Anne of Green Gables novels receive new anime adaptation in April 2025

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the official staff announced the production of Anne Shirley anime, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novel series. The series is set to premiere in April 2025, i.e., in Spring 2025. Along with this announcement, the staff has unveiled visuals from the anime.

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel series, Anne of Green Gables, first inspired a TV anime series in 1979. Isao Takahata, who went on to establish Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, directed the series. Miyazaki also contributed to the series' production with layouts and designs for the first 15 episodes. Moreover, a compilation film of the first series premiered in Japan in 2010.

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The new Anne of Green Gables anime is set to be released in April 2025

On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the official staff opened a new website and X (formerly Twitter) account to confirm that Anne Shirley anime will be released in April 2025 on NHK Educational TV in Japan. According to the announcement, the series is based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel series, Anne of Green Gables.

Alongside the production decision, the official staff has unveiled a few visuals depicting Anne, Diana, and Gilbert, the main characters from the original Anne of Green Gables novel series. The Answer Studio will produce the animation for the upcoming series.

The esteemed animation studio has previously worked on many unique and niche titles, like Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song, Golgo 13, Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files, Flag, and others. Moreover, The Answer Studio has recently produced the Tower of God season 2. More details regarding the anime's primary cast and staff will be revealed in the future.

Anne and Diana, as seen in a visual (Image via The Answer Studio)

Notably, the narrative of Lucy Maud Montgomery's first novel from the Anne of Green Gables series centers around an 11-year-old orphan girl named Anne Shirley, who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, two middle-aged siblings.

They originally wanted to adopt a boy to assist them on their farm. The first novel tells the tale of Anne's adventure in school and the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward, Canada.

The new Anne of Green Gables anime, titled Anne Shirley, will depict the titular heroine's growth from a girl to a woman and show her growing bond with her siblings, Matthew and Marilla. At the same time, the anime will explore her friendship with Diana and her budding romance with Gilbert. Notably, some of these narratives appear in the later sequel novels of Montgomery's work.

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