1952 · ピノキオPinocchio
Short story · Shōnen
1BT-200
1events
Titles
- Japanese
- ピノキオ
- Romaji
- Pinocchio
- French
- Pinocchio (translation)
- English
- Pinocchio (translation)
Period · Genre
- Period
- 1952 (1952/06/05)
- Volumes
- 1 vol. BT-200
- Type
- Short story
- Genre
- Shōnen
- Themes
- Adaptation of a classic, Adventure & fantasy
Summary
Old Geppetto, a lonely woodcarver, carves a puppet he calls Pinocchio and asks the wishing star for a child. The star fairy brings the puppet to life, but only provisionally: Pinocchio will become a real boy only once he has found « a true conscience ». Geppetto buys him books and sends him to school…
On Tezukapedia
Chronology 1 event(s)
BT-200 (Bunko Zenshū, Kōdansha)
Characters
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Japanese editions
Tezuka Osamu Bunko Zenshū (BT-200, Kōdansha, 2009–2012)
Foreign editions
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Magazines
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Adaptations
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Trivia
- The work adapts Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio; the influence of the Disney film is strong, but Tezuka adds many ideas of his own [1].
Sources
- 手塚治虫公式サイト « ピノキオ » tezukaosamu.net/jp/manga/388.html
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