Format: TV
Episodes: 40
Episode length: 23 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Jan 14, 1990
Until: Dec 23, 1990
Season: Winter 1990
Source: Other
Average score: 72%
Mean score: 73%
Popularity: 4,797
Favorites: 106
Studio: Nippon Animation
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
Romaji: Watashi no Ashinaga Oji-san
English: My Daddy Long Legs
Native: 私のあしながおじさん
Synonyms: Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Daddy-Long-Legs World Masterpiece Theater WMT Papa longues jambes Papà Gambalunga

My Daddy Long Legs

★ 7.2 4,797 members

Daddy Long Legs is based on the novel of the same name by Jean Webster. It chronicles the adventures of Judy Abbott, an orphan in New York. During a meeting for the superintendent, with other important and rich people in attendance, a scholarship is offered to Judy by a mysterious benefactor. Catching only a glimpse of his tall shadow as he leaves, Judy calls him "Daddy Long Legs" and writes him letters every month as per his request. While studying at the Lincoln Memorial school, she makes many friends and learns about a world she never knew about before.

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