Wayback Series - Little Lord Fauntleroy

Let's have a aristocratic adventure with the little lord, shall we?

This could be one of the shortest 'Wayback Series' post I have written, despite work is practically effects my writing.

When you were a kid in the 90's, who could resist the cuteness of one incredible young boy? Well guess again you can. Only if you could meet the boy named Little Lord Fauntleroy.

It practically the first children's novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett, this anime version is widely popular by the fans of all ages. It was produced by Nippon Animation as part of the World Masterpiece Theater series in 1988, broadcasted on TV Tokyo, directed by Kôzô Kusuba, and it aired on January 10th, 1988 to Christmas Day of the same year, with a grand total of 43 episodes in its resume.

The anime's story concerns Cedric Errol (aka Cedie), a American boy who at an early age that he found out that he is the sole heir to a British earldom, and leaves New York to take up residence in a ancestral castle. Later he is joined by his middle-class mother, who is the widow of the heir James Errol after some initial resistance. The Earl of Dorincourt, who is his grandfather, intended to teach Cedie to become an aristocrat, but he inadvertently teaches his grandfather some compassion and of course, social justice, and the artless simplicity and motherly love of the dearest warms the heart of the old man. There are many episodes to watch for from the novel, but the story seems to be really interesting.

One of the popular seiyuus of that time, Ai Orikasa, voices the little lord. And some of the seiyuus were starred in the series including Mitsuko Horie, the late Daisuke Gori, the late Ichiro Nagai, Eiko Yamada, Banjou Ginga, Bin Shimada, the late Shinji Ogawa, Minami Takayama, and many more.

Well, good fair enough for the popularity of the little lord, even in the Philippines. The anime is a runaway hit, as so was Hodgson-Burnett's other work (Princess Sarah). Both of the series were adapted into feature-length live action movies by Star Cinema in 1996, starring Tom Taus as the eponymous character. On Christmas Eve 1988, a video game was made for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), and of course in one of the episodes, Cedie is seen reading a issue of National Geographic magazine, in which featured British aristocrats.

Time to take a wonderful adventure with the little lord! Cedie! And to end the post, please enjoy this.