Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV series)

show This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (May 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 2,616 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:小公子セディ]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|ja|小公子セディ}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Little Lord Fauntleroy
小公子セディ (Shōkōshi Cedie)
Genre	Drama, Family
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by	, (Nippon Animation) (Fuji Television)
Written by
Music by	Kōichi Morita
Studio	Nippon Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	10 January 1988 – 25 December 1988
Episodes	43
Anime and manga portal

Little Lord Fauntleroy, also known as Little Prince Cedie (小公子セディ, Shōkōshi Sedi), is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation in 1988 and was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater.

It is 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.

In the Philippines, this work 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.

Outline[]

This work is a home drama which depicts the process of a grumpy grandfather and surroundings of a noble family moved by his grandson and becoming mild. It is also a feature that many animal characters have appeared.

The story is divided into two stages : the first stage is episodes in New York, and the second stage is episodes in the United Kingdom.

In "the World Masterpiece Theater" series, a boy became the main character for the first time in eight years since "the Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Since this work, a work with a boy as the main character appeared in a relatively short span.

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 and is good at playing the flute.
• 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 opposition, and was disconnected from his family. Due to overwork, he died of a heart attack.
• Annie Errol (voiced by ) : The mother of Cedie.
• Earl Dorincourt (voiced by Takeshi Watabe) : The grandfather of Cedie. A grumpy old man.

Episodes in New York[]

• Alec (voiced by Yuzuru Fujimoto) : The chief editor of the Morning Journal where James is on work.
• Sias Hobbes (voiced by Toshiya Ueda) : An aged man who runs a greengrocer.
• Eliza (voiced by ) : A teacher at the school Cedie attends.
• Eric (voiced by Kazue Ikura) : A boyfriend and classmate of Cedie.
• Mickey (voiced by Yūko Mita) : A boyfriend of Cedie.
• Roy (voiced by Minami Takayama) : A boyfriend of Cedie.
• Catherine (voiced by Rei Sakuma) : A girlfriend of Cedie.

Episodes in the United Kingdom[]

• Ms. Melon (voiced by ) : 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 Bin Shimada) : The keeper of the territory of Earl Drincourt and the keeper of the stables.
• Cocky (voiced by Mitsuko Horie) : A girl raised under a grandmother of the neighbor of the Dorincourt family.
• Brigitte (voiced by Naoko Matsui) : Cedie's distant cousin. Initially she despised Cedie. However, by an incident caused by her, she become reconciled with Cedie.
• Harris (voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara) : The mother of Bridget. Malicious against Cedie.

Animal characters[]

• Dougal : Cedie's pet dog, and a dog of the Drincourt family.
• Little Prince : A white horse presented for Cedie.
• Searim : Earl Dorincourt's horse.
• Lyla : Cocky's pet cat.

Staff[]

• Director :
• Scenario :
• Character design :
• Music : Kōichi Morita
• Sound director :
• Animation director : Michiyo Sakurai, , , , , ,
• Art director :
• Producer : , (Nippon Animation), (Fuji Television)
• Planning : (Nippon Animation), (Fuji Television)
• Production management : , Junzō Nakajima (Nippon Animation)
• Production desk : (Nippon Animation)

Theme songs[]

• Opening theme : Our Cedie (ぼくらのセディ, Bokura no Sedi)
  • Song by : Hikaru Nishida
  • Lyrics by :
  • Composition by : Kōichi Morita
  • Arrangement by :

• Ending theme : For 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 wa Tomodachi)
  • Song by : Ai Orikasa
  • Lyrics by :
  • 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[]

• Shōkōshi Cedie was a runaway hit in the Philippines, as was Hodgson-Burnett's other anime-adapted work, Princess Sarah. Both series were adapted into feature-length, live-action films by Star Cinema. The film adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy stars former child actor Tom Taus Jr. as the eponymous character.
• A video game based on the series was made for the Nintendo Family Computer and was released 24 December 1988.
• In one of the episodes, Cedie is seen reading a National Geographic magazine, which featured British aristocrats.

Discourse of casts[]

Ai Orikasa who made her debut with this work, said as follows. (the original text in Japanese)

緒方賢一さんと子供ミュージカルの舞台で出会ってなければ、声優のお仕事をしていなかった‥『小公子セディ』主役デビューなんてラッキーなことも‥振り返ると人々の作って下さった流れに乗っかっての今である。 その是非は問わずに前に進もう！若人のエネルギーで今また一つ支流が生まれそう^.^
(In Ai Orikawa's twitter, 9 September 2016)^[3]

In other words, she thanks the debut with "Little Lord Fauntleroy".

See also[]

• Romeo's Blue Skies

Same as this work, Ai Orikasa is the main actor, and Kōzō Kusuba is the director. Broadcast in 1995.

• Moero! Top Striker

A work in which Ai Orikasa and Kazue Ikura co-star, a dog character appears, and harsh characters gradually becomes milder, showing similarities to this work. Starring Kazue Ikura, broadcast in 1991.

References[]

External links[]

• Little Lord Fauntleroy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Nippon Animation - the outline of "the Little Lord Fauntleroy"
• 小公子セディ—Official page of the series (Japanese)
• Shoukoushi Sedi at IMDb
• Little Prince Cedie (1988)—Information on the series at Animanga.com