Tales of Little Women (愛の若草物語 Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari), also simply known as Little Women, is a 1987 Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, produced by Nippon Animation.
The English adaptation was first dubbed into English by Saban Entertainment and was broadcast across the United States by HBO in 1988 under the title Tales of Little Women.
Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine "Jo" March | Eiko Yamada | Heidi Lenhart |
| Margaret "Meg" March | Keiko Han | ¿? |
| Elizabeth "Beth" March | Mayumi Shō | ¿? |
| Amy March | Rei Sakuma | Rebecca Forstadt |
| Theodore "Laurie" Laurence | Nobuo Tobita | Joshua Seth |
| Mary "Marmee" March | Taeko Nakanishi | ¿? |
| Frederic March | Osamu Saka | Michael Forest |
| Hannah | Hisako Ōkata | Barbara Goodson |
| Anthony Boone | Kazuyuki Sogabe | Dave Mallow |
| Aunt Martha March | Ranko Mizuki | Melodee Spevack |
| James Laurence | Kōhei Miyauchi | Mike Reynolds |
| John Brooke | Toshihiko Kojima | Ardwight Chamberlain |
| David Forrest | Kōzō Shioya | ¿? |
| Henry Murdoch | Ryūji Saikachi | Milton James |
| Annie Moffatt | Miyoko Aoba | ¿? |
| Sallie Gardiner | Maria Kawamura | Wendee Lee |
| John Marty | Toshihiko Seki | Daniel Woren |
| Esther | Rumiko Ukai | Lara Cody |
| Dorothy | Asami Mukaidono | ¿? |
| Ben | Masashi Hirose | Michael McConnohie |
| Polly | Fushigi Yamada | ¿? |
| Patty | Ayako Shiraishi | Wendee Lee |
| Mr. Davis | Kōichi Kitamura | Michael Forest |
| Tommy Brooke | Chika Sakamoto | Brianne Siddall |
| Dr. Banks | Kenichi Ogata | Edward Mannix |
Episodic Characters[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Sutton | Hideyuki Umezu | Richard Epcar | 1 |
| Father Jones | Takkō Ishimori | Robert V. Barron | 1, 5 |
| Mrs. Spencer | Nagisa Andō | Edie Mirman | 1, 4-5 |
| Mayor Jessop | Kōichi Kitamura | Mike Reynolds | 2-3 |
| Corporal Baker | Takurō Kitagawa | Jeff Winkless | 3-4 |
| Mr. Buggly | Ikuo Nishikawa | 6 | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Shūsei Nakamura | Robert V. Barron | 17 |
| Dr. Christie | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Simon Prescott | |
| Partygoers | Kyōsei Tsukui Junji Kitajima |
Kerrigan Mahan Kirk Thornton Daniel Woren |
19 |
Additional Voices[]
- Robert V. Barron - Johnson
- Lara Cody - Witch Actress (ep. 29)
- Richard Epcar
- Steve Kramer - Town Leader (ep. 3), Union Private (ep. 14), Chatting Civilian (ep. 43)
- Kerrigan Mahan - Billiard Player (ep. 36), Chatting Civilian (ep. 43)
- Dave Mallow - Citizen (ep. 13)
- Edward Mannix - Mr. Moffatt (ep. 31)
- Michael McConnohie - Realtor (eps. 8-9, 12), Sam (ep. 33)
- Edie Mirman
- Simon Prescott
- Mike Reynolds
- Kirk Thornton
- Jeff Winkless - Union Corporal (ep. 14)
- Daniel Woren - Billiard Player (ep. 36), Fencing Teacher (ep. 36)
- Tom Wyner - Coachman (ep. 2)
Notes[]
- Unusual for a Saban dub of an anime series, the English dub kept the original Japanese musical score, although the theme songs were replaced with a new one by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | HBO | United States | 
|
| 2009-2017 | Smile | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Treasures | 1992 | 
|
Episodes 21-22 | NTSC | United States |
|
| 1 Volume | ||||||
| Anchor Bay Entertainment | 1997 | Episodes 21-22 | ||||
| 1 Volume | ||||||
Videos[]
Tales of Little Women Theme Song (HBO Version -1)
Theme song
Tales of Little Women End Credits (HBO Version, 1988)
End credits
See Also[]
- Little Women (1980)
- Little Women (1981)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
External Links[]
- Tales of Little Women at the Internet Movie Database
- Tales of Little Women (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia