The movie version of Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables, written and directed by Isao Takahata, will have a revival screening at 66 movie theaters across Japan for two weeks, starting May 30th.
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This event is part of a revival screening project sponsored by Filmarks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Japanese animation. Anne of Green Gables is a 1979 TV anime produced by Hayao Miyazaki, Yoshifumi Kondo, Masahiro Ioka, and others. Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables is a re-edited version of episodes 1 to 6 of the TV series, supervised by Isao Takahata. Although it was re-edited in 1989, it was never officially released. However, it was eventually screened theatrically in July 2010, 20 years later.
In the meantime, a new TV anime adaptation of Montgomery‘s Anne of Green Gables will premiere on April 5, 2025, on Crunchyroll.
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MAIN CAST:
Honoka Inoue as Anne Shirley
Aya Nakamura as Marilla Cuthbert
Yasunori Matsumoto as Matthew Cuthbert
Naoya Miyase as Gilbert Blythe
Yume Miyamoto as Diana Barry
STAFF:
Director: Hiroshi Kawamata
Character Design: Kenichi Tsuchiya
Animation Director: Yuji Watanabe / Naoko Saito
Art Director: Tadashi Kudo
Color Designer: Shiho Kuriki
Director of Photography: Shinji Saito
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Music: Michiru Oshima
Animation Production: The Answer Studio
The classic novel Anne of Green Gables, first published in 1908, follows the journey of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is taken in by Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island, a picturesque and serene corner of Canada. Anne’s vivid imagination and kindhearted nature, which have helped her navigate a challenging childhood until the age of 11, begin to transform the lives and hearts of those she encounters.
Source: Official X
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