I have been recently going through the old World Masterpiece Theater collection and this one is a very good adaptation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The story is about the March family having to make ends meet in Newport (Concord), Massachusetts during the back drop of the American Civil War. The show also takes some liberties on the original story in a respectful way, mostly adding more back story to the March family and how they came to be at the beginning of the book.
The characters are balanced, Amy tends to be very unlikeable in this show at first. But you begin
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Synonyms: Sekai Meisaku Gekijou
Japanese: 愛の若草物語
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
48
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jan 11, 1987 to Dec 27, 1987
Premiered:
Winter 1987
Broadcast:
Sundays at 19:30 (JST)
Producers:
None found, add some
Licensors:
Saban Entertainment
Studios:
Nippon Animation
Source:
Novel
Theme:
Historical
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
G - All Ages
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English is not my language.
Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari is a classic from the highly acclaimed Nippon Animation studio, and is part of the "World Masterpiece Theater" framework Ai no Wakakusa is a simple anime about the daily life of the March family, who had to move out of their home because of the war. It is based on the classic autobiographical book "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. I admire the story of this anime, even though at a certain point it got a bit stale and uninteresting. There are many interesting things in this anime, and also many exciting things, like saving a slave who escaped from ... |