Wakakusa no Charlotte

Wakakusa no Charlotte (若草のシャルロット, lit. Charlotte of the Young Grass) is an anime series produced by Nippon Animation Co. Ltd. It was first aired in Japan between October 29, 1977, and May 27, 1978, and is based on an original story by screenwriter Shun'ichi Yukimuro (as opposed to an existing manga).^[1]

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Charlotte was raised by her father, a former French nobleman, who is now living on a ranch in Quebec, Canada.

Although motherless, Charlotte was a happy girl until her 12th birthday, surrounded by a loving father and many friendly animals. On that day, however, a package arrives from her “mother”, who was supposedly dead.

After Charlotte's father dies, this mother comes to live with her. At the same time, Charlotte meets a strange boy. This is only the beginning of many heartbreaking incidents in the little girl's life.^[2]

Original cast

• Ichirô Murakoshi
  as André Montburn father of Charlotte who is the founder of ranch in Quebec, Canada. He died in an accident due to inclement weather while traveling to harbor to meet Charlotte's mother
• Ichirô Nagai
  as Grampa
• Kaoru Kurosu as Cassie
• Kazue Komiya as Sammy
• Keiko Yokozawa as Charlotte
• Kôhei Miyauchi
  as Count
• Osamu Kato as Garcon
• Reiko Suzuki as Bella
• Rokuro Naya
  as Knight
• Toshiko Shimaki as Becky
• Toshiya Ueda as Jean
• Yasuo Muramatsu as Gordon
• Yoshito Yasuhara as Sandy
• Youko Matsuoka
  as Jim
• Yūko Mita as Katie

Also in the cast are Simone, mother of Charlotte. Milan, Knight's wicked sister who is also hated Charlotte. Albert, Charlotte's wicked uncle. Marie, an adopted daughter of a French nobleman who has a deep hatred to Charlotte, Uncle Melville, an elder companion of Sandy who is fond of watching stars and was elected as a new captain in Charlotte's hometown, Louis, a sick nobleman who is Marie's fiancée

Episode list

Music

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