Toward the Terra (1980)

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Space Firebird 2772, The Pilot's Love Song, Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra (aka Terra e…) has too much scope for too little film. Sometimes More is More, and the later TV series might have the length to do the subject justice.

Ultimately Toward the Terra is more of a manga tribute than a movie in its own right.

Twenty Days of Anime Movies – Day 12 – Space Firebird 2772 (1980)

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Space Firebird 2772, twenty days: anime movies

 

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Space Firebird 2772, or Phoenix 2772, is a 1980 film based on Osamu Tezuka’s Hi no Tori manga. 

I remember enjoying this film a lot in previous years, but it has not aged well.  Unlike the still fabulous Galaxy Express 999, Space Firebird 2772 now feels very derivative of Fantasia and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis ^[1]. As a result the once state of the art animation now feels somewhat clunky, although some sequences do still work well.

That’ll definitely be on the list

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Space Firebird 2772, twenty days: anime movies

There’s an Osamu Tezuka movie Space Firebird 2772that was a 50/50 for inclusion when all I had was a dubbed VHS release.

I now have a local, subtitled, DVD release…