The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV series) The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV series) The New Adventures of Pinocchio is a syndicated stop motion animated television series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and made by Dentsu Studios in Japan. Created by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and his partner Jules Bass, it was based on the book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" written by Italian author, Carlo Collodi. The series was Rankin/Bass' first production to be made in "Animagic", a stop motion puppet technique which, in association with the company, was done by Tadahito Mochinaga's MOM Productions (before Mochinaga leaves for China after the finished animation for
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