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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1992)

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair poster
Original title
金髪のジェニー
Genre
school anime and manga, drama anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl grows up in 19th century America, facing class struggles and family changes. She travels, goes to school, and experiences loss and love as she comes of age.

melancholicslow-burnhistoricaltenderearnestnostalgicfamily-orientedbittersweet

What happens

The Girl in the Wind: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (風の中の少女 金髪のジェニー, Kaze no Naka no Shōjo: Kinpatsu no Jenī) is a Japanese animated television series produced by Nippon Animation which ran for 52 episodes on TV Tokyo from October 1992 to September 1993. It is based on the 1854 song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" by Stephen Foster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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