A warning about the Unico pilot DVD (it's terrible)

[F-Man]

Having read the Unico manga in preparation for the release of the movies in the US, I finally got around to watching the pilot I've had on DVD for a while. It's a 2006 DVD (reissued in 2010) and also comes with a Hello Kitty episode made with cute puppets in stop motion (and it was so sweet it gave me cavities). But here's what's wrong with the Unico pilot:

Japanese DVD:


2010 Spanish DVD of Unico in the Island of Magic with pilot episode included as an extra:


The difference is pretty big. The DVD was cropped to widescreen, is non-anamorphic and very blurry throughout with severe lack of detail.

I had no idea until now that the Unico movies had been released in Spain, but here you go. Do not get , get instead (with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles). Or maybe, Discotek Media will also include it as an extra with one of the movies. That would be really neat.

[Ataru Moroboshi]

They have both of these at some of my local libraries, but I tend to find Unico quite depressing... This company also released the complete Don Dracula series, Phoenix 2777, a complilation of experimental Tezuka shorts and some of his early movies, like Alakazam the Grat or The Adventures of Rock (that film about a brave Akita dog and his army of friends that confront a m...f... lion).

[Jeffbert]

does DON DRACULA have Japanese audio & is it still available?

[AprilSeven]

What is that little teeny weeny character in the lower right hand corner? It almost looks like a "unicorn fairy." Is it?? This looks like it would push all my CUTE buttons!!

[strobe_z]

I think that's Unico getting a visit from Zephyrus, but I could be wrong.

[Ataru Moroboshi]

[Jeffbert]

I looked at the page, but saw only 1 language listed; also, I do not know if shipping to US is available.

[F-Man]