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| Paul's Miraculous Adventure | |
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| ポールのミラクル大作戦 | |
| Genre | Fantasy,Isekai |
| Created by | Tatsunoko Production Planning Office |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Opening theme | "Paul no boken" byKumiko Ōsugi andColumbia Yurikago Kai |
| Ending theme | "Okaruto hanmā no uta" by Kumiko Ōsugi and Columbia Yurikago Kai |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Tatsuo Yoshida |
| Producers | Ippei Kuri Masaru Shibata Masatsugu Nagai |
| Production companies | Tatsunoko Production Fuji Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Release | October 3, 1976 (1976-10-03) – September 11, 1977 (1977-09-11) |
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-adventureanime television series created byTatsunoko Production. The series was broadcast onFuji TV and otherFNS stations across Japan from October 3, 1976, to September 11, 1977, and lasted 50 half-hour episodes.[1] The series director wasHiroshi Sasagawa, ofSpeed Racer andTokimeki Tonight fame.
On his birthday, Paul receives astuffed animal 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 thealternate 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 St. Bernard dog Doppe in tow, fighting monsters with his powerfulyo-yo in order to defeat Belt Satan and save Nina.[2]
The series has been dubbed into several other languages including Italian (asIl fantastico mondo di Paul, 1980), Spanish (asLas aventuras de Paul), Korean, Polish (asFantastyczny świat Paula), Bulgarian (as Вълшебният Свят на Пол) and inEnglish in the Philippines (asPaul in Fantasy Land).[citation needed]
In the late 1980s,Saban Entertainment planned to produce an English dub of the series titledPauly's Mad Mad World. The dub was never released.[3]
Filipino Characterization (in English)
