Phoenix

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.

Queen Himiko has undertaken a mad quest to find the legendary Phoenix so she can drink its blood and restore her youth. Many innocent villagers are slaughtered as her troops follow her orders in their search for the Phoenix. A couple survive the slaughter and wind up trapped in a cave, dependent upon one of their eventual offspring to reach an exit.

Queen Himiko has undertaken a mad quest to find the legendary Phoenix so she can drink its blood and restore her youth. Many innocent villagers are slaughtered as her troops follow her orders in their search for the Phoenix. A couple survive the slaughter and wind up trapped in a cave, dependent upon one of their eventual offspring to reach an exit.

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.

In an age of robotics, technology and science, young Leon dies in a car accident. He is returned to life by scientific surgery, but his now mostly-artificial brain makes him see living things – including humans – as distorted clay figures, while he sees machines and robots as beautiful.

In an age of robotics, technology and science, young Leon dies in a car accident. He is returned to life by scientific surgery, but his now mostly-artificial brain makes him see living things – including humans – as distorted clay figures, while he sees machines and robots as beautiful.

In ancient Japan, a samurai's daughter's hatred for her father leads her to murder the nun who tries to cure his fatal disease. She winds up having to take the place of the nun and use the nun's single Phoenix feather to cure the sick and heal the wounded for a period of 30 years before history repeats itself.

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.

A young Korean soldier from the Baekje Kingdom has his head replaced with that of a wolf by Tang Dynasty soldiers following the defeat of the Korean forces. He then escapes to Japan where he becomes the feudal lord Inugami and is caught in the middle of the Jinshin War.

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.

A battle between the army of Prince Otomo and that of Prince Oama, Hirafu, and Inugami breaks out. Prince Otomo attacks Inugami with paranormal powers utilizing Buddhism while Marimo and her canine tribe members, together with other native gods, support Inugami. The Phoenix, however, refuses to stand by Inugami.

After the world is devastated by nuclear war, Earth only has one survivor, Masato, who survives thanks to the infusion of immortality by the Phoenix. It follows his patient wait—over a billion years!—for life to return to Earth, and only with his crucial contribution.

After the world is devastated by nuclear war, Earth only has one survivor, Masato, who survives thanks to the infusion of immortality by the Phoenix. It follows his patient wait—over a billion years!—for life to return to Earth, and only with his crucial contribution.