TEAM PHOENIX TAKES FLIGHT AT UDON!

UDON Entertainment announces the exclusive
English Edition of the hit manga series Team Phoenix

APRIL 26, 2023: Osamu Tezuka's greatest characters unite! Today UDON Entertainment is proud to announce that they have entered into a partnership with Tezuka Productions and Akita Shoten to publish the English Edition of Team Phoenix, the hit manga series! Created by Kenny Ruiz and based on the characters of Osamu Tezuka, this galaxy-spanning epic sees a heroic team-up to save all mankind!

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Familiar characters like Black Jack, Astro Boy, and and Princess Knight get very unique twists in this original manga project which sees manga creator Kenny Ruiz working in Japan with his team to create an original Tezuka-inspired story, with the full support of Tezuka Productions! Fans of manga, comics, bande dessinée, and just plain great stories are all sure to love this shonen action extravaganza!

"Being part of Team Phoenix is one of the biggest honors and responsibilities of my life," said series creator Kenny Ruiz on the news of UDON's English-language edition. "The characters created by the greatest of all masters, Osamu Tezuka, have their own story that we all love, but now they're in a different reality, in conflict or united, and finding out what has happened to them will be an amazing journey! Please, join me!"

Team Phoenix Volume 1 will release in November 2023 as a 200 page black and white manga for U.S.$13.99. Further volumes will be released every two months, and volumes 1-3 are now available for pre-order at select retailers, and more pre-order opportunities will be available in the coming months. Reviewers and journalists who would like to review this series should reach out to press@udonentertainment.com to be notified when review copies are available.

TEAM PHOENIX VOLUMES 1-3 COVER REVEAL

TEAM PHOENIX VOLUME 1
Manga by Kenny Ruiz. Based on the characters of Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka's greatest characters unite!! The Robot Alliance dominates 90 percent of the universe, but one of the brave biologicks (organic organisms) — Sapphire, Princess Knight of Silverland — forms a band of space pirates to strike back against injustice!! Joining her in her rebellion are Leo of the planet Jungaly, and Sharaku, the Three-Eyed One. The curtain rises on a sprawling space opera starring the heroes created by Osamu Tezuka, the "god of manga"!!

FORMAT: 5.75x8.25", 192 pgs, B&W Manga, Paperback, $13.99
ISBN: 978-1-77294-276-7
Diamond: FEB239517 
Releasing November 2023
PRE-ORDER: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 

TEAM PHOENIX VOL 2
Manga by Kenny Ruiz. Based on the characters of Osamu Tezuka.

When Sapphire and her space pirates board a mysterious vessel, panic breaks out over a parasitic infection!! Who better to confront this threat than cyber-surgeon, Black Jack, who sets out to save the crew with his unmatched scalpel skills. Can the heroes of Team Phoenix pull together a strategy to rescue the so-called Patient Alpha from the space citadel?! The adventure continues in this sprawling space opera starring heroes created by Osamu Tezuka, the "god of manga"!!

FORMAT: 5.75x8.25", 200 pgs, B&W Manga, Paperback, $13.99
ISBN: 978-1-77294-277-4
Diamond: FEB239518
Releasing January, 2024
PRE-ORDER: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 

TEAM PHOENIX VOL 3
Manga by Kenny Ruiz. Based on the characters of Osamu Tezuka.

Team Phoenix has rescued Patient Alpha from the space citadel, and he turns out to be none other than history's mightiest robot —Astro Boy— thought to have perished in the great war!! It's up to Black Jack to operate and help rouse him from his coma, which involves sending FIRE into the robot's subconscious mind!! Meanwhile, it's a clash of the titans when the Robot Alliance's supreme commander, ATLAS, goes head to head with the golden warrior, MAGMA!! The adventure continues in this sprawling space opera starring heroes created by Osamu Tezuka, the "god of manga"!!

FORMAT: 5.75x8.25", 200 pgs, B&W Manga, Paperback, $13.99
ISBN: 978-1-77294-278-1
Diamond: Feb239518
Releasing March, 2024
PRE-ORDER: Barnes & Noble 

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