Among the many artists who worked on the series there are: Osamu Dezaki (under the pseudonym of Kan Matsudo), Akio Sugino, Yoshifumi Kondō, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Toyoo Ashida and Shuichi Seki.

Some episodes already featured in Tales of Magic, as in the case of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or The Snow Queen were adapted by Fred Laderman and broadcast by BFA Educational Media on CBS as single half-hour specials.

The series was also released in several other countries such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Quebec, Brazil, South Korea and in the Middle East.

Novels adapted in the show include Uncle Tom's Cabin, Don Quixote, The Happy Prince, Alice in Wonderland, Monkey King, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, A Dog of Flanders, Little Women, Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels, Les Misérables, A Little Princess and The Adventures of Pinocchio.

In addition to fairytales and fables, the show also features biographical episodes about scientist Galileo Galilei and social reformer Florence Nightingale, adaptations of William Shakespeare's tragedies King Lear and Romeo and Juliet, gothic horrors Dracula and Frankenstein, religious stories about Joan of Arc and Noah's Ark, and as well as epic poems such as The Iliad.