Daddy Long Legs' secret

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Anime television series
title Daddy Long Legs' secret
Original title 私 の あ し な が お じ さ ん
transcription Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1990
Studio Nippon animation
length 23 minutes
Episodes 40
genre Slice of Life
Theme music Growing up
Director Kazuyoshi Yokota
music Aya Wakakusa, Kei Wakakusa
First broadcast January 4, 1990 on Fuji Television
German-language
first broadcast		 January 1, 2001 on RTL II
synchronization

The secret of Daddy Longlegs ( jap. 私のあしながおじさん, Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan , dt "My uncle / Daddy Longlegs".) Is an anime - TV series from 1990. The story is based on the novel Daddy Longlegs by Jean Webster and Second anime adaptation of the original based on Ashinaga Ojisan from 1979. The anime is also part of the World Masterpiece Theater series .

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The orphan Judy Abbot receives a scholarship to a prestigious private school in New York . She did not get to know her benefactor and only knows his name, Mister Smith, and knows that he must have a long leg. However, she writes him regularly and reports on her life and adventures. She also meets the rich young Jerve and falls in love with him.

Production and publication

The series was produced in Japan in 1990. The anime  was created in the animation studio  Nippon Animation  as part of the  World Masterpiece Theater series. It was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and written by Hiroshi Ōtsuka and Nobuyuki Fujimoto . The character design was created by Shūichi Seki and the artistic direction was Shigeru Morimoto . Mitsuko Horie sang the theme song Growing Up ( グ ロ ・ イ ン プ ・ ア ッang , Gurōingu Appu ) and the ending Kimi no Kaze ( キ ミ の 風 ) was written by Mitsuko Horie and Shines.

It was first broadcast in Japan on January 4, 1990 on Fuji Television . In Germany, the series was broadcast for the first time from January 1, 2001 to January 26, 2001 on RTL II . Of the total of 40 episodes, only the first 20 were dubbed into German, although all 40 episodes were announced in the program announcements. The series has also been shown on Italian, Spanish, French, Polish and Filipino television.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Judy Abbot Mitsuko Horie
Jervis Pendleton Hideyuki Tanaka
Jimmy Am Shimada
Julia Yuri Amano
Sallie McBride Chie Sato

Episode list

No. German title German EA No. German title German EA
01. A Monday with consequences January 1, 2001 11. Holidays on the farm January 15, 2001
02. Every beginning is difficult January 2, 2001 12. A strange coincidence January 16, 2001
03. First day of high school January 3, 2001 13. Sallie's test of courage January 17, 2001
04th Does he come or does he not come January 4, 2001 14th The writing competition January 18, 2001
05. The rules of the Miss Throne January 5, 2001 15th Hot dogs and wallflowers January 19, 2001
06th I hate liars January 8, 2001 16. jealousy January 22, 2001
07th A golden rain January 8, 2001 17th Judy's heart January 23, 2001
08th. The letter in the trash January 10, 2001 18th Thanksgiving invitation January 24, 2001
09. A weird bird January 11, 2001 19th Thanksgiving January 25, 2001
10. Back to the orphanage? January 12, 2001 20th Leonore's secret January 26, 2001

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 126 .