This is a sweet gem of a mini-series, What is most amazing is the style of the series it reminded me of fantastic planet (1973), it breaths the same atmosphere of that cult-classic movie. Realizing the manga that was base for this series was from that era, the makers honored Tezuka's (also maker of astro-boy and message to Adolf) style in an excellent way

There is much story put in little time and that maybe the small weakness of the series, but it also means there is never a dull moment. (It may have been that the series was originally intended as feature movie, looking at the length of the total)

As Tezuka made several other publications in the Phoenix series, lets hope this the kick-off for more.