More World Masterpiece Theatre, this time from 1985 and based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
A Little Princess Sara – Introduction:
Sara Crewe has lived in two worlds. One world, a dream-land where your wishes are read from your lips, the other, a hard life in terrible poverty after losing all the wealth at a single blow where something to eat and shelter are the most important things in life. (In fact they were before but it is quite easy to overlook this fact, is it not?) But as long as she keeps her imagination, inner strength and good friends, there is still hope.
That website will tell you more that you possibly need to know about the series and the story, so go check it out. The only other nugget I can offer is that it is one of the shows that Animax have produced an English dub for the Asian market.