I was browsing through a friend's old Animages in August 2001 when I ran across an article on Marco Polo which just happened
to list the credits for the most recent episodes, and I noticed Hata had done the storyboard for #18. He may very well
have done other episodes. I had no idea he was even involved in this NHK/Madhouse project. This was right in the
midst of production of The Legend of Sirius.
TV series 