Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs is a franchise that includes 2 anime adaptations:
 * 1) a 1979 film entitled "Ashinaga Ojisan" (Daddy Long Legs) by Tatsunoko Productions
 * 2) a 1990 television series entitled "Watashi No Ashinaga Ojisan" (My Daddy Long Legs) by World Masterpiece Theatre.

Both are based on the novel Daddy-Long-Legs written by Jean Webster.

Plot
Living in an Orphanage, Judy Abbot earns a scolarship to study at a prestigeous American University thanks to a mysterious admirer.

Other Sources

 * AnimeNewsNetwork profile for 1979 film
 * AnimeNewsNetwork profile for 1990 TV series

Other Wikis

 * Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)
 * My Daddy Long Legs
 * w:c:AnimeBaths:My Daddy Long Legs