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Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (2009)

Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables poster
Original title
こんにちは アン ~Before Green Gables
Directed by
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Genre
adventure anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 39 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan girl named Anne Shirley loses her parents and endures a difficult early childhood moving between homes. The story follows her journey through hardship and friendship until she is adopted by a brother and sister on a farm.

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What happens

Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (Japanese: こんにちは アン 〜Before Green Gables, Hepburn: Konnichiwa An 〜Bifō Guriin Gēburusu; lit. 'Hello Anne: Before Green Gables') is a Japanese anime television series; it is the 26th entry in Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise. The series is an adaptation of Canadian children's literature author Budge Wilson's 2008 prequel novel Before Green Gables, which was translated into Japanese as Konnichiwa Anne (こんにちは アン) by Akiko Usagawa. It chronicles the early years of main character Anne Shirley as she loses both her parents and is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. It aired on BS Fuji from April to December 2009 as well as Animax starting a month later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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