Pinocchio: The Series
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
Keiko Tomochika
Gina
Kohei Miyauchi
Old Tree
Kosei Tomita
Master
Masako Nozawa
Franko
Masako Ikeda
Kenken
Takeshi Watabe
Doro
Yoko Kuri
Anna
Kazuya Tatekabe
Red Beard
Seasons
E1The Puppet is Alive!
Jan 4, 1972
E2I Don't Wan't to be a Puppet
Jan 11, 1972
E3Mind Your Father!
Jan 18, 1972
E4Who Can I Trust?
Jan 25, 1972
E5What is a Heart?
Feb 1, 1972
E6Devil living in my mind (Part 1)
Feb 8, 1972
E7Devil living in my mind (Part 2)
Feb 15, 1972
E8A bad fairy is calling
Feb 22, 1972
E9I'm a pitiful devil man
Feb 29, 1972
E10When my nose gets longer
Mar 7, 1972
E11I want to know motherly love
Mar 14, 1972
E12I won't be tricked any more
Mar 21, 1972
E13I've got dreams too
Mar 28, 1972
E14My oak tree is still there
Apr 4, 1972
E15Tree limbs are alive too
Apr 11, 1972
E16Please teach me, monkey
Apr 18, 1972
E17My hopes are flying away
Apr 25, 1972
E18Dolls are special too
May 2, 1972
E19Don't lose! The magic violin (Part 1)
May 9, 1972
E20Don't lose! The magic violin (Part 2)
May 16, 1972
E21The treasure I found
May 23, 1972
E22Goodbye, professor Sadness
May 30, 1972
E23Let's grow a money tree
Jun 6, 1972
E24The dream that disappeared with the mermaids (Part 1)
Jun 13, 1972
E25The dream that disappeared with the mermaids (Part 2)
Jun 20, 1972
E26Don't die, grandpa
Jun 27, 1972
E27Thank you for giving my heart wings
Jul 4, 1972
E28My legs are growing roots!
Jul 11, 1972
E29Stand in front of the mountain bandits!
Jul 18, 1972
E30I'm not a pierrot!
Jul 25, 1972
E31Escape towards freedom
Aug 1, 1972
E32Farewell ship bound for the dark continent
Aug 8, 1972
E33Toys get mad too!
Aug 15, 1972
E34I'm Mokku, God's child!
Aug 22, 1972
E35Monster forever protecting the grave
Aug 29, 1972
E36My magic is bravery and wisdom
Sep 5, 1972
E37Throw your bad dreams away in the desert!
Sep 12, 1972
E38I'm sick of the circus
Sep 19, 1972
E39Fly away, bubble! To my old home
Sep 26, 1972
E40Trounce the fire-eating circus master
Oct 3, 1972
E41Stand up, genie of the great tree
Oct 10, 1972
E42Goodbye, bad fairy
Oct 17, 1972
E43Break out of the fortress of death
Oct 24, 1972
E44Burn me!
Oct 31, 1972
E45Snow woman, rest in peace
Nov 7, 1972
E46Chase off the bounty hunters
Nov 14, 1972
E47All trees are my friends
Nov 21, 1972
E48Confront the anger of the sea devil
Nov 28, 1972
E49The island of hell is dead
Dec 5, 1972
E50Come back to life, island of hell
Dec 12, 1972
E51Eve's bell of sadness rings
Dec 19, 1972
E52Dream upon a shining star
Dec 26, 1972
Storyline
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.
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