Little Women: Nan and Miss Jo VOL.9 [DVD]

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Produced by: Koichi Motohashi Producers: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Junzo Nakajima, Masumi Tanaka Director: Kozo Kusuba Original Story: Louisa May Alcott Screenplay: Mitsuru Shimada Character Design: Yoshiharu Sato Art Director: Masaaki Kawaguchi Art Setting: Kazue Ito Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino Planning: Kenji Shimizu, Masunosuke Ohashi, Shoji Sato Music: David Sevils Voice Cast: Hazuru Matsukura, Eiko Yamada, Yosuke Akimoto, Minami Takayama, Kyoko Yamada, Kae Araki, Chie Sato, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kyoko Minami, Nobutoshi Hayashi, Mariko Ikegami, Hiro Yuki, Keiko Han, Toshihiko Kojima, Masaharu Sato -- Contents (from the CD Journal database)

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This series, the 19th "World Masterpiece Theater" series, aired in 1993, is a sequel to "Little Women" (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott), which aired in 1987. Some characters overlap. Set at Plumfield, a school founded by Jo, the second daughter of the March family, and her husband, the series depicts the emotional connections between 13 students and their teacher. The story begins with an 11-year-old girl named Nan arriving at Plumfield. Jo sees in Nan's feisty, tomboyish personality a reflection of her own childhood, and sees potential in her straightforward personality and overflowing curiosity. Then, one day, a notorious delinquent named Dan arrives at Plumfield, causing a stir at the school. Jo tries to accept Dan, who refuses to trust adults, but Dan ends up causing a fire... With 13 children, there's no shortage of stories to tell. I was deeply moved by Mr. Joe's attitude of always believing in the "good parts" of each child and trying to bring them out. Education is what nurtures the potential that lies dormant within children, and the foundation of education is trust. This is a fine production, typical of "World Masterpiece Theater," that conveys such a pure ideal in an unpretentious narrative style. (Yasukawa Shogo)