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Title: Mokku of the
Oak Tree (Kashi no Ki Mokku)
Type: Television Series
Airdates: January 1,
1972 - December 26, 1972
Series Run: 52
episodes
Episode Length: 30 minutes
Network: Fuji Television
Air time: 7:00 P.M.
to 7:30 P.M., Tuesdays
Brought to U.S.: Yes,
under the title Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio
Information: The timless
story of Collodi's Pinocchio has been a favorite for over
a hundred years. Written in 1880 and first filmed in 1911, there
have been many live and cartoon adaptions throughout the world
of this classic novel about the wooden puppet who wanted to become
a real boy. In this cartoon presentation, Mokku (Pinocchio) once
again is given life by the Blue Fairy. Yet as a living boy he
is faced with mockery and alienation rather than acceptance by
his human neighbors. Despite many frustrating mishaps, Mokku is
constantly encouraged by the love of the Blue Fairy and the faith
of old Gepetto, the woodcarver who made him, as he persists in
his efforts to earn his wish of becoming a human boy.
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