History Anime / TheStoryOfPollyannaGirlOfLove

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: It has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA0ihYWuico Arabic]] one.

''The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (愛少女ポリアンナ物語)'' is a 1986 anime produced by Nippon Animation and the twelfth entry in ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' franchise. The anime ran from January 5, 1986 to December 12, 1986, ending at 51 episodes. It was directed by Kuzo Kusohara.

The anime is based on two novels - ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'' and its sequel ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' written by Eleanor H. Porter.

Pollyanna is a cheerful girl [[ParentalAbandonment whose parents have died at young age]]. She is sent to Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly Harrington, whom she never met before. Before he died, her father, a Church Pastor, told her to always be glad, mentioning that the word "joy" is mentioned 800 times in Literature/TheBible. Thus Pollyanna invented "The Glad Game", a game where she always looks for something to be happy about, even in the most mundane and darkest of situations.

Polly isn't exactly sweet on her niece coming to stay. She's cold and aloof, and her personality does not mesh well with Pollyanna's optimism. She also doesn't like that Pollyanna has a pet squirrel and loves all sorts of critters - she ''hates'' animals, and also rebuffs Pollyanna's Glad Game. There's also the fact that as a CountryMouse, Pollyanna's proximity to nature and tendency to treat everyone she meets informally clashes with Harrington's view that women of her family must be [[ProperLady Proper Ladies]], a standard that even Pollyanna's own mother rejected.

All the other neighborhood children think Pollyanna is quite the oddball, with her funny habits and unrelenting kindness. However, they warm up to her, and so do the adults that previously rejected Pollyanna. It turns out The Glad Game can be quite the benefit if you know it right, and helps many, many people.

Being a BlitheSpirit, Pollyanna's presence heals not only Aunt Polly, but possibly changes Beldingsville forever.

* BigFancyHouse: Most of Beldingsville's residents live in large, fancy mansions, and look down on Pollyanna for being a BlitheSpirit CountryMouse.

* AdaptationDistillation: A given since it's trying to compress two whole novels into a 51-episode anime series, with a few deviations here and there.
* AdaptationExpansion: The anime version adds the part about Aunt Polly's relationship with her older sister Jennie (Pollyanna's mother) in the past.

* BearsAreBadNews: In Episode 2, Pollyanna and Karen are chased by the bear in the forest. Fortunately, they're saved by a man who is wandering the area and kills the bear.
* BigFancyHouse: Aunt Polly and everyone else in her posh neighbourhood live in these. They also happen to be snobs that look down on Pollyanna for being a BlitheSpirit CountryMouse.

* CostumePorn: A lot of gorgeous period gowns are seen thanks to Ruth Carew and some of the upper class Beldingsvillians.
* DownerBeginning: The first two episodes focus on Pastor John's deteriorating health and death.
* FlowersOfNature: When Pollyanna is hunting for strawberries with her friend, we see many, many pretty flowers.

* KidsDrivingCars: In the anime's intro, Jimmy is seen driving a car with Pollyanna in it.

* PhenotypeStereotype: The Italians Pollyanna meets in the Boston arc are slightly tanned, and have dark hair.

* RecapEpisode: Episode 26 has Polly remembering her memories with Pollyanna while waiting at [[spoiler: her niece's operation.]]
* RoaringTwenties: The anime takes place during the ''very'' beginning of the decade at 1920, unlike the novel which was set in the 1900s.
* SceneryPorn: Pollyanna grew up in a ''very'' rural area. The anime reminds us of this by showing lush greenery, strawberries and very pretty flowers, amongst animals like bears and squirrels.

* CanonForeigner: Karen and Mary are some one of the characters who only appear in the anime version.

* HeroicBSOD:
** Tom loses the motivation to work properly around the house when [[spoiler:Chilton dies.]] He snaps out of it when Jimmy reminds him of Tom reprimanding him for cursing God for [[spoiler:Pollyanna's accident]] and asking Tom if he was lying about what he said back then.

* SettingUpdate: From the early 1900's to 1920.

Pollyanna is a cheerful girl [[ParentalAbandonment whose parents have died at young age]]. She is sent to Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly Harrington ;whom she never met before. Before he died, her father, a Church Pastor, told her to always be glad, mentioning that the word "joy" is mentioned 800 times in Literature/TheBible. Thus Pollyanna invented "The Glad Game", a game where she always looks for something to be happy about, even in the most mundane and darkest of situations.

Pollyanna is a cheerful girl [[ParentalAbandonment whose parents have died at young age]]. She is sent to Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly Harrington ;whom she never met before. Before he died, her father, a Church Pastor, told her to always be glad, mentioning that the word "joy" is mentioned 800 times in the Bible. Thus Pollyanna invented "The Glad Game", a game where she always looks for something to be happy about, even in the most mundane and darkest of situations.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: It has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA0ihYWuico Arabic]] one, courtesy of Creator/AlSharqAlAdnaaStudios.

* ThePollyanna: The anime is an adaptation of the book ThePollyanna originates from.

* RageAgainstTheHeavens:
** In Episode 22, Jimmy showed his anguish to God for causing [[spoiler: Pollyanna losing her hope in curing her legs.]]
** Episode 43 has Mr. Durgin expressed disappointment about [[spoiler: Dr. Chilton's death]] to God in the gardens.

* AgeLift: Aunt Polly and Dr. Chilton are younger in the anime, but it retains the part from the book where [[spoiler: they haven't spoken for fifteen years.]]

* ChildhoodFriends: Mr. Pendleton and Dr. Chilton were friends since there were young in this version. This is the reason why the former choose the latter as his family doctor.

* WhamEpisode: The show gets really serious after episode 20 where [[spoiler:Pollyanna is struck by a car and finds out in the following episode that she may never walk again.]]

''The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (愛少女ポリアンナ物語)'' is a 1986 anime produced by Nippon Animation and the twelfth entry in ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' franchise. The anime ran from January 5, 1986 to December 12, 1896, ending at 51 episodes. It was directed by Kuzo Kusohara.

* ArtisticLicense: At many points the American flag is shown, and they always have the wrong number of stars.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the anime, Pollyanna's hair color is reddish-brown in contrast to blonde in the novel.

* AgeLift:
** Pollyanna is eight years old in this version, compare to the novel where she is eleven.
** Aunt Polly and Dr. Chilton are younger in the anime, but retains the part from the book where [[spoiler: they haven't spoken for fifteen years.]]

-->"I believe that no matter what, you can always find something to be happy about."
-->-- '''John Whittier'''

--->"I believe that no matter what, you can always find something to be happy about."
-->-- '''John Whittier'''

%% * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Pollyanna's pet chipmunk, who only exists in this series.

''The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love'' is a 1986 anime produced by Nippon Animation and one of the entries in ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' franchise. It consists of 51 episodes. The anime is based on two novels - ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'' and its sequel ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' written by Eleanor H. Porter.

Polly isn't exactly sweet on her niece coming to stay. She's cold and aloof, and her personality does not mesh well with Pollyanna's optimism. She also doesn't like that Pollyanna has a pet squirrel and loves all sorts of critters - she ''hates'' animals, and also rebuffs Pollyanna's Glad Game. There's also the fact that as a CountryMouse, Pollyanna's proximity to nature and tendency to treat everyone she meets informally clashes with Harrington's view that women of her family must be [[ProperLady Proper Ladies]], a standard that even Pollyanna's own mother rejected. All the other neighborhood children think Pollyanna is quite the oddball, with her funny habits and unrelenting kindness. However, they warm up to her, and so do the adults that previously rejected Pollyanna. Being a BlitheSpirit, Pollyanna's presence heals not only Aunt Polly, but possibly changes Beldingsville forever.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Polly is this to her older sister Jennie in the past. She was a bit of a brat and liked to play pranks, but for the most part she cares for the latter very much.

* CoolBigSis:
** Nancy to Pollyanna. She quickly becomes protective of Pollyanna and does what she can to make her mistress's niece as comfortable and happy in her new home as possible.
** Jennie (Pollyanna's mother) was this to Aunt Polly.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jamie likes feeding squirrels in the park.
%% ** [[spoiler: Ruth adopts Jamie]] in Episode 40.

%% * {{Meido}}: {{Subverted}} with Nancy, who is [[DeadpanSnarker quite sarcastic]].

* WhamEpisode: The show gets really serious after episode 20 where [[spoiler:Pollyanna is struck by a car and finds out in the following episode that she may never walk again.]]
* WidowsWeeds: [[spoiler:After Chilton’s death in episode 43, Polly is seen wearing a black dress and frequently cries while thinking about her dead husband. When she goes to the cabin with Pollyanna and their friends, she’s back to wearing colorful dresses.]]

''The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love'' is a 1986 anime produced by Nippon Animation and one of the entries in ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' franchise. It consists of 51 episodes. The anime is based on two novels - ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}'' and its sequel ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' written by Eleanor H. Porter. The premise of that show is similar to the novel: Pollyanna is a cheerful girl [[ParentalAbandonment whose parents have died at young age]]. She is sent to Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly Harrington whom she never met before.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the anime, Pollyanna's hair color is brown in contrast to blonde in the novel.

* GreenEyedMonster: After receiving a letter from Pollyanna in Boston, Jimmie gets jealous of hearing her talk about her spending time with a boy named James and angrily declares he’ll never go to Boston. For a while, his jealousy continued into other episodes and he would get upset whenever Pollyanna talked about James in front of him before he eventually gets over it.
* HappilyAdopted: In Episode 22, Mr. Pendleton decides to adopt Jimmy [[spoiler: in order to make Pollyanna happy from her injury.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Jimmy is Jamie Kent, the real nephew of Mrs. Carew.]]

* MementoMacGuffin: Pollyanna has her mother's mirror, which as shown in a flashback, [[spoiler: Aunt Polly fought with Jennie for it, nearly breaking it.]]
* MenCantKeepHouse: Dr. Chilton's bedroom is littered with many medical books. This is because he's too busy working on his job as a doctor and he has no time on cleaning his room.

%% * SecondLove: [[spoiler: Mrs. Carew]] for Mr. Pendleton.

* BrilliantButLazy: Pollyanna isn't enthusiastic about taking lessons and doing household chores that her aunt instructed, but she managed to get a high score in school entrance exam in later episodes.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Polly. She’s initially cold and dismissive towards Pollyanna, but her niece’s cheerfulness causes her to soften up with time. She warms up considerably after [[spoiler: Pollyanna's injury]] and [[spoiler: her reconciliation with Dr. Chilton.]]

* {{Fainting}}: Polly has a tendency to react this way whenever something shocking occurs. A bit of an {{exaggerated trope}}, given that it happens four times.
%% * {{Flashback}}: The anime uses this many times.

* FlashbackNightmare: Pollyanna dreams about her father's death in Episode 24.

%% * GenkiGirl: Pollyanna is a bit more of a tomboy in this adaptation.
* TheGlomp: Pollyanna has a habit in jumping on some people for hug. Lampshaded by her Aunt Polly in Episode 5.
* GoodShepherd: John Whittier was a kind-well liked man who respected everyone in his congregation and was likewise treated with the same respect, on top of being a [[GoodParents good father to his rambunctious daughter]] despite their near-poverty. In fact, he teaches Pollyanna the "glad game" [[spoiler: shortly after her mother's death]] because he reasons that since the Bible has happiness referenced so much (at least 800 times according to Pollyanna) because God wants people to be happy.

** Pollyanna becomes quite depressed after [[spoiler:her accident in Episode 20 leaves her unable to walk again.]] Her change in behavior is so serious that she refuses to eat and she has a hard time finding anything to be happy about.

* MissingMom: Pollyanna's mother died when she was four from illness.
%% * ThePollyanna: [[TropeNamer Take a guess who.]]

* PreachersKid: Pollyanna's father John was a pastor in a small Midwestern town. Of course, while not flawless, she fits the "Angelic" variety best.

%% * RoaringTwenties: The ''very'' beginning of the decade at 1920, so there's not much roaring.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Pollyanna likes to do handstands and wears her favorite jumper, but loves wearing nice dresses.

* WhenSheSmiles: Aunt Polly is usually stoic, but when she looks at her older sister's mirror and then her hair is fixed by Pollyanna, it's just awesome to see her smile.
* WidowsWeeds: [[spoiler:After Chilton’s death in episode 43, Polly is seen wearing a black dress and frequently cries while thinking about her dead husband. When she goes to the cabin with Pollyanna and their friends, she’s back to wearing colorful dresses.]]
* YouRemindMeOfX: Pollyanna tells Dr. Chilton that she reminds him of his deceased father John. The latter isn't happy about the comparison, considering that [[spoiler: he knew John well and understood that he's more suitable to Pollyanna's mother Jennie.]]
%% * YouthfulFreckles: Pollyanma has this in this version.

%% * DarkSkinnedRedhead: Timothy.

* IllGirl: Pollyanna becomes sick with fever in Episode 18 and becomes ill from stress in Episode 28. Then in Episode 20, [[spoiler: loses the use of her legs for a while from a car accident.]]

* AdultFear:
** Pollyanna is sometimes in dangerous situations that would cause her relatives great fear. Getting chased by a bear, getting lost in Boston, [[spoiler:being hit by a car and nearly losing the ability to walk]], and almost falling off a log into a river.
** Ruth’s older sister died unexpectedly and her sister’s husband took their son somewhere without informing his in-laws. Ruth spent six years worrying about her nephew’s whereabouts and her parents died not knowing if their grandson was alive.
* AgeLift: Pollyanna is eight years old in this version, compare to the novel where she is eleven.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Polly is this to her older sister Jennie in the past. She was a bit of a brat and liked to play pranks but for the most part she cares for the latter very much .
* AWinnerIsYou: In Episode 28, Pollyanna, Polly and Dr. Chilton are surprised to see the townspeople cheering at them with the banner "Congratulation Pollyanna".

* BerserkButton: Dr. Chilton loses his temper whenever he hears anyone insults [[spoiler:Polly]], like what Jimmy did in Episode 24.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Timothy.
* {{Defrosting Ice Queen}}: Polly. She’s initially cold and dismissive towards Pollyanna, but her niece’s cheerfulness causes her to soften up with time. She warms up considerably after [[spoiler: Pollyanna's injury]] and [[spoiler: her reconciliation with Dr. Chilton.]]

* {{Flashback}}: The anime uses this many times.

* GenkiGirl: Pollyanna is a bit more of a tomboy in this adaptation.

** [[spoiler: Ruth adopts Jamie]] in Episode 40.

* ICantHearYou: Aunt Ezra. She's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Harold in Episode 15.

* {{Meido}}: {{Subverted}} with Nancy, who is [[DeadpanSnarker quite sarcastic]].

* ThePollyanna: [[TropeNamer Take a guess who.]]

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Pollyanna's pet chipmunk, who only exists in this series.
* RoaringTwenties: The ''very'' beginning of the decade at 1920, so there's not much roaring.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Mrs. Carew]] for Mr. Pendleton.

* YouthfulFreckles: Pollyanma has this in this version.

* HeroicBSOD: Pollyanna becomes quite depressed after [[spoiler:her accident in Episode 20 leaves her unable to walk again.]] Her change in behavior is so serious that she refuses to eat and she has a hard time finding anything to be happy about.

* ShipperOnDeck: Pollyanna is this to her Aunt Polly and Dr. Chilton.
** In Episode 48, Sadie seems to think that Pollyanna and Jamie are meant for each other. She also supports Mr. Pendleton and Mrs. Carew.

* GreenEyedMonster: After receiving a letter from Pollyanna in Boston, Jimmie gets jealous of hearing her talk about her spending time with a boy named James and angrily declares he’ll never go to Boston.