Unico: Hunted (Volume 2)

Author: Osamu Tezuka

Reading age: from c 8 years

Published on 5 June 2025 by Scholastic US in the United States.

“A spellbinding masterpiece” - Dav

Pilkey, creator of Dog Man

The Times' Children's Book of the Week (Unico:

Hunted)

“An enchanting reboot . will appeal to a broad

range of age groups, from eight upwards. Spellbinding”

- The Times

Still hunted by Venus, Unico befriends a sickly girl imprisoned

by an evil robotic machine.

Lost in space and time, Unico awakens in an abandoned factory

town. Saved by the resourceful mouse, Garapachi, Unico befriends

Chiko, a human girl. But he soon learns that a sinister force is

at work in the town's factory, bent on killing all living things.

Meanwhile, Venus unleashes a fierce hunter who will stop at nothing

to find Unico. Can Unico save Chiko? Can the West Wind save Unico?

Conceived anew by Eisner-nominated author Samuel Sattin and Eisner-winning

artist team Gurihiru, and developed in collaboration

with Tezuka Productions, UNICO: Hunted is the second volume in a

groundbreaking reboot of a beloved manga by Astro Boy creator Osamu

Tezuka, the 'God of Manga.' With striking full-color

artwork and reading left to right in the Western comics

style to match the original manga, UNICO is a brilliant series featuring

storytelling at its best. Join Unico on an unforgettable

journey!