History Anime / MokkuOfTheOakTree

* AdaptationalVillainy: Similar to the Disney movie and the Russian Buratino, the Puppet Master is depicted as a villain instead of being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who sympathizes with Pinocchio and gives him money for his father. His incarnation in this anime, called "Sneeroff" in the Saban dub (Zampino in the Harmony Gold dub), is arguably the cruelest and evil take on the character, so much so that he's a recurring villain.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, the [[ThoseTwoGuys Fox and the Cat]] were unscrupulous crooks who even went as far as trying to murder Pinocchio for his gold joins. Their counterparts here, Jack the fox and Willie the weasel, start off as recurring antagonists who are every bit as bad, acting as [[FalseFriend False Friends]] to Pinocchio and even tried to kill him several times, but over the course of the series, CharacterDevelopment leads to them and Pinocchio becoming FireForgedFriends and they even become willing to risk their own lives to help the wooden boy.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Similar to the Disney movie and the Russian Buratino, the Puppet Master is depicted as a villain instead of being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who sympathizes with Pinocchio and gives him money for his father. His incarnation in this anime, called "Sneeroff" in the Saban dub (Zampino in the Harmony Gold dub), is arguably the most cruel and evil take on the character, so much so that he's a recurring villain.

* DarkerAndEdgier: If original novel may come off as being too dark for those more familiar with the Disney version, this anime has many more characters (children among these) dying, psychologically and physically abusive villains and angst from the main character being unhappy or longing for his father. Not to mention how Pinocchio almost kills a child like a [[PerversePuppet horror movie killer doll]] in one episode. In the English dub most of the darkest moments have been edited around to be less dramatic or cut entirely, such as Pinocchio setting himself on fire to unfreeze himself and almost burning to death in the series finale. (The earlier Harmony Gold dub simply didn't include those episodes at all, except for the final episode with the burning part being cut.)

** Played strait in episode 43 with both the boy Pinocchio befriends and later his father.

** Played strait in episode 36 when the lion lets himself drown in a swamp to save Pinocchio from the same fate (though the lion was dying anyway).

* TheCameo: In episode 1 Anime/HoneybeeHutch and [[Anime/HakushonDaimao Daimao the Genie]] (two other anime by Creator/TatsunokoProduction) appear as woodcrafts in Geppetto's workshop.

* ShoutOut: Early on in Episode 1 in Geppetto's workshop there's wooden crafts of Anime/HoneybeeHutch and [[Anime/HakushonDaimao Daimao the Genie]], two other anime by Creator/TatsunokoProduction.

* DarkerAndEdgier: If original novel may come off as being too dark for those more familiar with the Disney version, this anime has many more characters (children among these) dying, psychologically and physically abusive villains and angst from the main character being unhappy or longing for his father. Not to mention how Pinocchio almost kills a child like a [[PerversePuppet horror movie killer doll]] in one episode. In the English dub most of the darkest moments have been edited around to be less dramatic or cut entirely, such as Pinocchio setting himself on fire to unfreeze himself and almost burning to death in the series finale. (The earlier Harmony Gold dub simply didn't include those episodes at all, except for the final episode which left out the burning part.)

* DarkerAndEdgier: If original novel may come off as being too dark for those more familiar with the Disney version, this anime has many more characters (children among these) dying, psychologically and physically abusive villains and angst from the main character being unhappy or longing for his father. Not to mention how Pinocchio almost kills a child like a [[PerversePuppet horror movie killer doll]] in one episode. In the English dub most of the darkest moments have been edited around to be less dramatic or cut entirely, such as Pinocchio setting himself on fire to unfreeze himself and almost burning to death in the series finale. (The earlier Harmony Gold dub simply didn't include those episodes at all, except for of course the final episode.)

* WhipItGood: Pupper Master Sneeroff's preferred method of intimidating his victims.

* DarkerAndEdgier: If original novel may come off as being too dark for those more familiar with the Disney version, this anime [[UpToEleven turns it up to 11]], with many more characters (children among these) dying, psychologically and physically abusive villains and angst from the main character being unhappy or longing for his father. Not to mention how Pinocchio almost kills a child like a [[PerversePuppet horror movie killer doll]] in one episode. In the English dub most of the darkest moments have been edited around to be less dramatic or cut entirely, such as Pinocchio setting himself on fire to unfreeze himself and almost burning to death in the series finale. (The earlier Harmony Gold dub simply didn't include those episodes at all, except for of course the final episode.)

* AdultFear: Pinocchio breaks into a boy's bedroom at night and almost kills him before the boy's parents stop him.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Both the Oak Fairy & Pinocchio have blue hair.

* WackySoundEffect: The Saban dub has added a lot of cartoonish sound effects that the original dub or the Italian dub lack. With often [[MoodWhiplash jarring]] results.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The cat that was the fox's partner-in-crime in the book and other adaptations is replaced with a weasel named Willie. In the Italian dub, however, [[InformedSpecies Willie is still referred to as a "The Cat"]].

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The fairy is treated as a mother figure in most Pinocchio stories, but this one goes so far as to make her his actual Mother (by way of him being carved from a branch of her tree)and even gives him an AdaptationDyeJob so they both have blue hair.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The cat that was the fox's partner-in-crime in the book and other adaptations is replaced with a weasel named Willie.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the original Japanese version, Pinocchio is known as Mokku.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Similar to the Disney movie and the Russian Buratino, the Puppet Master is depicted as a villain instead of being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who sympathizes with Pinocchio and gives him money for his father. His incarnation in this anime, called "Sneeroff" in the English dub, is arguably the most cruel and evil take on the character, so much so that he's a recurring villain.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: There are no fewer than ''three'' in English. Saban's dub alone had two: an InstrumentalThemeTune for when the show was aired on Creator/{{HBO}} as ''Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'', and a more standard theme tune for the show's release as ''Pinocchio: The Series''. The 1984 Jim Terry/Harmony Gold feature-length adaptation features yet ''another'' theme song.

* DarkerAndEdgier: If original novel may come off as being too dark for those more familiar with the Disney version, this anime [[UpToEleven turns it up to 11]], with many more characters (children among these) dying, psychologically and physically abusive villains and angst from the main character being unhappy or longing for his father. Not to mention how Pinocchio almost kills a child like a [[PerversePuppet horror movie killer doll]] in one episode. In the English dub most of the darkest moments have been edited around to be less dramatic or cut entirely, such as Pinocchio setting himself on fire to unfreeze himself and almost burning to death in the series finale.

''Kashi no Ki Mokku'' (known as ''Pinocchio: The Series'' or ''Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'' in the Western world) is an anime adaptation of the story of Literature/{{Pinocchio}}, made by Creator/TatsunokoProduction. It ran for 52 episodes in 1972 on Creator/FujiTelevision. The first adaptation into English came in 1984 when Jim Terry of ''Anime/ForceFive'' fame cut several episodes into movie form; this version was distributed by Creator/HarmonyGold. Then in 1990, Creator/SabanEntertainment adapted the entire series into English. This version ran on Creator/{{HBO}} in 1992, on [=BBC1=] in the UK, and all over the world via Creator/FoxKids.

''Kashi no Ki Mokku'' (known as ''Pinocchio: The Series'' or ''Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'' in the Western world) is an anime adaptation of the story of Literature/{{Pinocchio}}, made by Creator/TatsunokoProduction. It ran for 52 episodes in 1972 on Creator/FujiTelevision. In 1990, Creator/SabanEntertainment adapted the series into English. This version ran on Creator/{{HBO}} in 1992 and all over the world via Creator/FoxKids. Another dub was made in the mid-80s, this time of several episodes cut together into movie form. This version was made by Creator/HarmonyGold.

** The infamous episode 5 contains a line that was cut from the English version that implies Pinocchio thinks stealing his classmate's heart will just make them switch species; that he'll turn into a living puppet while Pinocchio will become human. True the scene is still scary, but it's a little better knowing he doesn't fully understand his actions.

* HonorBeforeReason: There are a few examples, such as in episode 31 when Geppetto refuses to eat the bread Charlie brought him after learning it's stolen and demands he return it What makes it this is that the bread was a day old, and Charlie (a mmouse) dragged all over town.

** Episode 6 also has [[spoiler: Pinocchio's schoolmates being attacked by wolves after attempting to use the cross against them, and some of the soldiers used guns to shoot the wolves in the uncut version, then after that there's a scene where the fathers of Pinocchio's schoolmates crying, subverted in the English dub where they're deaths were mentioned.]]

** When Pinocchio attempts to kill a boy to take his heart, the boy's father attempts to kill Pinocchio in retaliation.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Similar to the Disney movie and the Russian Buratino, the Puppet Master is depicted as a villain instead of being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who sympathizes with Pinocchio and gives him money for his father. His incarnation in this anime is arguably the most cruel and evil take on the character, so much so that he's a recurring villain.

* DubText: In episode 10 Pinocchio causes trouble by lying, culminating in Gepetto convincing the Mayor to call off an AngryMob in exchange for a carving he'd admired, later a traveling bandit tricks him into breaking into the Mayor's house while he robs the safe and then leaves Pinocchio to take the fall. In the original the Mayor refuses Geppetto's plea to stop the townsfolk from killing his son because he's been pushed too far, the dubbing team took issue with that and changed it to him following the letter of the law...think about this for a minute: the town doles out the death penalty for theft, even if the culprit's a child.