Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV series)

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 1886 book, Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Little Lord Fauntleroy
小公子セディ
(Shōkōshi Cedie)
GenreDrama
Anime television series
Directed byKōzō Kusuba
Produced byShigeo Endō, Junzō Nakajima (Nippon Animation)
Jirō Komaki (Fuji Television)
Written byFumio Ishimori
Music byKōichi Morita
StudioNippon Animation
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 10, 1988 – December 25, 1988
Episodes43

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 City to take up residence in his ancestral castle. After some initial resistance, he is joined by his middle-class mother (whom Cedie calls "Dearest"), 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.

Characters
Main characters
  • Cedric Errol (Cedie) (voiced by Ai Orikasa) : The main character of this anime. An innocent and warm-hearted boy who likes baseball.
  • James Errol (voiced by Shinji Ogawa) : The father of Cedie. A reporter of a newspaper company. Born in an earl family of the United Kingdom. He married with an US citizen Annie despite of his family's oppositon, and was disconnected from his family. A reporter of a newspaper company. Due to overwork, he died of heart attack.
  • Annie Errol (voiced by Tomoko Munakata) : The mother of Cedie.
  • Earl Dorincourt (voiced by Takeshi Watabe) : The grandfather of Cedie. A grumpy old man.
Episodes in New York
  • Catherine (voiced by Rei Sakuma) : A girlfriend of Cedie.
  • Sias Hobbes (voiced by Toshiya Ueda) : An aged man who runs a greengrocer.
Episodes in United Kingdom
  • Ms. Melon (voiced by Shō Saitō) : The chief maid of Dorincourt family.
  • Jane Short (voiced by Eiko Yamada) : A maid of Cedie, who falls in love with Cedie.
  • Wilkins (voiced by Satoshi Shimada) : The keeper of the territory of Earl Drincourt and the keeper of the stables.

Staff
  • Director : Kōzō Kusuba
  • Scenario : Fumio Ishimori
  • Character design : Michiyo Sakurai
  • Music : Kōichi Morita
  • Producer : Shigeo Endō, Junzō Nakajima (Nippon Animation), Jirō Komaki (Fuji Television)
  • Planning : Shōji Satō (Nippon Animation), Taihei Ishikawa (Fuji Television)
  • Production management : Mitsuru Takakuwa, Junzō Nakajima (Nippon Animation)

Theme songs
Opening theme
  • "Our Cedie" (ぼくらのセディ, Bokura no Sedi)
    Song by : Hikaru Nishida / Lyrics by : Michio Yamagami / Composition by : Kōichi Morita / Arrangement by : Kazuo Ōtani
Ending theme
  • "For the Sake of Loving Someone" (誰かを愛するために, Dare ka o Aisuru Tameni)
    Song by : Hikaru Nishida / Lyrics by : Michio Yamagami / Composition by : Kōichi Morita / Arrangement by : Kazuo Ōtani
Insertion song
  • "You Are My Friend" (きみは友だち, Kimi ha Tomodachi)
    Song by : Ai Orikasa / Lyrics by : Akira Itō / Composition by : Kōichi Morita / Arrangement by : Kazuo Ōtani

Hikaru Nishida who sang theme songs of this work, did not appear as a cast (dubbing voice) in the main story, but acted Cedie in the musical of this work.[2]

Until this work, singers of theme songs appeared in the main story in some way, such as casts and musicals. However, since the successor "the Adventures of Peter Pan", singers of theme songs do not always appear in the main story. (e.g. Yukiko Iwai in "the Adventures of Peter Pan" did not act any casts.)

Trivia

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



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