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“9-year-old Katri works on a neighbor's farm in Finland to support her struggling family while her mother is away.”
Katri, Girl of the Meadows
牧場の少女カトリ
7.04
4,514 rank · 5,232 viewers · 22 favorites
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Synopsis
9-year-old Katri works on a neighbor's farm in Finland to support her struggling family while her mother is away.
This series tells the story of 9 year-old Katri, a girl who lives on a farm in Finland with her grandparents. Katri's mother has been away in Germany for three years. The farm is not doing well, so to help support her family, she goes to work on a neighboring farm. Katri faces many struggles and challenges.
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.71
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σ 0.71 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Sep 2017 → Nov 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Beautiful, relaxing story about a Finnish girl growing up in the countryside and having dreams about her future. Katri is a very determined and independent girl who faces struggles but won't let...”
- 7 “This is a story of a girl named Katri who lives along with her grandparents in a remote village of Finland. Her grandparents are poor and she lost her father at the age of 3 and to support the...”
- 8 “For starters, I'm from Finland myself, so the review is a little biased, and just to mention that this is the only anime to date to be based entirely on Finland. I would recommend this anime for...”
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Short · 25%
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Long · 25%
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A Tv Production · Winter 1984
Nippon Animation.- Format 49 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 25m all episodes
- Aired Jan 1984 – Dec 1984 Winter 1984
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-2848 catalog