States on VHS by Video Action under the cover title The Phoenix (Hinotori) in 1982, using a subtitled print, letterboxed only in the split-screen sequence. To date, the film is available on DVD only in Spain, where it is titled Fénix. The film included a brief appearance by Astro Boy, substituting for another character to illustrate his attempts to get on a horse. The score was co-composed by Michel Legrand and Jun Fukamachi. Anime Several volumes of Phoenix were adapted into anime. The best-known feature film, Phoenix 2772, loosely adapts elements from various Phoenix volumes and other Tezuka works into a complete whole cloth scenario. A second animated feature, Phoenix: Karma Chapter was released on December 20, 1986, and was later succeeded by two sequel OVAs, Yamato Chapter and Space Chapter, in 1987. A 13-episode anime television series also aired in 2004 in Japan, and was released in English in October 2007 by Anime Works. As of 21 June 2017, the anime has premiered in Jamaica on CVM Television. A new anime adaptation by Studio 4°C titled Phoenix: Eden17 was announced on November 30, 2022. It will be streamed worldwide on Disney+ in 2023. Episode list Video games A MSX adaptation of Karma was created by Konami. The Phoenix also made a cameo appearance in the 2003 Astro Boy series and 2004 Astro Boy: Omega Factor game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, along with a number of other Tezuka characters.Hi no Tori Hououhen (1987, MSX2)Hi no Tori Hououhen: Gaou no Bouken (1987, Famicom)Black Jack Hinotorihen (2006, Nintendo DS)DS de Yomu Series: Tezuka Osamu Hi no Tori 1 (2008, Nintendo DS)DS de Yomu Series: Tezuka Osamu Hi no Tori 2 (2008, Nintendo DS)DS de Yomu Series: Tezuka Osamu Hi no Tori 3 (2008, Nintendo DS) Reception and legacyPhoenix is considered one of the greatest manga of all time, and is often ranked as one of Tezuka's greatest manga. In 2006, Phoenix ranked 1st in the Japan Media Arts Festival's special 'experts' ranking (consisting of critics, editors, people working in the industry, etc.) for the greatest manga of all time, which it held to mark its 10th anniversary. In a 2009 poll held by Asahi Shimbun for 'Greatest Shōwa Manga', Phoenix ranked 12th, the 3rd highest Tezuka manga behind Astro Boy and Black Jack. Mangaka Naoki Urasawa has spoken about how the first time he read Phoenix he was shocked that