Katri, Girl of the Meadows (1984)

Original title

牧場の少女カトリ

Directed by

Hiroshi Saitō

Genre

drama anime and manga

Country

Netherlands, Japan

Length

1 season, 49 episodes

Rated

ALL

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows a young girl named Katri living on a farm in early 20th century Finland. She works as a shepherdess and helps her family with daily chores and farm life.

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What happens

Katri, Girl of the Meadows (牧場の少女カトリ, Makiba no Shōjo Katori) is an anime series based on the Finnish novel Paimen, piika ja emäntä (Shepherdess, Servant Girl and Hostess) by Auni Nuolivaara. The series was broadcast originally in Japan in 1984 as part of the children's anthology series World Masterpiece Theater, also known simply as "Meisaku" from Nippon Animation. The anthology had before and after produced a great variety of animated series based on different children's novels from around the world; among them were My Annette: Story of the Alps (1983) and Little Princess Sara (1985). In Europe, where World Masterpiece Theater series have found huge success, Katri, Girl of the Meadows made its way to different countries, including Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Germany, Iran and the Arabic-speaking world. Although it takes place there, the series has never been published or broadcast in Finland, and few Finns have ever heard of it. The first and last episodes were broadcast English dubbed in the UK on Channel 4 as Little Girl on the Farm and Little Girl goes to School as part of 1987's Japanese Autumn season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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