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Chicken Phoenix

Chicken Phoenix

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 2022

Runtime

1h 44m

User Score

75%

Original Title

ニワトリ☆フェニックス

Director

Yûichirô Tanaka

Description

Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?