TELEVISION

Phoenix - Season 1

Series: Phoenix

4.2

(33)

Episodes

Rating

TVPG

Year

2007

About

The anime series is designed as an anthology of five fables from the past, the present and the future illustrating how humankind has gone to great lengths to search for and discover the key to immortality. According to legend, the PHOENIX, a mythical bird of fire, is said to hold the key to eternal life. Great warriors, greedy princesses, ambitious scientists and ordinary people, all desire to possess its promise and power, regardless of the sometimes dire consequences.

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Episodes

1. Dawn, Part 1

25m

A boy named Nagi lives in at the foot of the mountain where the Phoenix resides. His sister, Hinaku, is saved by Guzuri, a medicine man, falls in love with him. At the night on their wedding, the village is suddenly attacked by troops of Yamatai led by Sarutahiko. The truth is then discovered: Guzuri has double-crossed them.

2. Dawn, Part 2

25m

Frightened by coming of old age, Himiko, the Queen of Yamatai, desperately wants the life-blood of the Phoenix. Sarutahiko who won the war brings Nagi with him. He trains Nagi as a hunter for the Phoenix. Nagi, however, is planing to attack Himiko instead, while Sarutahiko is accused of such Nagi's act. Nagi rescues Sarutahiko from the Hornet's Cave and heads for his homeland.

3. Dawn, Part 3

25m

In search of the Phoenix, Yamatai troops surge into the volcano. Among them is a master of archery who confronts Sarutahiko, but their fight ends in a draw. Sarutahiko asks Yumihiko to give up the Phoenix to Nagi if he succeeds to capture it. Yumihiko finally shoots down the Phoenix while the volcano is shooting out the fire. But Himiko dies before she can sip the life-blood of the Phoenix.

4. Dawn, Part 4

25m

With the help of a woman named Uzume, Nagi and Sarutahiko escape from the horse-riding tribe, which aims to destroy Yamatai. Back in the Yamatai Kingdom, they battle against the horse-riding tribe together with Yumihiko but they are outnumbered.

5. Resurrection, Part 1

25m

In the 25th century, Leona involved in explosion at the laboratory on the moon, is restored to life with artificial brain planted in. He, however, has lost his memory due to the effect of the operation. Furthermore, people become to be reflected as debris on his eyes.

6. Resurrection, Part 2

25m

While Lamp doggedly follow Leona, Leona and Chihiro subconsciously reach the explosion site in the research facility where Leona gradually retrieves his memory in the past. He recalls his father, who died in hopelessness, his revolts against such his father and a research on the vital energy in the Phoenix's feather conducted by Dr. Saruta.

7. Transformation

25m

Sakon-no-suke, a woman who has been brought up as a male, sets off to kill Yaobikuni who tries to save her diabolic father. After killing Yaobikuni at a temple, Sakon-no-suke cannot return home, and finds out Yaobikuni is herself in the future - trapped in the circle of time.

8. Sun, Part 1

25m

Defeated General Harima is forced to wear a wolf skin over his head, which cannot be taken off. He heads to a country called Wah together with Obaba who has helped him and an injured General Saruta, where they save a girl named Marimo, a daughter of a canine tribe worshiped as a native god. While resting in a village that Saruta has known, they are assaulted by attackers.

9. Sun, Part 2

25m

Harima who has changed his name to Inugami-no-Sukune, becomes the leader of Inugami village where village folks enjoy prosperity. It seems like the peaceful life in the village lasts forever. However, pressures from the Imperial Court to exclude native gods to extend Buddhism rapidly increases. Just then, a holy seat enshrining a native god is hardly destroyed by a minister's followers.

10. Sun, Part 3

25m

After the death of Emperor Tenchi, the political situation starts to change significantly. Inugami, who was saved by Marimo, has recovered from his wounds. With resentment against repeated orders for labor and contributions imposed on the villagers, Inugami again heads to Otsu, but is arrested for violent behavior towards a minister.