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About Little Women
Little Women adapts Louisa May Alcott's novel as a full year serial about Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March living with Marmee while their father serves in the war. Early episodes follow daily chores, school trouble, plus friendships with Laurie next door and Jo's fierce push to write. The middle run tracks illness, work, pride and first love as each sister finds a separate path.
The closing stretch carries Jo toward writing work in New York, Meg toward home life, Amy toward study abroad and Beth through fragile health. Nippon Animation aired 48 episodes in 1987 as part of World Masterpiece Theater with warm period design. Watch episodes 1 through 48 in broadcast order for the complete arc.
Good to know
Watch episodes 1 through 48 in broadcast order since Jo's writing growth and the sisters' separations build step by step. The show is a straight adaptation with no films or OVAs required, so the TV run alone is complete. Later World Masterpiece Theater entries are separate and not sequels. Expect gentle pacing, clear moral lessons and period detail that rewards steady viewing.
