World Masterpiece Theater
Anime
World Masterpiece Theater is a Japanese TV animated series that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year from 1969 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009.
(Source: Wikipedia)
(Source: Wikipedia)
TV, 1969,
26 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
Adapted from the manga Dororo by the Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka 🇯🇵
Adapted from the manga Dororo by the Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka 🇯🇵
TV, 1969,
65 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
Adapted from the Moomin books by the Finnish author Tove Jansson 🇫🇮
Adapted from the Moomin books by the Finnish author Tove Jansson 🇫🇮
TV, 1971,
52 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
Adapted from several stories by the Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen 🇩🇰
Adapted from several stories by the Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen 🇩🇰
TV, 1972,
52 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
remake of the 1969–1970 Moomin series, based more closely on the books.
remake of the 1969–1970 Moomin series, based more closely on the books.
TV, 1973,
52 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
Adapted from the stories of animal-themed children's writer, Thornton Burgess 🇺🇲
Adapted from the stories of animal-themed children's writer, Thornton Burgess 🇺🇲
TV, 1974,
52 eps
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Before Nippon Animation – Calpis Comic Theater (1969–1974)
Adapted from Heidi by Johanna Spyri 🇨🇭.
Adapted from Heidi by Johanna Spyri 🇨🇭.
TV, 1975,
52 eps
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Nippon Animation – Calpis Children's Theater (1975–1977)
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Maria Louise Ramé 🏴.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Maria Louise Ramé 🏴.
TV, 1976,
52 eps
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Nippon Animation – Calpis Children's Theater (1975–1977)
Adapted from a small part of Heart, the chapter named
"From the Apennines to the Andes", written by Italian author Edmondo De Amicis 🇮🇹.
Adapted from a small part of Heart, the chapter named
"From the Apennines to the Andes", written by Italian author Edmondo De Amicis 🇮🇹.
TV, 1977,
52 eps
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Nippon Animation – Calpis Children's Theater (1975–1977)
Adapted from Rascal by Sterling North 🇺🇲.
Adapted from Rascal by Sterling North 🇺🇲.
TV, 1978,
53 eps
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Calpis Family Theater (1978)
Adapted from En Famille by Hector Malot 🇲🇫.
Adapted from En Famille by Hector Malot 🇲🇫.
TV, 1979,
50 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery 🇨🇦.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery 🇨🇦.
TV, 1980,
49 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mark Twain 🇺🇲.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mark Twain 🇺🇲.
TV, 1981,
50 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss 🇨🇭.
Adapted from The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss 🇨🇭.
TV, 1982,
50 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from the Australian novel Southern Rainbow by Phyllis Piddington 🇦🇺.
Adapted from the Australian novel Southern Rainbow by Phyllis Piddington 🇦🇺.
TV, 1983,
48 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from the English children book, Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John 🏴.
Adapted from the English children book, Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John 🏴.
TV, 1984,
49 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from the Finnish novel Paimen, piika ja emäntä by Auni Nuolivaara 🇫🇮.
Adapted from the Finnish novel Paimen, piika ja emäntä by Auni Nuolivaara 🇫🇮.
TV, 1985,
46 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1979–1985)
Adapted from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 🏴.
Adapted from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 🏴.
TV, 1986,
51 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up, by Eleanor H. Porter 🇺🇲.
Adapted from Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up, by Eleanor H. Porter 🇺🇲.
TV, 1987,
48 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 🇺🇲.
Adapted from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 🇺🇲.
TV, 1988,
43 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy 🇬🇧.
Adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy 🇬🇧.
TV, 1989,
41 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from J. M. Barrie's play and novel, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy 🏴.
Adapted from J. M. Barrie's play and novel, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy 🏴.
TV, 1990,
40 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster 🇺🇲.
Adapted from Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster 🇺🇲.
TV, 1991,
40 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp 🇩🇪.
Adapted from The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp 🇩🇪.
TV, 1992,
40 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from The Bushbabies by William Stevenson.Adapted from The Bushbabies by William Stevenson 🇨🇦.
Adapted from The Bushbabies by William Stevenson.Adapted from The Bushbabies by William Stevenson 🇨🇦.
TV, 1993,
40 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (1986–1993)
Adapted from Little Women's sequel, Little Men by Louisa May Alcott 🇺🇲.
Adapted from Little Women's sequel, Little Men by Louisa May Alcott 🇺🇲.
TV, 1994,
39 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1994–1997)
An original Story by Nippon Animation 🇯🇵.
An original Story by Nippon Animation 🇯🇵.
TV, 1995,
33 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1994–1997)
Adapted from Die schwarzen Brüder by Kurt Held 🇩🇪.
Adapted from Die schwarzen Brüder by Kurt Held 🇩🇪.
TV, 1996,
25 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1994–1997)
Adapted from the short story Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight 🏴.
Adapted from the short story Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight 🏴.
TV, 1996,
23 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (1994–1997)
Adapted from Sans Famille by Hector Malot 🇲🇫.
Adapted from Sans Famille by Hector Malot 🇲🇫.
TV, 2007,
52 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (2007–2008)
Adapted from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 🇲🇫.
Adapted from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 🇲🇫.
TV, 2008,
52 eps
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House Foods World Masterpiece Theater (2007–2008)
Adapted from The Orphans of Simitra by Paul-Jacques Bonzon 🇲🇫.
Adapted from The Orphans of Simitra by Paul-Jacques Bonzon 🇲🇫.
TV, 2009,
39 eps
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World Masterpiece Theater (2009)
Adapted from the Anne of Green Gables prequel, Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson 🇨🇦.
Adapted from the Anne of Green Gables prequel, Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson 🇨🇦.
