Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari
English title: Tales of Little Women
Japanese title: 愛の若草物語
Alternative titles: Sekai Meisaku Gekijou
Type: TV
Source: Novel
Episodes: 48
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 11, 1987 to Dec 27, 1987
Broadcast: Sundays at 19:30 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: G - All Ages
Studios: Nippon Animation
Licensors: Saban Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Slice of Life
Themes: Historical

Meg, faithful and gentle, Jo, independent and energetic, Beth, quiet and shy, Amy, amiable and precocious–the four sisters live vigorously and happily at home with their gentle mother while waiting for their father to return from the Civil War. Helping each other, they challenge their fates and grow up to become wonderful women.

Tales of Little Women originally aired in 1987 as one of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater programs. Many staffers from Studio Ghibli such as Yoshifumi Kondo were involved in multiple production positions. Tales of Little Women was licensed and dubbed by Saban Entertainment, and broadcasted on HBO in 1988 in North America. This made it one of only three World Masterpiece Theater programs to be dubbed in English.