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EXTRAS This movie features one of Tezuka's favorite themes: "Transformation" or "Transfiguration" involves not only material aspects, but also man's immaterial heart.
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Unico: Saving our Fragile Earth
I (Cherry) have also not seen this movie; only a brief clip from the Tezuka Osamu @ World site
Unico the unicorn is once again in a new place. During this journey with the West Wind, Unico meets Tsubasa, a talking tree boy. The Earth has become totally ruined to the extent that no creature can live there, because humans have drained it of all resources and destroyed the environment. Unico and Tsubasa go on a journey to find a way to make the Earth inhabitable again. They finally meet the Sphinx and the "time fairy" (Astro Boy/Atom) at the end of their hard journey. They decide to go back to the past and prevent humans from taking the wrong path. However, they can stay in the past for only five minutes. Will they be able to alter the future of the Earth in such short time? Their adventures to restore the Earth begins....
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Tezuka Osamu World, located in the Kyoto Station Building, features a theater that shows his original short animated films. One piece capturing the essence of his most famous work, and another that depicts historical episodes of Kyoto, are shown as a double feature with "The Phoenix" as narrator. This is the fourth original animated piece for the Tezuka Osamu Animation theater that takes up Tezuka Osamu's message of "Saving our Fragile Earth" as its theme, and together with Unico's adventures commemorates the theater's first anniversary.
