Tales of Little Women
Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari / Sekai Meisaku Gekijou / World Masterpiece Theater / WMTSummary
Meg, faithful and gentle, Jo, independent and energetic, Beth, quiet and shy, Amy, amiable and precocious–the four sisters live vigorously and happily at home with their gentle mother while waiting for their father to return from the Civil War. Helping each other, they challenge their fates and grow up to become wonderful women.
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- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 48
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 19 h 12 min (48 × 24 min)
- Season
- Winter 1987
- Start date
- January 11, 1987
- End date
- December 27, 1987
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Other
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Nippon Animation
- Romaji title
- Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari
- English title
- Tales of Little Women
- Native title
- 愛の若草物語
- Other titles
- Sekai Meisaku Gekijou · World Masterpiece Theater · WMT
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Based on known prequels and sequels.
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Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari Specials
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Tales of Little WomenThis page
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Little Women II: Jo's Boys
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Characters 19
Main characters
- Margaret Marchマーガレット・マーチMain
- Amy Marchエイミー・マーチMain
- Elizabeth Marchエリザベス・マーチMain
- Josephine Marchジョセフィン・マーチMain
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- John BrookeジョンブルックSupporting
- Sally GardinerSupporting
- Hannah MulletSupporting
- DoctorSupporting
- Mrs. GardinerSupporting
- Theodore LaurenceSupporting
- Abraham Lincolnエイブラハム・リンカーンSupporting
- Frederic MarchSupporting
- Milky AnnSupporting
- James Laurenceジェームス・ローレンスSupporting
- Margaret Marchマーガレット・マーチSupporting
- Patty KingSupporting
- Aunt Martha MarchSupporting
- David MarchBackground
- Anthony BooneBackground
Staff and studios
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Key staff
- Fumio KurokawaDirector
- Louisa May AlcottOriginal creator
- Yoshifumi KondouCharacter design
- Nozomi AokiMusic
- Masamichi TakanoArt director
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- Rei SakumaTheme Song Performance (OP2)
- Fumio KurokawaStoryboard
- Kouzou KusubaStoryboard
- Yoshifumi KondouKey Animation (ep 2, 5, 8, OP)
- Shigeo KoshiStoryboard
- Akira MiyazakiScript
- Satoko ShimonariTheme Song Performance (ED2)
- Chie UrataniKey Animation
- Mamoru KurosawaKey Animation (eps 2, 5, 8)
- Takao MakiIn-Between Animation (eps 24, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47)
- Junzou NakajimaProducer
- Kouichi MotohashiProduction
- Hiromi SugimuraStoryboard (eps 10, 13, 19, 23, 30-31, 34, 37)
- Hiromi SugimuraAssistant Director (ep 6)
- Enrico CarabelliADR Director (Italian)