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Phoenix (TV)

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©Tezuka Productions / NHK / NEP21 

 
Alternative title:
Bird of Fire 
Hi no Tori 
Hinotori (Japanese) 
Hinotori - The Phoenix 
火の鳥 (Japanese) 
火之鳥 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Themes: historical 
Plot Summary: Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle. 
User Ratings: 193 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Very good: 47 votes (sub:32, dub:11, raw:3, ?:1)
 Good: 40 votes (sub:25, dub:14, ?:1)
 Decent: 30 votes (sub:23, dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 381 users, rank: #2602 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.026 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8533, rank: #3745 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 7.017 (Good), rank: #3617 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.28 / seen some: 6.68 / won't finish: 4.34)
Bayesian estimate: 7.046 (Good), rank: #3306 (of 7688)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2004-03-21 to 2004-06-27 
2005-01-23 (Ep 1-4, Italy - Future Film Festival) 
2008-01-01 (Germany - Animax) 
Opening Theme:
"'Hi no Tori' Opening Theme" by Min Chen, Mio Isayama and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
Ending Theme:
"Hi no Tori" by Mika Nakashima 
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Phoenix DVD 3 (Apr 1, 2008)
Phoenix DVD 2 (Jan 24, 2008)
Phoenix DVD 1 (Jan 6, 2008)
News: Show:
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, March 17-23 (Mar 30, 2025)
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 6-12 (Jan 24, 2025)
Crunchyroll Adds Phoenix Anime to Catalog (Jan 23, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 6-12 (Oct 8, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 15-21 (Sep 18, 2019)
Media Blasters Relicenses Phoenix Anime for HD BD/DVD Release (Jan 14, 2019)
Black Jack, Astro Boy, Phoenix Anime Stream With English Dubs on Amazon Prime (Update) (Aug 7, 2018)
Okinawa's Shimanchu MiRiKa Anime Gets 2nd Series (Aug 13, 2011)
Okinawa Sponsors Shimanchu MiRiKa Anime (Dec 4, 2010)
Cast for Ghibli's Karigurashi no Arrietty Revealed (Apr 13, 2010)
13 Osamu Tezuka Anime Shorts Ship on U.S. DVD on July 28 (Jul 6, 2009)
Prime Minister Asō Goes Cherry Blossom Viewing with AKB48 (Apr 18, 2009)
Geass' Taniguchi, FF Games' Amano on New Jungle Emperor (Jan 27, 2009)
Grave of the Fireflies, Tezuka Marathon in DC Saturday (Dec 5, 2008)
Dezaki's The Tale of Genji Anime to Debut in January (Nov 10, 2008)
'Country Doctor' Tops Awards at Hiroshima Animation Fest (Aug 12, 2008)
June's Licensing Int'l Expo to Feature Anime Franchises (May 6, 2008)
Free Bakugan #1 on iTunes; HD Afro Samurai on Xbox Live (Feb 29, 2008)
British Cultural Organizations Hold Anime Events (Sep 6, 2007)
Tezuka Anime Downloads Added to American iTunes Store (Sep 5, 2007)
Media Blasters Sets Dates for Phoenix, New Licenses (Jul 19, 2007)
PBS Co-produces Hi no Tori (Mar 23, 2004)
Press Release:
Tezuka's Phoenix and Lus of the Dead Trilogy Set to Rise & Shine on Blu-ray (Jul 11, 2019)
Other articles: Show:
This Week in Anime - Is It Just Me, Or is Tezuka's Phoenix a Jerk? (Feb 6, 2020)
Brain Diving - Thrown for a Loup (Feb 8, 2011)
The Mike Toole Show - Tezuka Time (Sep 12, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! (Feb 12, 2010)
Buried Treasure - The Phoenix: Karma (Oct 15, 2009)
Shelf Life - Phoenix Down (Apr 21, 2008)
Shelf Life - Hell's Bells (Jan 14, 2008)
Anime News Network Christmas 1998 Survey (Nov 24, 1998)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Phoenix - Perfect Collection (Blu-ray) 2019-10-08 (from $42.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Phoenix - Persistence of Time (DVD 1) 2007-10-30 (from $14.99)
    Phoenix - Eternal Recurrance (DVD 2) 2007-12-04 (from $7.78)
    Phoenix - Immutable Conclusion (DVD 3) 2008-02-05 (from $10.06)
    Phoenix - Endless Fables of Resurrection (DVD 1-3) 2008-11-25 (from $36.99)
    Phoenix - Perfect Collection [Litebox] (DVD 1-3) 2010-03-02 (from $24.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ryōsuke Takahashi 
Script:
Fuyunori Gobu (eps 1-4) 
Gisaburō Sugii (ep 7) 
Hirotoshi Kobayashi (eps 12-13) 
Keiichi Hasegawa (eps 5-6) 
Tōru Nozaki (eps 8-11) 
Storyboard:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (eps 2, 12) 
Gisaburō Sugii (ep 7) 
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 4) 
Kazuo Terada (ep 1) 
Masami Hata (eps 5, 13) 
Masayoshi Nishida (ep 11) 
Satoshi Kuwabara (ep 9) 
Takuo Suzuki (ep 6) 
Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 3, 8, 10) 
Episode Director:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (eps 1, 5, 12) 
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 4) 
Kentaro Mizuno (ep 7) 
Kyūma Ōshita (ep 7) 
Masayoshi Nishida (ep 11) 
Rokō Ogiwara (ep 6) 
Satoshi Kuwabara (ep 9) 
Takuo Suzuki (ep 13) 
Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 3, 10) 
Yoshizō Tsuda (ep 2) 
Yukimatsu Itō (ep 8) 
Music:
Hidekazu Uchiike 
Yūji Nomi 
Original creator: Osamu Tezuka 
Character Design:
Akio Sugino 
Hiroshi Uchida 
Kyūma Ōshita 
Masayoshi Nishida 
Art Director:
Jirō Kōno  (eps 1-4, 7) 
Masami Saito (eps 5-6) 
Masato Shibata  (eps 8-11) 
Minoru Nishida  (eps 12-13) 
Minoru Yasuhara (ep 3) 
Animation Director:
Akio Sugino  (eps 1-4)  (eps 12-13) 
Akira Watanabe (ep 6) 
Hiroshi Uchida  (eps 5-6) 
Hitoshi Haga (ep 4) 
Keizō Shimizu (ep 8) 
Kyūma Ōshita  (eps 4, 7) 
Masayoshi Nishida  (eps 8-11) 
Naoki Takahashi (ep 2) 
Shinji Seya (ep 10) 
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi 
Director of Photography: Keisuke Nakamura 
Executive producer:
Kensuke Kishi 
Shinichi Tominaga 

Animation producer:
Sumio Udagawa 
Yoshihiro Shimizu 
Animation Production Manager:
Daisuke Masaki (Tezuka Productions; ep 10) 
Haruki Kanemori (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Hideyuki Kouda (Tama Production; eps 2, 6, 11) 
Hiroshi Ōsawa (Tezuka Productions; eps 1-6, 8-11) 
Kengo Noda (Tama Production; ep 2) 
Mayumi Morita (Tezuka Productions; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 10-11
) 
Mitsuaki Ōishi (Tezuka Productions; eps 12-13) 
Ryoko Sugimura (Tezuka Productions; eps 3, 9, 11) 
Sheng Tian Min (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Shintarō Hashimoto (Tezuka Productions; eps 7, 12-13) 
Takeshi Ogawa (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Tomoya Sekine (Tezuka Productions; ep 1) 
Yukiko Kazama (Tama Production; ep 6) 
Assistant producer: Hiroshi Ōsawa 
Background Art:
Ayumi Miyakoshi (Team Till Dawn; ep 13) 
Chikako Shibata (Studio Kanon; ep 11) 
Fumiko Takahashi (Image Room Jiro; eps 3, 7) 
Ha Gwon Bong (TEAM’S ART; ep 7) 
Hiroko Murai (HEDworks; ep 10) 
Hiromi Hiwatari (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Hiromi Raijō (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 9-11) 
Hironori Ishikawa (Cosmos Arts; ep 9) 
Hiroshi Komata (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Hwan Suk Ryu (TEAM’S ART; ep 4) 
Hye Yeon Lee (TEAM’S ART; eps 4, 11) 
Kaoru Chiba (HEDworks; eps 10-11) 
Kazuo Ebisawa (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 9) 
Kazuo Okada (Tezuka Productions; eps 8, 12) 
Kenichi Tajiri (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Kōki Nagayoshi (HEDworks; eps 10-11) 
Kyōko Ishida (Mukuo Studio; eps 2, 8, 10) 
Kyoko Kitano (Cosmos Arts; ep 9) 
Lee Jin Ju (TEAM’S ART; ep 4) 
Maiko Tamura (HEDworks; ep 10) 
Masahiro Satō (HEDworks; ep 10) 
Masakazu Miyake (Team Till Dawn; ep 13) 
Masami Ozeki (Design Office Mecaman; ep 13) 
Masami Saito (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 8, 12-13) 
Masaru Sotoya (Image Room Jiro; eps 3, 7) 
Mieko Ichihara (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 9-11) 
Minoru Yasuhara (Image Room Jiro; ep 7) 
Miwa Suzuki (HEDworks; ep 10) 
Nami Shibata (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Natsumi Niima (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Noriko Ikehata (J.C.STAFF; eps 5, 9-10) 
Noriko Ishiwata (Mukuo Studio; ep 10) 
Noriko Ōhashi (Image Room Jiro; eps 3, 7) 
Saori Itō (Mukuo Studio; eps 1-2, 8, 10) 
Shintarō Inoue (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Shu Jiu Li (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 5, 8) 
Sun Ja Kim (TEAM’S ART; ep 4) 
Tadao Kubota (Mukuo Studio; ep 10) 
Taichi Maezuka (Mukuo Studio; eps 1-2) 
Teruhiko Niita (J.C.STAFF; ep 9) 
Tetsuhiko Nagashima (Tezuka Productions; eps 8, 12-13) 
Tomoko Yonemoto (Studio Jack; ep 5) 
Tomonori Kuroda (J.C.STAFF; eps 5, 9-10) 
Toshikazu Ishiwata (Mukuo Studio; eps 2, 10) 
Tsuneo Ōzeki (Design Office Mecaman; ep 13) 
Wei Wang (Shanghai Xuming Animation; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 12-13
) 
Xiao Feng (Shanghai Xuming Animation; 6 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 8, 12-13
) 
Yasuhiro Okumura (Studio Kanon; ep 11) 
Yasutoshi Kawai (Studio Jack; ep 5) 
Yong Sang Lee (TEAM’S ART; ep 4) 
Yong-suk Kim (TEAM’S ART; ep 4) 
Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Productions; eps 8, 12-13) 
Yoshio Kajiwara (Mukuo Studio; ep 1) 
Yoshiyuki Shikano (Mukuo Studio; ep 2) 
Yuko Nakata (HEDworks; ep 10) 
Yūko Sugiyama (HEDworks; eps 10-11) 
Yuri Sanan (Team Till Dawn; ep 13) 
Zhen Zhang (Shanghai Xuming Animation; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 12-13
) 
Zheng Gang Huang (Shanghai Xuming Animation; ep 6) 
CG Production:
Hideyuki Sakai (Tezuka Productions; eps 5-6, 12-13) 
Keisuke Nakamura (T2 Studio; eps 1-4, 7-13) 
Miyuki Shigeizumi (T2 Studio; ep 5) 
Yōsuke Nanjō (T2 Studio; eps 5-6) 
Color design:
Ayami Minowa (eps 1-11) 
Miyoko Kobayashi  (eps 12-13) 
Color Key:
Aiko Hirao (ep 4) 
Ayami Minowa (eps 1-9 odd) 
Mieko Seki (ep 8) 
Miyoko Kobayashi (eps 12-13) 
Naoko Satō (ep 10) 
Natsuko Otsuka (ep 6) 
Yoko Ren (ep 2) 
Yumi Aburaya (ep 11) 
Digital Paint:
Akie Mita (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Chiho Makita (Studio Cats; ep 10) 
Fumiko Takeuchi (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Fumino Okura (T2 Studio; ep 3) 
Gang Chuan Qi (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Haidong Li (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Hideko Kudō (Studio Cats; ep 10) 
Hiroshi Iijima (T2 Studio; ep 3) 
Hitomi Miyazaki (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Hong Chuan Qi (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Hong Li Xu (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Jian Min Yang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Jian Ming Jing (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Jidong Cheng (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Juan Li (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Jue Bing Chen (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Kazumi Morishima (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Kazumi Sakurai (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Kumi Kanazawa (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Li Hua Chen (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Makoto Iguchi (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Masahiko Tamaru (Studio Cats; ep 10) 
Megumi Kawazoe (Tezuka Productions; eps 9, 11, 13) 
Megumi Yoshida (Tezuka Productions; eps 9, 11) 
Mei Yang (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Mei Jun Qi (Golden Bell; eps 10-11) 
Midori Tanabe (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Ming Ming Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Miyoko Kobayashi (Tezuka Productions; ep 11) 
Miyuki Kibata (Tama Production; eps 2, 6) 
Nami Inomata (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Natsuko Otsuka (Tama Production; ep 2) 
Qi Gao (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6, 11) 
Sachi Yamamoto (Mook Animation; ep 4) 
Sachiko Abe (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Satoshi Inoue (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Shi Lie Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Shuyun Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Takaharu Hirano (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Takao Kanakubo (Mook Animation; ep 7) 
Takehiko Endo (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Toyohiko Sakakibara (Tezuka Productions; eps 10-11) 
Wei Ma (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Wei Jia Gao (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Wenli Huang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Xiang Mei (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Xiang Ping Meng (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Xiao Mei Zhu (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Xingfeng Li (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Xue Wang (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Yoko Ren (Tama Production; ep 11) 
Yuhai Cheng (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Yukari Ando (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Yumi Aburaya (Tezuka Productions; ep 9) 
Yumi Niwa (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Yun Qian (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Yun Feng Hou (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Zenghai Liu (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Zhiyong Zhang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Editing:
Chieko Takayama 
Fuko Ide (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 11, 13
) 
Kazuhiro Shinouchi (7 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 8-10, 12
) 
Seiji Morita 
Yuka Yamagishi 
Yuka Yamazaki 
Yuri Tamura 
In-Between Animation:
Aya Usami (Mook Animation; ep 4) 
Bao Long Chen (Golden Bell; ep 11) 
Bin Wang (Golden Bell; ep 11) 
Bo Feng Bai (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Chun Hua Fan (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 3, 12-13) 
Daisuke Itō (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Dao Hua Ren (Golden Bell; ep 2) 
Eriko Uchiyama (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Gong Dan Mei (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 3, 12-13) 
Hai Ying Xie (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Hong Mei Guo (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Hong Yu Gu (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 5, 9) 
Hua Huang (Enzo Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Hua Bao Song (Enzo Animation; ep 7) 
Hua Ying Liu (Golden Bell; ep 11) 
Jian Ke Chen (Golden Bell; ep 11) 
Jian Ping Zhang (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 5, 9) 
Jianrui Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 1-2) 
Jie Jin (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 1-2) 
Jie Qiong Chen (Enzo Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Jin Zhao Hu (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Jing Sun (Golden Bell; ep 6) 
Ju Shi (Shanghai Xuming Animation; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 12-13
) 
Jun He (Golden Bell; ep 2) 
Jun Mita (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Kai Yan Mo (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Kazuto Deguchi (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Kazuyuki Katō (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Keita Saitō (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 5) 
Li Zhu (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Li Guang Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Li Min Yuan (Enzo Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Li Xiang Hu (Golden Bell; eps 10-11) 
Lu Jie Zhang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Maiko Kinouchi (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 5, 9-11) 
Manlin Yuan (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
Masakazu Sunagawa (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Mi Xia Liu (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Michiko Takeda (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Midori Uchiyama (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Min Wu (Golden Bell; ep 2) 
Misato Tojo (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Mitsuki Kosaka (Magic Bus; ep 8) 
Miyuki Hara (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Ping Xie (Golden Bell; ep 6) 
Po Shi (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Qing He (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Ru Jun Fan (Golden Bell; ep 11) 
Saeko Ooba (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 5) 
Shan Hu (Golden Bell; ep 6) 
Shi Feng Li (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Shi Yong Liu (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Shinpei Tsutsumi (Mook Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Shūji Takahara (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Takashi Shinohara (Tezuka Productions; eps 1, 5) 
Tian Wei Chen (Golden Bell; eps 2, 6) 
Tomomi Inoue (Tama Production; ep 11) 
Tomoya Fujita (Tezuka Productions; ep 3) 
Wei Gu (Shanghai Xuming Animation; eps 5, 9) 
Xi Chun Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 1-2) 
Xiang Ma (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 5, 9) 
Xue Feng Xu (Enzo Animation; ep 7) 
Xue Mei Chen (Golden Bell; ep 2) 
Yan Hu (Enzo Animation; eps 4, 7) 
Yan Fang Xu (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 1-2) 
Yan Ming Zhang (Golden Bell; ep 10) 
Yan Ting Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 3, 12-13) 
Ying Chun Zhang (Golden Bell; eps 10-11) 
Zhen Xu (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; eps 1-2) 
Zheng Jun Hou (Golden Bell; ep 6) 
Zi Jing Zhuge (Beijing Xie Le Art Co.; ep 1) 
In-Between Check:
Akito Fujiwara (eps 4, 7) 
Hiroto Fukunaga (ep 7) 
Hiroyuki Ohnishi (eps 4, 7) 
Hua Ying Liu (ep 2) 
Hui Wang (eps 2, 6) 
Jian Nan Ma (eps 5, 9) 
Jie Huang (eps 4, 7) 
Jun Gui Zhao (eps 1, 12-13) 
Keita Saitō (ep 3) 
Kentarō Sugimoto (eps 4, 7) 
Manabu Kawada (eps 10-11) 
Mikie Yagihara (eps 2, 6) 
Min Jiang (ep 11) 
Mitsuki Kosaka (ep 8) 
Myoung Jin Kim (eps 9-11) 
Peng Peng Li (eps 5, 9, 12-13) 
Rong Jie Yang (eps 4, 7) 
Ru Liu (ep 6) 
Tadashi Tanaka (eps 1, 5) 
Takashi Okamura (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9-11, 13
) 
Takashi Shinohara (ep 3) 
Xiao Gang Cheng (eps 1, 5, 9, 11) 
Xue Feng Xu (ep 4) 
Ying Han (eps 1, 5, 9, 11) 
Yoshimi Kanbara (ep 10) 
Yosuke Miura (ep 8) 
Zhi Jiang Ren (eps 1, 12-13) 
Key Animation:
Akihiro Fukui (ep 8) 
Akira Watanabe (eps 2, 11) 
Asuka Tsubuki (ep 11) 
Ayumi Namiki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 12-13
) 
Chen Yong Feng (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12-13
) 
Chiaki Abe (ep 8) 
Daiji Suzuki (ep 7) 
Deng Long Zhang (eps 3, 5, 10) 
Eiichi Nukui (eps 4, 7) 
Eiji Uemura (ep 8) 
Hajime Satoi (eps 4, 7) 
Heihachirō Tanaka (eps 4, 7) 
Hideyuki Usutani (ep 10) 
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 6) 
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (ep 11) 
Hiroshi Takaguchi (ep 4) 
Hiroshi Uchida (eps 12-13) 
Hiroto Fukunaga (eps 4, 7) 
Hiroto Yokote (ep 1) 
Hiroyasu Oda (ep 8) 
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 2) 
Hitomi Hasegawa (ep 11) 
Hitoshi Haga (ep 7) 
Hui Huang (eps 12-13) 
Ippei Masui (ep 8) 
Isamu Utsuki (ep 4) 
Jie Wei Huang (ep 11) 
Jūji Mizumura (eps 2, 6) 
Jun Hao (eps 5, 10) 
Jun Kawai (ep 8) 
Jun Shirai (ep 6) 
Junji Kobayashi (eps 1, 9) 
Kaede Sakamoto (ep 4) 
Kazuhiro Ohmame (ep 3) 
Kazuko Ogura (eps 4, 7) 
Kazunari Kume (eps 1, 12) 
Keiko Shimizu (ep 7) 
Keiko Yamamoto (ep 8) 
Keita Saitō (eps 9, 11) 
Kiwako Sakano (ep 12) 
Kiyotsugu Miura (ep 4) 
Kōki Sugawara (eps 2, 6, 11) 
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 8) 
Kumiko Takayanagi (eps 1, 3, 5) 
Kuniko Yano (ep 2) 
Li Jia Li (eps 5, 10) 
Mao Lamdo  (as Manabu Ohashi; eps 1, 5, 13) 
Masahiko Komino (ep 8) 
Masaki Yoshimura (eps 1, 3, 5, 9) 
Masayoshi Nishida (eps 9, 11) 
Michiko Noda (eps 1, 3, 5) 
Mieko Seki (ep 8) 
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 9, 11) 
Mitsuru Sōma (eps 4, 7) 
Miyuki Katayama (eps 1, 3, 12-13) 
Munenori Yao (ep 2) 
Myoung Jin Kim (eps 1, 3, 5) 
Naoki Ogiwara (eps 5-6) 
Naomichi Noda (ep 7) 
Noboru Furuse (ep 13) 
Nobukazu Sakuma (ep 5) 
Nobuko Shinohara (eps 1, 3, 12) 
Nobuko Sugino (eps 1, 3, 12-13) 
Noriaki Kobayashi (eps 4, 7) 
Qian Chen (eps 2, 6) 
Ryōtarō Akao (ep 4) 
Ryousuke Senbo (ep 8) 
Saeko Ooba (eps 9, 11) 
Satoshi Kashiwagi (eps 4, 7) 
Seigo Kitazawa (ep 12) 
Shinji Hashimoto (ep 7) 
Shinya Takahashi (ep 1) 
Shou Sugai (ep 6) 
Shūji Ono (ep 6) 
Shūji Tanaka (ep 2) 
Suguru Iijima (ep 4) 
Tadashi Tanaka (eps 10-11) 
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 13) 
Takashi Saijō (ep 11) 
Takashi Shinohara (eps 9, 11) 
Takeshi Ōkoshi (ep 8) 
Takeshi Shirato (ep 2) 
Tetsurō Moronuki (eps 4, 7) 
Tomihiko Ōkubo (ep 6) 
Tomoko Satō (ep 8) 
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (eps 4, 7) 
Wataru Nakagawa (eps 10-11, 13) 
Wei Hua (ep 1) 
Xiang Chun Zhao (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 12-13
) 
Xiang Min Chen (eps 2, 6, 11) 
Xiang Yang Fang (eps 1, 12-13) 
Xin Kuo (eps 3, 5, 10) 
Yōko Ono (ep 2) 
Yoshio Ito (eps 4, 7) 
Yosuke Miura (ep 8) 
Yukiyoshi Hane (eps 1, 5, 7) 
Yūko Kiyoshima (ep 8) 
Zhan Dong Chen (eps 5, 10) 
Zhen Hui Zhang (eps 2, 6) 
Zhen Yu Guan (ep 7) 
Zhuang Li (eps 5, 10) 
Zi Jing Zhuge (eps 5, 10) 
Photography:
Akihito Odano (T2 Studio; eps 12-13) 
Akiko Shimizu (T2 Studio; ep 3) 
Atsushi Iwasaki (T2 Studio; eps 2-3, 12-13) 
Hideto Matsuzaki (T2 Studio; ep 8) 
Hironobu Horikoshi (T2 Studio; eps 5-6, 12-13) 
Hisashi Goseki (T2 Studio; eps 1, 12) 
Jae Hun Shin (T2 Studio; ep 8) 
Jirō Tazawa (T2 Studio; eps 12-13) 
Jiwon Kong (T2 Studio; eps 1-3, 6) 
Katsufumi Sato (T2 Studio; eps 2-4, 8-11) 
Keisuke Nakamura (T2 Studio; ep 1) 
Kosuke Arakawa (T2 Studio; eps 5-6) 
Masashi Toriyama (T2 Studio; eps 1-13) 
Miho Suzuki (T2 Studio; eps 1-13) 
Miyuki Shigeizumi (T2 Studio; eps 4, 6-13) 
Naho Kozuka (T2 Studio; ep 2) 
Naoki Ito (T2 Studio; eps 4-12) 
Sang Yun Kim (T2 Studio; ep 8) 
Seiko Katō (T2 Studio; eps 4-12) 
Takeshi Ogawa (T2 Studio; eps 1-13) 
Tatsuya Watabe (T2 Studio; eps 1, 12-13) 
Teruhisa Mizuhara (T2 Studio; eps 1, 4) 
Tomo Namiki (T2 Studio; ep 1) 
Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio; ep 1) 
Toshiyuki Fukushima (T2 Studio; eps 12-13) 
Yuji Tone (T2 Studio; ep 1) 
Production manager:
Kensuke Kishi 
Shinichi Tominaga 
Recording:
Kiyotaka Takahashi 
Shōji Hata 
Sound Effects:
Hidemi Tanaka  (eps 1-6, 8-13) 
Masaru Urahata (ep 7) 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Keiichi Tomita (ED) 
Yūji Nomi (OP) 
Theme Song Composition: Hidekazu Uchiike (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Reiko Yukawa (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Mika Nakashima (ED) 
Min Chen (OP) 
Mio Isayama (OP) 
Daisuke Namikawa as Masato Yamanobe (The Future Chapter) 
Junko Takeuchi as Iza Nagi (Dawn Chapter) 
Keiko Takeshita as Hi no Tori 
Mayumi Asano as Sakonnosuke (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Nozomu Sasaki as Leona Miyazu (Revival Chapter) 
Tetsuo Komura as Saruta 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Inugami no Sukune/Harima (Sun Chapter) 

Ai Uchikawa as Marimo (Sun Chapter) 
Akio Ōtsuka as Ninigi (Dawn Chapter) 
Eizō Tsuda as Susanoo (Dawn Chapter) 
Fumiko Ōsaka as Reiko (Revival Chapter) 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Ōtomo no Miko (Sun Chapter) 
Masaki Terasoma as Yumihiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Masaru Ikeda as Emperor Tenji (Sun Chapter) 
Masashi Hirose as Lamp (Revival Chapter) 
Michio Nakao as Guzuri (Dawn Chapter) 
Misa Kobayashi as Chihiro (Revival Chapter) 
Naoya Uchida as Ōama no Miko (Sun Chapter) 
Nozomu Sasaki as Leona (Revival Chapter) 
Osamu Saka as Old Masato (The Future Chapter) 
Ryōko Kinomiya as Himiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Sakiko Tamagawa as Hinako (Dawn Chapter) 
Seiko Tomoe as Obaba (Sun Chapter) 
Shigeru Ushiyama as Robita 
Shinji Ogawa as Nielsen (Revival Chapter) 
Takuya Kirimoto as Rock (The Future Chapter) 
Tamie Kubota as Yaobikuni (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Tamio Ōki as Hōben (Sun Chapter) 
Tetsuo Komura as
Azumi no Muraji Saruta (Sun Chapter) 
Saruta Hiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Yagi Iemasa (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Yumi Touma as Tamami (The Future Chapter) 

Akari Higuchi as Child (Sun Chapter) 
Akiko Nakagawa as
Fuki (Dawn Chapter) 
Girl (The Future Chapter) 
Maid (Dawn Chapter) 
Akira Kume as Narrator 
Atsuko Koganezawa as Empress Consort (Sun Chapter) 
Bin Shimada as Kahei (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Dai Matsumoto as
Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Villager (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Daisuke Gōri as Ibukimaru (Sun Chapter) 
Daisuke Namikawa as Takeru (Dawn Chapter) 
Eiji Yanagisawa as Soga no Yasumaro (Sun Chapter) 
Eisuke Yoda as Ojiji (Dawn Chapter) 
Hikaru Miyata as
Farmer (Sun Chapter) 
Shaman (Dawn Chapter) 
Hirofumi Nojima as Yazuchi (Dawn Chapter) 
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Nichidan (Sun Chapter) 
Hisanori Koyatsu as Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Hisao Egawa as Getsudan (Sun Chapter) 
Ikuo Nishikawa as Elder (Dawn Chapter) 
Kan Tanaka as Staff (Revival Chapter) 
Kaoru Morota as Woman (Sun Chapter) 
Kazuhiko Kishino as Haniwa Jindayu (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Kenji Nojima as Takechi no Miko (Sun Chapter) 
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Tang General (Sun Chapter) 
Kōji Haramaki as Soldier (Sun Chapter) 
Kōsei Hirota as Mokudan (Sun Chapter) 
Mahito Tsujimura as Chamberlain (Dawn Chapter) 
Makoto Yasumura as
Servant (Sun Chapter) 
Villager (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Mantarō Iwao as
Leona's Father (Revival Chapter) 
Staff (Revival Chapter) 
Masafumi Kimura as Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Megumi Kubota as Boy (Revival Chapter) 
Naomi Kusumi as Kadan (Sun Chapter) 
Natsuko Sebata as Obaba (Dawn Chapter) 
Reiko Takagi as Young Leona (Revival Chapter) 
Rio Natsuki as Female (The Future Chapter) 
Satsuki Tsuzumi as Maid (Dawn Chapter) 
Sayuri Sadaoka as Old Woman (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Shōzō Iizuka as Kamamushi (Dawn Chapter) 
Takahiro Mizushima as Adam (The Future Chapter) 
Takashi Nagasako as
Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Village Mayor (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Takayuki Kondō as Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Takayuki Sugō as Rubetsu (Sun Chapter) 
Takeshi Watabe as Iki no Fubito Karakuni (Sun Chapter) 
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Officer (Sun Chapter) 
Tomohisa Asō as
Oguma (Sun Chapter) 
Staff (Revival Chapter) 
Tomoko Hiratsuji as Mother (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Toshihide Tsuchiya as Ame no Tajikarao (Dawn Chapter) 
Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer (Sun Chapter) 
Tsuguo Mogami as Man (Sun Chapter) 
Yōji Ueda as Villager (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Yōsuke Akimoto as Soldier (Dawn Chapter) 
Yūko Satō as Boy (The Future Chapter) 
Yumi Nakatani as Uzume (Dawn Chapter) 
Yūsaku Yara as Uraji (Dawn Chapter) 
Yutaka Nakano as Kokushi (Sun Chapter) 
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Soga no Hatayasu (Sun Chapter) 
Japanese companies
3d Animation: T2 Studio 
Animation Production: Tezuka Productions 
Co-Production:
NHK Enterprises 21 
Thirteen/ WNET New York (International) 
International Co-Production: Thirteen/ WNET New York (eps 1-6) 
Music Performance: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
Photography: T2 Studio 
Production: NHK 
Theme Song Performance: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (OP) 
English cast
English staff
Director:
Jay Snyder (eps 1-4) 
Michael Sinterniklaas 
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney 
Translation: Michael Yamamoto-Davey 
Executive producer: John Sirabella 
Producer: Michael Sinterniklaas (eps 7-13) 

Adaptation:
Duane Johnson (eps 7-8) 
Jay Snyder (eps 1-4) 
Michael Sinterniklaas (eps 7-13) 
Stephanie Sheh (eps 5-6, 9-13) 
Associate producer: Stephanie Sheh (eps 7-13) 
Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Ramos 
DVD Authoring: Dave Beinlich 
Editing:
Derek Lieu 
Justin Ramos (Blu-ray release) 
Mixing: Georgia Hilton 
Production manager: Carrie Keranen 
Production Supervision:
Carl Morano (Blu-ray release) 
Sean Molyneaux 
Subtitling: Anna Yamamoto 
Robert O'Gorman as Narrator 
Suzanne Gilad as Phoenix 

Addie Blaustein as Yumihiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Barbara Goodson as Obaba (Sun Chapter) 
Carrie Keranen as Hinaku (Dawn Chapter) 
Christopher Kromer as Leona (Resurrection Chapter) 
Crispin Freeman as Oh-ama-no-miko (Sun Chapter) 
Danny Burstein as
Azumi-no-muraji Saruta (Sun Chapter) 
Sarutahiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Eden Riegel as
Chihiro (Resurrection Chapter) 
Robita (The Future Chapter) 
Fiona Jones as Lady Himiko (Dawn Chapter) 
Gary Littman as Harima/Inugami (Sun Chapter) 
James Urbaniak as Susanoo (Dawn Chapter) 
Jay Snyder as Guzuri (Dawn Chapter) 
John Avner as Hatayasu (Sun Chapter) 
Kathleen McInerney as
Reiko (Resurrection Chapter) 
Sakonnosuke (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Yaobikuni (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Michael McConnohie as Old Masato (The Future Chapter) 
Michael Sinterniklaas as Masato (The Future Chapter) 
Michelle Newman as Nagi (Dawn Chapter) 
Michelle Ruff as Marimo (Sun Chapter) 
Mike Pollock as Lamp (Resurrection Chapter) 
Richard Epcar as Mokudan (Sun Chapter) 
Stephanie Sheh as Tamami (The Future Chapter) 
Steve Kramer as Houben (Sun Chapter) 
Steven Jay Blum as Getsudan (Sun Chapter) 
Ted Lewis as Nielsen (Resurrection Chapter) 

Barbara Goodson as Boy (Sun Chapter) 
Christopher Kromer as Young Leona (Resurrection Chapter) 
Danny Burstein as
Dr. Saruta (Resurrection Chapter) 
Lord Iemasa (Transformation Chapter) 
Dave Mallow as Kimite (Sun Chapter) 
Doug Stone as
General (Sun Chapter) 
Kimihiro (Sun Chapter) 
Oguma (Sun Chapter) 
Tonku (Sun Chapter) 
Village Mayor (Transformation Chapter) 
Eric Stuart as Rock (The Future Chapter) 
Erica Schroeder as
Obaba (Dawn Chapter) 
Uzume (Dawn Chapter) 
J. David Brimmer as Kamamushi (Dawn Chapter) 
Jay Snyder as Rubetsu (Sun Chapter) 
Kathleen McInerney as
Boy (Resurrection Chapter) 
Empress (Sun Chapter) 
Liam O'Brien as Ohtomo (Sun Chapter) 
Marc Diraison as Uraji (Dawn Chapter) 
Marc Thompson as
Father (Resurrection Chapter) 
Sorceror (Dawn Chapter) 
Megan Hollingshead as
Air Car (The Future Chapter) 
Female Robot (The Future Chapter) 
PA Voice (The Future Chapter) 
Michael McConnohie as Ibikumaru (Sun Chapter) 
Mike Pollock as
Chamberlain (Dawn Chapter) 
Farmer (Transformation Chapter) 
Kahei (Transformation Chapter) 
Soldier (Transformation Chapter) 
Richard Epcar as Karakuni (Sun Chapter) 
Richard Springle as
Chief Ninigi (Dawn Chapter) 
Ojiji (Dawn Chapter) 
Richard Toth as Houben (Sun Chapter) 
Sebastian Arcelus as
Adam (The Future Chapter) 
Takechi (Sun Chapter) 
Stephanie Sheh as
Fantasy Baby (The Future Chapter) 
Fantasy Daughter (The Future Chapter) 
Fantasy Son (The Future Chapter) 
Steve Kramer as
Kadan (Sun Chapter) 
Officer (Sun Chapter) 
Tsume Otoko (Sun Chapter) 
Steven Jay Blum as
Emperor Tenji (Sun Chapter) 
Governor (Sun Chapter) 
Man (Transformation Chapter) 
Oyori (Sun Chapter) 
Soldier (Transformation Chapter) 
English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post 
Broadcaster:
Animax South Africa 
CCN TV6 (Trinidad and Tobago) 
CVM TV (Jamaica) 
Distributor:
AnimeWorks 
Cinedigm (USA) 
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video 
Crunchyroll 
Hoopla 
Tubi TV 
Licensed by: Media Blasters 
Mixing: World Wide Audio 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Desireé González as Nagi (Mexican dub) 
Gerardo Ortega as Leona (Mexican dub) 
Joel Cortés as Doctor Nielsen (Mexican dub) 
Rafael Escalante as Susanoo (Mexican dub) 

Rafael Escalante (Mexican dub) 
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Bond Productions Mexico (Mexican dub) 
Broadcaster:
SM Televisión (Mexico) 
XHCDM-TDT (Mexico) 
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America) 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Heide Domanowski as Phoenix 

Daniel Claus as Nagi (Dawn Chapter) 
David Turba as Rock (The Future Chapter) 
Dieter Memel as Dr. Nielsen (Capter of Revival) 
Erich Räuker as Yumihiko Amano (Chapter of Dawn) 
Gunnar Helm as Dorfbewohner (Dawn Chapter) 
Hans-Werner Bussinger as Toke Karo Jindayu Hanawa (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Helga Sasse as Yao Bikuni (Strange Appearance) 
Horst Lampe as Masato Yamanobe [Alt] (The Future Chapter) 
Jörg Hengstler as Lamp (Capter of Revival) 
Karin Schröder as Himiko (Capter of Dawn) 
Karlo Hackenberger as Guzuri (Chapter of Dawn) 
Maria Koschny as Sakonnoosuke (Strage Appearance) 
Marie Bierstedt as
Frauen (The Future Chapter) 
Reiko (Resurrection Chapter) 
Marie-Luise Schramm as
Chihiro (Capter of Revival) 
Tamami (The Future Chapter) 
Matti Klemm as Uraji (Dawn Chapter) 
Michael Iwannek as Takeru (Dawn Chapter) 
Natascha Petz as Uzume (Dawn Chapter) 
Robin Kahnmeyer as
Leona (Capter of Revival) 
Masato Yamanobe (Capter of Life) 
Sonja Scherff as Hinaku (Chapter of Dawn) 
Stefan Staudinger as Susanoo (Dawn Chapter) 
Thomas Schmuckert as Robita (The Future Chapter) 
Uli Krohm as
Dr. Saruta (Capter of Revival and Life) 
Hiko Saruta (Capter of Dawn) 
Iemasa (Strange Appearance) 
Uwe Büschken as
Dorfvorstand (Strange Beings Chapter) 
Ninigi (Dawn Chapter) 

Rainer Brandt as Erzähler (Narrator) 
German companies
Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2008-01-01) 
Distributor: OVA Films 
Dubbing: brandt Film Berlin 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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