The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (movie)
©SANRIO CO., LTD. / Tezuka Productions
Alternative title:
Unico
Único el unicornio (Spanish)
Unico il piccolo unicorno (Italian)
Unico-Das Hörnchen (German)
Unico, el pequeño unicornio (Spanish)
ユニコ (Japanese)
Themes:
talking animals ,
unicorns
Objectionable content:
None
Plot Summary:
Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only they should be able to decide or allow people to be happy. Unico is banished to the Hill of Oblivion, and the West Wind is ordered to take him there. She can't stand giving this fate to Unico, so Unico's adventures begin, as the West Wind takes him from one place and time to the next, in a neverending journey to escape the wrath of the gods.
User Ratings:
119 ratings have been given [details]
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.143 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6155, rank: #3324 (of 10551)
Weighted mean: 7.213 (Good+), rank: #2882 (of 10551) (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.236 (Good+), rank: #2550 (of 7993)
Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:4)
Excellent: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:5, raw:1)
Very good: 36 votes (dub:19, sub:10, edit.dub:2, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
)1 German dubbed
Good: 41 votes (dub:26, sub:10, raw:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 German dubbed
) Decent: 14 votes (dub:9, sub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
) So-so: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Bad: -
Awful: -
Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 262 users, rank: #3374 (of 10369)Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.143 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6155, rank: #3324 (of 10551)
Weighted mean: 7.213 (Good+), rank: #2882 (of 10551) (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.236 (Good+), rank: #2550 (of 7993)
Running time:
90 minutes
Vintage:
1981年03月14日
Premiere date:
1981年03月14日 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Ai Koso Subete" (愛こそすべて) by Buzz & Sumie Shima
Insert song:
"Chao no Kuroneko no Uta" (チャオの黒猫の唄) by Kazuko Sugiyama
"Hontō wa Sabishikute..." (本当は淋しくて...) by Iruka
"Majo Neko Chao" (魔女猫チャオ) by Iruka
"Unico's Theme" (ユニコのテーマ) by Iruka
Official website:
Madhouse Studios' Unico Page (Japanese)
tezukaosamu.net (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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Unico Double Feature - The Fantastic Adventures / Unico in the Island of Magic (Blu-ray) 2014年01月14日
DVD (Region 1)
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (DVD) 2012年05月15日
Japanese staff Japanese cast
Director: Toshio Hirata
Screenplay: Masaki Tsuji
Music: Masahiko Satoh
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Art: Saburo Konno (live-action)
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Director of Photography: Iwao Yamaki
Art Assistant: Yamako Ishikawa
Assistant Director: Yukimatsu Itō
Background Art:
Hiromasa Ogura
Hiroshi Ōno
Jinzaburō Kaiho
Katsushi Aoki
Miyuki Kudo
Satoshi Matsuoka
Shichirō Kobayashi
Toshiharu Mizutani
Tsutomu Ishigaki
Yūko Fujie
Yumiko Motoki
Hiromasa Ogura
Hiroshi Ōno
Jinzaburō Kaiho
Katsushi Aoki
Miyuki Kudo
Satoshi Matsuoka
Shichirō Kobayashi
Toshiharu Mizutani
Tsutomu Ishigaki
Yūko Fujie
Yumiko Motoki
Co-executive producer: Yasuo Ōda
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Morikawa
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Narumi
Atsuyo Uehara
Ayumi Endo
Fumie Seki
Fumiko Ishii
Gaku Miyao
Hiromi Endō
Hisako Araki
Junko Aoyama
Junko Maeda
Kazuya Hayashi
Keiko Tanino
Keiko Yoshimoto
Kimiko Amano
Kimiko Murakami
Kōji Morimoto
Kyōko Katō
Makoto Hattori
Mao Torii
Mariko Suzuki
Masako Gotō
Masako Sakano
Michiko Noda
Midori Itō
Mieko Seki
Minoru Yamazawa
Mitsuko Kōha
Naomi Sasaki
Naomi Takahashi
Nobuko Shimura
Nobuko Tsukada
Noriko Numa
Noriko Ōtsuka
Rie Takahashi
Sachiko Kaneko
Sachiko Sugino
Shirō Okumura
Tamaki Ohmachi
Tomoko Koda
Tomoko Yahagi
Tomoko Yokomizo
Toshikazu Kaneko
Yaeko Kakinuma
Yoshiharu Wakayama
Yoshiko Satō
Yoshiyuki Wakayama
Yukari Kobayashi
Yūko Kiyoshima
Yumiko Sato
Yuri Handa
Akemi Morikawa
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Narumi
Atsuyo Uehara
Ayumi Endo
Fumie Seki
Fumiko Ishii
Gaku Miyao
Hiromi Endō
Hisako Araki
Junko Aoyama
Junko Maeda
Kazuya Hayashi
Keiko Tanino
Keiko Yoshimoto
Kimiko Amano
Kimiko Murakami
Kōji Morimoto
Kyōko Katō
Makoto Hattori
Mao Torii
Mariko Suzuki
Masako Gotō
Masako Sakano
Michiko Noda
Midori Itō
Mieko Seki
Minoru Yamazawa
Mitsuko Kōha
Naomi Sasaki
Naomi Takahashi
Nobuko Shimura
Nobuko Tsukada
Noriko Numa
Noriko Ōtsuka
Rie Takahashi
Sachiko Kaneko
Sachiko Sugino
Shirō Okumura
Tamaki Ohmachi
Tomoko Koda
Tomoko Yahagi
Tomoko Yokomizo
Toshikazu Kaneko
Yaeko Kakinuma
Yoshiharu Wakayama
Yoshiko Satō
Yoshiyuki Wakayama
Yukari Kobayashi
Yūko Kiyoshima
Yumiko Sato
Yuri Handa
Insert Song Composition: Iruka
Insert Song Lyrics: Iruka
Insert Song Performance: Iruka
Key Animation:
Hisatoshi Motoki
Makoto Nakamura
Manabu Ōhashi
Ryūtarō Nakamura
Sakiko Kobayashi
Shigemitsu Koshiba
Takayoshi Kaya
Takeshi Ōsaka
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yūichi Endō
Yumiko Takahashi
Hisatoshi Motoki
Makoto Nakamura
Manabu Ōhashi
Ryūtarō Nakamura
Sakiko Kobayashi
Shigemitsu Koshiba
Takayoshi Kaya
Takeshi Ōsaka
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yūichi Endō
Yumiko Takahashi
Music Director: Ryo Kitayama
Music Recording: Katsuo Ohkawara
Paint:
Aiko Kobayashi
Akiko Tsugami
Chieko Ishiguro
Kazue Saitou
Kazuko Omura
Keiko Nemoto
Keiko Tanaka
Kimiko Takahashi
Kimiko Tsunoda
Kuniko Kishi
Kyoko Yoshitomo
Makoto Nishiyama
Masahiro Ōtani
Matsuko Isono
Megumi Nishitani
Megumi Yoshida
Mioko Hayashi
Munenori Kato
Naoko Furutani
Naomi Takahashi
Nobue Saito
Noriko Shioya
Reiko Ishizaka
Ritsu Sato
Sachiko Kuroiwa
Shie Hirase
Shūji Yoshida
Taeko Koyasu
Tomoko Minami
Toshiharu Tamada
Toshiko Miyazawa
Toshiko Sekine
Yayoi Suzuki
Yoshiko Kuwano
Yoshiko Masuda
Yuko Endo
Yūko Mori
Aiko Kobayashi
Akiko Tsugami
Chieko Ishiguro
Kazue Saitou
Kazuko Omura
Keiko Nemoto
Keiko Tanaka
Kimiko Takahashi
Kimiko Tsunoda
Kuniko Kishi
Kyoko Yoshitomo
Makoto Nishiyama
Masahiro Ōtani
Matsuko Isono
Megumi Nishitani
Megumi Yoshida
Mioko Hayashi
Munenori Kato
Naoko Furutani
Naomi Takahashi
Nobue Saito
Noriko Shioya
Reiko Ishizaka
Ritsu Sato
Sachiko Kuroiwa
Shie Hirase
Shūji Yoshida
Taeko Koyasu
Tomoko Minami
Toshiharu Tamada
Toshiko Miyazawa
Toshiko Sekine
Yayoi Suzuki
Yoshiko Kuwano
Yoshiko Masuda
Yuko Endo
Yūko Mori
Photography:
Hirokata Takahashi
Hiroshi Isakawa
Hiroshi Shimakawa
Kenichi Yoshizaka
Kyūjirō Yanagida
Masaaki Fujita
Masaru Abe
Setsuko Morioka
Shoji Suzuki
Toshio Ito
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Yoshihiro Kessoku
Hirokata Takahashi
Hiroshi Isakawa
Hiroshi Shimakawa
Kenichi Yoshizaka
Kyūjirō Yanagida
Masaaki Fujita
Masaru Abe
Setsuko Morioka
Shoji Suzuki
Toshio Ito
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Yoshihiro Kessoku
Production Desk: Yōichi Ikeda
Production manager: Yoshimi Asari
Recording Director: Takashi Miyamoto
Relief Creation: Kishichi Iizawa
Sound Assistant: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kashiwabara
Supervision: Osamu Tezuka
Synthesizer Performance: Masahiko Satoh
Theme Song Composition: Masahiko Satoh
Theme Song Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
Titles: Yukio Kumagaya
Katsue Miwa as Unico
Chieko Baisho as West Wind (Zephyrus)
Junko Hori as Devil Child (Solitude II)
Kazuko Sugiyama as Chao
Makio Inoue as Baron Ghost
Ryōko Kinomiya as Night Wind
Ichirō Nagai as God
Iruka as Narration
Isamu Tanonaka as God
Jōji Yanami as God
Kōji Yada as God
Taeko Nakanishi as Old Woman
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Background Art: Kobayashi Production
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Music Performance: Shin Ongaku Kyōkai
Production Cooperation: Madhouse
Recording: Aoi Studio
English cast
English staff
Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Discotek release, uncredited)
Barbara Goodson as Unico
Cheryl Chase as Beezle
Robin Levenson as Caty
Jan Rabson as God
Joan-Carol O'Connell as Narrator
Louise Chamis as Elder
Michael Sorich as God
Ron Gans as God
English companies
Licensed by: Discotek Media
Spanish staff Spanish cast
(none)
Matilde Vilariño as Unicornio Único (Spain dub)
Angela González as Gata Katty (Spain dub)
Irene Guerrero De Luna as Old woman (Spain dub)
Luis Varela as Barón de Ghost (Spain dub)
Mari Pe Castro as Jisel (Pequeño Diablo) (Spain dub)
Mercedes Barranco as Old Woman (Spain dub)
Selica Torcal as Narrator (Spain dub)
Teófilo Martínez as Gran Diablo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Italian staff Italian cast
(none)
Italian companies
Sanver Production: Sanver Production (Sanver Production)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Ghadah Al-Akel as Beezel
Viola Sauer as Nachtwind
German companies
(none)
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