My Daddy Long Legs


My Daddy Long Legs is a 1990 Japanese animated television series based on the 1912 novel Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster. The show was part of the container World Masterpiece Theater produced by Nippon Animation studios and was awarded the Excellent Movie Award for Television by the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs for Children in 1990. 40 episodes were produced.

Premise

Judy Abbott is an orphan who has been given the opportunity to study at the prestigious Lincoln Memorial High School by a mysterious benefactor whom she only knows as "John Smith". She has only seen his shadow once, and because of his long legs, she calls him "Daddy Long Legs". The only payment she is to give her benefactor is that she write him letters every month, with no expectation of them being responded to.
The anime covers three years of Judy's life, starting with her leaving the John Grier Home orphanage, and ending with her finishing high school.

Characters

;Judy Abbott
;Sally McBride
;Julia Rutledge Pendleton
;Joanna Throne
;Walter Griggs
;Jimmy McBride
;Bob
;Leonora Fenton
;Catherine Lippett
;Mary Lambart

Original voice cast

EpisodeTitleAir Date

Music

Original TitleEnglish TitleArtistDescription
Gurooing AppuGrowing UpMitsuko HorieOpening Theme
Kimi no KazeYour WindMitsuko Horie, SHINESEnding Theme