Remi, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, lives with her mother in a French country town. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working away from home in a city. Her father tells Remi that she isn't their real daughter, and Remi is almost sold to an evil slave trader. It is Vitalis, a strolling entertainer, who helps Remi. Vitalis discovers her talent for singing and decides to take her in with his troupe.
Sans Famille has finished airing and it has 23 Episodes. It is also Known as: 家なき子レミ, Ie Naki Ko Rémi, Ie Naki Ko Remy, Sekai Meisaku Gekijou, Homeless Child Remi, Remi, Remy la bambina senza famiglia
Genres: Earth , France , Europe , Historical , Adventure , Slice of Life
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Top 8 Anime Like Sans Famille (Ie Naki Ko Remy) [2024 List]
8. Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette
Based on the famous classic novel Les Miserables.
Being a single mother is hard in early 19th Century France. When young Cosette was traveling with her mother trying to find a job and a place to live, they were always shunned away because very few employers hire single mothers. When she is promised with the prosperity of working in the big city, Cosette is separated from her mother in the hopes a caretaker will watch over her while her mother earns some money. Unfortunately this was a trick and the caretaker is a corrupt man who makes Cosette his indentured servant. Then the kind mayor of the town that Cosette makes her new home in sees how winds of change are so detrimental for children and families, and decides to do something about it.
Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette has finished airing and it has 52 Episodes. It is also Known as: レ・ミゼラブル 少女コゼット, Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette
7. Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables
The story of what happened to Anne Shirley before she was adopted.
Before Green Gables has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: こんにちは アン ~Before Green Gables, Anne of Green Gables Prequel, Akage no Anne Prequel
6. Ashita no Nadja
This story takes place about one hundred years ago. Nadja is a bright, cheerful girl who was raised in an orphanage near London, England. Nadja was entrusted to the orphanage when she was a baby. So she thought her father and mother were dead. But before her thirteenth birthday, she found out that her mother might be alive..
Nadja sets out on a journey to find her mother! With all of Europe as the stage, Nadja's exciting adventure begins!
Tomorrow's Nadja has finished airing and it has 50 Episodes. It is also Known as: 明日のナージャ, Ashita no Nadja
5. Kemono no Souja Erin
Erin is a young girl who lives with her mother in a village which raises war-lizards, called Touda. We see her daily life, which changes as she grows up. Meanwhile, there is growing tension between the two provinces of the country she lives in.
Based on the fantasy series written by Uehashi Nahoko, also known for Seirei no Moribito.
Erin has finished airing and it has 50 Episodes. It is also Known as: 獣の奏者エリン, Kemono no Soujya Erin, Kemono no Sou-ja Erin, The Beast Player Erin
4. Romeo no Aoi Sora
To get the money to pay for a doctor for his father, Romeo bravely sells himself as a chimney sweep. On the way to Milan he meets Alfredo, a mysterious boy on the run heading to the same fate. Upon being separated and sold to their new bosses, the two boys swear eternal friendship. Romeo has to learn the hardships of a chimney sweep's job. His boss' daughter, Angeletta, is a girl with a heart illness who is not allowed to leave her room. She asks Romeo to bring the blue sky to her. Alfredo unites the sweeps in a secret union, the "Black Brothers" to face together the "Wolf Pack" gang, who constantly attack them. With their help, Romeo succeeds in bringing Angeletta's dream to her. Soon the brotherhood faces more hardships than cruel bosses or street hooligans. Alfredo reveals his secret: he has sold himself in the name of his sister Bianca. It is now up to the "Black Brothers" to stand up for the truth, to save Bianca and to protect their leader's life with their own.
Romeo and the Black Brothers has finished airing and it has 33 Episodes. It is also Known as: ロミオの青い空, Sekai Meisaku Gekijou, Romeo's Blue Skies, Romio no Aoi Sora
3. Violet Evergarden
There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning.
A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation.
Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words.
Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. All the while searching for the meaning of those words.
Violet Evergarden has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Violet Evergarden
2. Ie Naki Ko
Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his troupe of animal entertainers. Together, they travel the country in search for Remi's real parents, along the way learning the harsh lessons of life. A deeply moving story about friendship, loss and the pursuit of happiness.
Ie Naki Ko has finished airing and it has 51 Episodes. It is also Known as: 家なき子, Remi, the Nobody's Boy, Rémi
1. Princess Sara
Sara, a pretty girl born into a rich British family in India, is treated like a little princess at a dormitory school in London. Sara's sweet school life turns to tragedy when she learns of her father's death and the family's bankruptcy. However, Sara endures her hard luck with kindness and imagination and escapes from her misery through fantasies.
A Little Princess Sara has finished airing and it has 46 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小公女セーラ, Sekai Meisaku Gekijou, Princess Sara, Little Princess Sarah, Shoukoujo Sara