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Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド)
Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド) is Part 1 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987 in 44 chapters; set in 1880s England, it pits Jonathan Joestar against Dio Brando and the stone mask, adapted in 2007 as a lost film and in 2012 as the anime's first nine episodes.
Phantom Busters
Phantom Busters (ファントムバスターズ) is a supernatural school-comedy manga by Neoshoco serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ. since 2023, about four Kamakura high school boys who exorcise ghosts; 8 volumes, 1.4 million copies, TV anime announced for 2027.
Phantom Go
Phantom Go is an imperfect-information variant of Go, the Go equivalent of chess's Kriegspiel, where players see only their own stones and deduce the opponent's moves through a referee.
Phantom haptic devices
Phantom haptic devices (originally PHANTOM, for Personal Haptic Interface Mechanism) are desktop force-feedback interfaces invented at MIT by Thomas Massie and Kenneth Salisbury in the early 1990s.
Phantom island
Phantom islands, also called ghost islands or ex-isles, are islands charted on maps, sometimes for centuries, that were later proven nonexistent; causes include mirages, icebergs, copied errors, fraud, and cases like Sandy Island and Bermeja.
Phantom Island (album)
Phantom Island, the 27th studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released June 13, 2025 on p(doom) records, adds Chad Kelly's orchestral arrangements to songs recorded alongside Flight b741.
Phantom kangaroo
Phantom kangaroo: reported kangaroo or wallaby sightings far outside Australia, mostly in the United States, Britain, Japan, and France; explained as escaped exotic pets, zoo escapees, or misidentifications, with famous cases in Wisconsin 1899, Tennessee 1934, Chicago 1974, and Miyagi, Japan.
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady (1944) is a Universal film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, based on Cornell Woolrich's novel, starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, and Alan Curtis; Joan Harrison's first producing credit and Siodmak's first Hollywood noir.
Phantom Lawyer (페이스 메이커)
Phantom Lawyer (신이랑 법률사무소), also translated Shin I-Rang Law Office, is a 2026 SBS supernatural legal K-drama, 16 episodes from March 13 to May 2, 2026, starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Esom, streamed weekly on Netflix.
Phantom limb
Phantom limb: perception that an amputated or congenitally missing limb is still present, causing phantom limb sensation (PLS) and phantom limb pain (PLP) in most amputees; mechanisms include neuromas and cortical reorganization; treatments include mirror therapy, GMI, VR, and rTMS.
Phantom of the Paradise
Phantom of the Paradise is Brian De Palma's 1974 rock musical horror comedy, also known as Phantom, mixing The Phantom of the Opera, Faust, and Dorian Gray; Paul Williams stars as Swan and scored it, and it became a cult film, notably in Winnipeg.
Phantom pain
Phantom pain, also called phantom limb pain, is pain felt in an amputated or missing body part, affecting most amputees and often treated with mirror therapy.
Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet, American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1994, named after the 1961 film The Phantom Planet. Known for "California", theme song of The O.C.; original drummer was actor Jason Schwartzman; five albums from 1998 to 2020.
Phantom power
Phantom power, also called phantom powering, supplies DC voltage, usually 48 volts, to condenser microphones over the same balanced cable that carries their audio signal.
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, founded 1956 in Rockford, Illinois as the Rockford Rangers, is a DCI World Class corps and two-time world champion (1996, 2008) with 50 Finals appearances.
Phantom Rider
Phantom Rider, also known as Ghost Rider and Night Rider, is Marvel Comics' masked Old West hero, Carter Slade, later Lincoln and Hamilton Slade, unrelated to the supernatural Ghost Riders.
Phantom Stranger
The Phantom Stranger is a DC Comics supernatural character debuting in Phantom Stranger #1 (1952), created with Carmine Infantino. An ageless mystic of undefined power, he guides heroes without direct intervention; his origin stayed deliberately ambiguous until the 2012 New 52 revealed him as Judas Iscariot.
Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread (2017) is Paul Thomas Anderson's gothic romance set in 1950s London couture, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, with Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville; six Oscar nominations, one win for costume design.
Phantom time conspiracy theory
The phantom time conspiracy theory, or Phantom Time Hypothesis, is a pseudohistorical claim by German author Heribert Illig, first published in 1991, that the years AD 614 to 911 never existed.
Phantom type
A phantom type is a type parameter that appears in a type's name but holds no runtime value, so the compiler can reject code that mixes up values like euros and dollars.
Phantom vibration syndrome
Phantom vibration syndrome, also called ringxiety or phantom phone signals, is the false perception of a phone vibrating or ringing. Prevalence reaches 68-96% in heavy users, rises under stress such as medical internship, and reverses afterward.
Phantom Zone
Phantom Zone, also called Ghost Zone or Still Zone, is DC Comics' otherdimensional Kryptonian prison, debuting in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961); inmates exist bodiless and ageless, watching but unable to touch the physical world, and General Zod is its most famous prisoner.
Phantoms (film)
Phantoms is a 1998 American horror film directed by Joe Chappelle, adapted by Dean Koontz from his 1983 novel, and starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, and Ben Affleck.
Phantosmia
Phantosmia, or olfactory hallucination, is smelling odors that are not present. Causes include infections, allergies, nasal polyps, migraines, COVID-19, and rarely Parkinson's, stroke, or brain tumors; treatment targets the underlying cause.
Phanuel Koech
Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech (born 2006) is a Kenyan 1500m runner and world U20 record holder at 3:27.72 (Paris 2025), ninth on the all-time list; won Ostrava and London 2025, eliminated in Tokyo Worlds heats.
Phap Thuan
Phap Thuan (Pháp Thuận, 914–990) was a Vietnamese Zen master, abbot of Co Son temple, and close adviser to Emperor Le Dai Hanh of the Early Le dynasty.
Phar Lap
Phar Lap (1926–1932), New Zealand-born champion racehorse owned in Australia, won 37 of 51 races including the 1930 Melbourne Cup; died in California in 1932, with hide, skeleton, and 6.35 kg heart displayed in Melbourne, Wellington, and Canberra.
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Phara Souffrant Forrest is an American politician and former nurse serving as the Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from Brooklyn's 57th district, first elected in 2020.
Phara(i)
Pharai (Φαραί, Pharae): two ancient Peloponnesian towns, one at Kalamata in Messenia (Homeric city, later Roman grant of Augustus) and one in Achaia near Prevedos, famed for its whisper-oracle of Hermes; distinct from Thessalian Pherae.
Pharaoh
The pharaoh was the ruler of ancient Egypt, holding supreme political and religious power as a god on earth until Cleopatra VII died in 30 BCE.