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"Scholastic Graphix has announced that they will be publishing Unico: Awakening, a new middle-grade reader graphic novel from writer Samuel Sattin (author of Buzzing and co-author of The Kids’ Guide to Anime and Manga) with art and character designs by the Japanese creative team Gurihiru (who co-created Eisner Award-winning Superman Smashes the Klan with Gene Luen Yang for DC Comics, and It’s Jeff! for Marvel). The first book, Unico: Awakening will hit bookstore and comic shop shelves in August 2024. Scholastic’s deal also includes seven additional graphic novels featuring the continuing adventures of Unico, as well as a handbook and an activity book."

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"Scholastic's Graphix imprint revealed to ANN on Tuesday that it has acquired rights to release four more volumes (books 5-8) of the Unico: Awakening (Unico: Mezame no Ohanashi) series, based on Osamu Tezuka's Unico manga, for a total of eight books. The series will end in its eighth volume. The series will "complete the initial story arc imagined but never completed by Tezuka in his lifetime." The third book Unico: Lost will launch in summer 2026."

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