Unico
Japanese manga series by Osamu Tezuka and its adaptations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unico (Japanese: ユニコ, Hepburn: Yuniko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Sanrio's shōjo manga magazine Ririka [ja] from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. A pilot film for a potential television series was produced in 1979. Two theatrical anime film adaptations were produced by Tezuka Productions and Madhouse in the early 1980s.
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Unico | |
ユニコ (Yuniko) | |
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Genre | Fantasy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
Published by | Sanrio |
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Magazine | Ririka [ja] |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | November 1976 – March 1979 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime film | |
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feather | |
Directed by | Toshio Hirata |
Produced by | |
Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Runtime | 25 minutes |
Anime film | |
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico | |
Directed by | Toshio Hirata |
Produced by |
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Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
Music by | Masahiko Sato |
Studio | Madhouse |
Licensed by |
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Released |
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Runtime | 90 minutes |
Anime film | |
Unico in the Island of Magic | |
Directed by | Moribi Murano |
Produced by |
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Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
Music by | Nozomi Aoki |
Studio | Madhouse |
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Released |
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Runtime | 90 minutes |
The series follows Unico, a baby unicorn with white fur, a pink mane, and cinnamon bun-shaped ears, who was born with the gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy. Unico's friends in the various manga and anime incarnations of the story include Beezle, the young Devil of Solitude; Chao (or "Katy" in the English release of the anime), a naive little kitty who longs to be a human girl and to learn magic from a real witch; a spunky little sphinx (in the second anime film); and a warm-hearted girl named Cheri.