Octas, Inc. disclosed on Tuesday that the Gurihiru illustrator duo ( Wonder Comic Books‘ The Astonishing Gwenpool, Power Load comic collection, Character: The Last Airbender comic collection, Spacebug anime) as well as Samuel Sattin (co-writer of Crunchyroll Important Anime: Follower Faves, Unforgettable Work Of Arts) will certainly release a Kickstarter advocate a brand-new 162-page manga labelled Unico: Awakening ( Unico: Mezame no Ohanashi), based upon Osamu Tezuka‘s Unico manga. The project prelaunch web page is currently real-time, as well as the task will certainly release later on this springtime.
Kickstarter backer incentives consist of 16 x 24 collectible prints by Akira Himekawa ( The Tale of Zelda: Golden Princess), Kamome Shirahama ( Witch Hat Atelier), Junko Mizuno, Soo Lee, Katie Longua, Peach Momoko, tokitotokoro, as well as Tomm Moore.
The tale of Unico fixate a unicorn that has a power to aid those that enjoy him. The titular personality takes a trip with time as well as to various nations to make brand-new good friends.
Tezuka initially introduced the manga in Sanrio‘s Ririka publication in 1976.
Digital Manga moneyed the English-language launch using Kickstarter in 2012 and afterwards crowdfunded a reprint in 2015.
The manga motivated the The Great Journeys of Unico as well as Unico in the Island of Magic anime movies. Toshio Hirata guided The Great Journeys of Unico (1981 ), while Moribi Murano guided Unico in the Island of Magic (1983 ).
Crunchyroll is streaming both movies.
Both movies showed up with an English dub on house video clip as well as on cable in the USA in the 1980s, yet the video clip tape variations are long no longer published. New Galaxy Anime accredited both functions as its very first 2 titles in 2007, yet the business never ever launched a real item. Discotek Media after that accredited both movies as well as launched both movies on DVD in 2012, as well as once more on DVD as well as Blu-ray Disc in 2014. Discotek‘s launch included the English dub along with the initial Japanese sound with English captions.
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