Animation Kikou: Marco Polo no Bouken
English title: Marco Polo's Adventures
Japanese title: アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険
Type: TV
Episodes: 43
Premiered: spring 1979
Source: Original
Genres: Adventure
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: NHK
Duration: 20 min per ep
Rating: G - All Ages

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.