| Tales of Little Women | |
 The March sisters, clockwise from upper left: Jo, Meg (in chair), Amy, and Beth. | |
| 愛の若草物語 (Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical drama, Civil war drama |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fumio Kurokawa |
| Produced by | Junzō Nakajima Taihei Ishikawa (Fuji TV) |
| Written by | Akira Miyazaki |
| Music by | Kazuo Ōtani |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 11, 1987 – December 27, 1987 |
| Episodes | 48 |
Tales of Little Women (愛の若草物語, Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari, "Love's Tale of Young Grass"), also simply known as Little Women, is a Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women, produced by Nippon Animation.[1] It was first aired in 1987 (January–December) by the Fuji TV network.[2]
A sequel series, Little Women II: Jo's Boys, premiered in 1993.
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