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Marco Polo
Main
Flora
Supporting
Mateo
Supporting
Nicolo
Supporting
Masami Hata
Storyboard
Toshio Hirata
Storyboard
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Storyboard, Key animation, Animation director
Kouzou Kusuba
Storyboard
Mori Masaki
Storyboard
Moribi Murano
Storyboard
Mizuho Nishikubo
Storyboard
Hideo Takayashiki
Storyboard
Setsuko Ishizu
Art director
Masao Maruyama
Series composition
Marco Polo's Adventures
10.00Score
#1,105Rank
- Adventure
- Historical
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Marco Polo leaves his home in Venice on a trip to the little-known country of "Yuan", in the company of his father Nicolo and his uncle Matteo. Their mission is to deliver the sacred oil from the Tomb of Christ and a letter from the Pope to the Kublai.
Background
This was an animated documentary on Marco Polo, mixed in with live-action footage. 43 episodes were broadcast on NHK from 1979 to 1980, but only the first and last episodes survive. While the cel animation was shot on film, post-production and editing were done on videotapes (normal for NHK programs), which have since been wiped. (Source: Cartoon Research)
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