Little Women II: Jo's Boys-The Daily Ledger

Little Women II: Jo's Boys, also known as is a 1993 Japanese animated television series based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, produced by Nippon Animation. The title is taken from Jo's Boys, the title of the sequel to Little Men, on which the series is also partially based.

The series is the sequel to the studio's 1987 Tales of Little Women, an adaptation of Alcott's novel of the same name.

Little Women II: Jo's Boys

Plot

Josephine March has grown into womanhood about ten years since Tales of Little Women and is now married to the German Professor, Friedrich Bhaer. In the Plumfield farm-house that Aunt March had left her, Jo Bhaer has established a new school for her two sons, Robby and Teddy, nephews (Franz, Emil, Demi-John), niece (Daisy) and a gang of orphaned children, including Annie "Nan" Harding and a rough, street-wise adolescent named Dan. With the experience of a model childhood and a faithful and caring husband, Jo guides her pupils in their young lives; with song, music and play, the children are led through the joys and sorrows of life, work and play, rewards and punishments, getting involved in all sorts of mischief and adventure.

Little Women II: Jo's Boys

Cast and characters

Bhaer family

Annie "Nan" Harding (voiced by Hazuru Matsukura): The main character of this anime. Josephine "Jo" Bhaer (née March) (voiced by Eiko Yamada): Second main character of this anime. Fritz Bhaer (voiced by Yōsuke Akimoto): Jo's husband. Robin "Rob" Bhaer (voiced by Yuriko Fuchizaki): Jo and Friedrich's five-year-old son. Theodore "Teddy" Bhaer (voiced by Kyōko Minaimi): Jo and Friedrich's three-year-old son.

Little Women II: Jo's Boys

Brooke family

Margaret "Meg" Brooke (née March) (voiced by Keiko Han): Jo's eldest sister, John Brooke's wife, and Daisy and Demi's mother. John Brooke (voiced by Toshihiko Kojima): Meg's husband and Laurie's former teacher, he dies. Margaret "Daisy" Brooke: John and Meg's daughter, and Demi's twin sister. John "Demi" Brooke: John and Meg's son, and Daisy's twin brother. Josephine "Josie" Brooke: John and Meg Brooke's two-year-old daughter, Jo and Friedrich's niece, and Daisy and Demi's sister.

Laurence family

Amy Curtis Laurence (née March) : Amy attends the funeral of Meg's husband, John. Theodore "Laurie/Teddy" Laurence (voiced by Nobuo Tobita): Amy's husband and good friend of Jo.

Others

Jack Ford (voiced by Tsutomu Kashiwakura):A boy who stole Tommy's money and ran away, leaving a letter confessing of his crime. Franz Hoffman: One of Fritz's nephews. Emil Hoffman: Franz's fourteen-year-old brother. George "Stuffy" Cole: An overweight boy. Daniel "Dan" Kean (voiced by Nobutoshi Hayashi): A friend of Nat. Mary-Ann (voiced by Kayoko Fujii): Tommy Bangs (voiced by Minami Takayama)