Hello everyone!
It’s been a pretty cold January where I live. Temperatures dropped to -10 °F (around -23°C), so I was worried our pipes would freeze. Thankfully, they didn’t. That’s not a fun thing to deal with, believe me. But it was fun to relax at home with family and watch a bunch of anime and 80’s movies, though!
I’ve been busy adding more to the site to start the year off right. The biggest additions for January were the Character Profile and Figures pages. There was a lot of information needed for those pages, so I wanted to knock quite a bit off the “to do list.” I also wanted to update the design of those pages to make it easier for people searching for things to find what they’re looking for. You’ll find more information about these updates and more below.
Before we get to the updates, I wanted to share Jpop music artist Stephani Yanez’s latest Instagram reel with her adorable Unico nails by Aya Nails. Super cute!
Also wanted to share KB’s KYOTO VIDEO episode featuring Unico in the Island of Magic. December was a busy month, so I hadn’t noticed the new video on YouTube. Was also surprised to be used as a citation/source! Thank you! Check out the video below if you haven’t.
– Added a ton of pages and images for the Character Profile section. I’ve wanted to improve this area for some time, so here we go! While I’m still adding to the Anime section, I’ve added Manga pages and profiles for characters from the Lyrica and Scholastic version. I will work on the First Grader version after I finish the other pages because there are a lot more characters and references than the others. For characters that make several appearances, I’m now adding additional photos to showcase this. There are several pages I need to still update and edit, but having them up is still a nice start.
– Updated the menu a bit to reflect the extra pages for the newer Unico series being published by Scholastic. You’ll see a dropdown menu when you go to Information > Manga > Unico Manga (2024). Characters, interviews, news page, and publication information are all there. May do this for other sections in February.
– Added Character page to the Scholastic Unico page. This is to make it easier for people looking for Unico: Awakening or Unico: Hunted information. I’m trying to stay a step ahead for fans.
– Fixed the Mechademia 8 link for the University of Minnesota Press appearance in the Unico Character profile. They updated their site so the old link was no longer working. The book is still available.
– Added a 2006 appearance for Unico and Chao in their character profiles involving the Osamu Tezuka 60th Anniversary Stamp Collection. Both characters appear on stamps. Will add the stamps to the Merchandise Museum soon.
– Added a 2020 appearance/reference of Unico from the parody manga, Alice in Osamuland (治虫の国のアリス) by Kentaro Ueno to Unico and West Wind’s character profiles.
– Made a section for Unico Related Posters and Prints. They were originally with the Decorations page, but I felt there was enough to give them their own.
– Revamped the Figure page to have a table and images of the figures. The page was simply a list of figures from over the years, and I thought this would make it more accessible. I also added more figures, and new placeholders for figures I did not have listed previously. The list of added figures will be in the Merchandise Museum Updates below.
– Added Unico – Uyanış, the Turkish translation of Unico: Awakening to the Publication page. It was available on January 23.
– Added Único: El despertar, the Spanish translation of Unico: Awakening to the Publication page. It will be available on February 18!
– Updated the Spanish Language page to show the new Unico: Awakening translation toward the bottom.
– Finally added the Tezu Comi Magazine issue which featured Unico’s Prologue chapter to the publications.
– Added Sanrio My Unico Pencils to the Unico Pencils, Pens, Stamps page. They are right after the pencil case.
– Also added Sanrio My Unico Multicolored Pencils to the Unico Pencils, Pens, Stamps page. These are before the Unico stamp and stamp pads.
– Added The Fantastic Adventures of Unico promotional poster to the new Posters and Prints page. Two of these posters recently sold on eBay, so I’m glad to see they’re still popping up now and then.
– Denboku figures have been added to the Figure section. Will continue to update if they make more!
– Hracka figures have been added to the Figure section.
– d.o.a.t. Unico garage kits have been added to the Figure section.
– Kichimushi KAIJIN Figure has been added to the Figure section.
– Al Gangu Albino Zoo Series Figure has been added to the Figure section.
– Tezuka Osamu Mini Figure Collection Unico has been added to the Figure section.
– Added Unico eyewear design examples from the JINS PAINT collaboration from 2017. You’ll find them on the Clothing Accessories page.
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