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My Daddy Long Legs

Watashi no Ashinaga Oji-san / Daddy-Long-Legs / Papa longues jambes / Papà Gambalunga / Sekai Meisaku Gekijou / WMT / World Masterpiece Theater

Source: Other
Format: Tv
Studios: Nippon Animation
Parution Date: 1990-01-14
Status: Finished
Number of Episodes: 40
Genres: Comedy Romance Slice Of Life
Themes: Age Gap Bullying Classic Literature Coming Of Age Female Protagonist Foreign Heterosexual Historical School Writing

Summary

Daddy Long Legs is based on the novel of the same name by Jean Webster. It chronicles the adventures of Judy Abbott, an orphan in New York. During a meeting for the superintendent, with other important and rich people in attendance, a scholarship is offered to Judy by a mysterious benefactor. Catching only a glimpse of his tall shadow as he leaves, Judy calls him "Daddy Long Legs" and writes him letters every month as per his request. While studying at the Lincoln Memorial school, she makes many friends and learns about a world she never knew about before.

(Source: Anime News Network)