Anne Shirley is about to make her third anime outing in the spring season. Today, a new trailer showcases more of the classic heroine’s adventures.
Check out the new Anne Shirley trailer, showing memorable moments from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s original series. Keep an ear out for the opening theme, “Yokan” (“Premonition”) by tota:
Anne Shirley Trailer
Anne of Green Gables was previously adapted into a TV anime series twice in Japan; The first one directed by Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) in 1979 and the second one directed by Katsuyoshi Watabe (Brave Exkaiser) in 2009. Both were animated by Nippon Animation as part of its World Masterpiece Theater series.
The Answer Studio, which was involved in such films as Your Name. and Suzume, works on animation production of the third TV anime adaptation.
Main voice cast members include:
Anne Shirley voiced by Honoka Inoue (Xiaomei in EDENS ZERO)
Marilla Cuthbert voiced by Aya Nakamura
Matthew Cuthbert voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto (Kojiro Nanjo in SK8 the Infinity )
Gilbert Blythe voiced by Naoya Miyase (Wataru Sajo in The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist)
Diana Barry voiced by Yume Miyamaoto (Rikka Takarada in SSSS.GRIDMAN)
Main staff members include:
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
