Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)

Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)
Genre	Anime, Adventure, Slice-of-life, Drama
Anime
Directed by	Isao Takahata
Studio	Nippon Animation

Anne of Green Gables (Red-haired Anne (赤毛のアン, Akage no An)) is an animated television series adapted from the novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery. Produced by Nippon Animation in Japan in 1979, it was first broadcast from January 7, 1979 to December 30, 1979. 50 episodes in total. It has been exported to neighbouring Asian countries and also to Europe and Canada (Anna dai capelli rossi in Italian, Anne la maison aux pignons verts in French, Ana de las tejas verdes in Spanish, Ana dos Cabelos Ruivos in Portuguese and Anne mit den roten Haaren in German). As with the novels, the animated version of Anne is much beloved in Japan to this day.

Story

Anne Shirley who is the girl raised in an orphan home is received by Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert who were requesting the boy by the mistake of the orphanage. And she gradually becomes the member of an irreplaceable family for them.

Summary

This anime was directed by Isao Takahata. He almost made this work an animated cartoon according to the original though previous 2 works (Heidi, Girl of the Alps, 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother) were dramatized largely. Scene setting and Layout were Hayao Miyazaki continuously to the former work 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (though he left the production and Nippon Animation after the first 15 episodes). He began to feel the difference of the idea for making of the animation with Takahata who stuck to the controlled realistic acting at the time related to the former work. Therefore he had already thought work with Takahata was stopped, but it was unplanned for him to have become independent on the way in the season of this work. And, Yoshifumi Kondo (近藤喜文) was selected for Character design and Animation director instead of Yoichi Kotabe (小田部羊一) who had stopped work with Takahata a little early in former work 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother. Afterwards, Grave of the Fireflies and Only Yesterday etc. worked with Takahata as for him.

Episodes

1. Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised
2. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised
3. Morning of Green Gables
4. Anne's History
5. Marilla Makes up Her Mind
6. Anne of Green Gables
7. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Properly Horrified
8. Anne's Impressions of Sunday School
9. A Solemn Vow
10. Anne Plays with a Best Friend
11. Anne Loses the Amethyst Brooch
12. Anne's Confession
13. Anne Goes to School
14. A Tempest in Class
15. Fall is Coming
16. Diana is Invited to Tea
17. Anne Returns to School
18. Anne Rescues Minnie May
19. Diana's Birthday
20. Spring Once Again
21. The New Minister's Wife
22. Wrong Ingredient
23. Anne's Invited to Tea
24. An Affair of Honor
25. A Letter to Diana
26. Concert Plan
27. Matthew and the Clothes Shop
28. Christmas Concert
29. Anne Starts the Story-telling Club
30. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
31. An Unfortunate Lily Maid
32. An Epoch in Anne's Life
33. An Invitation to Queen's Class
34. Diana and the Students at Queens
35. Longing for the Summer Holidays
36. The Future of the Story Club
37. 15 Year old Spring
38. Number 13
39. The Results
40. Concert Hotel
41. Off to Queen's College
42. Life on a New Campus
43. Home for the Weekend
44. Winter at Queens
45. Glory and the Dream
46. Matthew's Love
47. The Reaper Whose Name is Death
48. Matthew's Farewell
49. Bend in the Road
50. God's in Heaven, All is Well on Earth

Music

• Opening Theme: "Kikoeru kashira" by Ritsuko Ohwada
• Ending Theme: "Samenai Yume" by Ritsuko Ohwada

External links

• Anne of Green Gables at IMDb
• Anne of Green Gables (421) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia