Underplayed Gems

Animation Kikō: Marco Polo no Bōken (1979)

Animation Kikō: Marco Polo no Bōken poster
Original title
アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険
Genre
animation, Adventure
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 43 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young Marco Polo travels from Italy to Asia and encounters different cultures and landscapes. The series mixes animation with real documentary footage from the places he visits.

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What happens

Animated Travelogue: The Adventures of Marco Polo (アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険, Animēshon Kikō Maruko Pōro no Bōken) is a Japanese anime television series that aired in 1979 and 1980 in Japan and in the early 1980s in Italy and Portugal, based on The Travels of Marco Polo. It is accompanied with documentary footage from the visited locations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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