Octas, Inc. announced on Monday 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) have launched their 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).
Digital Manga funded the English-language release via Kickstarter in 2012 and then crowdfunded a reprint in 2015.