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Frédéric Goetzinger's WMT page. (Mirror) [FR] [EN]
Along with mine, this is one of the few sites devoted to the WMT in general which is not in Japanese. Contains: An introduction to the WMT | A separate page for each series with
synopsis, personal views, main staff, number of episodes, and foreign-language dubs | You can vote on your
favorite WMT | You can join the WMT mailing-list maintained by Frédéric.
Hironobu Kanno's page. [JP] [EN]
A vast array of interesting topics ranging from anime to Japanese literature. Of particular interest to all interested in the history of anime and manga is the page on the kashibon'ya book-lenders of the 50s and 60s, a medium which supported great artists in its day, like Shirato Sanpei. Also a WMT page and any number of other interesting sections. Most of the page is bilingual.
Geoff Cowie's Shoujo and General page. [EN]
Manga reviews | Anime reviews | Anime broadcast on satellite TV (in which he reviews a number of WMT series) | Lots on girls' manga | A very substantive page. There are now many more WMT reviews and screengrab images.
Natsukawa's page. [DE]
(Not exclusively WMT) Pages on Little Women, Little Women II & Sara, and a page with
Pollyanna settei (storyboards) and character designs.
Michael Unverzagt's WMT sound page. [EN]
Michael is searching for as many foreign dubs of WMT songs as he can find in order to convert them to MP3 and put on the web. They'll be collected on this page. (Michael also has a Little Women page)
Nausicaa.Net. [EN]
The definitive English-language web-site on the works of Studio Ghibli and its two main directors, Miyazaki Hayao and Takahata Isao. There is a WMT Page discussing the three WMT series in which the aforementioned two directors were involved (Heidi, Marco, & Anne; +Rascal).
Isao Takahata & Hayao Miyazaki Film Laboratory [JP]
A Japanese site on these two directors with filmographies, reviews and lots of other stuff.
Oh! Monkey's Uncle! Ach, So! [JP]
A general WMT page | Original work/director/music/setting and episode list for each series | Pictures from many places in which WMT series take place (taken by the author on sightseeing trips) | Links to Japanese & foreign pages devoted to each series; focus is on sites related to the setting.
Hajime Iwao's Masterpiece Anime page. [JP]
Perhaps the most informative WMT database. For each WMT series (and some of the false friends): Original novels | Related books | Videos | CDs | LDs | doujinshi.
Recently the author added an English version of the page, which is still in the proecess of being written.
Ramdas's Masterpiece Theater Room.[JP]
Nino's Masterpiece Anime page. [JP] * Two out of the three series-specific WMT sections are back after a hiatus *
WMT Database with: | Original author/work | Number of episodes | Story setting | Ratings | Episodes | Insert and theme song information | A substantial story description | A lengthy section discussing production details, popularity, significance, etc. for each series. There are links for each series, but the files aren't there; he probably hasn't gotten to writing them yet. Only Heidi, Flanders and Marco have full pages so far. Also: A page on Rascal, a page on Joli, and a larger section on Little Women the anime with pages on: Little Women I | Little Women II | A Beth fan page | A favorite character poll (under construction) | A cell and goods collection (under construction).
Taa-bou's Masterpiece Anime page. [JP]
WMT Database (including five faux amis) with: | Episodes | Theme Songs | Voice Actors. Also an ie naki ko (Sans Famille) page.
Tamenishi's Masterpiece Anime page. [JP]
WMT Database | Info on how to download sound files.
? Nomura's Masterpiece Anime page. [JP]
Art gallery with pieces by the author, and almost 30 pieces received from others | "King of the WMT" staff ranking contest.
Amedeo's page. [JP]
The "Milk Crown" icon leads to a page with "bite-sized" (from page) writings on the WMT (and the immediate Fuji TV predecessors from Moomin to Heidi) | The "Honey Theater" icon leads to a page with miscellaneous playful writings on the WMT--ranging from an imaginary history of Angeletta (from Romeo) after the end of the series--to a fanfic crossing Shoujo Kakumei Utena (a recent off-the-wall cross-genre tv series) with A Little Princess Sara(!).
Tamago-san's page. [JP]
In the WMT page there is a Flanders page, a "history" of all the Fuji TV WMT, including those not made at Nippon Animation (from Moomin in 1969 to Heidi in 1975), and a page with interesting WMT facts (viz.: Did you know Lucy Maude Montgomery's house on Prince Edwards Isle (said to be the basis for Green Gables) almost burned down on 23 May 1997? Or that Jean Webster was Mark Twain's niece?)
Wachinoko Club [JP]
Has a listing of all the WMT with a bit of interesting commentary on each one. A Trapp page with all the usual pertinent info on the series. (Mirror)
K. Hirao's Sekai Meisaku Gekijô page [JP]
A huge page with lots to read. A separate page for each WMT, with a tremendous, blow-by-blow synopsis of the story, a listing of all Japanese editions of the original books upon which the WMT were based, a listing of all the WMT songs, reviews of all the songs, plus a couple of entertaining pages on WMT pets, food, clothing, protagonist bathing habits, etc.
Letter-writing Campaigns to Revive the WMT
| ( A note of explanation: Soon after the WMT was cancelled, some fans who felt that it was wrong to deprive children of WMT merely on the grounds of low ratings organized petitions to ask that the WMT be revived in some form on a station other than Fuji TV. This is a list of those petitions, along with related petitions. ) |
Horita Kôji's petition to revive the WMT. [JP]
Horita Kouji was the first to collect signatures for a petition to revive the WMT, in early 1997. On February 20, Kaneda Terufumi took over the petition. It ended December 1997 with 293 signatures. (from page)
That same year, another person decided to start a petition. That one still continues and the progress can be seen on this page. "Signatures" can be
sent to Miya, the maintainer, using a form. The stated goal for sending the signatures (which are sent to both Fuji TV and Nippon Animation) is to show support for and
urge revival of the WMT on a station other than Fuji TV. An English page is (supposedly) "under construction."
[JP] Amazingly enough, there's yet another petition, this one also currently active. Komura Ryuunosuke began this one January 9, 1998 after having seen and been moved by the efforts of the previous two petitions. I assume the purpose of having these multiple petitions is to reach more people, for the goals are largely the same for each.
Fan Pages on Specific WMT Series
1975: Flanders |
Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko (Puss 'n Boots)'s page [JP] General info about the anime | Characters | Staff | Cast | Episode list (with credits) | Theme songs | The 1997 Movie | Info on the other Flanders series, made at Tokyo Movie Shinsha. |
1976: Marco |
Ston's page [JP] Has a small but quirky page on Marco which explicates what's special about the series using key scenes. Marco: The Musical! [JP] A musical which came out in 1999 to accompany the movie remake. |
1977: Rascal |
Nino's Rascal Room [JP] Rascal fan pics, episode listing, synopsis for each episode, online BGM of the Rascal opening theme song. |
1978: Perrine |
Nem's Perrine Room [JP] |
1980: Tom Sawyer |
Puyo's page [JP] |
1981: Vroni |
Alps Marmotte's Vroni room [JP] |
1983: Annette |
Tamenishi's Annette Room [JP] |
1984: Katri |
Yokkii's Katri Room [JP] Very good page about the 1984 WMT, Katri. Originally created by Yokkii, it is no longer updated as of 2000, and is currently run under the aegis of one "Collector Taka". |
1985: Sara |
Taro Rehrl's page [DE] [EN] The main Sara fan page in the West. A well organized and aesthetically pleasing page, rich in content, with sections covering an imaginative array of subjects connected with Sara from the art of directing to the issue of child labor. Natsukawa's page [DE] Ramdas's Sara Museum [JP]  Too much to list here; one of the best Sara pages in Japanese, with quality fan-art which makes it a pleasant page to browse. |
1986: Pollyanna |
Yocky's page [JP] Recently transferred to the care of Dr. Tanaka Hiroyuki. Mayuki's page [JP]  Pollyanna character introduction, story, episode synopses, illustrations and icons. |
1987: Little Women |
Michael Unverzagt's Little Women page [DE] [EN] Covers all the bases. Contents touching on: The many movie versions | The three anime versions (inc. LW I & II by NA) | Louisa May Alcott. Natsukawa's page. [DE] Ramdas's page. [JP] A. Blanket's page [JP] A Trapp and a Little Women II page, and a page with a listing of all the Animage Top Tens. |
1989: Peter Pan |
Izumi's page [JP] |
1991: Trapp Family |
Wachinoko Club [JP] A. Blanket's page [JP] A Trapp and a Little Women II page, and a page with a listing of all the Animage Top Tens. |
1993: Little Women II |
Natsukawa's page [DE] A. Blanket's page [JP] |
1994: Tico |
Ernest Rolence's (?) page. [JP] Introduction | Highlights | Characters | Mention of the novel version | Fan Art | Etc. | A pretty page. |
1995: Romeo |
AnimeEX, an online anime magazine. [EN] A feature article on Romeo. The Technogirls' Romeo fansub page. [EN] Not only info on their wonderful fansub - there are descriptions of each episode, letters of appreciation received from people who have seen the fansub, many pictures, and lots of other miscellaneous info about Romeo (like related books and CDs) gathered by Technogirls mastermind Barbara Chambers. There is no other page in English with such an interesting array of info on a single WMT series, to my knowledge, besides Taro Rehrl's encyclopedic Sara site, and a few others like Michael Unverzagt's Little Women site (and, of course, the above AnimeEX review). LMon Club (Muneage Mochimaki)'s page. [JP]  Info on the live event "Romana no Oka de", and a favorite character poll, Fan art, a Wolf Pack fan-club page, chat board, questionnaire.Anime's Blue Skies doujinshi group. [JP] Characters | Description and cover pages of Romeo doujinshi made by the group ("circle"). | Cute dôjinshi artists. A Chinese Romeo Fan Page [CH] |
1969: Moomin |
Moomin Valley Site Map. [JP]  A handy hub site for Japanese Moomin-related web-pages. Features: Moomin Goods Map, with information on all the anime versions +more | The World of Tove Janson. |
1971: Stories of Andersen |
Pinoko's Andersen Room. [JP]  Story, characters, episode data, staff listing, songs, fan art (none so far), chat room. |
1974: Heidi |
CLAFT-Man's Heidi Encyclopedia. [JP]  Hiroyuki Tatsuno's page. [JP] A lovely and informative page with nice fan-art. |
1977: Jacky the Bearcub |
Kuma no Ko Jakkii no Oheya [JP] Nice page on Jacky with cels, goods, episode listings, etc. |
1978: Conan |
Vittorio Bertola's Conan page. [IT] Covers all the basics. Links to other Italian sites. Ming's Conan page. [EN] Probably the ultimate Conan page in any language. |
1981: Meiken Jolie |
Nino's Joli page. [JP] All the specs on the series, from the entire staff to the lyrics for every song (including inserts) to a synopsis of (so far) most of the episodes | Online BGM of the Joli opening theme song | Much more filled-out than his Rascal page. |
1992: Thumbelina |
Alps Marmotte's page [JP] A fan-page with the typical range of material: Episode listing, discussion board, fan-pics, etc. |
Nippon Animation
Creators of the World Masterpiece Theater. [JP]
Studio Pierrot [JP]
Tatsunoko Production [JP]
Mushi Production [JP]
Gainax [JP]
Fuji Terebi
Home of the WMT. [JP]
Fuji Terebi Licensing Page [EN]
A page to attract potential licensers, with pictures & descriptions in English of WMT and other anime.
Terebi Tokyo [JP]
Terebi Asahi [JP]
TBS [JP]
Nihon Terebi [JP]
NHK [JP]
NHK's BS2 Anime World [JP]
WMT and related anime TV shows have been rebroadcast on this satellite station's Mother and Child Masterpiece Anime Playhouse and Satellite Anime Playhouse series since 1996. Currently being shown are Heidi, Andersen and Peter Pan, among other non-WMT anime.
Anime Checklist by G. Albanese: Checklist of Japanese Animation since 1917 [EN]
Anime Shiryôkan [JP]
A database of printed anime reference materials available in Japan.
Project Gutenberg [EN]
An Online Library of Literature [EN]
Liber Liber: La biblioteca telematica [IT]
The On-Line Books Page listing of foreign-language etext sites [EN]
Anime shown in Italy. [EN]
A list of anime shown in Italy by Andrea Tozzi and Simona Stanzani.
Anime shown in Germany. [DE]
A near-comprehensive list with an introduction to anime in Germany maintained by Taro Rehrl.
Yoru no Tori's page [JP]
Saitô Hiroshi & Miyazaki Akira filmographies. (This site is a mirror on Yokkii's Katri page, listed above. The original site closed in 2000.)
Richard Llewellen's anime pages. [EN]
Richard, a librarian at the University of Georgia, has compiled a list of all anime in English, and has also made a compact online chronology of the history of animation starting in 1824.
Anim'int.
A French site on anime in general. | History of anime in France | Month-by-month list of new T.V. shows in Japan since 1996 | Synopsis and basic details on nearly every anime produced within the last few years | In my eyes the best feature is the guide to all anime shown in France | Etc. | Appears to be still in development. But worth a visit - much info and many pictures.
Cyber Namida. [FR] [EN]
An "Encyclopedia" of anime and people | Articles on anime | Etc. | A nice beefy site.
The Japanese Movie Database. [JP]
A comprehensive, searchable database. But it seems to be having computer troubles. Currently the search engine is turned off, but you can still view the database by typing in each year's filename.
Anime Daijiten. [JP]
The Great Anime Dictionary, a database of all anime (excepting TV specials), very nicely arranged, easily navigable, and up-to-date. All in all, an indispensable tool.
TV Anime Broadcast List. [JP]
A simple text page with a hiragana-betic listing of all existing TV anime.
TV Anime List & other stuff. [JP]
Another complete T.V. anime listing, this one more colorful.
TV Anime List. [JP]
Another one. Just the titles and broadcast dates on this one.
Anime Junction. [EN]
A large database of anime songs with lyrics in Japanese characters with transliterations in English | Singapore (TCS) weekly anime broadcast listings | Not much WMT, but what the hey.
Eiga Kawaraban [JP]
A movie review page with hundreds of reviews, including a review of the recent Marco & Flanders movies.
MiJ: Made in Japan manga & anime.
"Progretto PROMETEO" will open up a page with many MP3s of Italian anime theme songs.
Rakia's CG Garden. [IT]
Upwards of forty online-playable MIDI files from various anime, including Heidi, Katri and other WMT and non-WMT anime. (like the choice Minky Momo cuts) | Fan-art by the author. | Note: Copying or distributing these files is strictly forbidden. (from page)
AniSong Database. [JP]
A database of anime songs, with info, sorted by year.
Animation Song Collection. [JP]
Another sorted database of anime songs.
Watanabe Takeo homepage. [JP]
A page dedicated to the prolific composer, who made the music for Heidi, Flanders, Rascal and Perrine, as well as many other anime and live-action T.V. series and movies in Japan.
Dezaki Osamu homepage. [JP]
A page dedicated to the prolific anime director, of Ashita no Joe, Rittai Anime Ie Naki Ko, Oniisama he, etc. fame.
Ôsugi Kumiko home page [JP]
A fanpage devoted to this voice-actor/singer who sang the theme songs in Heidi, Flanders, Marco, etc.
The Fantastic Journey page. [JP]
A doujinshi (fanzine) group. You can see the covers of the Romeo and Vroni dôjinshi they've done.
"Megabanks Meets Calpis" page. [JP]
Pictures of many WMT UFO-Catcher dolls | Okay, so this is a fluff link.
Sunlike Co. [JP]
A company specializing in stuffed dolls, jigsaw puzzles, and misc. goods | Pictures of their Rascal and Moomin puzzles and goods are available online
Sound Seven [JP]
Online CD/LD/DVD shop in Japan. This page has a list of all available WMT videos.
Animedia [JP]
A site where you can watch classic Mushi Pro and Nippon Animation series like Tetsuwan Atom and Marco online.
Vincent Vo's European Anime TV Guide [FR] [EN]
A programming schedule for anime being broadcast on all the various European networks.