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Background Pony #D2B4
Having just watched the Unico pilot & movies, I really wish it had been brought to my attention sooner. Unico deserves to be in brony discussions more since he literally overcomes his challenges with friendship.
Ardashir
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

@Background Pony #D00C  
I’ve heard a “Tezuka ending” described as “He dies, she dies, everybody dies!” And since Tezuka was a Buddhist, guess what, after dying you get reborn into another crappy life to go through it all over again.
N2MP

I don’t think this deserves the Shining Armor is a moron tag. He’s got a good point. Why would a unicorn be a pet rather than an adopted child? I’ve never seen the movies so I don’t know if he can talk or how intelligent he is, but even if it has the brain capacity of a normal horse that still seems kinda classless to treat it as a pet. If anything, Cadance is the moron for not questioning this.
Background Pony #D00C
The poor, poor guy…  
seriously, I think Tezuma was a great mangaka who could write some really interesting themes into his stories. But gesh, when he wanted to let his characters go through emotional hell, he did. I mean come on: Unico is a baby unicorn (although he looks for me more like a puppy mixed with a pony) that got separated almost instantly after its birth form his mother, gets thrown through time and space, the gods hate him because he just wants to make everyone feel happy and he loses his memories every time he leaves a world. If there is any Tezuka character who is in need of a happy ending it is that little guy.
Background Pony #53F7
….while everyone is talking about Unico, I’m surprise that Fluttershy = Count D, now I can’t unsee this.
cyberblade507

@Jarkes  
So looking into Unico further, it turns out that his existance is at odds with some gods plans/preferences/something, and they kind of don’t want him to exist. But the guy they send to take care of him, the West Wind, takes pity on him instead and whisks him away.
 
However, the gods eventually find Unico (usually after Unico makes friends). Then the West Wind scoops him up again, takes him away from his friend, wipes his memory, and drops him off somewhere else. This repeats forever. Usually something bad happens in between visits from the West Wind, which can apparently include evil sorcerers and humongous demons. Unico himself apparently has friendship-based magic powers that allows him to defeat or outright kill these types of troublesome characters.
Jarkes
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.
Thread Starter - Transformers Thread

GOKAAAAI... SILVER!
@cyberblade507
 
Oh, so it’s “bad” as in “significant nightmare fuel,” not “bad” as in “really poor quality.”
 
I get it now. I was a little confused since Derpibooru has done some of the Unico films as part of their Poonibooru Film Nights, and usually they do really bad films.
cyberblade507

@Jarkes  
If that’s true, there are quite a few things that can be bad. Even Astro Boy had strong themes of mature subject matter like abadonment and grief over the loss of a child (the latter being the impetus of for Astro Boy’s creation, if memory serves).
 
Never forget that Osamu Tezuka was not just a manga artist, he was also a certified medical doctor disillusioned with the medical system of his time (which I believe heavily influenced the creatio of one of his works, the name of which escapes me).
Jarkes
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2017) - Celebrated Derpibooru's five year anniversary with friends.
Thread Starter - Transformers Thread

GOKAAAAI... SILVER!
Wait, I heard that Unico was a creation of Osamu Tezuka. How could something created by him possibly be bad?