush it. So I'd guess that it would have originally ended in the mid to late teens.


I knew that he died but i did not know he died of cancer. Yes if he had done Phoenix in different stages of life it would be interesting on how they change and are new.
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