Octas, Inc. revealed on Tuesday that the Gurihiru illustrator duo (Marvel Comics’ The Unbelievable Gwenpool, Power Pack comic series, Avatar: The Last Airbender comic series, Spacebug anime) and Samuel Sattin (co-writer of Crunchyroll Essential Anime: Fan Favorites, Memorable Masterpieces) will launch a Kickstarter campaign for a new 162-page manga titled Unico: Awakening (Unico: Mezame no Ohanashi), based on Osamu Tezuka’s Unico manga.
The manga inspired the The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic anime films.
Toshio Hirata directed The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981), while Moribi Murano directed Unico in the Island of Magic (1983).
The story of Unico centers on a unicorn who has a power to help those who love him.