Tales of Little Women

Name: Tales of Little Women
Director: Fumio Kurokawa
Genre: Drama, Animation
Released: 1987-01-11
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Rei Sakuma, Ranko Mizuki, Keiko Han, Kozo Shioya, Eiko Yamada

愛の若草物語

AnimeJapanese anime

Year: 1987
Country: JP
Language: ja
Genre: Drama, Animation
Runtime: 25 min
Rating: 6.7/10
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 48
Director: Fumio Kurokawa

Plot Overview

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.

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Director

Fumio Kurokawa

Cast & Key Characters

Rei SakumaAmy March (voice)RMRanko MizukiMartha (voice)

Keiko HanMargaret March (voice)

Kozo ShioyaDavid March (voice)

Eiko YamadaJosephine March (voice)

Mayumi ShouElisabeth March (voice)

Nobuo TobitaTheodore Laurence (voice)

Osamu SakaFrederic March (voice)

Toshihiko Kojima in Tales of Little Women

Toshihiko KojimaJohn Brooke (voice)

Writers

Louisa May Alcott

Production

Nippon Animation Fuji TV

Season & Episode Breakdown

Season 1 48 episodes

1 Papa came home!!" 1987-01-11
2 Milky Ann has been found 1987-01-18
3 Watch out! escape quickly!! 1987-01-25
4 The battle begins! 1987-02-01
5 The town burns down 1987-02-08
6 Goodbye hometown! 1987-02-15
7 Auntie is ill-tempered 1987-02-22
8 A loan for a house, please! 1987-03-01
9 Short-tempered Jo! 1987-03-08
10 Praise and critiques 1987-03-15
11 Aunt Martha is pitiful! 1987-03-22
12 I hate thunder! 1987-03-29
13 Our strange house 1987-04-05
14 Amy and bad friends 1987-04-12
15 The strange boy next door! 1987-04-19
16 Terrible! Meg is not a thief!! 1987-04-26
17 Jo and president Lincoln's speech! 1987-05-03
18 Meg and Jo's debut at the ball?! 1987-05-10
19 The burnt dress and the nice gentleman 1987-05-17
20 Vigorous Jo's visit! 1987-05-24
21 Announcement! Jo's enthusiastic work of self-confidence 1987-05-31
22 A hungry christmas 1987-06-07
23 Beth! The great joy of an unexpected gift!! 1987-06-14
24 The beginning of Meg's little love? 1987-06-21
25 Novelist Jo's $2 masterpiece! 1987-06-28
26 Shy Beth and the old gentleman next door 1987-07-05
27 Amy is punished at school! 1987-07-12
28 Amy! What are you doing! 1987-08-02
29 Don't die! Amy has fallen in the river! 1987-08-09
30 I wish I could say I'm sorry! 1987-08-16
31 Meg is not a doll! 1987-08-30
32 Aunt Martha is a worrywart 1987-09-06
33 A fun, fun outdoor party! 1987-09-13
34 Amy had a bad dream! 1987-09-20
35 Meg, so that's love!! 1987-09-27
36 Jo's story is in the newspaper! 1987-10-04
37 Father is dying... Jo sells her hair! 1987-10-11
38 The telegram of bad news! 1987-10-18
39 Letters, letters, letters we all wrote 1987-10-25
40 Beth caught the scarlet fever! 1987-11-01
41 Mother, come home quickly! 1987-11-08
42 God, please save Beth! 1987-11-15
43 Go to New York, Jo! 1987-11-22
44 The case of the fake letter - Who's the culprit? 1987-11-29
45 Grandfather hit Laurie! 1987-12-06
46 An unexpected Christmas present 1987-12-13
47 Goodbye, Anthony! 1987-12-20
48 Springtime! Everyone sets out 1987-12-27

Critical Reception & Ratings

Tales of Little Women is rated 6.7 out of 10 by viewers — 22 votes.