Unico in the Island of Magic

Original title: Uniko: Mahô no shima e

1983
PG
1h 31m

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Anime Shōnen Adventure Animation Family Fantasy

A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell.A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell.A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell.

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7.6/10

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Katsue Miwa

Unico
(voice)

Iruka

Narrator
(voice)

Chieko Baishô

West Wind
(voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sheri
(voice)

Fujio Tokita

Kuruku
(voice)

Shûichi Ikeda

Tolby
(voice)

Ichirô Nagai

Yamaneko
(voice)

Noriko Tsukase

Marusu
(voice)

Ryûji Saikachi

Trojan Horse
(voice)

Kazuo Harada

Sheri's Father
(voice)

Anick Faris

Sheri (English version)

Corinne Orr

Toby
(English version)
(voice)
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Rob Roy

Kuruku (English dub)

Janet Waldo

West Wind
(English version)
(voice)

Ardwight Chamberlain

Roller Dragon
(English version)
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Max Christian

Toby
(English version)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Ron Gans

Cheri's Father
(English version)
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Barbara Goodson

Unico
(English version)
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Moribi Murano
Writers
- Mami Sugino
- Osamu Tezuka
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Trivia
Produced by the Sanrio company the same company that produces Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty characters can be found hidden in some scenes of the movie.

Quotes
Kuruku: Now you have nowhere to run, you four legged glue pot!

Connections
Follows Unico: Black Cloud White Feather (1979)

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Great Animation, a classic

I saw this film when I was about 8 years old. SOme of the images are still imprinted in my head. The film is all a fantasy should be: A glorious, beautiful, surreal and sometimes dark and terrifying fairy tale.

This deserves to be released on DVD along with it's prequel as they are truly fantastic gems. I don't know if the film would hold up to an adult audience, but it surely made my mind fly at the time.

The animation is vintage Tezuka, with the cute puppy-eyed main characters, colorful villains all with a few extra frames of animation (compared to his 1960s TV series, the animation is a step up in quality) All this topped with a imaginative story and haunting score, gives birth to a classic.