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 Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film) Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company. The puppet is Pinocchio. At night, a Fairy visits the carpenter's shop to see Pinocchio. The woman makes a deal with the puppet: if he behaves, honoring his father in the process, he will become a human being, otherwise he will remain a piece of wood. Pinocchio promises, and magically becomes a kid.Once day he runs away. He steels food from a fishermen and a policeman catches him and takes Geppetto to jail. Pinocchio tries to find food but gets water dumped on him. He goes home and