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Phoenix: Reminiscence of a Flower Anime Film Competes at Animafest Zagreb
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Ryo Orikasa's eight-minute "Miserable Miracle!" competing at Annecy. Gao Yuxin's "Bottled Insects" short and Masataka Kihara's "Toomoya!" shorts are competing in the student category.
Additionally, Mari Miyazawa's "Konigiri-Kun: Connected?" and Akane Nakamoto's "The One for Me" anime are competing in the "Films for Children Competition 1 (Age 3-6)" category, Azusa Fujii's "Cossie of Chairville" anime is competing in the "Films for Children Competition 3 (Age 10-14)" category, and Miho Kidoguchi's "Hottest Tokyo" and Michiko Soma's "Maidens of the Ripples" anime are competing in the "Films for Youth Competition (Age 14+)" category.
Koji Yamamura's "Extremely Short" anime is screening outside of competition at the event.
Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower Hi no Tori: Eden no Sora (literally, Phoenix: Eden's Space).
The anime follows a woman named Romi and her partner as they depart from the devastated Earth and head for a new life on the planet Eden17. However, life has already been made extinct on the new world, so Romi finds herself eking out an even harsher life there. The anime is based on the "Nostalgia" arc of the original manga.
Shinji Kimura (Children of the Sea) was the art director. The English all-boys vocal group Libera performed the ending theme song titled, "Eien no Kizuna" (Eternal Bonds).
competed in the Grand Competition - Short Film category of last year's festival in June 2023.
Animafest Zagreb is the second-oldest animation festival in the world after Annecy.
Sources: Animafest Zagreb's Tadashi Sudo)
