Phoenix

A boy named Nagi lives in the village at the foot of the mountain where the Phoenix resides. His sister, Hinaku, is saved by Guzuri, a medicine man who reaches the village while roaming around, and then she falls in love with him. At the night on their wedding, the village is suddenly attacked by troops of Yamatai led by Sarutahiko. The truth is - Guzuri is the one who has guided the troops of Yamatai.

Frightened by coming of old age, Himiko, the Queen of Yamatai, desperately wants the life-blood of the Phoenix. Sarutahiko who won the war brings Nagi with him. He trains Nagi as a hunter for the Phoenix. Nagi, however, is planing to attack Himiko instead, while Sarutahiko is accused of such Nagi's act. Nagi rescues Sarutahiko from the Hornet's Cave and heads for his homeland where he meets Hinaku and Guzuri who survived the raid.

In search of the Phoenix, Yamatai troops surge into the volcano. Among them is a master of archery named Yumihiko. Yumihiko confronts Sarutahiko, but their fight ends in a draw. Sarutahiko asks Yumihiko to give up the Phoenix to Nagi if he succeeds to capture it. Yumihiko finally shoots down the Phoenix while the volcano is shooting out the fire. But Himiko dies before she can sip the life-blood of the Phoenix. Nagi and Sarutahiko are captured by a horse-riding tribe, while Guzuri and Hinaku are confined in a deep vertical cave in the volcano.

With the help of a woman named Uzume, Nagi and Sarutahiko escape from the horse-riding tribe which aims to destroy Yamatai. Back in the Yamatai Kingdom, they battle against the horse-riding tribe together with Yumihiko but they are outnumbered. Discovering whereabouts of the Phoenix, Nagi tries to use its life-blood to save Yamatai people as well as Sarutahiko; however, he gets involved in the fiery collapse of the palace. The Yamatai Kingdom is overthrown. Takeru, a son of Guzuri and Hinaku who have been confined in the deep vertical cave, tries to get out of the cave to procreate.

In the 25th century, Leona involved in explosion at the laboratory on the moon, is restored to life with artificial brain planted in. He, however, has lost his memory due to the effect of the operation. Furthermore, people become to be reflected as debris on his eyes. Then, Leona falls in love at a first sight with Chihiro, a robot with an appearance of a human girl. Lamp, an old friend of Leona, tries to recover his memory to obtain information about eternal life, which only Leona knows. Leona and Chihiro together escape from the medical facility.

While Lamp doggedly follow Leona, Leona and Chihiro subconsciously reach the explosion site in the research facility where Leona gradually retrieves his memory in the past. He recalls his father who died in hopelessness, his revolts against such his father and a research on the vital energy in the Phoenix's feather conducted by Dr. Saruta . What is the meaning of the words Leona's ex-girlfriend Reiko left? Chihiro deactivates her own system to protect Leona, while Leona who now has an immortal body makes his last choice.