Tales of Little Women

Tales of Little Women

1987 · 1 season · 48 eps · ★ 6.7 · Animation, Drama

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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.

Directed by Fumio Kurokawa

Network: Fuji TV

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Cast

Rei Sakuma Amy March (voice)
Ranko Mizuki Martha (voice)
Keiko Han Margaret March (voice)
Kozo Shioya David March (voice)
Eiko Yamada Josephine March (voice)
Mayumi Shou Elisabeth March (voice)
Nobuo Tobita Theodore Laurence (voice)
Osamu Saka Frederic March (voice)
Toshihiko Kojima John Brooke (voice)

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