Who is the British-American novelist and playwright whose novel inspired this Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation in 1988 and broadcast on the "World Masterpiece Theater"?
Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV series) Little Lord Fauntleroy, also known as Shōkōshi Ceddie (小公子セディ , Shōkōshi Sedi , trans. "Little Prince Cedie") , is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation in 1988 and was broadcast on the "World Masterpiece Theater", an animation staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story. The series is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's book, "Little Lord Fauntleroy".
Dorothy Britton Dorothy Guyver Britton, Lady Bouchier MBE (14 February 1922 – 25 February 2015) was born in Yokohama, moved to the United States at the age of 13, and was educated in the United States and England, returning to Japan after the American Occupation. She was best known as a translator into English of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's "Madogiwa no Totto-chan" as "Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window", and "Oku no Hosomichi" by Basho: "A Haiku Journey – Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province". She was the author of "The Japanese Crane: Bird of Happiness" and co-author of "National Parks of Japan".