{"id":867601,"date":"2025-08-24T00:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/unico-black-cloud-and-white-feathers-pilot-anime-streams-on-youtube\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:14:26","slug":"unico-black-cloud-and-white-feathers-pilot-anime-streams-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/unico-black-cloud-and-white-feathers-pilot-anime-streams-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers&#8217; Pilot Anime Streams on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"maincontent\">\n<div id=\"page-title\">\n<p><small>posted on <time datetime=\"2025-08-11T11:00:00-04:00\"><strong>2025-08-11<\/strong> 11:00 EDT<\/time><\/small> by Adriana Hazra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-zone\">\n<div>\n<p>Pilot anime based on <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=883\">Osamu Tezuka<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=2730\">Unico<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> manga preceded theatrical anime films<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=360\">Tezuka Productions<\/a><\/cite>&#8216; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=8245\">YouTube<\/a><\/cite> channel began streaming on Saturday the pilot anime based on <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=883\">Osamu Tezuka<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite><cite>Unico<\/cite><\/cite> manga chapter titled &#8220;Black Rain and White Feathers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><span><br \/>\n            <span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syPeIrskJkc?si=J5n4Tjjx-FLqhRMn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The pilot did not get a theatrical release, but the theatrical anime films <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=628\">The Fantastic Adventures of Unico<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> and <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=629\">Unico in the Island of Magic<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> followed it. <cite>Tezuka Productions<\/cite> describes the pilot anime:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn a polluted town devoid of blue sky, <cite>Unico<\/cite> takes action to help a sick girl named Chico! This rare pilot film is now available for a limited period to commemorate the publication of &#8220;<cite>UNICO<\/cite>: Hunted,&#8221; the second volume of the newly adapted <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=2730\">Unico<i> manga<\/i><\/a><\/cite> series.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"A628-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/fit200x200\/encyc\/A628-4.jpg\"><figcaption>\n<p>\u00a9SANRIO CO., LTD. \/ Tezuka Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><cite><cite>The Fantastic Adventures of Unico<\/cite><\/cite> opened in theaters in March 1981. <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=3456\">Toshio Hirata<\/a><\/cite> directed the anime at <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=48\">Madhouse<\/a><\/cite>. <cite><cite>Unico in the Island of Magic<\/cite><\/cite> opened in theaters in July 1983. <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=62033\">Moribi Murano<\/a><\/cite> directed the anime at <cite>Madhouse<\/cite>. <\/p>\n<p>Tezuka&#8217;s original <cite><cite>Unico<\/cite><\/cite> manga centers on a unicorn who has a power to help those who love him. The titular character travels through time and to different countries to make new friends. Tezuka launched the manga in <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=505\">Sanrio<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite>Ririka<\/cite> in November 1976. It moved to <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=57\">Shogakukan<\/a><\/cite>&#8216;s <cite>learning<\/cite> in April 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Scholastic&#8217;s Graphix imprint <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-09-20\/scholastic-graphix-imprint-to-release-new-unico-awakening-manga-on-august-6-2024\/.202586\">released<\/a> <cite><cite>Unico<\/cite>: Awakening<\/cite> (<cite><cite>Unico<\/cite>: Mezame no Ohanashi<\/cite>), a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-04-19\/exclusive-gurihiru-samuel-sattin-launch-kickstarter-for-new-unico-manga\/.184596\">new<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-05-02\/gurihiru-samuel-sattin-kickstarter-for-new-unico-manga-launches\/.185268\">manga<\/a> based on <cite><cite>Unico<\/cite><\/cite>, in August 2024. The <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=182655\">Gurihiru<\/a><\/cite> illustrator duo and Samuel Sattin launched their <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13765\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/cite> campaign for a 162-page <cite><cite>Unico<\/cite>: Awakening<\/cite> manga in May 2022. The campaign raised its US$50,000 goal in 24 hours. The project raised US$179,794 in total.<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <cite>Tezuka Productions<\/cite>&#8216; <cite>YouTube<\/cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=syPeIrskJkc\" target=\"_blank\">channel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/\">News homepage<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/archive\" rel=\"archives\">archives<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-08-11\/unico-black-cloud-and-white-feathers-pilot-anime-streams-on-youtube\/.227521\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>posted on 2025-08-11 11:00 EDT by Adriana Hazra Pilot anime based on Osamu Tezuka&#8216;s Unico manga preceded theatrical anime films Tezuka Productions&#8216; YouTube channel began streaming on Saturday the pilot anime based on Osamu Tezuka&#8216;s Unico manga chapter titled &#8220;Black Rain and White Feathers.&#8221; The pilot did not get a theatrical release, but the theatrical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2105,145791,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-867601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-black","8":"category-unico","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}