Unico: Mahou no Shima e

Featuring little to no dialogue and/or characters and the experience is carried by the music and/or visual atmosphere.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/311
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5128
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8036
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8173
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9135
Part 6 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9240
Part 7 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9448
Part 8 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9461
Part 9 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20874

does not include anthropomorphic characters.

Pre-1990 films with talking animals, excluding Ghibli.

From 1977 to 1985, Sanrio produced movies through their Sanrio Films label. After A Journey Through Fairyland, Sanrio switched gears and started doing short films, OVAs, and TV shows based on their characters. In 2006, Sanrio announced they are again going to do feature-length films.

from here:
https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/100.html

This part covers 1943-1983
Part 2 coming soon, whenever I finish it.

I'm not knowledgable about all of these, as the list wasn't originally made by me, so some entries are missing detailed descriptions. Sorry about that.

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out in 1983.

1982: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34007
1984: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34018

"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)

Sanrio Characters: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35354

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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.

Hoping the manga will be in the DB as "Gurihiru is an illustration team based in Saitama, Japan that has worked extensively in manga-oriented work published in the west (Source: Forbes)." They already have a page in the DB too (https://myanimelist.net/people/48563/Gurihiru).

“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

✔️。

This stack include all anime that are set in a world similar to ancient greece.

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, animator, and film producer. His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga," "the godfather of manga" and "the god of manga." Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years.

Tezuka began what was known as the manga revolution in Japan with his New Treasure Island published in 1947. His legendary output would spawn some of the most influential, successful, and well-received manga series including Tetsuwan Atom, Jungle Taitei, Black Jack, and Hi no Tori, all of which won several awards.

This list includes Must Watch Anime Adaptations of God of Manga Osamu Tezuka's Works

This list includes those anime films distributed on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray in Mexico. Currently, due to the death of the home format in Mexico, they are all discontinued editions, but they are collectible pieces for every Mexican anime fan.

- Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46625
- Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46626
- Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46628

This is final part in the series of Kawaii Anime interest stacks! These are anime stacks based on the anime and manga section of the Kawaii aesthetic: https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Kawaii


Other parts in the Kawaii Anime interest stack series:

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/54926
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/54948
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55016
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55060