Pinocchio: The Series

Synopsis

Mokku of the Oak Tree, also known as Mokku Woody the Oak Tree, or Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio in the United States, is a 52 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired on Fuji Television in 1972. The story is based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Unlike the more cheerful lighter tones of the Disney Version and Nippon Animation's version Piccolino no Bōken, this series has a distinctly sadistic darker theme and portrays the main character, Pinocchio, as suffering from constant physical and psychological abuse and freak accidents.

Cast

Hiroko Maruyama

Mokku

Minoru Yada

Grandpa

Masako Ikeda

Fairy

Akira Kamiya

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Cricket

Junpei Takiguchi

Hanaguro

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Keiko Tomochika

Gina

Kohei Miyauchi

Old Tree

Kosei Tomita

Master

Masako Nozawa

Franko

Masako Ikeda

Kenken

Takeshi Watabe

Doro

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Yoko Kuri

Anna

Kazuya Tatekabe

Red Beard

Crew

Art

• Yoshitaka Amano Production Design

Directing

• Seitarou Hara Series Director

Production

• Tatsuo Yoshida Producer
• Motoyoshi Maesato Producer
• Kenji Yoshida Producer

Sound

• Nobuyoshi Koshibe Music

Visual Effects

• Masayuki Hayashi Animation
• Sadao Miyamoto Animation

Writing

• Jinzo Toriumi Writer

Seasons & episodes