# Unico in the Island of Magic (1983)

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**Original title**: *ユニコ 魔法の島へ*
**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Animation, Fantasy, Drama, Adventure, Family
**Directed by**: Moribi Murano
**Written by**: Osamu Tezuka
**Starring**: Katsue Miwa, Chieko Baisho, Sumi Shimamoto, Fujio Tokita, Shuichi Ikeda, Ichiro Nagai

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

This whimsical unicorn arrives with an existential crisis packaged as cuddles. A cursed creature escapes an evil sorcerer’s wrath to scatter hope across a doomed isle. In the end it just wished the soundtrack had less keyboards.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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