iv searched this several times on your site and can not find it, its a story about a guy who works for this evil boss who has him turn humans into these wooden statues and uses them as pieces of his ship, everything is going OK till the guy has to do it to his own family, especially his Little;e brother, then he and the evil boss fight, any clues?

i saw it in the 80's on nickelodeon i think.

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Unico In the Island of Magic (83)

Plot Description
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Tezuka Unico site-Pics, Plot, Short Video Clip
http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/mv/mv014.html

Unico is a baby unicorn with a special natural ability to make friends. The gods are envious of his gift and order the West Wind to destroy him. When she sees the innocent unicorn she can't bring herself to do it so she carries him away to hide him. He meets friends along the way.

The second movie has him meeting a little girl named Cherri (Sherri).Cherri's older brother had run away from home. When he returns he is the apprentice of an evil puppet wizard who has a plan to turn all of humanity into wooden puppets. Cherri's brother Toby spares his little sister by hiding her from his master. After Toby and his master the evil puppet Kururu leave, she and Unico go on a quest to the ends of the earth to find the all knowing Trojan horse. It's said that it should know of a way to turn her family and friends back

Watch Unico
http://youtube.com/watch?v=filIu2Saszs
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