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Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The story of what happened to Anne Shirley before she was adopted.

Tags: Classic Literature , Historical , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Family Life , Travel , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Bullying , Time Skip , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Twins

Anne Shirley

Also known as Anne Shirley.

Studio: The Answer Studio , Fuji Creative Corporation , Fuji TV , The Answer Studio , Fujipacific Music
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A new adaptation of Akage no Anne (Anne of Green Gables).

On the beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada, an orphan named Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They choose to adopt her anyway, as Anne finds friendship, love, and happiness in her new home. Come along for the story of a purehearted and imaginative girl growing up, leaving for college, and returning home a changed woman.



Tags: Orphan , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Classic Literature , Historical , Iyashikei , Shoujo , Rural , Family Life , Adoption , School , Teacher , Foreign , POV , Writing , Time Skip , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coastal , Body Image , Boarding School , Tragedy , Religion , Agriculture , Work

Akage no Anne

Also known as Anne of Green Gables.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Anne is an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person too; at the same time her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her. The story covers Anne's growth from about eleven to seventeen years old as she makes friends, goes to school and studies. At a difficult point in her life, Anne will have to make a hard choice and perhaps find a new dream.

Tags: Coming of Age , Found Family , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , Historical , Orphan , Family Life , Adoption , Rural , Iyashikei , Time Skip , School , Tragedy , Foreign , Religion , Agriculture , Body Image , Kids , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Primarily Child Cast , Trains , Tsundere , Musical Theater , Elderly Protagonist , College

Kaze no Shoujo Emily

Studio: TMS Entertainment , NHK , NHK Enterprises
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Based on the Emily of New Moon novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Emily is an orphan who gets sent to live with her relatives on Prince Edward Island, after her father dies. In New Moon she lives with her Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Laura, and Cousin Jimmy, and learns to adapt with the help of her imagination and new friends.




Tags: Rural , Female Protagonist , Historical , Classic Literature , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Family Life , Writing , Tomboy , Foreign , Bullying , School , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Orphan , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Animals