Anne Shirley Episode 1 Discussion

I never watched the 1979 anime, which I know is considered a classic, or read the 1908 book. I started watching this cause it looked interesting, and I'm already loving it. Anime adaptations of non-Japanese media that are this old aren't that common these days.

Anne Shirley is definitely an interesting character. Didn't expect her to talk so much lol. But almost everything she says is interesting or is at least fun to hear. The VA is doing a good job. I thought Marilla would be the stereotypical evil stepmother from Disney movies, but she kinda does have a heart. That was refreshing to see. But why is she living alone with her brother tho? That's pretty sus. Tho I imagine both of them were married at some point and just lived together in a combined household which was very common when this was written. Maybe both of their spouses passed away before they could have children, and they never remarried.

I also love how this anime deals with parenting so far. Matthew is right. Anne shouldn’t be useful to them. They should be useful to Anne. Many parents think of their own children as investment or a tool instead of people and it’s depressing. It’s really interesting that a novel from over a century ago addresses this.

I love how beautiful this anime looks. I'm glad this will be a 2-cour anime. Tho since it has less than half the amount of episodes of the OG, I assume it either has faster pacing or some content from the original won't be here. Probably both. I assume the original version had a lot of anime original stories since it was very common at the time. Anyway, I'm looking forward to what happens next. If I like it enough, I'll give the OG and the prequel a shot.

Nice. 2-cour anime. I haven't seen the original, but this one definitely had a good premise.

Well it’s unfortunate that I gotta miss Witch Watch to catch this show (I only allow myself so many shows a season), but damn this first episode has sold me, The Answer Studio had me a bit cautious with their Tower of God sequel, and while that didn’t look terrible, this is completely different man, this is downright beautiful even, from the animation to the art style, and the backgrounds look amazing too, who is this studio and what did they do with The Answer lol. Of course that horse looked a bit off when put next to everything else, but I can forgive an ugly horse if the rest is this good.

So to start, I have not seen the original 1979 anime, I really wish I could say I was cultured enough to have seen it but alas I cannot lol, and that is such a long time ago too, it’s coming up on 50 years even, but I am no stranger to consuming stuff made from this time period, I am a deadhead after all lol, and I think they did a fantastic job capturing a classic style with this show, like it looks way different than anything else coming out right now, and I love that. And as for the episode itself, it wasn’t anything crazy but it really got me liking Anne and the old couple that took her in, I’m sure Anne might come off as annoying to some but personally I want a fraction of the energy she has for the world lol, but I do relate to her on that too, I love going on walks and enjoying nature, especially during this time of the year, I just may not have the same sense of wonder that she does lol.

And thank god Marilla came forward and decided to keep Anne around, I could tell the moment they walked in that room that Blewett would be a terrible person to send her to, so this little ray of red haired sunshine is going to stick around in Green Gables after all, you love to see it. Yeah I think this show was a good choice this season, I hope this adaptation can please fans of the original going forward, along with people like me who have never seen it, and if I like this enough I just might go back and watch it myself eventually.

I loved it and i loved how faithful it was. Only thing i didnt like i how rushed it was. The first episode covered 6/38 chapters of the book. I hope they will slowdown a bit

This was one of my favorite books as a kid. Really looking forward to revisiting the story and characters.

A really good period piece slice of life where we follow an orphan Annie (in the literal and metaphorical sense) as she has adventures with her new family and friends. Very cute, very endearing, and the artwork reminds of the stuff that comes out of Studio Ghibli. I am looking forward to future episodes.

Overall it's a good adaptation so far.

My only complaint is that they are going rather quick. In one episode they covered what the first one covered in 4 and a half episodes and it feels like a little bit was sacrificed for the pacing. But at least it'll give people a reason to also check out the Isao Takahata version

Insufferable main character. Probably the first time I see a character that repulsive while it is obvious she hadn't been intended that way. I haven't read manga but I assume she feels much better there.

A little rushed, so some scenes didn't get to sit and get absorbed. It felt a lot like how Anne talked, just jumping from one thing to another. But other than that, I liked it a lot. It was cute, the music and the art style are cozy, and they made PEI's non-coastal areas look good for once.

Here's hoping we get a new Emily of New Moon adaptation, too. I rewatched the live action adaptation and as much as I loved it, it'd be cool to see a version that doesn't give the main character a shapeshifting cousin or have the leads fight Satan.

@TheColonel76 I think the English dub and/or the Japanese version with subs are available for free on Youtube last I checked. Not sure about a legit source offhand. Also, I keep forgetting this is set in Canada in the early 20th century, so even if I was super familiar with U.s. history at the time, it probably wouldn't matter

@Gwenpool

Have you seen the anime adaptation from 2007? I think it still looks good, so I'm fine with no new version tbh.

Insufferable main character. Probably the first time I see a character that repulsive while it is obvious she hadn't been intended that way. I haven't read manga but I assume she feels much better there.

@Sinagro Hi! It's not a manga, it's a novel series from 1902 by a Canadian (it's set in Canada, eh?).
It's considered an all-time classic novel, with the following novels also beloved.
Beloved is a word associated with Anne's story. This anime skips over the hell she's been through in her 11 years, it hints at it though.
The Japanese are infatuated with Anne Of Green Gables (the novel) and I cannot blame them!

It's almost as if Ghibli make this, and since I mention Ghibli that means it's a highly compliment word. I'm not far of though since Isao Takahata adapt this novel 45 years ago as a part of World Masterpiece Theater (the famous one is Heidi, Girl of the Alps)

@apokaliz500 Yeah, I saw a bit of it. Tbh, I just really hated that art style. It was plain, but it also reminded me of the worst mid-2000's anime adaptations of Western material, if that makes sense? I just found it unpleasant to look at.

@Gwenpool
Fair. I personally liked the artstyle but I understand the big foreheads might be off-putting to some.
What were those "worst adaptations" btw?

Being a big fan of the novel I can say the fast pacing hurts it a little, the novel works in an episodic format but that would mean they would have to do 38 chapters in 38 eps.

I guess since they did so much so fast they can slowdown later but we will see. I don't like that we got rid of mathew's anxiety with other people but they can so that later as well.

The 2D animation here is very good looking and instead of trying to emulate the old one they try to do vibrant colors but that horse cgi wasn't good and a big part of the episode was on it.

Ayway 10/10 it has Anne in it so it's an instant 10

@phantomfandom The 1979 Anne is just as famous as Heidi (also done by Takahata), and it looks even prettier than this one, sinse it was actually made by (future) Studio Ghibli staff. I strongly recomend to anyone who likes Ghibli and slice of life with drama. Even if is old, it still holds up to this day and is really worth it.

@phantomfandom The 1979 Anne is just as famous as Heidi (also done by Takahata), and it looks even prettier than this one, sinse it was actually made by (future) Studio Ghibli staff. I strongly recomend to anyone who likes Ghibli and slice of life with drama. Even if is old, it still holds up to this day and is really worth it.

That was my first exposure too when I was like 5 or so and then I read the book several times over the next 7 years. Another one I loved like that was Sarah, Plain and Tall

@holdingnothing Thanks for the info, I’m not sure if I’ll get to it soon because I’m already in the middle of a longer series (Maison Ikkoku) but I’ll definitely keep this one in mind the next time I go for a classic anime.