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| Phoenix: A Tale of the Future / Osamu Tezuka : 5 of 5 | |
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1.16.2004
8:58 PM | Link |
 Since I visited the Osamu Tezuka Museum in Japan, I've been reading some of the incredible works Tezuka produced (starting with Astro Boy, thanks to my pal Matt!). Outside the museum is a beautiful statue of the Phoenix, an amazing bird that looks powerful and compassionate at the same time, so I put the book on my Amazon wish list, and received it as a Christmas gift. I was completely blown away by this story, not only on an artistic level, but philosophically as well! Many of the underlying themes from Astro Boy are brought out here in full force, and I just couldn't stop reading - from the very beginning I had to find out more and more about what this story was actually about. The cities and civilization in the far future are fascinating, and the completely sweet and beautiful Tamami is so touching - I love characters that represent purity. To my surprise, I found out that this is only one of several volumes of the Phoenix saga, so I'm going to have to read those as soon as possible!
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