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37. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico

Red: 23
Johnbobb: 25
Karo: 26
Inviso: 32
Genny: 36
Jona: 36
Charon: 39

Total: 217

Red: Honestly the way people were talking about them I thought most of the older movies were going to be way worse than I was expecting, but most ended up like Unico, kind of inoffensive to the ears and eyes. We get to see a bunch of somewhat naive characters learn a bit about themselves and find their place in life and it all gets topped off with Unico going full horn smash on some weird creepy formerly almost rapey monster thing for the finale.

Johnbobb: Now THIS is cinema

Karo: What It Is:
A movie based on a children's manga by the great Osamu Tezuka about a big-eyed marshmallow pony who solves problems with the power of friendship yet isnt from Equestria.

What I Think:
Unfortunately, the producers of the film made some really weird changes that were very disrespectful to the original work such as turning Count Ghost into fucking Satan (in the manga he is just a psychopathic nobleman with no magic powers), and putting the chapters out of order. The first place Unico goes in the movie is actually from the final part of the manga because I guess someone really liked the little imp character.
If you like cute things as much as I do you will be marginally entertained, but once stripped of Tezuka's depth this adaptation ends up feeling a bit blah.

Score: 58/100

Inviso: It says something about the quality of certain films on this list that Unico outranks them in my eyes. For the firstlets say 60% of the movie, this was terrible. Its just high-pitched kiddy bullshit that feels reminiscent of the movies based on childrens cartoons list we did. Namely, anything to do with Care Bears or My Little Pony. You know, the kind of mindless, saccharine crap that stupid little kids watch because theyre unable to process anything more than flashing lights and soft music. However, for whatever reason, the back half of the movie just felt more coherent and enjoyable.

I think the front half is just establishing the bullshit of the world, which results in stupid little kid Unico whining about how lonely he is. Beezle is tsundere and annoying. Katie is okay as a cat, but she becomes obnoxious when she becomes a girl. All of this, however, leads to Katie becoming human and getting roofied by a demon, and suddenly the plot is a bit more interesting, and Unico feels like less of a whiny douchebag, because he actually has to fight a genuine threat in order to save his friend. Of course, the ending is total B.S., but Im still willing to accept this as far better than it had any business being.

Genny: Please read the following in Mrs. Puff's voice: "Oh Karo... why...?" No really, why, of all movies that deserved inclusion on this list in your opinion, did the less-than-Fantastic Adventures of Unico make the cut? I realize we needed some older films for balance, but wouldn't Jungle Emperor Leo have been more culturally relevant? This was truly abysmal to sit through to the point where drinking mildly diluted spiced rum barely improved it. None of the main characters were worthwhile, and the plot went nowhere, or to be more accurate the plot went wherever Unico needed to go only to take him somewhere else and that's literally the entire movie. Side note: I could not unhear Bart Simpson every time Beezle spoke or especially laughed (even though that was apparently Angelica Pickles' voice actress) and it impacted my enjoyment of the film- I cannot say whether the impact was negative or positive, but it was impacted nonetheless.

Jona: While this can be cute and charming, it doesnt stand out too much besides some cool parts with the villain. This was almost my 40 because despite not doing anything particularly terrible, it doesnt elicit any strong feelings from me.

Charon: If this film had appeared on Karo's last project, I wouldn't have batted an eye. This feels entirely at home in a bunch of awkward 80's films based on children's shows from that era. In terms of what else appears on this project, the movie feels totally out of place and is jarring to watch after almost any other film on the list. There's annoying singing, grating voices and the almost traditional anthology style plot where "episodes" take place featuring the main character interacting with new side characters. There's just very little actual joy I can find in this film, despite the titular character supposedly being able to create joy in all living creatures. For some reason there's a sequel apparently; the West Wind should have carried Unico away for good.

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