My Daddy Long Legs
Watashi no Ashinaga Oji-san / Sekai Meisaku Gekijou / Daddy-Long-Legs / World Masterpiece Theater / WMT / Papa longues jambes / Papà GambalungaSummary
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.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 40
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 15 h 20 min (40 × 23 min)
- Season
- Winter 1990
- Start date
- January 14, 1990
- End date
- December 23, 1990
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Other
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Nippon Animation
- Romaji title
- Watashi no Ashinaga Oji-san
- English title
- My Daddy Long Legs
- Native title
- 私のあしながおじさん
- Other titles
- Sekai Meisaku Gekijou · Daddy-Long-Legs · World Masterpiece Theater · WMT · Papa longues jambes · Papà Gambalunga
Characters 7
Main characters
- Judy Abbottジュディ・アボットMain
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- Jervis PendeltonSupporting
- Julia Pendletonジュリア・ペンデルトンSupporting
- Leonora Fentonレオノラ・フェントンSupporting
- Jimmy McBrideジミー・マクブライドSupporting
- Sally McBrideSupporting
- Jarvis Pendeltonジャービス・ペンデルトンSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Kazuyoshi YokotaDirector
- Shuuichi SekiCharacter design
- Kei WakakusaMusic
- Sadayoshi FujinoSound director
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- Mitsuko HorieTheme Song Performance (OP, ED)
- Kouzou KusubaStoryboard
- Akira MiyazakiScript
- Junzou NakajimaProduction Manager
- Takaji MatsudoProducer
- Nobuyuki FujimotoScript (eps 1-23, 26-28, 30-40)
- Hiroshi OotsukaScript (eps 24, 25, 29)