Unico

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Unico
The cover for Unico volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition, featuring the titular protagonist
ユニコ (Yuniko)
Genre	Fantasy[1]
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Sanrio
English publisher	NA: Digital Manga Publishing
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	Shintaro Tsuji Valentín Pimstein
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Studio	Tezuka Productions
Licensed by	Televisa NA: Discotek Media
Released	April 5, 1979 (Japan) February 18, 1980 (Mexico)
Runtime	25 minutes
Anime film
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Directed by	Toshio Hirata
Produced by	Masao Maruyama Tsunemasa Hatano Valentín Pimstein
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Music by	Masahiko Sato
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	Televisa NA: Discotek Media
Released	March 14, 1981 (Japan) September 27, 1982 (Mexico) May 12, 1983 (US)
Runtime	90 minutes
Anime film
Unico in the Island of Magic
Directed by	Moribi Murano
Produced by	Masao Maruyama Tsunemasa Hatano Ernesto Alonso
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Music by	Nozomi Aoki
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	Televisa NA: Discotek Media
Released	July 16, 1983 (Japan) November 10, 1983 (US) January 30, 1988 (Mexico)
Runtime	90 minutes

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.

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.