Unico (1981)

Directors:

Toshio Hirata
Osamu Tezuka

Writers:

Osamu Tezuka (original story)
Masaki Tsuji (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 March 1981 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Unico the magical Unicorn is born with incredible powers that make people happy. But that angers some very jealous gods...

Plot Keywords:

Unicorn | Demon | Gods | Manga | Surrealism

Cast

Katsue Miwa	...	Unico
Ryouko Kitamiya	...	Night Wind
Kazuko Sugiyama	...	Chao
Junko Hori	...	Akuma no Ko
Makio Inoue	...	Baron
Iruka	...	Narrator
Taeko Nakanishi	...	Grandmother
Chieko Baisho	...	West Wind
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hülya Avsar	...	Baron (Turkish dub) (voice)
Aüszük Çudidifer	...	Beezle (Turkish dub) (voice)
June Foray	...	Old Lady (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Akuma no ko (Beezle) / Chao (voice: English version)
Suna Selen	...	Night Wind (Turkish dub) (voice)
Sitki Sezgih	...	West Wind (Turkish dub) (voice)
Mine Sun	...	Unico (Turkish dub) (voice)

Also Known As:

The Fantastic Adventure of Unico-1 (International: English title)
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (USA) (video title)
Yuniko (Japan) (non-modified Hepburn romanization)

Runtime:

Japan:90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Sanrio Communications

Trivia:

Unico also appeared in the Astro Boy manga, as the inspiration for a mechanical unicorn.

Quotes:

One of the jealous gods: Wherever that Unico goes, people start laughing and dancing like complete idiots!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Unico: Kuroi kumo to shiroi hane (1989)

An awesome movie from my childhood

This was the beginning for anime's of today. I strongly believe that. But I first saw this movie when I was really young. I was fascinated on why the GODS were so angry with Unico for making people happy. A five year old child doesnt see anything wrong with people being happy. But I digress. Though I strongly detested Katie, I really like the Besil (I think) and when he was mistreating Unico I wasnt to angry at him.

I was awed by Unico's transformation scene, and angry at how silly he acted sometimes. I watched this for hour's on end, till the point where my parents were so sick of watching it that they would take it away and hide it.

Though when we moved I lost alot of the old classic movies, I magically held on to Unico, along with Sea Prince and The Fire Child. I recently sat down to watch it, and none of that magic was gone for me. I would laugh when I remembered a part from so long ago. But the magic was still there. I still wish, like I had when I was a kid, that Unico would have stayed the bigger version of himself.

A must see, just for the pure cuteness of this film.