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 (1996 film) talking cricket. However Shawn's voice as Pepe can still be heard in the trailer for the film and he is even credited in the trailer. Rachel Portman's score features saxophone solos by David Roach. "The Adventures of Pinocchio" was made on a budget of $25 million. The film had a poor performance in the United States, opening at #8 on its first week, then grossing $15,094,530 at the box office. Critically, the film received a "rotten" 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On the television review series "Siskel & Ebert", Roger Ebert expressed disappointment with the film, while Gene Siskel praised