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The Adventures of Pinocchio (Tv series)
ピコリーノの冒険 (Pikorīno no Bōken)
Genre	Fantasy
TV anime
Director	Shigeo Koshi Hiroshi Saitô
Studio	Nippon Animation
Network	TV Asahi
Other networks: Antenne 2 France Canale 5, Italia 1, RaiUno ZDF, Kinderkanal, ORF1, SF1 Kindernet, Vara TVP 1
Original run	April 27, 1976 – May 31, 1977[1]
Episodes	52
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (Pinocchio Yori Piccolino no Boken), also known as The Adventures of Piccolino (ピコリーノの冒険, "Pikorîo no bôken" ^?), is a 52 episode German-Japanese co-production anime tv series by Nippon Animation first aired in Japan in 1976 on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Each episode was 26 minutes in length.^{[2 ]} The story is based on the novel 'Pinocchio' by Italian author Carlo Collodi.^{[2 ]}

This is the version which was the most popular within German-speaking countries, where it ran as simply "Pinocchio". The series differed from the original material in certain details. One difference is that the cricket was replaced by a duckling named Gina.^{[2 ]}

Themes

DVD Availability

German-dubbed Pinocchio episodes are available in Germany at Amazon.de.^[3]

See also

Mokku of the Oak Tree, a 1972 anime tv series also based on The Adventures of Pinocchio.

References

External links

• "Pikorîo no bôken" (1976) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (TV) (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia