Pinocchio: The Series Pinocchio: The Series Pinocchio: The Series, also known as Saban's The Adventures of Pinocchio and known in Japan as in Japan, is a 52-episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired on Fuji Television in 1972, which was edited by Saban in 1990. The story is based on the novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Unlike the lighter, more cheerful tones of the Disney film adaptation and Nippon Animation's version "Piccolino no Bōken", this series has a distinctly darker, more sadistic theme, and portrays the main character, Pinocchio (Mock), as suffering from constant physical and psychological
Pinocchio: The Series Fortunately, the Oak Fairy is able to save him by scaring away the army and transforming the boy into a fully human child, though this means she will no longer be able to appear to him. The series was adapted into English in the 1990s by Saban Entertainment under the title Pinocchio: The Series (colloquial also known as "Saban's (The) Adventures of Pinocchio"). This version was shown in the United States on weekday mornings on HBO in 1992. A separate American version was created by Jim Terry ("Force Five"). Titled The Adventures of Pinocchio, it consisted of several episodes edited