Kodoani.com – The website of the World Animation Festival – Animafest Zagreb 2024 has released information about the films participating in the competition, including Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (Hi no Tori: Eden no Hana), the film version of the anime Phoenix: Eden17 adapted from the manga Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka.
Anime will compete in the Grand Competition – Feature Film category. Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower premiered in Japan on November 3 and has a different ending from the Phoenix: Eden17 anime. The story follows Romi and her companions as they leave the destroyed Earth in search of a new life on the planet Eden17. This anime is based on the “Nostalgia” arc of the main manga.
Animafest Zagreb is one of the oldest animation festivals in the world, held in Zagreb, Croatia from June 3 to 8.