Anne of Green Gables (1979)

01/07/1979 (JP) • 24m

Animation, Drama, Kids

All sorts of mornings are interesting, don't you think?

Overview

Anne Shirley is a freckle-faced, red-haired girl, who grows up in an orphanage having lost her parents at a very early age. Anne is always cheerful and fun-loving despite being brought up without love or affection. When she turns 11, she is adopted by the old farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla. Anne starts her new life with Matthew and Marilla at a farm called "Green Gables", but actually the Cuthberts wanted a boy who could help with their work on the farm... Overcoming many hardships and meeting many friends and people, Anne grows up to be a strong-minded woman.

Top Billed Cast

Eiko Yamada

Anne Shirley (voice)

50 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1979 | 50 Episodes

It is 1907 on Prince Edward Island. An orphan, Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. Anne must make learn to live with the Cuthberts, in school, and in the town of Avonlea to make sure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

based on novel or book

canada

adoption

slice of life

school

orphan

anime

optimist

rural

adopted girl

prince edward island

simple life

orphan girl

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