A Sad Proposal
Foreign titles: Papa Longues Jambes (French), Das Geheimnis Von Daddy Langbein (German), Papà Gambalunga (Italian), Papá Das Pernas Altas (Portuguese), Tajemniczy Opiekun (Polish), Papá Piernas Largas (Spanish)
Series title: 私のあしながお
- Studio
- Nippon Animation, Fuji TV
- Animation studio
- Nippon Animation
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual
Synopsis
Judy, a cheerful and smart girl, grew up in an orphanage and now attends a private high school with one gentleman's financial support. She has no idea who he is, so she simply calls him "Daddy Long Legs." She often writes to him about her active life. She laughs, cries, and sometimes feels romantic. Jarvis is the charming and handsome man she cares for.
Characters
Judy, Jimmy, Sally, Jervis Pendleton, Julia
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kazuyoshi Yokata
- Assistant Director
- Shinichi Matsumi
Writing
- Writer
- Nobuyuki Fujimoto
- Created By
- Jean Webster
Voices
- Voice
- Mitsuko Horie (Judy), Bin Shimada (Jimmy), Chie Satou (Sally), Hideyuki Tanaka (Jervis Pendleton), Yuri Amano (Julia)
Animation
- Animator
- Akira Kikuike, Atsushi Irie, Katsu Ôshiro, Shoji Furuta (Animation Directors)
Art Department
- Art Director
- Shigeru Morimoto
- Storyboards
- Kôzô Kuzuha
- Character Design
- Shuichi Seki
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Toshiaki Morita
Crew
- Theme Song Performance
- Mitsuko Horie
Production notes
A forty-episode series. This series aired on Fuji Television as part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater from January 13, 1980 to December 22, 1980.