1993 Japanese animated television series
Little Women II: Jo's Boys , also known as Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jō Sensei (若草物語ナンとジョー先生 , "Tale of Young Grass: Nan and Miss Jo") is a 1993
Japanese
animated
television series based on
Louisa May Alcott 's
Little Men , produced by
Nippon Animation . The title is taken from
Jo's Boys , the title of the sequel to Little Men , on which the series is also partially based.
The series is the sequel to the studio's 1987
Tales of Little Women , an adaptation of Alcott's novel of
the same name .
Plot
Josephine March has grown into womanhood about ten years since
Tales of Little Women and is now married to the German Professor, Friedrich Bhaer. In the Plumfield farm-house that Aunt March had left her, Jo Bhaer has established a new school for her two sons, Robby and Teddy, nephews (Franz, Emil, Demi-John), niece (Daisy) and a gang of
orphaned children, including Annie "Nan" Harding and a rough, street-wise
adolescent named Dan. With the experience of a model childhood and a faithful and caring husband, Jo guides her pupils in their young lives; with song, music and play, the children are led through the joys and sorrows of life, work and play, rewards and punishments, getting involved in all sorts of mischief and adventure.
Cast and characters
Bhaer family
Annie "Nan" Harding (voiced by
Hazuru Matsukura ): The main character of this anime.
Josephine "Jo" Bhaer (née March) (voiced by
Eiko Yamada ): Second main character of this anime.
Fritz Bhaer (voiced by
Yōsuke Akimoto ): Jo's husband.
Robin "Rob" Bhaer (voiced by
Yuriko Fuchizaki ): Jo and Friedrich's five-year-old son.
Theodore "Teddy" Bhaer (voiced by
Kyōko Minaimi ): Jo and Friedrich's three-year-old son.
Brooke family
Margaret "Meg" Brooke (née March) (voiced by
Keiko Han ): Jo's eldest sister, John Brooke's wife, and Daisy and Demi's mother.
John Brooke (voiced by
Toshihiko Kojima ): Meg's husband and Laurie's former teacher, he dies.
Margaret "Daisy" Brooke : John and Meg's daughter, and Demi's twin sister.
John "Demi" Brooke : John and Meg's son, and Daisy's twin brother.
Josephine "Josie" Brooke : John and Meg Brooke's two-year-old daughter, Jo and Friedrich's niece, and Daisy and Demi's sister.
Laurence family
Amy Curtis Laurence (née March) : Amy attends the funeral of Meg's husband, John.
Theodore "Laurie/Teddy" Laurence (voiced by
Nobuo Tobita ): Amy's husband and good friend of Jo.
Others
Jack Ford (voiced by
Tsutomu Kashiwakura ):A boy who stole Tommy's money and ran away, leaving a letter confessing of his crime.
Franz Hoffman : One of Fritz's nephews.
Emil Hoffman : Franz's fourteen-year-old brother.
George "Stuffy" Cole : An overweight boy.
Daniel "Dan" Kean (voiced by
Nobutoshi Hayashi ): A rebellious friend of Nat.
Mary-Ann (voiced by
Kayoko Fujii ):
Tommy Bangs (voiced by
Minami Takayama )
Nat Blake (voiced by Mariko Ikegami): A boy who is a violinist.
Broadcast
Jo's Boys aired on
Fuji Television on Sundays from 17 January to 19 December 1993 as part of Nippon Animation's
World Masterpiece Theater .
Alternative Titles
Mulherzinhas II (Portuguese)
Los chicos de Jo (Spanish)
Missis Jo und ihre fröhliche Familie (German)
Petite bonne femme (French)
Una classe di monelli per Jo (Italian)
Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jou Sensei 若草物語 ナンとジョー先生 (Japanese)
Маленькие женщины (Russian)
جني (Arabic)
新小婦人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Music
The opening theme ("Ashita mo otenki") is performed by
Akiko Kosaka .
Episode list and original air dates in 1993
Welcome to Plumfield (January 17)
Rivers and fields are the best classrooms! (January 24)
Picking strawberries and the dark forest (January 31)
The appointed box (February 7)
The violinist's performance (February 14)
Tommy Bang's business (February 21)
I am Robinson Crusoe (February 28)
First time making pumpkin pies (March 7)
Gift for the toy king (March 14)
The big war in pajamas (March 21)
The rotten youth from town Dan (April 18)
Plumfield's thunderstorm (April 25)
Duel! Emil got angry (May 2)
Dan and Teddy's secret (May 9)
Buttercup's mayhem (May 23)
The school's on fire! (May 30)
So long, Dan! (June 6)
Mother's here (June 13)
Welcome to the dance (June 20)
If we grow up what shall we be? (June 27)
Please hit the teacher! (July 11)
Letter from Mr. Page (August 1)
The abandoned flower garden (August 8)
Afraid to freely speak (August 15)
Establishing a museum (August 22)
I am not the thief! (August 29)
Broken friendships (September 5)
Words of explanation (September 12)
Won't lose to a boy! (September 19)
Clock sounds of a little wedding (September 26)
Best way to use five dollars (October 17)
I want to be a doctor! (October 24)
Regarding father's decision (October 31)
The ambassador on a snowy day (November 7)
In the middle of a blizzard (November 14)
Dan searches for a strong horse (November 21)
Premonitions of going on a journey (November 28)
Everybody's decisions (December 5)
Naughty Jo riding a bicycle (December 12)
Goodbye, Plumfield! (December 19)
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