Paul's Miraculous Adventure

Paul's Miraculous Adventure
ポールのミラクル大作戦 (Pōru no Mirakuru Daisakusen)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Tatsunoko Productions
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 3, 1976 – September 11, 1977
Episodes	50[1]

Paul's Miraculous Adventure (ポールのミラクル大作戦, Pōru no Mirakuru Daisakusen, also known as "Paul's Miracle Strategy Plan") is an action-adventure anime television series created by Tatsunoko Productions. The series was broadcast across Japan on the Fuji TV network from October 3, 1976, to September 11, 1977, and lasted 50 half-hour episodes. The series director was Hiroshi Sasagawa, of Speed Racer and Tokimeki Tonight fame.

Story

On his birthday, Paul receives a teddy bear as a gift from his parents. While Pakkun appears to be a fairly ordinary stuffed toy, he in reality is the keeper of the portal between Earth and an alternate dimension known as the Land of Wonders. Paul and his best friend Nina explore the alternate universe until Nina is kidnapped by the demonic ruler of this dimension, Belt Satan. After making an unsuccessful attempt to save Nina, Paul and Pakkun are forced to return home to Earth, where Paul is confronted by Nina's parents, who blame him for her disappearance and accuse him of murdering her. Paul returns to the Land of Wonders with Pakkun and Nina's dog Doppe in tow, fighting monsters with his powerful yo-yo in order to defeat Belt Satan and save Nina.^[2]

Distribution

The series has been dubbed into several other languages including Italian (as Il fantastico mondo di Paul, 1980), Spanish (as Las aventuras de Paul), Korean, Polish (as Fantastyczny świat Paula), and in English in the Philippines (as Paul in Fantasy Land).^{[citation needed]}

Staff

• Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
• Episode Direction: Mizuho Nishikubo, Hidehito Ueda
• Screenwriters: Jinzo Toriumi, Yu Yamamoto
• Planning: Jinzo Toriumi, Shigeru Yanagawa
• Created by: Tatsuo Yoshida
• Character Designs: Akiko Shimamoto
• Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
• Animation Director: Hayao Nobe
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production, Topcraft
• Production: Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. / Fuji TV

Cast

• Paul: Sumiko Shirakawa
• Nina: Keiko Yokozawa
• Pakkun: Yoko Asagami
• Belt Satan: Toru Ohira
• Doppe: Isamu Tanonaka

References

External links

• Paul's Miraculous Adventure (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Paul's Miraculous Adventures at Tatsunoko Productions' English website
• Paul no Miracle Daisakusen at Tatsunoko Productions (Japanese)