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
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (orig. "Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige", "Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden") is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was published in two books, "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" in 1906 and "Further Adventures of Nils" in 1907. These two are usually combined into a single book called "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils", although that name could also describe the first book only. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the