Python 3.0 (r30:67503, Dec 5 2008, 09:49:50)普通に見えます? じゃあ2.5とかでこれと同じことやってみれ。
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5484)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> l=['にんとも', 'かんとも', 'ニンニン']
>>> l
['にんとも', 'かんとも', 'ニンニン']
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53)c.f.
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> l=[u'にんとも', u'かんとも', u'ニンニン']
>>> l
[u'\u306b\u3093\u3068\u3082', u'\u304b\u3093\u3068\u3082', u'\u30cb\u30f3\u30cb\u30f3']
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3138/