Anne of Green Gables (anime)
| Akage no Anne | |
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Screenshot of the opening title of Anne of Green Gables | |
| 赤毛のアン (Akage no An) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Historical, Slice of life |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Isao Takahata et al |
| Written by | Isao Takahata et al |
| Music by | Akira Miyoshi, Kurōdo Mōri |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV, Animax |
| Original run | January 7, 1979 – December 30, 1979 |
| Episodes | 50 |
Anne of Green Gables (赤毛のアン Akage no An, Red-haired Anne) is an animated television series, part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater. It was adapted from the novel, Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Produced by Nippon Animation in 1979, it was first broadcast on Fuji TV from January 7, 1979 to December 30, 1979. Fifty episodes were produced in total.[1]
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 and "DVD memorial BOX set" (Region 2) was released on August 22, 2008 and a new anime series that serves as a prequel to the series, Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables, which premiered on April 5, 2009 in Japan.[2]
Story
Anne Shirley is a girl raised in an orphanage. She is an imaginative and talkative girl. One day, Anne was accidentally sent to Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, who had originally requested a boy. Miss Marilla was surprised at first. After knowing Anne's sad past, she gradually becomes an irreplaceable member of the family of Cuthbert.
Summary
This anime was directed by Isao Takahata. He chose to make this animated 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.[1]
Hayao Miyazaki did the scene setting and layout. Previously, he had worked on 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, although he left the production and Nippon Animation after the first 15 episodes. Miyazaki noticed a difference in Takahata's philosophy of animation; Takahata stuck to controlled, realistic acting at the time, similar to his former work. Miyazaki had not intended to do other work with Takahata, but he had also not planned on becoming independent in this season of his work.[1]
Yoshifumi Kondo (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. Kondo went on to work with Takahata on the films Grave of the Fireflies and Only Yesterday. 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).
Episodes 1-6 were edited together by Takahata into a 100-minute theatrical release in 1989. Both the theatrical release and the entire original series are available on Blu-ray.
Episodes
| EP# | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | "Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised" "Mashuu Kasubaato odoroku" (マシュウ・カスバート驚く) | January 7, 1979 |
| Anne Shirley arrives at a rural train station in Prince Edward Island. She meets Matthew Cuthbert who has come to collect her. He is confused and unsure what to do. Reluctantly, he decides to take her to Green Gables, the farm he owns with his sister Marilla, in the village of Avonlea. | ||
| 002 | "Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised" "Marira Kasubaato odoroku" (マリラ・カスバート驚く) | January 14, 1979 |
| 003 | "Morning of Green Gables" "Guriin Geiburuzu no Asa" (グリーン・ゲイブルズの朝) | January 21, 1979 |
| 004 | "Anne's History" "An Oitachi wo kataru" (アン・生い立ちを語る) | January 28, 1979 |
| 005 | "Marilla Makes up Her Mind" "Marira Kesshinsuru" (マリラ・決心する) | February 4, 1979 |
| 006 | "Anne of Green Gables" "Guriin Geiburuzu no An" (グリーン・ゲイブルズのアン) | February 11, 1979 |
| 007 | "Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Properly Horrified" "Reicheru Fujin Osore wo nasu" (レイチェル夫人恐れをなす) | February 18, 1979 |
| When Mrs. Lynde rudely speaks her mind on Anne's appearance, Anne gets so offended that she tells her off. Anne must learn to apologize for what she did even though Mrs. Lynde wasn't right. | ||
| 008 | "Anne's Impressions of Sunday School" "An ・ Nichiyou Gakkou he Iku" (アン・日曜学校へ行く) | February 25, 1979 |
| Anne is disappointed that her new Sunday clothes (made by Marilla) are so plain, so along the way to church she dresses up her hat with wildflowers. Afterward she talks about what she thinks of Sunday School. | ||
| 009 | "A Solemn Vow" "Ogosokana Chikai" (おごそかな誓い) | March 4, 1979 |
| Anne and Diana meet and vow to be good best friends. | ||
| 010 | "Anne Plays with a Best Friend" "An ・ Kokoro no Tomoto Asobu" (アン・心の友と遊ぶ) | March 11, 1979 |
| Anne and Diana play together. | ||
| 011 | "Anne Loses the Amethyst Brooch" "Marira ・ Buroochi wo Nakusu" (マリラ・ブローチをなくす) | March 18, 1979 |
| Marilla's brooch that Anne was admiring goes missing, and Anne, who denies having anything to do with it, is grounded until she confesses. | ||
| 012 | "Anne's Confession" "An ・ Kokuhakusuru" (アン・告白する) | March 25, 1979 |
| Anne confesses to losing the brooch, but then Marilla finds that she herself had misplaced it and Anne wasn't at fault at all. | ||
| 013 | "Anne Goes to School" "An Gakkou e iku" (アン・学校へ行く) | April 1, 1979 |
| Anne has her first day of school, and while she dislikes the teacher, has fun. | ||
| 014 | "A Tempest in Class" "Kyoushitsu Soudou" (教室騒動) | April 8, 1979 |
| The flirtatious and bold prankster Gilbert Blythe returns to town. But he goes too far when he jokingly calls Anne "Carrots", and she responds by breaking her slate over his head. When Mr. Phillips makes the two sit together, Anne quits school. | ||
| 015 | "Fall is Coming" "Aki no Otozure" (秋の訪れ) | April 15, 1979 |
| Marilla teaches Anne how to make a cake, and Anne has a run-in with Gilbert Blythe. | ||
| 016 | "Diana is Invited to Tea" "Daiana wo ocha ni maneku" (ダイアナをお茶に招く) | April 22, 1979 |
| Anne and Diana have a tea party, but Diana starts acting strangely after drinking a few glasses of raspberry cordial. | ||
| 017 | "Anne Returns to School" "An Gakkou e modoru" (アン・学校へもどる) | May 6, 1979 |
| After Diana is forbidden from playing with Anne, Anne decides to return to school. | ||
| 018 | "Anne Rescues Minnie May" "An Minii Mei wo sukuu" (アン、ミニイ・メイを救う) | May 13, 1979 |
| Minnie May falls seriously ill while she and Diana are being babysat, and Anne is the only one who may know what to do. | ||
| 019 | "Diana's Birthday" "Daiana no Tanjoubi" (ダイアナの誕生日) | May 20, 1979 |
| Anne has been invited to go to concert and sleepover for Diana's birthday. But things go wrong for Diana when the girls get too boisterous during the sleepover. | ||
| 020 | "Spring Once Again" "Futatabi Haru ga kite" (再び春が来て) | May 27, 1979 |
| Anne enjoys the spring atmosphere and takes over the chores when Marilla gets a headache. | ||
| 021 | "The New Minister's Wife" "Atarashii Bokushi Fusai" (新しい牧師夫妻) | June 3, 1979 |
| Mr. Phillips leaves the school, and Anne meets the new minister and his wife. | ||
| 022 | "The Wrong Ingredient" "Kouryou chigai" (香料ちがい) | June 10, 1979 |
| Anne catches a cold, and because she loses her sense of taste, mistakenly uses the wrong ingredient in a cake for Mrs. Allen | ||
| 023 | "Anne is Invited to Tea" "An Ocha ni Yobareru" (アン・お茶によばれる) | June 17, 1979 |
| Anne is invited to tea with the new minister and his wife. | ||
| 024 | "An Affair of Honour" "Menboku wo kaketa Daijiken" (面目をかけた大事件) | June 24, 1979 |
| The "dare game" has taken on popularity with the girls of Avonlea, but to protect her pride from Josie Pie, Anne takes on an extremely dangerous dare: Walk the ridgepole of the Barry's house. | ||
| 025 | "A Letter to Diana" "Daiana e no Tegami" (ダイアナへの手紙) | July 1, 1979 |
| When Diana takes ill in another town, Anne thinks back and realizes she hasn't been as good a friend as she should have. | ||
| 026 | "The Concert Plan" "Konsaato no Keikaku" (コンサートの計画) | July 8, 1979 |
| Anne returns to school. The new teacher is wonderful and fair, and the teacher plans to have a concert to raise money to have a school flag made. | ||
| 027 | "Matthew and the Clothes Shop" "Mashuu to fukuranda Neko" (マシュウとふくらんだ袖) | July 15, 1979 |
| Matthew, unlike Marilla, sees no problem with Anne having a nice dress with puffed sleeves like the other girls. He sets out to get one for her for Christmas, but his well-intentioned plan goes awry when the clerk at the store is female. | ||
| 028 | "The Christmas Concert" "Kurisumasu no Konsaato" (クリスマスのコンサート) | July 22, 1979 |
| Anne receives her Christmas presents, and the eve of the concert arrives. | ||
| 029 | "Anne Starts the Story-telling Club" "An Monogatari-Kurabu wo tsukuru" (アン・物語クラブを作る) | July 29, 1979 |
| Anne finds it hard to settle back into mundane life after the concert, so she starts a creative writing club. | ||
| 030 | "Vanity and Vexation of Spirit" "Kyoei to Shintsuu" (虚栄と心痛) | August 5, 1979 |
| Anne buys black hair dye from a peddler, but she doesn't get the raven black hair she'd hoped for. | ||
| 031 | "An Unfortunate Lily Maid" "Fuun na Shirayurihime" (不運な白百合姫) | August 12, 1979 |
| Anne and her friends act out the Lady of Shalott, but Anne soon finds herself in trouble. After her friends run to get Diana's parents, who will come to her rescue? | ||
| 032 | "An Epoch in Anne's Life" "Shoogai no Ichidaiji" (生涯の一大事) | August 19, 1979 |
| Anne and Diana are invited to Charlottetown by Aunt Josephine. She realizes that while city life and fancy things are a lot of fun once in a while, she prefers her country life and leaving things to the imagination. | ||
| 033 | "An Invitation to Queen's Class" "Kuiin-Gumi no Yobikake" (クィーン組の呼びかけ) | August 26, 1979 |
| 034 | "Diana and the Students at Queens" "Daiana to Kuiin-Gumi no Nakama" (ダイアナとクィーン組の仲間) | September 9, 1979 |
| 035 | "Longing for the Summer Holidays" "Natsuyasumi mae no Omowaku" (夏休み前の思わく) | September 16, 1979 |
| 036 | "The Future of the Story Club" "Monogatari-Kurabu no Yukue" (物語クラブのゆくえ) | September 23, 1979 |
| 037 | "A 15-Year-Old's Spring" "15sai no Haru" (十五歳の春) | September 30, 1979 |
| 038 | "My Number is 13" "Jukenbangou wa 13ban" (受験番号は13番) | October 7, 1979 |
| 039 | "The Results" "Goukakuhappyou" (合格発表) | October 14, 1979 |
| 040 | "The Concert Hotel" "Hoteru no Konsaato" (ホテルのコンサート) | October 21, 1979 |
| 041 | "Off to Queen's College" "KuiinGakuin eno Tabidachi" (クィーン学院への旅立ち) | October 28, 1979 |
| 042 | "Life on a New Campus" "Atarashii Gakuenseikatsu" (新しい学園生活) | November 4, 1979 |
| 043 | "Home for the Weekends" "Shuumatsu no Kyuuka" (週末の休暇) | November 11, 1979 |
| 044 | "The Winter at Queen's" "KuiinGakuin no Fuyu" (クィーン学院の冬) | November 18, 1979 |
| 045 | "The Glory and the Dream" "Eikou to Yume" (栄光と夢) | November 25, 1979 |
| 046 | "Matthew's Love" "Mashuu no Ai" (マシュウの愛) | December 2, 1979 |
| 047 | "The Reaper Whose Name is Death" "Shi to yobareru Kariirebito" (死と呼ばれる刈入れ人) | December 9, 1979 |
| 048 | "Matthew's Farewell" "Mashuu Wagaya wo saru" (マシュウ我が家を去る) | December 16, 1979 |
| 049 | "The Bend in the Road" "Magarikado" (曲り角) | December 23, 1979 |
| 050 | "God's in Heaven, All is Well on Earth" "Kami wa Ten ni imashi, Subete Yo wa Koto mo nashi" (神は天にいまし すべて世は事もなし) | December 30, 1979 |
Music
- Opening Theme: "Kikoeru Kashira (I wonder if you can hear it)", composed by Akira Miyoshi, sung by Ritsuko Ohwada
- Ending Theme: "Samenai Yume", composed by Akira Miyoshi, sung by Ritsuko Ohwada
References
- 1 2 3 河出書房新社編集部 (2005). 世界名作劇場「赤毛のアン」メモリアル・アルバム. 河出書房新社. ISBN 978-4-309-20451-2
- ↑ Press Release of Bandai Visual (PDF, Japanese Language)
External links
- Anne of Green Gables at the Internet Movie Database
- Anne of Green Gables (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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