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パタパタ飛行船の冒険

Patapata Hikousen no Bouken

Jane's mother dies when she is born, and her father, a rich English aristocrat, soon remarries to a woman with a son, William, who despises his new father and brother. George and Jane grow up with a dream to make a flying machine. George believes the distant Asian sands hold a secret: a mysterious cerulean sand which can make machines fly. He goes on an expedition to find it, and soon is reported executed for treason. William disappears too. After she recieves an unsigned letter holding a handful of pale-blue sand which floats in the air, Jane is sure her brother is alive and leaves to the East to find him and prove him innocent. There are many mysteries to unravel in store for Jane and her new friends on her journey. But perhaps a mystery should forever remain a mystery... (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalパタパタ飛行船の冒険 (japanese)
RomajiPatapata Hikousen no Bouken
English
Chinese浮游泉大冒险 (simplified · via wikidata)
Also known asThe Secret of Cerulean Sand · Il segreto della sabbia · Le secret du sable bleu · Den blå sandens hemmelighet

Facts

FormatTV series · 26 ep · 25 min · 11h total
Aired2002-01-05 → 2002-06-29 (Winter 2002)
StatusFINISHED
StudioTelecom Animation Film
SourceNovel
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresAdventureSci-Fi
ThemesFemale ProtagonistForeignSteampunkTravelAviationButlerMilitaryDesert

Reception

Community score7.43 / 10
Bayesian score7.55 / 10
Composite54.1
On lists2,866
Favourited48 (1.7%)
Completion75.6%
Drop rate8.4%
In backlog59.2%
Score spread σ1.78

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonWinter 2002A4 of 35
StudioTelecom Animation FilmC13 of 44
Year2002B23 of 142
Source materialNovelC67 of 170
EraEarly 2000sB132 of 687
LengthTwo-courC294 of 699
GenreSci-FiB338 of 1,409
Season (all years)WinterC409 of 1,557
GenreAdventureC488 of 1,534
FormatTV seriesC1,116 of 3,322
OriginJapanC1,939 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorYuuichirou Yano
Series compositionYuuichirou Yano, Keiichirou Furuya, Kouji Takeuchi
Character designKenji Hachizaki

AniList id 708 · MAL id 708 · record updated 2026-08-26