Princess Sara

, also spelled as Princess Sarah, is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1905 novel, A Little Princess. As the 11th series of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater spanning 46 episodes, it originally premiered on January 6, 1985 across Japan on Fuji Television and ran until December 29, 1985.

Plot
In the year 1885, the story follows Sara Crewe, the young daughter of, Radcliffe Crewe, who is extremely wealthy due to running a diamond mine in British-ruled India. She starts attending an all-girl's seminary boarding school in London, where she excels in her studies and is loved deeply by many of her friends and classmates.

Tragedy strikes when Sara's father passes away and her family goes bankrupt, leaving her to become a poor orphan. The school's headmistress, Miss Minchin, takes advantage of this situation and makes her an unpaid maid in the school, trying hard to make her life as miserable as possible. However, Sara, with the help of her friends, perseveres and tries to endure all her hardships until redemption comes at last.

When Miss Minchin continues to mistreat her further, Sara befriends Mr. Carmichael who wanted to rescue her from Miss Minchin's mistreatment until she meets her father's lifelong friend Tom Carrisford who lives next door to the seminary. Tom decides to adopt Sara to redeem himself over his guilt for the loss of her father and to restore her status as a diamond princess. Miss Minchin angrily confronts Tom to get Sara back to the seminary but to her dismay Sara has already been adopted, causing her to return to the seminary in shame as her younger sister Amelia angrily berates her for the mistreatment she had put on Sara by making her a maid and forcing her to stay at the horse stable, making Miss Minchin emotionally regretful for her actions.

Sara waved goodbye to her friends in the dormitory as she and Becky return to the British-ruled India for 4 months to finish the necessary formalities regarding her dad's inheritance and to visit her parents' graves. But she does not forget when she was poor, she gives money to people on the street, maybe Sara and Becky will return to London again after 4 months.

Official

 * Official web page (in Japanese)

Unofficial

 * セーラ博物館・トップメニュー (Sara Museum; fan site?)
 * A Little Princess Sara (fan site?)