Unico


The Fantastic Adventures Of Unico

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Unico Movie 1
Japanese: ユニコ
English: The Fantastic Adventures Of Unico
German: Unico: Das phantastische Abenteuer eines Hörnchens
Spanish: Unico. El Pequeño Unicornio
French: Fantastic Adventures of Unico
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 14, 1981
Licensors: Discotek Media
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy
Demographic: KidsKids
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.131 (scored by 29342,934 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #37352
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #7848
Members: 6,855
Favorites: 38

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"Unico brings happiness to people he encounters while traveling from one place to another."

"He travels around the world beyond time, taken one place to another by the spirit of West Wind, but his memories of people and animals he encounters are deleted on visiting the next place."

Debut: 1976
Mangaka/Original Creator: Tezuka, Osamu https://myanimelist.net/people/1938/Osamu_Tezuka
(Source: Tezuka Osamu Official)

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Unico Watch Order:
(2 OVAs, 4 Movies)
1. Tanpen Unico: Kuroi Kumo to Shiroi Hane (Apr 5, 1979) | OVA | 1 episode × 26 min. - Parent Story / Alternative Version / Prequel
2. Unico (Mar 14, 1981) | Movie | 1 episode x 1 hr. 30 min. - Alternative Version / Prequel / Parent Story
3. Unico: Mahou no Shima e (Jul 16, 1983) | Movie | 1 episode x 1 hr. 31 min. - Sequel
4. Glass no Chikyuu wo Sukue Unico Special (Jul 20, 2000) | Movie | 1 episode x 16 min. - Side story
5. Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko no Mori no Bouken (Dec 17, 2005) | Movie | 1 episode x 7 min. - Character
6. Ravex in Tezuka World (Apr 29, 2009) | OVA | 1 episode x 18 min. - Character

Note: Unico may be on the cover of 'Kitty to Mimmy no Atarashii Kasa' but Unico didn't appear in the stop-motion anime.

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Unico: https://myanimelist.net/character/3043/Unico | https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/150/Sanrio

Official Sites: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/511.html | https://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/718.html
EN: https://tezukaosamu.net/en/character/828.html | JP: https://tezukaosamu.net/jp/character/828.html
https://tezukaosamu.net/jp/unico/ | https://tezukaosamu.net/jp/unico/character/index.html
Twitter (X): (公式)手塚治虫・ユニコ倶楽部 ((Official) Osamu Tezuka Unico Club) @UNICOclub https://twitter.com/UNICOclub
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unico
Fandom Wiki: Hello Kitty Wiki https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Unico?so=search
Sanrio Wiki: https://sanriowiki.com/wiki/Unico
My Unico Fans: https://www.myunicofans.com/ | https://www.myunicofans.com/anime-profiles/

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Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Demographic: Kids

Tags: Sanrio, Tezuka Productions, Franchise, Unico, Unicorn, Venus, West Wind, Kodomo
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🎀 Club: For The Love Of Sanrio♥ https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=7942 (Active)

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手塚治虫「ユニコ」PV (Osamu Tezuka “Unico” PV) [10 Dec 2015 | 0:53]
https://youtu.be/EgXQ0Lyg7Uc?si=bmRj4wwk8cyLbMsv

Source: 手塚プロダクション公式チャンネル (Tezuka Productions official channel)
https://www.youtube.com/@tezukaproductions

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🆕 Update!

There's an all-new Unico manga to be released by Scholastic's Graphix imprint on August 6, 2024; it'll be their first manga publication. Unico: Awakening, a reimagining of Osamu Tezuka’s unicorn character, is a 224-page full color manga by Japanese illustration team Gurihiru—Chifuyu Sasaki (pencils, inks) and Naoko Kawano (coloring) and author Samuel Sattin.

Official Site:
https://kids.scholastic.com/kid/books/unico/

News:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2023/09/20/scholastic-debuts-kid-friendly-manga-line-with-a-reimagined-classic/
https://fangirlnation.com/2024/07/22/scholastic-announces-their-first-published-manga-unico-awakening/
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/07/scholastic-launches-first-manga-tezuka-inspired-unicorn-awakening-with-animated-trailer/

Book Trailer:
Unico: Awakening | Official Scholastic Trailer | Graphix Books [Jun 6, 2024 | 2:00]
https://youtu.be/o1EZr4u28Zo?si=ujPC8VSlqDhktAfD

Source: Scholastic's Official YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@scholastic

From the synopsis and trailer, it looks like the story is closer to the 1981 Unico movie in this list. Chao (Katy) is just renamed as Chloe for Western audiences.

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“Though Unico is a lesser known property, it has the potential to reach an audience like My Little Pony."—Zack Davisson, manga translator and scholar

✔️。

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