Little Women (1981 TV series)
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Little Women, also known as Little Women's Four Sisters (若草の四姉妹, Wakakusa no Yon Shimai) or From "Little Women Story": Little Women's Four Sisters (「若草物語」より 若草の四姉妹, "Wakakusa Monogatari" Yori: Wakakusa no Yon Shimai), is a 1981 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women. The series is directed by Kazuya Miyazaki (a veteran Toei director whose credits included Cutie Honey and UFO Robo Grendizer among others) and produced by Toei Animation for the Kokusai Eiga-sha (Movie International) company.
Little Women | |
若草の四姉妹 (Wakakusa no Yon Shimai) | |
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Genre | Romance, School |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kazuya Miyazaki |
Produced by | Juzo Tsubota |
Written by | Eiichi Imado |
Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Studio | Toei Animation Kokusai Eiga-sha |
Original network | Tokyo Channel 12 |
Original run | April 7, 1981 – September 29, 1981 |
Episodes | 26 |
The series was produced as a follow-up to a TV special based on Alcott's novel the previous year by the same animation studio. The TV series character designs differ slightly of those of the TV special; Jo, for example, while she is blonde in both versions, has curled hair rather than straight hair in the TV series.
This series is sometimes confused with Nippon Animation's 1987 World Masterpiece Theater TV series Tales of Little Women, as both series were dubbed in English and broadcast on U.S. cable TV in the 1980s (the 1981 series on CBN, and the 1987 series on HBO). In addition, both TV series share a voice actress: Keiko Han, who plays Beth in this TV series, and Meg in the 1987 series.