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Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow

1982 · 1 season

A gentle, old-fashioned story of hardship and small wonders, told with patience and warmth, easy to settle into like a bedtime tale.

Created by: Hiroshi Saito
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family
Starring: Katsunosuke Hori, Ikuko Tani, Minori Matsushima

Overview: Lucy-May's family moves from England to Australia planning to run a big farm. Starting a new life proves to be full of frustrations. Their agonizing days of despair continue until they finally obtain their farmland. However, Lucy-May and her sisters enjoy a range of new experiences such as discovering exotic animals and meeting with aborigines and other new people.

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Created by: Hiroshi Saito
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family
Starring: Katsunosuke Hori, Ikuko Tani, Minori Matsushima

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
survival
immigration
coming-of-age
healing
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, drama, family
Created by: Hiroshi Saito
Written by: Akira Miyazaki
Starring: Katsunosuke Hori, Ikuko Tani, Minori Matsushima, Rihoko Yoshida, Junpei Takiguchi, Sakiko Tamagawa
Length: 1 seasons, 50 episodes
Network: Fuji TV
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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