We have synthesized a novel series of flying-seed-like derivatives (3a~g) based on phthalocyaninato copper(II) (abbreviated as PcCu) substituted by bulky groups {PhO (a), Thus, we have revealed that mesomorphism could be induced by these novel bulky substituents instead of using long alkyl chains, and that the mesophase structures were greatly affected by the number and position of methoxy groups. Especially, it is very interesting that the derivatives having methoxy group(s) at the meta position(s), 3c, 3e, 3f and 3g, tend to show enantiotropic mesophase(s), whereas neither the derivative having no methoxy group, 3a, nor the derivative having a methoxy group at the para position, 20 3d, show a mesophase.