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brenji · 2006-08-08, 07:48

I was just wondering if anybody would like to fansub Tezuka Osamu's Unico. Many people are already quite familiar with this series/movie, since it used to rerun on the Disney channel a lot and it holds a warm and nostalgic place in many people's hearts.

Although, yes, the first two movies, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic, were licensed and released by RCA/Columbia Magic in the early 1980's, the third movie, Unico: Black Cloud and White Feather , was never licensed. Further more, concerning the first two movies, there isn't any information that I can find suggesting that RCA/Columbia Magic still owns the licensing, especially since it is such an old series.

One of the problems is that, from what I've been looking into, the Japanese version of the DVDs are becoming difficult to find (A couple of people on YouTube.com seem to have it though).

This is the only thing I can find in terms of the Japanese license of Unico:
"Originally, Sanrio held the copyright to the Unico manga and all Unico anime. However, the copyrights to all Unico property shifted to Tezuka Productions after Tezuka's death in 1989. Unlike Sanrio, which has amassed a global fortune through merchandising of characters like Hello Kitty, Tezuka Productions has no American distribution arm. Thus, for the foreseeable future at least, Unico fans in the United States will have to track down the now-extremely-rare VHS releases or import the movies from Japan." - Wikipedia

It'd actually be great if there was an official English DVD release (w/ Japanese subtitles), but alas . . . No idea who owns the license now and no idea if they will ever plan on releasing this series on DVD.

Some further information on the series:
http://members.aol.com/mlcavazos/island.html
http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/mv/mv013.html
http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/l.../ladycat27.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unico

2006-08-08, 07:48	Link #280
brenji Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006	Tezuka Osamu's Unico? I was just wondering if anybody would like to fansub Tezuka Osamu's Unico. Many people are already quite familiar with this series/movie, since it used to rerun on the Disney channel a lot and it holds a warm and nostalgic place in many people's hearts. Although, yes, the first two movies, The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic, were licensed and released by RCA/Columbia Magic in the early 1980's, the third movie, Unico: Black Cloud and White Feather , was never licensed. Further more, concerning the first two movies, there isn't any information that I can find suggesting that RCA/Columbia Magic still owns the licensing, especially since it is such an old series. One of the problems is that, from what I've been looking into, the Japanese version of the DVDs are becoming difficult to find (A couple of people on YouTube.com seem to have it though). This is the only thing I can find in terms of the Japanese license of Unico: "Originally, Sanrio held the copyright to the Unico manga and all Unico anime. However, the copyrights to all Unico property shifted to Tezuka Productions after Tezuka's death in 1989. Unlike Sanrio, which has amassed a global fortune through merchandising of characters like Hello Kitty, Tezuka Productions has no American distribution arm. Thus, for the foreseeable future at least, Unico fans in the United States will have to track down the now-extremely-rare VHS releases or import the movies from Japan." - Wikipedia It'd actually be great if there was an official English DVD release (w/ Japanese subtitles), but alas . . . No idea who owns the license now and no idea if they will ever plan on releasing this series on DVD. Some further information on the series: http://members.aol.com/mlcavazos/island.html http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/mv/mv013.html http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/l.../ladycat27.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unico