"Anne Shirley" News & Discussion Thread

[PinkieLopBun]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

""Anne Shirley" Coming to NHK in 2025"​

"A new Anne of Green Gables anime adaptation is coming from Answer Studio. Titled Anne Shirley, an account for the series has been opened on X (formerly known as Twitter), with one of the posts stating that the series will premiere on NHK E-Tele in April 2025.


Written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published in 1908, the original book centers on an 11 year-old orphan girl named Anne who is adopted by brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island. Wanting a boy, they intended to send her back, but instead decide to keep her."

Read the full article here.

 

[aegisrawks]

This HAS to have a Canadian dub. There is no bigger anime where Canada is SO FERVENTLY PORTRAYED.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

This HAS to have a Canadian dub. There is no bigger anime where Canada is SO FERVENTLY PORTRAYED.

I'll agree to that. Going with an all-Canadian voice cast for the English dub would be a great idea, not to mention that it's not very common to have major Canadian characters being played or voiced by American actors.

 

[Shiloh Otter]

I am honestly not too familiar with the source material - I've heard of it, obviously, but I never watched the original show or read the book before. But this looks interesting. Hopefully it ends up being good.

 

[LinusFan303]

That is interesting, I knew of the old anime but never really saw it. My main Anne animated experience was that show on PBS.

 

[Takao]

In a cooler world, one of the Canadian broadcasters would pick this up and give it a dub featuring actors from the various live-action adaptations.

In reality, there's a non-zero chance it doesn't get dubbed at all.

 

[Space Cadet]

I didn't realize how popular Anne of the Green Gables was in Japan until a couple years ago. So many adaptations.