Go Away, Unicorn!


Go Away, Unicorn! is an American-Canadian animated television series produced for YTV and Disney Channel by Sonar Entertainment in association with Nelvana. Evan Thaler Hickey and Alex Ganetakos provide story editing services for the series, with Jason Groh directing. The series premiered in a sneak peek on December 21, 2018 and another on January 21, 2019 then it premiered on February 8, 2019 Disney Channel and available on Disney Now.

Plot

The series, based on the book of the same name by Emily Mullock, features a young girl named Alice and her best friend—an energetic unicorn—as they explore their differences and realize that friendships can be found at the unlikeliest of places.
The series stars Chris Diamantopoulos as the eponymous Unicorn and Rebecca Husain as Alice. Alice's other friends include Varun Saranga as Ollie, an Indian-Canadian boy whose father was a champion speller back in his homeland, and spelled the very lengthy word, which is another word for a dog; and Pixie, a cheerful, happy-go-lucky girl who loves pink glitter, tossing it into the air every now and then.

Characters

Go Away, Unicorn! was under development as a co-production at Tricon Films & Television and Mercury Filmworks as of March 27, 2013 with Tricon as international distributor. The series was pick up by Disney Channels Worldwide and Corus Entertainment when Tricon was considered insolvent in December 2016. Sonar Entertainment purchased Tricon's assets including this series. By October 2017, Sonar and Nelvana began producing the planned 52 11-minute segments totaling 26 half-hour episodes, as well as 10 x one-minute shorts. The Canada Media Fund is aiding in the production of the series, while CentraIP is the worldwide licensing agent.

Episodes

Shorts (2019)

  1. "Wake Up, Unicorn!"
  2. "In a Jam, Unicorn!"
  3. "Dance Dance, Unicorn!"
  4. "Black Hole, Unicorn!"
  5. "Rake and Leaf, Unicorn!"
  6. "I Wish There, Unicorn!"

    Broadcast

The show broadcast worldwide but premiere in the third quarter of 2018 on YTV in Canada before an international roll out. The series will be shown in French Canada on Télétoon.
The series made its premiere on Disney Channel in various worldwide territories in January 2019 and on the American Disney Channel on March 3, following a launch preview on the DisneyNow streaming service in December.

Merchandise

Toys have been licensed worldwide by Jazwares, and were scheduled for release during fall 2019.