I'm not sure which one you're referring to because I don't have the context. If you can provide more information, I will try my best to help you answer your questions. But according to some of the early Japanese cartoons I know, there's an animation called Before and After Transfiguration. It tells the story of a woman named Hanako Koizumi who keeps trying all kinds of transformation methods and finally becomes a beautiful and confident woman. This anime was released in 1988 as an early Japanese anime.