Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy

若草の四姉妹
(Wakakusa no Yon Shimai)

TV anime

Director
Kazuya Miyazaki

Studio
Toei Animation

Original run
January 1981 – December 1981

Little Women, also known as Wakakusa no Yon Shimai (若草の四姉妹, Wakakusa no Yon Shimai? “Four Sisters of the Young Grass”), is a 1981 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. The series is directed by Kazuya Miyazaki and produced by Toei Animation.

Contents

• 1 Characters
• 2 Production
  • 2.1 Staff
  • 2.2 Music
• 3 Broadcast
• 4 See also
• 5 External links

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Characters

• Mami Koyama as Jo
• Yuko Takagi as Meg
• Chiyoko Kawashima as Amy
• Keiko Han as Beth
• Shoko Tsuboi as Mrs. March

Production

Staff

• Series Director: Kazuya Miyazaki
• Script: Eiichi Imado
• Character Designs: Joji Kikuchi
• Animation Directors: Joji Kikuchi, Takeshi Shirado
• Backgrounds: Tadami Shimokawa

Music

The score was composed by Takeo Watanabe. The opening theme (“Shiawase ga ite”) is performed by Takida Jun; the ending theme (“Joo no yume”) is performed by Tsubota Shigezo and Takida Jun.

Broadcast

Little Women aired on TV Tokyo from 7 April 1981 to 29 September 1981, totaling 26 episodes.

Episode list

1. Christmas Eve in the March House
2. Angels in Boots
3. Jo’s Boyfriend
4. Beth’s Transformation
5. Stuck-up Amy’s Expulsion Incident
6. Confrontation: Jo vs. Amy
7. Dance at the Lawrence Home
8. Meg Caught in a Trap
9. Editorial Meeting in the Attic
10. Jo’s Cooking Duty
11. Picnic
12. Laurie’s Troubles
13. A Group of Refugees
14. Beth and the Canary
15. Jo’s Secret
16. Meg, Now an Adult
17. Mrs. March Chooses a Foster Daughter
18. The Field Hospital Raised in Town
19. Lawrence’s Tales of Old Times
20. Jo’s Fantasy
21. Jo’s Fantasy 2
22. Ominous Telegram
23. Don’t Die, Beth
24. Angel’s Lullaby
25. Amy’s Will
26. Spring in Concord

See also

• Little Women (1987 TV series), Nippon Animation’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel.

External links

• Little Women (anime) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia

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