| I haven't seen the old anime, but I received the first Anne of Green Gables book for my 10th birthday from my mother (who read the series when she was a kid.) It was one of my favourite childhood books, so I've been super excited for this anime for a while now. So far it's looking like a faithful adaption (which is much more than can be said for a lot of modern AoGG adaptions), albeit a bit fast-paced. I especially love the Ghibli-esque style and how almost all of the subtitle translations are direct quotes from the book. Has anyone else here read any of the original books? What do you think of this adaption? If you haven't read them, would you want to? |
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| We had to read it back in primary school for English class. However, I never completed it. Watched the film, though. |
| It was part of my curriculum back in elementary school, so I kinda had no choice. My memory is kinda fragmented now, but I can tell that it aged very well. |
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| I read the whole series as a kiddo, it was one of my favorites back then. I'm watching this anime together with my best friend who also loved the books as a kid and it feels so crazy nostalgic to watch it now. The adaptation is great and faithful so far, and I love it sm, but I feel like imma cry hard when this one particular scene takes place omg |
karemi_Apr 12, 10:10 AM
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| The last year I bought the first three books. This adaptation is kinda modern oriented to attract more people which isnt bad at all but... it doesnt really feel like Anne is Anne. Its lacking the charm of the original Anne and skips some details that makes you get more into the story. Still is better than other reimagined Anne versions that insult the books. |
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| my sister read the book to me when I was small, anne is cool |
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| I read the whole series. I get the feeling that they want to make this series all "feel good". With these 2 episodes that I watched they removed 99% of the drama and depression from the original anime and the book, but I wonder if is mostly because of the faster pace or not. Seems like the inverse of the Netflix adaptation Anne with an E where they delved into that. If this is really what they want to do than I'll be a bit disappointed, even if they adapt beyond the first book. Second book in the series is pure garbage, third is also not that good. In the beginning of the series the books had where all bright and positive like that, but with time and the years author changed. The world changed. The last chronological book was written during World War 1 and I recommend picking and reading that book as an stand alone. It shows how it was for canadians during the war, is a fantastical historical record, and as you can imagine the tone changed. After that author wrote others books covering periods of Anne's life she had skipped and things got dark. How dark? There's cannibalism (but I would explain to you how), can you even imagine that in this series? For me it got supper interesting, I wish this anime or any adaptation would cover those books. Sadly that The Great War 100th anniversary already passed years ago and no one had the idea of money to adapt that book. |
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| I agree with what is being said about the fast-paced nature of the anime. The series indicates there will be 24 episodes and it is a 38-chapter book. I felt that the first episode was very rushed and covered six chapters of the book. It was disappointing in that the decision to keep Anne there is an important one and it was a missed opportunity for the anime to inject drama and emotion into the series. With the face-paced nature, I figured they would adapt more than one book. However, all the news I have read thus far says they are adapting "Anne of Green Gables." I agree that the rushed nature does take away from emotion and conflict that could have made the anime more deep. |
| I've watched the Netflix series and read the first volume (still has to read the others!) I really like the adaptation, my only complaint would be the pacing which is a bit fast but I don't mind it that much |
| I've read (and loved)Anne of Green Gables and the rest of the series. This new anime seems to be pretty faithful so far but tbh I'd still recommend the 79 anime over this one. The reason being that show has a dub, and listening to Canadians speaking Japanese just feels wrong. This is also only a 2 cour anime where the 79 version had 50 episodes. I really don't see how the entire book can be adapted in less than say 36 or 40 episodes without cutting or speeding over some parts. |
| Take this with a grain of salt as this is just a light impression. I read the first main/original book of the series in childhood along with so many other books in that period when I was in school which were targeted toward and deemed appropriate for kids/families/all ages. That read came as one of the many books read over different summer vacations as part of school summer reading programs. I've also seen the original 1979 anime series in full once in 2019, a few months after I joined MAL, rewatched various episodes and scenes from it in the years since, and it's one of my small minority of 9/10-rated tier of anime and in my overall Top 20. A lot of people who are more aware of him now from his films and association with Ghibli fame don't know or wouldn't expect Takahata to have directed an anime TV series, but it's really a masterwork from him I consider on the same level as and only comparable to Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, my favorite film from him and second favorite from the studio. I obviously didn't exist and live in either period and location to verify firsthand, but I get the impression that at least to the best of his ability and keeping with the novel and historical knowledge for accuracy's sake, he transmitted the feel and spirit of the rural Canadian Maritimes of the 1880s to life and the screen in Akage no Anne with the same love and care he did the mists of mythological Japan in Kaguya and that is so special and important. I've said several times and it remains the case that I don't intend to watch the remake just because I never watch remakes of series or films which I've already seen a prior and/or the first iteration of and am least reasonably satisfied with; nevermind when they're already excellent. But today I checked out a few scenes from the first episode just to quickly get a feel for it and have a frame of reference to see what people were referring to in some of these thread topics I've read through. My impression is that it has good production values, will likely be successful and popular enough (at least for the Japanese market/audience) just on the association and name recognition alone, and is probably also a good and sound option if you haven't already seen the original anime series, don't plan to see it in the foreseeable future, and don't care about it. As well as not caring about pacing (i.e. much inevitable rushing). And is probably destined to be better than a lot of other newly released anime. Like, better this than another JRPG power fantasy otaku NEET isekai harem. But it's probably also the case that it won't hold a candle to the original anime series and will in no way be a substitute or replacement for it to those who've seen and appreciate its beauty. |
WatchTillTandavaApr 19, 12:13 PM
| I've read an extremely-abridged picture book version when I was a kid. And it wasn't in English. Haven't read the full novel, unfortunately. Some of the events in the first 3 episodes do ring a bell, but only vaguely. I swear I've seen some live-action adaptation of this, but it's impossible to say, since there are so many of them, and they all blend together with other children's classics like The Little Princess, Little Women and The Secret Garden... |
| No? because this is literally thing, Japan. |
| Yeah I used to read it while I was in the shelter during WW1, and it kept me calm reading it while in the trenches during WW2 |
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| The books are still really popular in Poland. I read a whole series few times as a child and last years read it again with a new translation. |
| I thought reading Anne of Green Gables was the norm. At my school it was required reading and everyone more or less knows the story. Anyway, I like that the anime is true to the book but it hurts a bit how fast the pace is. The most iconic scenes last about 2, 3 minutes and then it's a quick transition to the next scene. They do it really fast. |
| I was introduced to Anne when my fourth grade class watched the 1985 Sullivan adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. I remember being gutted by the scene of Matthew's death. Not long after, my parents got me a big green book with a picture of Anne sitting at the train station on it. I read it and fell in love. I then read all the other novels. I love it up through Anne of Ingleside. I have little use for Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside because those novels focus more on Anne's kids, Miss Cornelia, and Susan Baker, while Anne herself becomes a bit player in her own series. As for this anime, I'm really enjoying it. I do wish they'd left in the part about Josephine Barry, because that's one of my favorites, but it's OK. I'm really, really hoping they'll adapt Anne's House of Dreams. That novel has so much good stuff in it: Anne/Gilbert's wedding, Leslie Moore, the birth of Anne's first baby... |
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