Animation Kikou: Marco Polo no Bouken (Marco Polo's Adventures)

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Synonyms: Animation Kikou Marco Polo, Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures.

Japanese: アニメーション紀行マルコ・ポーロの冒険

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Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 43

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 7, 1979 to Apr 5, 1980

Premiered: Spring 1979

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: NHK

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Original

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Historical

Duration: 20 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 6.39¹ (scored by 300 users)

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Ranked: #7742²

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Popularity: #13013

Members: 1,129

Favorites: 4

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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.

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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)