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- StarsGorô NayaNachi NozawaJunpei TakiguchiA samurai must retrieve his 48 body parts that were stolen from him when he was a baby so he can defeat the 48 demons that were made from his body parts.
- StarsKyôko KishidaHitoshi TakagiReiko MutôThe adventures of Moomintroll and his associates in the fictional valley of Moominvalley.
- StarsEiko MasuyamaYasuo YamadaMichiko HiraiThe pixies Candy and Zukko appear in Andersen's fairy tales to try to change the endings for the better.
- StarsIchirô NagaiEiko MasuyamaKei TomiyamaBased on the books of Thornton W Burgess, the animals of the Green Forest live together and stay away from predators and humans. They have to find food, shelter, and deal with new animals that are passing through or that decide to stay.
- CreatorSean JaraStarsVic PerrinRandi KigerKazuko SugiyamaThis animation series follows the childhood "adventures" of a girl named Heidi, who lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
- StarsMichie KitaReiko KatsuraHirô OyokawaIn Victorian Flanders, a newly orphaned boy named Nello rescues an abandoned dog who becomes his best friend.
- StarsRocío GarcelYoshiko MatsuoKazuyuki SogabeAn Italian child goes on a journey to find his mother in Argentina.
- StarsToshihiko UtsumiMasato YamanouchiAkiko TsuboiAn eleven year boy, Sterling North and his friend live in Wisconsin and hear a gunshot, the mother of a raccoon was shot and Sterling takes the baby Racoon home and heals it, naming him Rascal.
- StarsHiromi TsuruMasako IkedaKinshirô IwaoA young girl "Perrine" and her mother start a wonderful journey from India to France by a carriage.
- StarsEiko YamadaFumie KitaharaMichio HazamaBased on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this 50 episode series tells the story of Anne Shirley, a young orphan living in 19th century Canada.
- StarsIkuo NishikawaIchirô NagaiYoshiko MatsuoTom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.
- StarsWendee LeeMichael McConnohieArdwight ChamberlainWhen the Robinsons plan to go to start a new life in Australia, they run into a storm that completely changes their lives.
- StarsMinori MatsushimaRihoko YoshidaKatsunosuke HoriA family of English immigrants overcomes many hardships in order to fulfill their dream of starting their own farm in South Australia.
- StarsKeiko HanEiko YamadaOsamu KobayashiLittle Swiss girl Annette's relationship with her best friend Lucien hits the rocks when he is accused of hurting her brother.
- StarsHitomi OikawaReiko MutôYoku ShioyaIt has been three years since little Katri's mother left for Germany leaving her daughter behind in Finland, where she now lives with her grandparents. With Finland still under Russian domination, the inhabitants of these lands have had little or no news from the outside and no one knows if little Katri will again see her mother. To make matters worse, things in the Katri's grandparents' farm are not going well, the harvest had been a small one, their only cow had been killed by a bear and the family confronts great monetary problems. Katri wants to help and finds work in a neighboring farm; for a girl of hardly nine years of age the work of a farm is hard and tiring even with all of her enthusiasm and good moods, which is what keeps her standing.
- StarsSumi ShimamotoTaeko NakanishiYukiko NashiwaAnime adaption of 1905's children's novel 'A Little Princess'. Sara Crewe arrives in London with her wealthy father to enter Miss Minchin's boarding school for young ladies. Despite an unhappy incident which makes Miss Minchin vexed with her, she leads a contented life until one day, her birthday, the news of the sudden death of her father plunges her into poverty. She is forced to do lowly work for the Seminary and in her situation, she is a welcome target to Miss Minchin and her former fellow pupil Lavinia, who once envied her wealth. But with the help of her friends she made and her own will-power she finds the strength to never give up.
- StarsMitsuko HorieTaeko NakanishiMasako NozawaBased on the two "Glad Books" by Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna is a newly orphaned girl sent to live with her strict Aunt Polly in the town of Beldingsville. With her love for gladness, Pollyanna manages to cheer up the depressed, the lonely and the sick. The day in which she is involved in a terrible accident, not even the little girl knows if she'll be able to ever be glad for anything again.
- StarsKeiko HanEiko YamadaMayumi ShôLouisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
- StarsNoriko HidakaNaoko MatsuiKyôko HamuraWhile in search of his own shadow, Peter arrives in London of our world, where he meets little Wendy and her brothers Michael and John. He takes his new friends back home to Neverland, where they participate in staggering adventures, and must confront Captain Hook and an even darker threat.
- StarsMitsuko HorieChie SatôYuri AmanoIt's an anime series based on the original novel of "Daddy Long Legs" written by Jean Webster. It takes you through the high school life of Judy Abbot and her mysterious benefactor called John Smith.
- StarsMasako KatsukiKatsunosuke HoriEiko YamadaA nun is tasked to take care of a war veterans seven children
- StarsMaya OkamotoKumiko TakizawaJun'ichi KanemaruThis japanese anime is about a 12 years old girl, who moved from Britain to Kenya since childhood and her adventures in the Savanna's.
- StarsRikako AikawaKeiko HanEiko YamadaThe adventures and misadventures of Jo Bhaer and her pupils at their new Plumfield school-house.
- StarsMegumi HayashibaraShûichi IkedaKen'ichi OgataAn eleven year old girls befriends a orca whale.
- StarsAi OrikasaToshiko FujitaAya IshizuThe adventures of a young Swiss boy working as a chimney sweeper in Milan.
- StarsMayumi TanakaAkio ÔtsukaTakumi YamazakiA Japanese animated version of the famous American TV series about a family of farmers and their dog, Lassie. In each episode, someone in the family manages to get into some kind of trouble, but luckily for them the faithful, loving and intelligent Lassie is there to save the day.
- StarsMitsuko HorieShinobu AdachiFubito YamanoRemi, Nobody's Girl tells the story of Remi, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, who is an excellent singer and lives in the French country town of Chavanon with her mother. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working in a city. She discovers that she was a "foundling" or an abandoned child and was adopted by Mother Barberin. Her stepfather Jerome leaves to work in Paris and expects Mother Barberin to send Remi to the workhouse. He returns 10 years later, finds that Remi is still there, and becomes furious and Remi is almost sold to an evil slave trader
- StarsMiyuki SawashiroAtsuko TanakaHiroshi NakaThe classic novel by Victor Hugo returns to the world of Japanese anime in Nippon Animation's 52-episode adaptation "Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette". The plot shifts its focus to include the story of Cosette, the illegitimate daughter of Fantine, from her early days with the Thénardiers while her mother works in another town. At the same time, the enigmatic Monsieur Madeleine, who is secretly the ex-convict Jean Valjean, is trying to live an honest life as the beneficent mayor of the same town Fantine works in. Both Valjean and Cosette's lives drastically change as the Thénardiers show their true colors and Inspector Javert arrives in town, posing a potential threat to Madeleine's freedom. This adaptation follows Hugo's story with relative faithfulness, given its young audience, limited running time and moments of artistic license.
- StarsAyumi FujimuraYuki KaidaToshiyuki ToyonagaThe story is of a Greek boy, Porphyras and his sister Mina, who have been orphaned after a devastating earthquake. Rather than staying in a foster home, they decide to travel across all of Europe, and thus their adventures begin.
- StarsRina HidakaMasako IkedaSeiko TamuraThe story of what happened to Anne Shirley as orphan during her childhood.