From Mr. Astro Boy himself, Osamu Tezuka, comes a magical unicorn boy’s journey through time. First serialized in Sanrio’s manga magazine Lyrica, Unico bounded from page to screen in the early Eighties with this classic of the pre-internet anime rental shelf. The bubble style indicative of Tezuka’s work paints even devil characters with a colorful, cutesy brush. Whether you’ve been into anime since the fan-subbed VHS days or just now heard about this new-fangled animation from Japan, this is an Animondays screening worth catching. – James Scott
