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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Sekai Meisaku Gekijou, Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari II, Little Men

Japanese: 若草物語ナンとジョー先生

English: Little Women II: Jo's Boys

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Type: TV

Episodes: 40

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 17, 1993 to Dec 19, 1993

Premiered: Winter 1993

Broadcast: Sundays at 19:30 (JST)

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Nippon Animation

Source: Novel

Genres: Drama, Slice of Life

Themes: Historical, School

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.55¹ (scored by 3,011 users)

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Ranked: #1728²

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Popularity: #7595

Members: 7,249

Favorites: 46

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Ranked #1728Popularity #7595Members 7,249

Winter 1993TVNippon Animation

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Synopsis

Nan Harding is the new student at Mr. and Mrs. Bhaer's school. Everyone thinks that she is a pain in the head, but not Mrs. Jo. Together with the other kids, they all embark on their personal adventures and misfortunes while learning in school.

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Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari

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Wakakusa Monogatari: Nan to Jo-sensei Specials (TV Special)

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Yuuki, Hiro
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Kusuba, Kouzou

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Sokuza, Makoto

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Nakanishi, Nobuaki

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Kaga, Tsuyoshi

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"Ashita mo Otenki (明日もお天気)" by Akiko Kosaka

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Ending Theme

"Aozora no Ding-Dong" by Kaoru Itou with Grove Tree Children's Choir

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1 Mixed Feelings

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Jul 15, 2023

Eziprez

Recommended

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

…or something like that. Bible quotes aside, Wakakusa Monogatari: Nan to Jo Sensei is a great anime about teaching children to have a love of learning and to bring out their full potential. Of course, it is on the optimistic side, sometimes to the point of sacrificing some realism, but it’s a children’s show, the optimism is part of the charm. That said, the show doesn’t shy away from introducing some pinches of tragedy into the story, along with covering some more ...

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Feb 9, 2014

Firechick12012

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Preliminary (39/40 eps)

Once upon a time, a woman named Louisa May Alcott published the book Little Women, and it wound up being a surprise hit, so much so that it spawned two sequels. It's popularity around the world couldn't be ignored. It was so popular in Japan that FIVE anime were made for it within three decades, two of those anime being part of the World Masterpiece Theater staple. The first series was made in 1987, and this version, based on the book Little Men, in 1993, the year I was born. On another related note, whenever a show or anime gets a sequel, usually it's just ...

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Sep 28, 2019

Robinne

Mixed Feelings

Short review for those that discovered the story of Little Women with the anime and consider following up with this one. Should you watch it? Probably not

The first reason is because there is a huge amount of content skipped (the entire book called “Good Wives”) making this anime feels like it shares almost nothing in common with the first anime and doesn’t even include a summary to help you know what happened to the four March sisters.
The only recurring character is Jo who had a 180° change of character, from a tomboyish girl who didn’t believe in love and wanted to be an independent woman, ...

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