Shoujo Ningyo - Recommendations

• TV (26 eps)
• 1971

Two baby girls were born in the same hospital: one of them is the daughter of an aristocratic family, while the other belongs to a depraved household which lives in the slums of the city. However, the nurse-in-charge, Michiko, secretly switches the two babies due to a personal grudge, resulting in a change of fates of the girls from then on. Many years later, the lives of the two girls continue to be intertwined with each other, with the rich Miki ill-treating the poor Nozomi, yet both of them hold similar dreams to become a singer.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1993

Sisters Mariko and May, along with Mariko's bad-tempered boyfriend, become involved with Ichiro, an arrogant, womanising male model.

• TV (42 eps)
• 1983 - 1984

When Yakko Mitamure was young, her mother passed away, leaving Yakko alone with her father. In the present she works at her father’s restaurant and attends evening classes at a university, but her life changes forever when she runs into Hashizo Kato and his macho and pancake-loving cat Juliano. Hashizo’s brother Go is the lead singer of the band Bee Hive, and soon ends up becoming a love interest. However, Yakko also has feelings for Bee Hive’s keyboardist, Satomi. Her heart can only belong to one – a fact that she will soon come to understand as a series of events unfold…

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1993

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1992

Sakura Momoko's teacher assigns the third grade to draw an image based on their favorite song to enter a contest. Momoko loves a song she recently learned during her music class and is anxious to make a good drawing based on it. On her way to meet her relatives in Shizuoka, she meets Shouko Kimura, a university student who occasionally draws portraits at the local train station and plans to also participate in an art contest. Fascinated by her illustrations, Sakura meets Kimura once again. Shouko is enchanted by Momoko's sympathy and honesty. They quickly become friends and end up inspiring each other in their own way.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1994

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1984

• Web (3 eps)
• 2012

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 1986

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1992