Hi no Tori (The Phoenix) (A)
Mar. 31st, 2004 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserBeing semi-new to anime, I don't know who all the "big names" are, but I'm told Osamu Tezuka is very much one of them. (I'm told he's called "God of Anime and Manga," and he's made things like Astro Boy and Metropolis.) No matter if that's true or not, his "Life's Work" is something beautiful to see. He started writing the stories for it in 1954 (!!!). He's dead now, so I'm not sure how much of a hand he could have had in the anime version of his stories, but there's little way he could have improved them.
Hi no Tory (or Hinotori, I've seen it both ways) means 'The Phoenix', and all 12 eps of the series (which will tell five of the stories) are based around that bird.
The first story is set in "early days", when people were living in small villages in the jungle and outsiders were never encountered. With each new ep, another story will be told and another step forward through time will be taken. As far as I know, only the first ep has been aired (subbed?) so far.
To say the animation of it is beautiful would be the understatement of the year. I don't believe I've ever seen crisper, sharper, perfectly colored animation before. While screenshots will do it little justice, here are a couple:
Magic time!
Old woman.
I disagree with the subtitle. (The phoenix is the centerpiece of the series, so why in the world did they make it look like an overgrown chicken made up with eye-liner? Blech!)
Like thechicken phoenix, the character design made me blink lots. Blech! But even though they were ugly, the characters were still wonderful to watch when in motion.
Besides great animation, the music was pretty darned nice. They seemed to have some big-name voice actors, too. (Ed from FMA, and someone else who I've heard a lot but couldn't put a name to.)
BT Link.
Official site.
Hi no Tory (or Hinotori, I've seen it both ways) means 'The Phoenix', and all 12 eps of the series (which will tell five of the stories) are based around that bird.
The first story is set in "early days", when people were living in small villages in the jungle and outsiders were never encountered. With each new ep, another story will be told and another step forward through time will be taken. As far as I know, only the first ep has been aired (subbed?) so far.
To say the animation of it is beautiful would be the understatement of the year. I don't believe I've ever seen crisper, sharper, perfectly colored animation before. While screenshots will do it little justice, here are a couple:
Magic time!
Old woman.
I disagree with the subtitle. (The phoenix is the centerpiece of the series, so why in the world did they make it look like an overgrown chicken made up with eye-liner? Blech!)
Like the
Besides great animation, the music was pretty darned nice. They seemed to have some big-name voice actors, too. (Ed from FMA, and someone else who I've heard a lot but couldn't put a name to.)
BT Link.
Official site.
