Anne of Green Gables (anime)

Akage no Anne
Screenshot of the opening title of Anne of Green Gables
赤毛のアン (Akage no An)
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
Original network	Fuji TV, Animax
Original run	January 7, 1979 – December 30, 1979
Episodes	50 (List of episodes)

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.

It 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). 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.

Anne Shirley is a girl raised in an orphanage. She is an imaginative and talkative girl. One day, Anne is accidentally sent to Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, who had originally requested a boy. Miss Marilla is surprised at first. After learning of Anne's sad past, she gradually becomes an irreplaceable member of the family of Cuthbert.