History Manga / Unico

An anime pilot was created but rejected, and two films and a short were completed afterward (in 1981 and 1983 respectively for the films). The movies are ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' (1981) and ''Unico in the Island of Magic'' (1983), later accompanied by the short ''Saving Our Fragile Earth''.

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An anime pilot was created but rejected, and two films and a short were completed afterward (in 1981 and 1983 respectively for the films). The movies are ''The Fantastic Adventures of Unico'' (1981) and ''Unico in the Island of Magic'' (1983), later accompanied by the short ''Saving Our Fragile Earth''.

''Unico'' is a children's series of manga and anime films based on the character of Unico, a baby unicorn who was born with the very special gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy, though in the original manga, he could only use his powers for someone who shows him unconditional kindness. However, the gods are jealous of Unico's powers and send the West Wind to banish him to oblivion. Taking pity on Unico, the West Wind instead transports Unico to various faraway places across time and space, and whenever the gods learn of his whereabouts she takes him away to another land...but Unico rarely ever gets to say goodbye to the friends he has made, and his memories are taken away each time he goes somewhere new. Developed by Creator/OsamuTezuka, the manga consisted of two volumes running from November 1976 to March 1979.

--> Love is a song eternally repeated.
--> All living creatures sing the song of love.
--> Like a wave breaking on the seashore,
--> love is always coming, and always passing away...

!!'''Tropes''':

''Unico'' is a children's series of manga and anime films based on the character of Unico, a baby unicorn who was born with the very special gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy, though in the original manga, he could only use his powers for someone who shows him unconditional kindness. However, the gods are jealous of Unico's powers and send the West Wind to banish him to oblivion. Taking pity on Unico, the West Wind instead transports Unico to various faraway places across time and space, and whenever the gods learn of his whereabouts she takes him away to another land...but Unico rarely ever gets to say goodbye to the friends he has made, and his memories are taken away each time he goes somewhere new. Developed by OsamuTezuka, the manga consisted of two volumes running from November 1976 to March 1979.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Kukuruku is polite enough when he's in a good mood, but he is a cruel being at heart and won't hesitate to make you a part of his castle. His mannerisms are very much like Frieza's.

* LikeADaughterToMe: Probably how the old woman views Katie as a human.

** And the Sphinx's son.

* BlessedWithSuck: Unico is born with the power to make all those around him happy - pretty awesome ability, right? Not if you have [[FantasyPantheon a panel of Gods]] who feel that they're the only ones should have it, and subsequently want you ''[[DisproportionateRetribution banished from existance]]'' for daring infringe on them.

''Unico'' is a children's series of manga and anime films based on the character of Unico, a baby unicorn who was born with the very special gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy, though in the original manga, he could only use his powers for someone who shows him unconditional kindness. However, the gods are jealous of Unico's powers and send the West Wind to banish him to oblivion. Taking pity on Unico, the West Wind instead transports Unico to various faraway places across time and space, and whenever the gods learn of his whereabouts she takes him away to another land...but Unico rarely every gets to say goodbye to the friends he has made, and his memories are taken away each time he goes somewhere new. Developed by OsamuTezuka, the manga consisted of two volumes running from November 1976 to March 1979.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Kukuruku is polite enough when he's in a good mood, but he is a cruel being at heart and won't hesitat to make you part of his castle. His mannerisms are very much like Frieza's.

** And the Sphinx's daughter.

** In the manga, one of the contestants in the pet contest is a dragon named WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur, and its owner is named Creator/WindsorMcCay.

** In the manga, one of the contestants in the pet contest is a dragon named WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur, and its owner is named Windsor McCay.

* DisneyAcidSequence: ''Island Of Magic'' has Lord Kuruku playing with his toys, while the first has "[[http://youtu.be/s7uvW_OXtdA Katy the Kitty Witch".

''Unico'' is a children's series of manga and anime films based on the character of Unico, a baby unicorn who was born with the very special gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy. Developed by OsamuTezuka, the manga consisted of two volumes running from November 1976 to March 1979.

--> "Love is a song eternally repeated.

--> love is always coming, and always passing away..."

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: well, Lord Kuruku is destroyed...but Unico must go.]]

Unico has also appeared in the GameBoyAdvance game ''Astro Boy: Omega Factor'', and ''Columns GB: Osamu Tezuka Characters'' for the GameBoy Color. AstroBoy and HelloKitty also appear in Unico {{canon}}.

* DarkerAndEdiger: ''Island Of Magic''; even the box art has this.