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Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken (TV)

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Alternative title:
Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
As Aventuras de Marco Polo (Portuguese)
Le avventure di Marco Polo (Italian)
Marco Polo's Adventures
アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険 (Japanese)
マルコ・ポーロの冒険 (Japanese)
Themes: historical
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: The story is based on the adventures of Marco Polo, a merchant from the Venetian republic, who embarks on a journey to Asia along with his father and uncle in the 13th century.
Number of episodes: 43
Episode titles: We have 43
Vintage: 1979-04-07 to 1980-04-05
Opening Theme:
"Itsu no Hi ka Tabi Suru Mono yo" (いつの日か旅する者よ) by Kei Ogura
Ending Theme:
#1: "Dare de mo Ii kara" by Kei Ogura
#2: "Mata Tabi Shitaku" by Kei Ogura
#3: "Oozora kara" by Kei Ogura
#4: "Boukyou" by Kei Ogura
#5: "Sore ga Yume Na" by Kei Ogura
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay:
Hideo Takeuchi (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 20-21
)

Iku Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 22-23, 25-27
)

Jun Takada (9 episodes
eps 12, 17, 19, 29-31, 35, 38, 41
)

Mitsuo Aimono (ep 39)
Mitsuru Kaneko (20 episodes
eps 1-10, 13-14, 20-25, 39, 43
)

Mitsuru Majima (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 11, 13
)

Sōji Yoshikawa (11 episodes
eps 24-28, 32-34, 36-37, 42
)

Storyboard:
Hideo Nishimaki (ep 29)
Hideo Takayashiki (eps 25-27, 33)
Kōzō Kusuba (ep 9)
Masami Hata (ep 18)
Mori Masaki (4 episodes
eps 1, 13, 15, 33
)

Moribi Murano (eps 10-11)
Toshihiko Nishikubo (eps 37-38)
Toshio Hirata (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 14, 43
)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (15 episodes
eps 1, 3-7, 16-17, 19-20, 23-24, 30, 35, 41
)

Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 21, 39, 42)
Yukimatsu Ito (6 episodes
eps 22, 28, 31, 34, 36, 40
)

Episode Director: Katsuhiko Fujita
Original creator: Marco Polo
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Setsuko Ishizu
Animation Director:
Akio Sugino
Shigemitsu Koshiba

Animation:
Katsumi Aoshima (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 28, 36, 38
)

Kōji Katō (ep 27)
Noboru Furuse (eps 18-19)
Ryutaro Nakamura (ep 12)
Shigemitsu Koshiba (8 episodes
eps 13, 15, 22, 24, 31-32, 34, 37
)

Shiro Okumura (ep 35)
Shunichi Sakai (eps 4, 7)
Takekatsu Kikuta (ep 3)
Toshio Hirata (ep 8)
Toshio Nitta (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 17, 30, 43
)

Yoshio Kabashima (ep 21)
Yuichi Endo (4 episodes
eps 2, 23, 40, 42
)

Yūzō Tomizawa (eps 16, 20)
Sound Effects:
Kei Haraguchi
Nobuyuki Goto
Yutaka Imai (今井裕)
Kei Tomiyama as Marco Polo

Asao Koike as Narrator
Gorō Naya as Sharif
Hiroko Suzuki as Kököchin Khatun
Kenichi Ogata as Wang Zhu
Kousei Tomita as Maffeo Polo
Masako Nozawa as Shaohai
Shūichirō Moriyama as Kublai Khan
Tadashi Nakamura as Ahmad Fanakati
Tamio Ohki as Captain Zhang
Yasuo Hisamatsu as Niccolò Polo

Akira Kamiya as Champodo (ep 17)
Chiyoko Kawashima as Assassin Girl (ep 10)
Eiko Yamada as Xiaolin (ep 21)
Hiroya Ishimaru as Kogatai
Ichirō Nagai as Miriam's Stepfather (ep 12)
Jouji Yanami as Guilherme (ep 3)
Junji Chiba as Liu Zheng (ep 29)
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Omar (ep 9)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Teijirō (ep 30)
Keiko Han as Paradise Woman (ep 10)
Kenichi Ogata as Mamluk Chieftain (ep 3)
Kōichi Kitamura as King of Champa (ep 35)
Kōsei Yagi as Nicolas (ep 3)
Masako Nozawa as Buddy
Masao Imanishi as Assassin Leader (ep 10)
Masashi Amenomori as
Abaqa Khan (ep 10)
Captain Abdul (ep 11)
Nachi Nozawa as Ghazan Khan (ep 42)
Nobuaki Sekine as King Bahu III of Ceylon (ep 39)
Osamu Katō as Kazakh Elder (ep 19)
Osamu Kobayashi as Imam (ep 15)
Rihoko Yoshida as Oruje
Runa Akiyama as Tang Shaobao (ep 28)
Ryūsei Nakao as
Orangutan Trainer (ep 37)
Tang Yuqian (ep 28)
Tamio Ohki as General Bayan (ep 27)
Youko Asagami as Miriam (ep 12)

Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Studio Jack
Broadcaster: NHK
Production:
Madhouse
MK
Italian staff
Italian cast
Theme Song Performance: Oliver Onions
Claudio Capone as Marco Polo

Carlo Baccarini as Matteo Polo
Marcello Tusco as Niccolo' Polo
Oreste Rizzini as Voce narrante
Roberta Greganti as Principessa Kokachin
Vittorio Congia as Capitano della nave
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
La Uomo TV (from 1981)
Rete 4 (from 1982)
Dubbing: SEDIF
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: RTP (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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