In this movie that summarizes the first six episodes of Anne of Green Gables, we follow the story of Anne, an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home, she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person, while her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her.
Direction
Takahata's patient observation rivals his Grave of the Fireflies.
Writing
Anne's monologues are somehow insufferable and endearing.
Production
World Masterpiece Theater polish on a TV compilation budget.
Director
Isao Takahata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This compilation film edits Takahata's 50-episode 1979 TV series, originally aired as Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater entry.
Anne's massive popularity in Japan inspired decades of 'Carrot Hair' tourism to Prince Edward Island; this adaptation predates Ghibli but shaped its humanist storytelling.
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