The Fantastic Adventures of Unico

Unico is far much more than just a cute-looking animal and posseses a sweet noble disposition that I've noticed in other Anime characters. In times of trouble they don't burst out into song like Disney characters do or start talking to the trees. They persevere with great determination to face the world regardless of whatever obstacles come their way.I found Tezuka's film straightforward and charming in contrast to some of the epic action-packed Miyazaki films like "Castle in the Sky" or "Princess Mononoke". Miyazaki movies are great in themselves but "The Adventures of Unico" is a slower and simpler change of pace.Summary: Unico is a baby unicorn blessed with the power to make people happy. The gods don't think such a gift should belong to a unicorn so they order the West Wind, a beautiful shimmering white spirit, to dispose of Unico. Instead she leaves him on an abandoned island where he befriends a stubborn little devil, meets a wishful cat, and has other amazing adventures. The film sounds like it should be sickeningly sweet to the point of annoying but instead, it flows with grace and gentleness.Unico is the epitome of Anime cuteness as a cuddly baby unicorn with big blue eyes. But he's not completely naive or helpless. Unico gently chastises his friends when they do wrong against others or to themselves. If they are in danger, Unico charges into battle and uses his magical horn to defeat any adversary in his path.His friends are less-than-perfect but colorful and entertaining: a prickly l'il devil named Bezel and a headstrong cat named Katie. But Unico's goodness gradually influences and they find themselves helping him through his adventures.Transformations are also popular in Anime and here they work almost Grimm-esq in fairy tale style. There are "good" transformations such as Unico using his magic to turn Katie into a bishojo (Japanese for "pretty girl") with large green eyes, a pink dress, and little red slippers. The "bad" transformation comes in Baron De Ghost, who appears as a charming nobleman to Katie but in his true form is a monster. The finale introduces the popular "power-up" transformation where the hero reveals his greatest form. Unico becomes a full-fledged grown unicorn who is strong enough to vanquish his enemies.When I was six years old, many of the darker cartoons used to entertain and disturb me simultaneously including "The Secret of NIMH", "All Dogs Go to Heaven", and "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm". But the Unico films never scared me. Maybe I just knew that he'd get up and save the day so I wasn't afraid of any grotesque monsters or creeping shadows that came onto the screen. But I never had to cover my eyes from watching the movie. On the contrary, I loved "The Adventures of Unico" from a very small age.It's a magical film about the triumph of good over evil, loving-kindness over selfishness, and perseverance over despair. I recommend this movie to kids and adults alike and hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.

I recently purchased both "Unico in the Island of Magic" and "The Fantastic Adventures of Unico" together. "Fantastic Adventures" is the first of the Unico movies. I bought them not only out of childhood nostalgia, not only because I loved the movies when I was a kid, but because I knew my daughter would enjoy them.In the film, Unico is a baby unicorn who has the unusual gift making people happy just by being there. The Gods (looks like Olympus of Greek myth) see this as a threat to their power over mankind, so they banish him and order the West Wind to throw him up on the Hill of Oblivion, to be forgotten forever. The West Wind just can't do it to the poor little guy, so she takes him to various places to keep him safe from the Gods' wrath, keeping one step ahead. During his travels, he helps various characters and kills a monster while in the form of a Pegasus.These are great films for a fantasy or sci-fi collector, and kids will get into the action,the characters, and the animation. The only warning is that parents should either preview the movies before hand or watch it with their children the first couple of times because of the sequence in which Unico kills the monster at the castle.As I stated in my review of the other Unico movie "Unico in the Island of Magic", these movies did not phase my 4 year old daughter, but all kids are different. Some kids might love it, and others may be frightened. Just fair warning.Check them out.

i first watched this movie when i was 5 yrs old and i used to watch it every day , then my eldest sister threw it away after couple of months(because i didnt allow her to watch anything else) and as i remember i didnt stop crying at that time and i didnt stop searching & thinking about it since then until i became 21yrs old i started searching for it through the internet but the problem was that i thought it was called unicorn so i spent 2 yrs getting more and more confused but i didnt give up although i used to shop through amazon for 2yrs now and (i love shopping through it) but it didnt cross my mind that it is available until yesterday so i cried because i loved it its my favourite movie i ordered it yesterday and i cant wait to watch it imagine about 20 yrs thinking of it i wish it will be available on DVD soonas i remeber it was about a baby unicorn (unico) was born with other colorful unicorns, he was sweet, kind and loyal he loved his friends and when he is in danger he gets bigger having wings he was the most beautiful unicorn i ever saw thats why i couldnt forget it, he is there for his friends when they need him a girl and another blue small unicorn and i remember there were two goddess one is evil one trying to snatch unico from the good goddess who is trying to protect himi advise everyone to watch it its the best i really cant wait TO WATCH IT AGAIN

It was 29/30 years since I saw this childhood favourite. It has never been available to buy in the UK or aired on television since the early 1980's. My nieces are going to love it. For anyone concerned about 'Region' codes. This stated strictly 'Region 1' on purchase which should only be compatible with USA DVD players. The UK and most of Europe are 'Region 2'. This is playing with no issues on all three of my DVD players.

I am so 100% glad to find the movie of my earliest childhood memory!It will be nice to show it to my kid when he's older.