Check out this first look at Unico: The Amazing ‘Artifact’ of the Awakening (Exclusive)

Octas Inc. will launch Next week’s Kickstarter campaign for Yoneko: awakening (ユ : 目 ) by Gurihiru (Eisner Award-winning team of artists behind it) Superman smashes the clan and highly anticipated Ultraman: Another Jin) and Samuel Satin (a well-known novelist and co-writer of The main anime crunchy roll). These two creators are reinventing the beloved UNICO character of Osamu Tezuka for a new generation of readers, and Octas ComicBook.com has provided an exclusive look at the book’s photo collection from Gurihiru, as well as a number of acclaimed American cartoonists.

You can monitor the project before it launches on Monday here. You may want to come back early, because there are already about 500 people following it, so any limited rewards may be done quickly.

Shown below is the cover for the awakeningIn addition to the first look at Unico: Awakening Artifactsa series of limited-edition collectibles created by American cartoonists, including:

  • Uniko illustrated book by Madeleine Cope;
  • 4×6 Chloe the Cat costume book by Rye Hickman (MOTH & WHISPER);
  • Postcard Unico and Chloe Overcast by Amber Padilla (Secret Garden at 81st Street);
  • Tarot Card for Equinox by Julia Rick;
  • 5″ x 7″ mini-comedy by Staines (Heart in the City)

You can also check out ten pinup photos of notable artists, including Kamome Shirahama (witch hat player), peach momoko (Cursed days) and Junko Mizuno.

With Yoneko: awakeningAnd Gurihiru and Samuel Sattin are reinventing Osamu Tezuka’s beloved Unico for a new generation of readers, with an all-new 162-page manga. If the project is funded, the book will be available in both English and Japanese.

Osamu Tezuka UNICO It is the enchanting story of a young unicorn who enrages the Greek gods when he inspires humans with his hope and positivity. The gods punished Yoneko by expelling him through space and time, until he forgot all about him before. Still on the move, Unico is transported from age to age, as he must escape the gods over and over again, only to have his memory erased anew. The only thing that saves Unico from oblivion is the spirit of the mysterious West Wind, who feels sorry for Unico and tries its best to protect him.

Yoneko: awakening Inspired by Tezuka’s story “The Cat on the Broomstick” from the original 1974-1976 manga. Gurihiru and Sattin are working together in close coordination with Tezuka Productions in Japan to bring their new vision forward. In this reimagining, Unico befriends a stray cat named Chloe, and the two new friends help an old woman whom Chloe mistaken for a witch. And when Chloe realizes that Yoneko can do actual magic, she asks him to turn her into a human for a few moments each day. Yunico agrees – as long as Chloe doesn’t lose touch with her feline identity. When a dangerous man and the goddess Venus set out to destroy Yonko, the spirit of the West Wind must search the ends of the universe for a way to end Yoneko’s eternal cycle of suffering.

To celebrate the return of Unico, he Yoneko: awakening The Kickstarter campaign will also get you a variety of amazing bonus rewards, including a rare 16 x 24 collectible print by Akira Himekawa (the legend of zelda), Junko Mizuno (The charming Ravenna), Su Lee (Ash and thistle), Katie Longwa (rock), peach momoko (Cursed days(who will contribute a total of 3 different publications to this campaign, Kamome Shirahama)witch hat player), Tokitotokoro (for a good man), and Academy Award-nominated animator Tom Moore (Wolfwalker).

Octas Inc. offers Also an array of exclusive bonuses including a Unico-themed T-shirt from Junko Mizuno and authentic Gurihiru Shikishi graphics.

“Yuniko has the ability to make anyone happy when they are loved,” Jurihiro said in a statement. “I would like to share with others the kindness and strength of Unico, which will never change even with the change of times.”

“We wish, in the modern age where the world sometimes seems bleak, that we could make a story about resilience in honor of the manga god’s original message of social well-being and environmental awareness,” Satin said.

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