My Daddy Long Legs is a 1990 Japanese anime television series based on the novel Daddy-Long-Legs written by Jean Webster. The show was part of the container World Masterpiece Theater produced by Nippon Animation studios and was awarded the Excellent Movie Award for Television by the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs for Children in 1990.
Webster's story had been adapted into anime previously by Tatsunoko Productions in 1979 to the TV special Ashinaga Ojisan, which was directed by Masakazu Higuchi. The aforementioned special was dubbed in English and released in the US and is otherwise unrelated to this television series.
 | Season 1 Episode 1 The Monday That Changed My Destiny Air Date: 1990-01-14 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 2 Preparing for a Journey by Myself Air Date: 1990-01-21 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 3 The Long - Awaited Lincoln Memorial Girl`s School Air Date: 1990-01-28 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 4 A Hurly-Burly Opening Ceremony Air Date: 1990-02-04 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 5 How to Decorate a Room Beautifully Air Date: 1990-02-11 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 6 Do You Hate Liars? Air Date: 1990-02-25 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 7 A Good Way to Use Gold Coins Air Date: 1990-03-04 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 8 A Letter Thrown Away Into the Rubbish Bin Air Date: 1990-03-11 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 9 Julia's Uncle is an Eccentric Person? Air Date: 1990-03-18 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 10 I'm Sorry I Betrayed You Air Date: 1990-03-25 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 11 I Can't Believe His Name Was There Air Date: 1990-04-15 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 12 A Strange Coincidence Air Date: 1990-04-22 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 13 Sallie's Courageous Challenge! Air Date: 1990-05-06 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 14 Was the First Short Story Plagiarized? Air Date: 1990-05-20 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 15 A Hot Dog and a Wallflower Air Date: 1990-05-27 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 16 A Present from a Quarterback Air Date: 1990-06-03 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 17 Unconfessable Heart Air Date: 1990-06-10 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 18 A Thanksgiving Dinner Invitation Air Date: 1990-06-17 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 19 My Friends, Let's Sing Together Air Date: 1990-06-24 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 20 An Older Classmate Air Date: 1990-07-01 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 21 Beauty and Sadness Air Date: 1990-07-08 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 22 Snow Falling on the Window Air Date: 1990-07-29 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 23 Our Different Christmases Air Date: 1990-08-05 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 24 As You Like It Air Date: 1990-08-12 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 25 New York, My Birthplace Air Date: 1990-08-19 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 26 A Brigde to Tomorrow Air Date: 1990-08-26 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 27 Being a Tutor is No Easy Task Air Date: 1990-09-02 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 28 A Ruthless Order Air Date: 1990-09-09 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 29 Full of Memories Air Date: 1990-09-16 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 30 Love on a Summer Day Air Date: 1990-09-23 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 31 Girls in Full Bloom Air Date: 1990-09-30 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 32 A Twilight Meeting at the Station Air Date: 1990-10-21 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 33 Feelings That Just Miss Each Other Air Date: 1990-11-04 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 34 The Throbbing of My Heart Air Date: 1990-11-11 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 35 Loneliness in Youth Air Date: 1990-11-18 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 36 In Order to Seize the Day Air Date: 1990-11-25 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 37 A Farewell on Christmas Eve Air Date: 1990-12-02 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 38 A Sad Proposal Air Date: 1990-12-09 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 39 Graduating from the Past Air Date: 1990-12-16 Duration: 25 min |
| Season 1 Episode 40 Nice to Meet You, Daddy! Air Date: 1990-12-23 Duration: 25 min |
| Directing | Kazuyoshi Yokota | Director |
| Writing | Nobuyuki Fujimoto | Screenplay |
| Production | Yoshihisa Tachikawa | Producer |
| Production | Takaji Matsudo | Producer |
