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Princess Sara (1985)

Princess Sara poster
Original title
小公女セーラ
Directed by
Fumio Kurokawa
Genre
drama anime and manga, historical anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 46 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Sara Crewe is a wealthy student at a boarding school, but after her father dies and leaves her penniless, she is forced to work as a servant. The story follows her struggle to keep her dignity and kindness despite harsh treatment.

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What happens

Princess Sara (Japanese: 小公女(プリンセス)セーラ, Hepburn: Shōkōjo Sēra; lit. "Little Princess Sara"), also spelled as Princess Sarah for disambiguation purposes, is a Japanese anime television series that was based on the 1905 children's novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It aired on Fuji TV from January to December 1985, as part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater. The series follows Sara Crewe, a young student of an all-girls boarding school who later becomes orphaned and is forced to work as a servant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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