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 stuffed dog 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.
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).
Broadcast information
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, Mitsuki Nakamura
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 Adventures at Tatsunoko Productions' English website
Paul no Miracle Daisakusen at Tatsunoko Productions (Japanese)