![]() His pupils was also originally colored orange, but was later changed to blue/green beginning with the film series by Sanrio. In later appearances, his mane would be colored red instead of pink and his entire face was colored blue. His mouth area would also be colored white. Tezuka's earlier illustrations of Unico depicted him with black or dark pink colored hair/mane alongside his body being colored white or blue. When confronting certain antagonists (such as Kuruku), Unico would typically avoid attacking them by flying away or thinking of a non-violent approach (such as having a peaceful conversation or talking them down) but sometimes uses violence (such as stabbing them with his horn) as a final resort when none of his non-violent solutions works. Unico is very kindhearted, compassionate, and very empathic with others which even extends to antagonists and villains he encounters in the original manga and other appearances media. He also has the ability to temporarily transform into "The Mighty Unicorn" when somebody truly loves him. Due to angering the gods over his ability to spread happiness and love, Unico ends up frequently getting his memories erased by The West Wind and is taken from place to place or a different timeline and dimension to escape from The Night Wind and alerting the gods. Pinoko's Forest Adventures"), Haruna Kawai ( Kemono Friends 3) A baby unicorn that has the ability to spread happiness to everyone. Once again his memory is taken and a new adventure begins again.Ĭharacters Unico ( ユニコ, Yuniko) Voiced by: Hiroya Oka (1979 short film), Katsue Miwa (19 animated films), Barbara Goodson (English dubs for 19 feature films), Akiko Yajima (2000), Rumiko Tezuka ("Dr. Whenever Unico makes friends and brings happiness to others, the gods are alerted to Unico's whereabouts, so the West Wind appears to spirit him away, yet he is unable to say goodbye to his new friends. To protect Unico from the gods, the West Wind must continually transport the little unicorn. The gods are furious when they learn of the West Wind's defiance, and send the Night Wind to capture Unico. The West Wind takes pity on Unico and declines to follow the gods' commands. However, the gods feel that punishment may be too harsh and instead choose to send the West Wind to capture Unico and take him to the Hill of Oblivion. In the 1981 film adaptation, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico, the gods believe that only they should have the ability to control others' emotions and decide that Unico must die. The West Wind is commanded to take Unico through space and time, to the Hill of Oblivion with no memories of Psyche. Once the goddess Venus has Unico, she calls upon the second star, Zephyrus, later known as the "West Wind" in the film adaptation. A series of trickery takes place and leads to the kidnapping of poor Unico. The goddess attributes Psyche's beauty to her happiness and decides to remove the magical creature. She is the first friend to Unico, and is apparently so beautiful that the goddess Venus becomes jealous. ![]() The story begins in ancient Greece with a young mortal girl named Psyche. Unico is a young, innocent male unicorn who possesses a special ability to bring happiness to anyone near him. 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. 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. Two theatrical anime film adaptations were produced by Tezuka Productions and Madhouse in the early 1980s. A pilot film for a potential television series was produced in 1979. It was serialized in Sanrio's shōjo manga magazine Ririka from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. Unico ( Japanese: ユニコ, Hepburn: Yuniko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka.
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