Score
7.1 / 10
Status
Finished Airing
Episodes
48
Studio
Nippon Animation
Official Streams
Tales of Little Women
Also known as 愛の若草物語 | Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari
TVWinter 1987Source NovelG - All Ages
DramaSlice of Life
7.1/10
Community score
#2334
Rank
10.7K
Members
47
Favorites
Synopsis
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.
Production Notes
Tales of Little Women originally aired in 1987 as one of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater programs. Many staffers from Studio Ghibli such as Yoshifumi Kondo were involved in multiple production positions. Tales of Little Women was licensed and dubbed by Saban Entertainment, and broadcasted on HBO in 1988 in North America. This made it one of only three World Masterpiece Theater programs to be dubbed in English.
Cast Highlights
March, Amy
Main
Voice: Forstadt, Rebecca (English)
March, Elisabeth
Main
Voice: Shou, Mayumi (Japanese)
March, Margaret
Main
Voice: Han, Keiko (Japanese)
March, Josephine
Main
Voice: Yamada, Eiko (Japanese)
Barbara
Supporting
Voice: Chihara, Eriko (Japanese)
Ben
Supporting
Voice: Hirose, Masashi (Japanese)
Boone, Anthony
Supporting
Voice: Sogabe, Kazuyuki (Japanese)
Brooke, Tom
Supporting
Voice: Sakamoto, Chika (Japanese)
Core Staff
Kurokawa, Fumio
Director, Storyboard
Takagi, Jun
Episode Director
Miyazaki, Akira
Script
Szczepanski, Vincent
Script
Koshi, Shigeo
Storyboard
Kusuba, Kouzou
Storyboard
Theme Songs
Openings
1: "Wakakusa no Shoutaijou (若草の招待状)" by Eri Nitta (eps 01-14)
2: "Itsuka Kitto! (いつかきっと!)" by Mayumi Shou, Keiko Han, Eiko Yamada, Rei Sakuma (eps 15-48)
Endings
1: "Sekiyou to Kaze to Melody (夕陽と風とメロディ)" by Eri Nitta (eps 01-14)
2: "Otou-sama e no Lullaby (お父さまへのララバイ)" by Satoko Shimonari (eps 15-48)
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Quick Facts
FormatTV
Episodes48
Duration24 min per ep
SourceNovel
RatingG - All Ages
SeasonWinter 1987
AiredJan 11, 1987 to Dec 27, 1987
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content
Ranking And Reach
Popularity#7075
Scored by3.8K
BroadcastSundays at 19:30 (JST)
ApprovedYes
Title Variants
English title
Tales of Little Women
Romaji title
Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari
Japanese title
愛の若草物語
Synonyms
Sekai Meisaku Gekijou
Production Team
Main studio
Nippon Animation
Producers
Unknown
Licensors
Saban Entertainment
Japanese title
愛の若草物語
Themes And Audience
Historical