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Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (TV)

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[ part of [World Masterpiece Theater] ]

Related anime:
    Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jou Sensei (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Eine fröhliche Familie (German)
Les Quatre Filles du Dr March (French)
Little Women
Love's Tale of Young Grass
Mujercitas (Spanish)
Mulherzinhas (Portuguese)
Nashim Ktanot נשים קטנות
Onder Moeders Vleugels (Dutch)
Piccole donne (Italian)
Tale of Love's Young Shoots
Tales of the Little Women
Una per tutte, tutte per una (Italian)
خانمه‌ بچکۆله‌کان (Arabic)
نساء صغيرات (Arabic)
小婦人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
愛の若草物語 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four loving March sisters living with their mother in the USA during the Civil War. Their father is a military doctor fighting in the Union Army. After a terrible battle in a neighbour town, the Confederates pass through their town and burn it. Over the ruins of their house the March family also learn that the factory in which their father invested all his money has been burnt too. Homeless and pennyless, the family heads towards Newcord, where the father's aunt lives, hoping for the old lady to help them. The girls try to adjust to their new life, face many hardships, meet new friends and wish to the war to be over at last.
User Ratings: 57 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (Ara.dub:2, Fre.dub:1, sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:2, Ara.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (Ger.dub:3, dub:2, sub:2, Ita.dub:2, Ara.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 16 votes (dub:3, sub:3, Ita.dub:3, Fre.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, ?:1, Tag.dub:1, Ara.dub:1)
 Decent: 16 votes (Ger.dub:4, sub:4, Fre.dub:2, dub:2, Spa.dub:2, raw:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (Ger.dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 144 users, rank: #2019
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.175 (Good+.17), std. dev.: 1.4281, rank: #1359
Weighted mean: 6.966 (Good-.03), rank: #1669 (seen all: 7.18 / seen some: 6.73 / won't finish: 5.49)
Bayesian estimate: 7.047 (Good+.04), rank: #1278
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 48
Episode titles: We have 48
Vintage:
1987-01-11 to 1987-12-27
1989 (TV Azteca)
1989-02 (France)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Wakakusa no Shoutaijou" by Eri Nitta (eps 01-14)
#2: "Itsuka Kitto!" by Keiko Han, Eiko Yamada, Mayumi Shou, Rei Sakuma (eps 15-48)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Yuuhi to Kaze to Melody" by Eri Nitta (eps 01-14)
#2: "Otousama eno Lullaby" by Satoko Shimonari (eps 15-48)
Links: We have 3
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Fumio Kurokawa

Director: Nobushiki Yamazaki

Script: Akira Miyazaki

Storyboard:
Eiji Okabe
Fumio Ikeno
Fumio Kurokawa
Hiromi Sugimura
Kôzô Kusuba
Kôzô Kuzuha
Norio Yazawa
Shigeo Koshi
Shinichi Matsumi
Shinichi Tsuji
Takao Yotsuji
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Yoshio Kuroda

Music: Kazuo Otani

Original creator: Louisa May Alcott

Character Design:
Toshiki Yamazaki
Yoshifumi Kondô
Yoshiki Yamazaki

Executive producer: Kôichi Motohashi

Producer: Junzô Nakajima

Assistant Animation Director: Hiroko Fujii

Assistant director:
Harumi Matsumura
Hiroko Yamajika
Jun Takagi
Shinichi Matsumi
Takashi Ôhei
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Yuji Kitazawa

Background Art: Noboru Otani

Cinematography: Toshiaki Morita

Sound: Etsuji Yamada

Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Yamada (OP #2)
Eri Nitta (OP #1 / ED #1)
Keiko Han (OP #2)
Mayumi Shou (OP #2)
Rei Sakuma (OP #2)
Satoko Shimonari (ED #2)

 

Eiko Yamada as Josephine 'Jo' March

Hisako Okata as Hanna

Kazuyuki Sogabe as Anthony

Keiko Han as Meg

Kôhei Miyauchi as James

Kôzô Shioya as David

Mayumi Shou as Elizabeth 'Beth' March

Miyoko Aoba as Annie

Nobuo Tobita as Laurie

Osamu Saka as Frederic

Ranko Mizuki as Martha

Rei Sakuma as Amy March

Taeko Nakanishi as Mary

Toshihiko Kojima as Carl Brook

Hideyuki Umezu

Takkou Ishimori

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Nippon Animation

Backgrounds:
Atelier Rourke
Studio Aqua

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

Development: Imagica

In-Between Animation:
Dogakobo (ep 1)
Oh production (ep 1)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 1)

Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 5)
DAST Corporation (eps 41, 45)
Dogakobo
Oh production
Sunshine Corporation (ep 5)
Trans Arts Co. (eps 1, 25, 37)

Paint: Studio Robin

Photography: Trans Arts Co.

Production:
Fuji TV
Nippon Animation

Recording Studio: Taihei Recording Studio

Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Scott Page-Pagter

Music: Shuki Levy

Story Editor: Tony Oliver

(none)
English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
HBO

Producer: Saban Entertainment

French staff 
French cast 

Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard

 

Aurélia Bruno as Amy

Laurence Crouzet as Jo

Valérie Siclay as Beth

Virginie Méry as Meg

Bernard Tiphaine as Père

Emmanuel Curtil as
Anthony
Laurie

Evelyne Grandjean as Mère (1ère voix)

Jeanine Freson as Tante March

Monique Thierry as Mère (2ème voix)

Gilles Laurent as
David
Dr Brooke
Grand Père de Laurie

Jane Val as Anna

French companies 

Broadcaster:
France 5 (2004)
La 5
Mangas
TF1

Distributor: AB distribution

Dubbing: SOFI


Spanish staff 

Theme Song Lyrics: Begoña Ramos (Spain dub)

Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Antena 3 (Spain)
ETC...TV (Chile)
TV Azteca (Mexico)

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Script:
Enrica Minini
Rosy Genova

Translation:
Fiamma Molinari
Paola D'Accardi

Audio Techinician: Michele Filipponio

Director Of Dubbing: Enrico Carabelli

Mixing: Roberto Magani

Synchronization:
Elena Liotti
Riccardo Perego

Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena

 

Anna Bonel as Amy

Antonio Paiola as Dr. Douglas

Dania Cericola as Jo

Elisabetta Cesone as Meg

Enrico Carabelli as
David
Mr. Sutton

Gianfranco Gamba as Lory

Lia Barbieri as Martha

Luca Semeraro as Mr. Brooke

Marco Balzarotti as Father

Marinella Armagni as Hanna

Massimiliano Lotti as Anthony

Maurizio Scattorin as Mr. Lorentz

Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Beth

Rosetta Salata as Hanna

Valeria Falcinelli as Mary

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Boing (from March 2008)
Italia 1 (from 1989)

Dubbing: Studio PV

German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster:
ORF 1
RTL 2 Television
Tele 5

Distributor: KSM

German cast 

Gunnar Helm as Ed King

Silvia Missbach as Sally Gardiner

Arabic staff 
Arabic companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: AnimeKurd

Arabic cast 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: EO

Dutch cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Pocholo Gonzales as Father

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN


Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Jorge Paupério as
Anthony
John Brooke
Pai (Frederic March)
Senhor Lawrence

Raquel Rosmaninho as
Mãe (Marmee)
Meg

Raúl Constante Pereira as
David
Laurie
Professor Davies (Teacher)

Sissa Afonso as
Amy
Beth
Tia Marta (Aunt March)

Susana Morais as Jo

Portuguese companies 
(none)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Power International Multimedia Inc.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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