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
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 3, 1976 – September 11, 1977
Episodes	50[1]
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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 in partnership with Topcraft. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV and various other local stations across Japan 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), Bulgarian (as Вълшебният Свят на Пол) and in English in the Philippines (as Paul in Fantasy Land).^{[citation needed]}

Broadcast information[]

Country	Television broadcasts
Austria	ATV *
Italy	Italia 1 *, *
Indonesia	Spacetoon *
Saudi Arabia	Saudi 2
Australia	ABC2 **, 7Two *, Nickelodeon Australia
Iran	Hod Hod Farsi TV *
Finland	*
India	Hungama TV ***
Bulgaria	Diema + ***
Philippines	GMA 7 ***
South Korea	TBC (1977-1978), KBS, EBS, SBS
France	France 3 *, TF1 *
Poland	Polonia 1

Staff[]

• Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
• Episode Direction: , 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

Filipino Characterization (in English)

• Paul - Paul
• Nina - Nina
• Pakkun - Moses
• Belt Satan - The Black Giant
• Doppe - Bernard

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)