Animation Kikou: Marco Polo no Bouken
アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険
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.
Characters
Staff
Hata, Masami
Storyboard
Hirata, Toshio
Storyboard
Kawajiri, Yoshiaki
Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director
Kusuba, Kouzou
Storyboard
Masaki, Mori
Storyboard
Murano, Moribi
Storyboard
Nishikubo, Mizuho
Storyboard
Takayashiki, Hideo
Storyboard
Takeuchi, Yoshio
Storyboard
Ogura, Kei
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Music
Ishizu, Setsuko
Art Director
Maruyama, Masao
Series Composition
Onozaki, Kousuke
Music
Sugino, Akio
Character Design, Animation Director
Tomizawa, Kazuo
Animation Director
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Itsu no Hi ka Tabi Suru Mono yo (いつの日か旅する者よ)" by Kei Ogura
Endings
- 1: "Daredemo Ii kara (誰でもいいから)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 1,6,9)
- 2: "Mata Tabi Shitaku (また旅支度)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 2-3,7-8,10-14,16,19-20,33-40)
- 3: "Hito Sukui no Mizu (ひとすくいの水)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 4)
- 4: "Oozora kara Mireba (大空から見れば)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 5,17-18,22-23,41-43)
- 5: "Boukyou (望郷)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 15)
- 6: "Aoki Ookami (蒼き狼)" by Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (eps 21)
- 7: "Sore ga Yume Naraba (それが夢ならば)" Kei Ogura (小椋佳) (ep 24-32)