English is not my language. This review I took some main points, it's not a detailed analysis of the work. It contains some spoilers. Perrine Monogatari is another classic anime from the "World Masterpiece Theater" framework, produced by the highly acclaimed Nippon Animation studio. After the death of her father, Perrine and her mother go on a journey to France. They go with a donkey named Palikare and her dog named Baron. Honestly, I thought this anime was going to be an extremely dramatic journey, just like Ie Naki Ko. Well, the anime doesn't have the overdramatic journey that Ie Naki Ko has, and this is one of themost positive points in Perrine Monogatari.

I don't know why MyAnimeList put one of the biggest spoilers on the synopsis. Well, I did not read the synopsis from MyAnimeList until a certain event that I will mention later. So, it had unexpected things for me, as I did not read one of the major spoilers of the work.
The journey of Perrine and her mother, as much as it has its difficulties, has many joyful moments. And this is a real journey, with its happy and sad moments (right, Ie Naki Ko? Haha).

Perrine's mother works as a photographer after the death of her husband, and Perrine helps her. She has some great moments on their journey to France.
On this journey, after many things, they meet a boy named Marcel, who at first I didn't like very much, but as the episodes went by he turned out to be a good boy, and the best, a good character.
Marcel has run away from his aunt's house because he would rather work with his parents in the circus than study. Perrine and his mother decide to help him find the circus while he is on his journey, and here Perrine and Marcel's friendship is born. It is all very natural how they become friends, and I like it.
The biggest drama begins when Perrine's mother starts to get sick, and they don't have much money.
I honestly thought that the journey to meet Perrine's grandfather, she would go with her mother, but as her mother didn't get better, she passed away and Perrine had to continue traveling with only her dog.
I didn't expect her mother to pass away. As I said before, I have not read the synopsis here on MyAnimeList. This was a very sad episode. As I became attached to the characters, it was very dramatically charged.

Obviously the anime revolves around Perrine, so let me tell you a little about her.
It is impossible not to like Perrine, especially after her mother dies and she has to fend for herself.
She is a very nice girl, too nice in some cases. Besides this, she gets by on her own with the little she has; for example, making her own clothes and getting by on what to eat.
As I said, it is impossible not to like her. Perrine easily wins people's friendship because of her manner, but her personality also causes her to be deceived and robbed by others from time to time.
Towards the end, you can't help but admire Perrine. She is simply one of the best characters I have ever seen.

The anime has some unexpected things.
One of those things was the revelation that Perrine's grandfather is blind. Also, Perrine's grandfather is not as bad as I thought he would be. As the episodes go on this becomes clearer.
He holds a grudge against Perrine's mother because he thought she was holding her son back from going back to France, being that it is revealed that they were going to France and Perrine's father died while they were traveling.
Bilfran, as much as he is a good character, he hurt Perrine without being his intention, as he did not know that she was his granddaughter. He is a good character, even more so when you start to understand him more.
The ending of the anime is just fantastic.
Perrine manages to win the love of her grandfather as naturally as possible. Perrine is wonderful!
It is amazing how she was able to change her grandfather's perspective on many things just with her way of being.

The technical parts of the anime are okay. It's nothing too much.
The character design is good, it does its job well.
The animation is ok.
The OST I almost don't pay attention, it's a song or another that I really paid attention to.

For those who want an adventure anime with a long journey, great characters and a very good story, you can trust that Perrine Monogatari will deliver something very good. The anime gets a bit long after Perrine arrives in the village where her grandfather's factory is located, but it is worth it.