The Fantastic Adventures of Unico

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, forget that it's a cartoon. It was wonderful, and nothing other than animation could have captured this story so well. Some things have to be cartoons, and this is one of them, it doesn't make it bad, it makes it good. This is something that anyone could watch, and I could watch this movie again and again.

This was the beginning for anime's of today. I strongly believe that. But I first saw this movie when I was really young. I was fascinated on why the GODS were so angry with Unico for making people happy. A five year old child doesnt see anything wrong with people being happy. But I digress. Though I strongly detested Katie, I really like the Besil (I think) and when he was mistreating Unico I wasnt to angry at him.

I was awed by Unico's transformation scene, and angry at how silly he acted sometimes. I watched this for hour's on end, till the point where my parents were so sick of watching it that they would take it away and hide it.

Though when we moved I lost alot of the old classic movies, I magically held on to Unico, along with Sea Prince and The Fire Child. I recently sat down to watch it, and none of that magic was gone for me. I would laugh when I remembered a part from so long ago. But the magic was still there. I still wish, like I had when I was a kid, that Unico would have stayed the bigger version of himself.

A must see, just for the pure cuteness of this film.

Unico is the type of character that stays with you and might have had an influence on u growing up. This is a movie that transports you to a colorful world where anything can happen. Even Magic. It has the kind of power that brings u back in time. U Will remember songs that you long forgot... and u might end up singing them in front of your s/o if they watch it with u. Shamelessly and at top volume.

Here's the catch: If u didn't see this movie as a child, u might not like it. I revisited it today and it was a little different from the whimsical adventure I remembered. It still brought me back in time, but I noticed the Voice Acting can be shrill & annoying. It's not well dubbed at times, which can be distracting. It's probably because this was one of the first Anime. The beautiful thing is that the EMOTION is still there. U can see it in their eyes, hear it in the music, feel it in your heart. Be one with Unico and live to make others happy. We won't be here forever.

I'm not sure how appropriate this movie is for kids nowadays, but my parents thought it was fine. They let me watch it over and over, to the point where i would drive them and my brother insane. That being said. I say let your kid watch it. There are some darker moments that could scare your kids. Some parts of this movie i noticed as an adult, allude to violence against women. If you're religious, u might not appreciate the little blue devil is a "good guy" and there are jealous gods up in heaven calling for Unico to be sent to the land of oblivion. So Gods= bad, devil= good. I didn't infer that; this was something my boyfriend mentioned. I wouldn't've made that connection otherwise. Forget about the adult themes, your kids won't care. Simply put, this is a movie that is about Ultimate good vs. Ultimate evil, wrapped in a cute little light blue, baby unicorn bow.

I watched this movie over and over as a kid and it was one of my favorite movies. I think we might have spent 100.00+ on Unico rental fees. It's rare when something u loved as a child, holds up as an adult. Often movies don't live up to what we remembered or how we felt watching it. Unico is different. He has the power to make the people around him happy. Even though he can't stay, they never forget him. Neither will you. I know I never did. 8/10 stars.

Don't get me wrong, that's a good thing. I must have been about 4 or when I first saw this movie. I don't really remember all that much of it. Just bits in pieces here and there, but I was interested enough to watch it again. Of course it was a very different experience now that I'm grown. As an adult and a movie enthusiast I've become accustomed to looking at things like quality and composition; something that no one really looks for when they're 4. Back then I just enjoyed colorful animation.

As an adult I have to rate this movie on certain things. I think that by today's standard, the quality of the animation is just OK. Although I noticed that even though it's almost 30 years old, some of it was actually quite ascetic. Personally, my favorite characters were the west and night winds. I really liked how they had been designed visually. However, there was a sort of ridiculousness in the style sometimes. Devils, unicorns, and talking animals aside, I thought it was kinda weird that the old woman had a nose the size of her entire head. There was also an odd quality to the voice acting that made it a bit clumsy.

There really wasn't too much plot. The main character just kinda got moved around against his will and tried to improve things for people wherever he went. So as an adult, this movie was a bit difficult for me to sit through, but keeping in mind that it was geared towards little children (and apparently did a good job of entertaining them as most of the comments I've read have been about how they loved this film as a child) Id have to say that this is actually a successful movie. Though not really big on production value, I did end up giving it a higher score than I would have if I had not seen it when I was a little kid.

I still remember the movie, or at least some parts of it. I watched it with my sisters on the disney channel and now, I wished that we knew how to work the VCR cuase we could have recorded the movie. I still remeber katie and when unico first turned into a white pegusus. and I remember the magic rocking horse and how he told him the story of that one creppy witch. and I also remeber the battle between the witch and unico and the baron who turned into a demon. and i faintly remember this one little blue dude, who tried on unico's horn which gave him the ability to run really fast. I wished that me and my sisters had recorded it.