"The Story of Cinderella") is a Japanese 1996 anime television series based on the fairytale of the same name by Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm.

The series covers Cinderella's trials and tribulations as she tries to adapt to her new life while suffering the abuse of her stepmother and her two stepsisters.

All the while, her fairy godmother, Paulette, subtly watches her and tries to influence events to fix Cinderella's life without her noticing.

One day, Cinderella sneaks into town and meets a pageboy who claims he serves the prince of the Emerald Castle.

While Cinderella grows more used to life as a servant, Charles begins to appreciate the importance of his own duties after witnessing her struggles firsthand.

Isabel is initially infatuated with Charles, but eventually realizes he does not love her and instead chooses to elope with a childhood friend.

Cinderella, heartbroken, ends their friendship, assuming that the prince would never marry a servant girl, especially after she repeatedly called him a liar.

In the aftermath of Zaral’s coup, Charles’s parents decide he is ready to take the throne and throw a ball in his honor, with every girl in the kingdom invited.

Cinderella decides to go in order to properly say goodbye, choosing to wear her mother’s dress for the occasion.

He is interrupted by Charles, who faked his poisoning, and the two have a fierce battle which ends with Zaral falling from the tower to his death.