The first six episodes were edited together by Takahata into a 100-minute theatrical movie in 1989. The voice of Anne was provided by Eiko Yamada, who would become a staple of World Masterpiece Theatre anime, going on to play Lavinia in Princess Sarah and Jo March in Little Women (the latter of which also featured character designs by Kondo). Kondo went on to work with Takahata on the films Grave of the Fireflies and Only Yesterday. Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤喜文) was selected for character design and animation director over Yoichi Kotabe (小田部羊一), who had stopped work with Takahata after 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother of the previous work. Miyazaki had not intended to do other work with Takahata, but he had also not planned on becoming independent at this stage of his career. Miyazaki noticed a difference in Takahata's philosophy of animation Takahata stuck to controlled, realistic acting at the time, similar to his former work. Previously, he had worked on 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, although he left the production and Nippon Animation after the first 15 episodes. Hayao Miyazaki did the scene setting and layout. He chose to hold this version very true to the original source material, although his two previous works ( Heidi, Girl of the Alps and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother) had been adapted and altered. After Marilla learns of Anne's sad past, Anne gradually becomes an irreplaceable member of the Cuthbert family. Matt Cuthbert, who had originally requested a boy. Anne is accidentally sent to Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr.
An anime series that serves as a prequel to the series, Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables, premiered on April 5, 2009, in Japan.Īnne Shirley is a girl raised in an orphanage. The "DVD Memorial BOX set" for Region 2 was released on August 22, 2008, and a Blu-Ray of the series was released in Japan on March 26, 2014. Īs with the novels, the animated version of Anne is beloved in Japan to this day. An English dub produced by Leephy Studios aired on SABC and Japan Entertainment Television, which has been legally available on YouTube since 2016. The series has been exported to neighbouring Asian countries and also to Europe and French 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).
The first six episodes were later edited into a compilation film released in 2010.
Produced by Nippon Animation in 1979, it was first broadcast on Fuji TV from January 7, 1979, to December 30, 1979. It was adapted from the 1908 novel, Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables ( 赤毛のアン, Akage no An, Red-haired Anne) is a Japanese animated television series, part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater.