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NEWS: Studio 4°C Animates Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga for Disney+ in 2023


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Ryuji-Dono



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:42 am Reply with quote
They’re going for variety too, given that they’ve licensed a romantic comedy too
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:02 am Reply with quote
The titles that Disney have picked so far have been pretty interesting, my guess for titles would have either been something similar to Doraemon for their younger demographic or mostly titles like Bleach for their teen audience. Yet we've gotten: action show for teens(Bleach) Vocaloid Fantasy(Black Rock Shooter) Arthouse (Tatami Time Machine Blues) and now a Studio 4°C production adapted from a classic Manga.
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Triltaison



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:29 am Reply with quote
Maybe this will help the manga to finally get a reprint in English. I'm lucky enough to own Phoenix, but it's criminal that a secondhand set could set a person back over $1000 if you tried to get copies now.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:09 am Reply with quote
It's nice that Disney is finally paying the Tezukas for something. Rolling Eyes

Tril: I'm still waiting for Discotek to pick up the 80's Phoenix.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:25 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
It's nice that Disney is finally paying the Tezukas for something. Rolling Eyes

Tril: I'm still waiting for Discotek to pick up the 80's Phoenix.


You still believe in that "Lion King plagiarized Kimba" myth, don't you?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:31 am Reply with quote
Hold on, is this the Nostalgia story arc of Phoenix? Because that story goes places.

Official synopsis, from Viz's 2006 edition: "In the 25th century, Romy and her husband George purchase the planet Eden 17 from an unscrupulous space real estate agent. Unfortunately, their dream planet turns out to be an arid wasteland. During their desperate search for water, George is killed, leaving Romy and her unborn child to survive on their own. How far will Romy go to build a civilization on Eden 17."

Spoilers: spoiler[Romy, determined to repopulate the planet and continue George's bloodline, puts herself in cryogenic suspension after her son is born, leaving his care to a robot named Shiva until he reaches maturity. When she awakes, she has sex with him so she can get pregnant again, eventually giving birth to several boys, then repeats this for a few generations. This all happens in the first 100 pages. Eventually, with Eden 17 repopulated, she grows nostalgic for Earth (hence the title), and travels back there with one of her sons/grandsons.]

On Disney+. I cannot wait to see that.

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Wow, this looks awesome. I wonder if this is somewhat based on one of the short stories of that 2003 (I think?) Phoenix series... In any case, this looks so much better... glad to see Disney+ getting serious about anime Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:46 am Reply with quote
donhumberto wrote:
Wow, this looks awesome. I wonder if this is somewhat based on one of the short stories of that 2003 (I think?) Phoenix series... In any case, this looks so much better... glad to see Disney+ getting serious about anime :lol:

Phoenix, Tezuka's "life's work" and unfinished masterpiece, consists of 13 story arcs. The 2004 anime you're thinking of adapted five of these (Dawn, Resurrection, Strange Beings, Sun, and Future). Three of the others (Yamato, Space, and Karma) came out as OAVs in the 80s, as covered in a Buried Treasure column.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:58 am Reply with quote
Ryuji-Dono wrote:
GATSU wrote:
It's nice that Disney is finally paying the Tezukas for something. Rolling Eyes

Tril: I'm still waiting for Discotek to pick up the 80's Phoenix.


You still believe in that "Lion King plagiarized Kimba" myth, don't you?



Lol, Have you seen Kimba? it literally has the same characters and events 90% of the time. In my country, we grew up with Kimba decades before Lion King came out, and literally, the theatre was dying of laughter at how absurd it is that they copied a lot from the anime. If they didn't plagiarise it, they indeed took a lot lol.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:05 am Reply with quote
Rowri88 wrote:
Ryuji-Dono wrote:
GATSU wrote:
It's nice that Disney is finally paying the Tezukas for something. Rolling Eyes

Tril: I'm still waiting for Discotek to pick up the 80's Phoenix.


You still believe in that "Lion King plagiarized Kimba" myth, don't you?



Lol, Have you seen Kimba? it literally has the same characters and events 90% of the time. In my country, we grew up with Kimba decades before Lion King came out, and literally, the theatre was dying of laughter at how absurd it is that they copied a lot from the anime. If they didn't plagiarise it, they indeed took a lot lol.


Have you looked at it beyond surface level? Osamu’s own son even doesn’t think it’s a ripoff.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:12 am Reply with quote
Ryuji-Dono wrote:
Rowri88 wrote:
Ryuji-Dono wrote:
GATSU wrote:
It's nice that Disney is finally paying the Tezukas for something. Rolling Eyes

Tril: I'm still waiting for Discotek to pick up the 80's Phoenix.


You still believe in that "Lion King plagiarized Kimba" myth, don't you?



Lol, Have you seen Kimba? it literally has the same characters and events 90% of the time. In my country, we grew up with Kimba decades before Lion King came out, and literally, the theatre was dying of laughter at how absurd it is that they copied a lot from the anime. If they didn't plagiarise it, they indeed took a lot lol.


Have you looked at it beyond surface level? Osamu’s own son even doesn’t think it’s a ripoff.


Maybe, but we watched the show to death back then, it was the mainstream show in my country (like other Tezuka's work like Blue Blink), so it's not by any means a surface level, but when I see the death of Mufasa being EXACTLY like the episode of Kimba's father's death (being thrown off..etc), the characters and the villains look exactly the same. Where I live we just saw an American version of that anime condensed. It's not like Paprika and the Inception similarities, now THAT'S inspiration, not direct copying. Oh well, they're both awesome, but I did notice Americans are the only ones who get angry at this "myth" whatever the reason is. BUT this Phoenix adaptation looks dope AF
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:16 am Reply with quote
Ryuji: https://youtu.be/WYKgStQxixs
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:21 am Reply with quote
When someone says “anime on Disney +”, a Tezuka adaptation is the first thing one would think of over a seasonal release with big hype. Something with a notable pedigree and budget.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:10 am Reply with quote
invalidname wrote:
donhumberto wrote:
Wow, this looks awesome. I wonder if this is somewhat based on one of the short stories of that 2003 (I think?) Phoenix series... In any case, this looks so much better... glad to see Disney+ getting serious about anime Laughing

Phoenix, Tezuka's "life's work" and unfinished masterpiece, consists of 13 story arcs. The 2004 anime you're thinking of adapted five of these (Dawn, Resurrection, Strange Beings, Sun, and Future). Three of the others (Yamato, Space, and Karma) came out as OAVs in the 80s, as covered in a Buried Treasure column.

Thanks! Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:56 am Reply with quote
Welcome to Disney jail.
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