Princess Sarah
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| Princess Sarah | |
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| 小公女セーラ (Shōkōjo Sarah) |
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| Genre | Drama, Shōjo, Slice of Life |
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| Directed by | Fumio Kurokawa |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Network |  Fuji TV, Animax    Animax Italia 1 RTL 2 |
| Original run | 6 January 1985 – 29 December 1985 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
Princess Sarah (小公女セーラ Shōkōjo Sēra?) was a 1985 Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, A Little Princess. Spanning 45 episodes, it originally premiered in 1985 across Japan on Fuji Television as part of Nippon Animation's famous World Masterpiece Theater line.
It was also later aired across Japan by the anime television network, Animax, who also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, dubbing and translating the series into English. Animax's adaptation was the series's only English translation.
Until 2006, it was the only animated version of the story broadcast as a TV series. However, it still retains its title as the most faithful, as the more recent anime, Sōkō no Strain, is a science fiction mecha adaptation that takes great liberties with the story.
Princess Sarah has also been aired across France (under the title Princesse Sarah), Italy (Lovely Sara), Germany (Die kleine Prinzessin Sara), Poland (Mała księżniczka), Philippines (Sarah, ang munting prinsesa), and other regions.
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[edit] Story
Princess Sarah tells the story of Sarah Crewe, a young daughter of a wealthy British family in India, who starts attending an all-girl's boarding school in London, where she excels in her studies and is loved deeply by many of her friends and classmates. However, tragedy soon strikes when Sarah's father passes away and her family goes bankrupt, leaving her to be a poor orphan. The school's headmistress, Miss Minchin, takes advantage of this situation and makes her a maid in the school, trying hard to make her life as miserable as possible. However, Sarah, with the help of her friends, perseveres and tries to endure all her hardships.
[edit] External links
- Animax's official website for Shōjoko Sarah (Japanese)
- Animax Asia's official website for Princess Sarah (English)
- Animax South Asia's official website for Princess Sarah (English)
- Princess Sarah at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
