The Last Unicorn

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:08 pm

Is the Last Unicorn considered Anime or not?

There are debates to both sides of this issue.

Anneke

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:05 pm

This should be probably be in the General Anime forum. Last time I checked The Last Unicorn is considered anime, and I think I saw an AMV to it once...

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:45 pm

If its reasonably debatable, then I think there should be no problem if you are wanting to put it on the donut or whatever.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:55 pm

I'd be surprised if it were; it's based on a book in English and was originally released in English... unless there's something else about its production that I don't know.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:39 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:I'd be surprised if it were; it's based on a book in English and was originally released in English... unless there's something else about its production that I don't know.

The crew/cast list for "The Last Unicorn (1984)" can be found here. Several Japanese names are listed for the animation effort.

Side note: it appears that a remake is planned for Christmas 2004 release. According to the cast list, Christopher Lee will reprise his role in the first movie, but Mia Farrow will be playing Molly instead of the unicorn.

More news about the new movie here. Looks like it's going to be live-action, but it's hard to tell just from the storyboards.

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:48 pm

Fungie½ wrote:This should be probably be in the General Anime forum. Last time I checked The Last Unicorn is considered anime, and I think I saw an AMV to it once...

Ummm... i think that this is in the General Anime forum ...

... o was this move here ... i dont kno, im clueless sometimes ... well about Unicorn, i havent heard of the series ...

... so i cant input my opinion about it ... ill check it out though ...

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:21 pm

TaranT wrote:
SarahtheBoring wrote:I'd be surprised if it were; it's based on a book in English and was originally released in English... unless there's something else about its production that I don't know.
The crew/cast list for "The Last Unicorn (1984)" can be found here. Several Japanese names are listed for the animation effort.

Thanks for the info. And many non-anime forms of animation are animated somewhere or other in Asia, so I wouldn't go by that. But if anime = "somebody in Japan had something to do with this in any way" to you, then to you it's anime. 8)

GuessingWrong · Post by **GuessingWrong** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:47 pm

Good question. I'll just call it an animated movie with some Japanese crew/cast members.
Who cares if it's call anime by us, it's still a movie I love.
...yeaah.
There were some pics of it with Japanese written stuff on them...
Could be pages from a Japanese magazine, or something else more important. Anyway.
Who cares if it's Japanese, let's just call it an animated movie.

Yukina_Raven · Post by **Yukina_Raven** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:27 pm

Oh! I LOVE The Last Unicorn!

I saw it a loooong time ago, and then again recently. I love it still! That's AWESOME that they're doing another version! I can't wait for it! Thanks for the info!

Shitashii · Post by **Shitashii** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:10 am

I'd love to see a new version of this great movie...but rather a new animated one (with better drawings) instead of a live-action movie. The majority of live-action movies with animated origin were crap.
At least the ones based on manga/anime.
Examples? Wicked City, Fist of the North Star, Lupin III, City Hunter, Sailor Moon (*shudder*), Street Fighter...etc.
And have you seen the first promo-shots for the upcoming DBZ-Movie??? *yuck*