Little Lord Fauntleroy (anime)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
小公子セディ
(Shōkōshi Cedie)
Genre Drama
Anime television series
Directed by Kôzô Kusuba
Studio Nippon Animation
Network TV Tokyo
Original run January 10, 1988 December 25, 1988
Episodes 43

Little Lord Fauntleroy, also known as Shōkōshi Ceddie (小公子セディ Shōkōshi Sedi, trans. Little Prince Cedie), is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation in 1988 and was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story. The series is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's book, Little Lord Fauntleroy.

In the Philippines, it was aired by ABS-CBN in the early 1990s (with some rebroadcasts at the 21st century) under the title of Cedie, Ang Munting Prinsipe, with the spin-offs live-action film of the same title by Star Cinema. The film adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy starred former child actor Tom Taus Jr. as the eponymous character.

Plot

The story concerns an American boy named Cedric Errol (more fondly known as Cedie[1]), who at an early age finds that he is the sole heir to a British earldom and leaves New York to take up residence in his ancestral castle. After some initial resistance, he is joined by his middle-class mother, widow of heir James Errol. His grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, intends to teach the boy to become an aristocrat, but Cedie inadvertently teaches his grandfather compassion and social justice, and the artless simplicity and motherly love of dearest warms the old man's heart.

Music

Opening Theme

Lyrics by: Michio Yamagami
Composition by: Kōichi Morita
Arrangement by: Kazuo Ōtani
Song by: Hikaru Nishida

Ending Theme

Lyrics by: Michio Yamagami
Composition by: Kōichi Morita
Arrangement by: Kazuo Ōtani
Song by: Hikaru Nishida

Trivia

References

  1. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/479/479.txt Project Gutenberg etext of the novel: "...Cedie!" she cried out"

External links


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