The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (1986)

Original title

愛少女ポリアンナ物語

Directed by

Kōzō Kusuba

Genre

drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 51 episodes

Rated

6

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan girl named Pollyanna goes to live with her strict aunt in a small town. Her cheerful attitude and optimistic game of finding something to be glad about gradually changes the lives of the people around her.

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What happens

The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (愛少女ポリアンナ物語, Ai Shōjo Porianna Monogatari) is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation, and part of the World Masterpiece Theater series. It consists of 51 episodes. Premiering across Fuji TV from 5 January to 28 December 1986, it has rerun across Japan on Animax from February 2007. It was dubbed in other languages for some regions of the world outside Japan including Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Thailand, the Arab World, and the Philippines. It was based on the 1913 novel Pollyanna and its 1915 sequel Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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