Piccolino no Bōken

Piccolino no Bōken
The DVD set cover
ピコリーノの冒険
GenreFantasy, adventure
Based onThe Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Written by
Directed byShigeo Koshi
Hiroshi Saitô
Music byTaiji Nakamura (Japanese version)
Karel Svoboda (German version)
Country of originJapan
West Germany
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerKōichi Motohashi
ProducersIhiro Oba
Tadami Watanabe
EditorHajime Okayasu
Production companiesAsahi Broadcasting Corporation
Nippon Animation
Apollo Film
Original release
NetworkANN (ABC, TV Asahi) (Japan)
ZDF (Germany)
ReleaseApril 27, 1976 (1976-04-27) 
May 31, 1977 (1977-05-31)

Piccolino no Bōken (ピコリーノの冒険, Pikorīno no Bōken, lit. "Adventures of Pinocchio") is a 52-episode anime series by Nippon Animation first aired in 1976 which was created in coproduction with the ZDF and ORF. The story is based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian author Carlo Collodi.