Anne Shirley Episode 24 Discussion

I didn’t realise you addressed a few other topics and people when I replied, but I understand now. It’s a weird one for me when a manga isn’t the original source material, even more so a western classic novel! I would never consider reading a manga of a proper book, for example I love the Seishun Buta Yarou light novels but the manga seems pointless.
Anime of western books like The Borrowers work well tho, but anime of classic works tend to limit the vocabulary to more old fashioned and polite phrasing. It’s interesting how it’s done in Japanese (I study it casually) but English subs tend to lean on the original work rather than re-interpreting the Japanese.

@holdingnothing if you want a good action movie with a great reset plot, go for it! Really good. But it has NO feeling of Japanese culture or origin whatsoever, pure Hollywood. I enjoyed at the cinema on release but only found out much later what the source was!

A primeira metade foi simplesmente sublime. Anne como criança foi o ápice do entretenimento para mim, a escola, os passeios na floresta, tudo parecia tão nostálgico

Após eles entrarem na faculdade, tanto a qualidade da animação quanto o conteúdo caíram em um nível à baixo da média, isso quase me fez desistir da série

O final ficou um tanto em aberto, mas pelo menos acabou como a maioria queria....

7/10

@Baka_God
@arrozconmole

Madre de dios, en english, English. No es Babylon. No necesitamos una confusión de lenguas...

This anime is probably one of the most faithful adaptations of the original books, and I think that's, ironically, it's 2nds biggest weakness. Some events just don't translate too well to animation. (Or any medium outside of writing, for that matter).

Unlike many people here, I don't think it's unrealistic at all for everyone to be happy and fulfilled with their life. I also don't think it's always bad for a story to be unrealistic. When authors sit down to write, they aren't trying to tell you an anecdote, they ate using characters and events to entertain and explore certain themes.

I think @Wojtini21 idea of her having a baby with Royal is corny at best and gross at worst. Even if realism is what you want, bad things happening =/= "Realistic". And the other users being all like "Oh, poor Gilbert, he waited so long for Anne" are also being quite corny. God forbid a girl is scared to ruin the friendship by making it romantic.

However, I will say, this final episode would have been a lot better had it been split into two. This show had starnge pacing issues from the start, but I think It's most obvious on the second part of this episode, where everything seems to be resolved as quickly as possible, without many of the details from the books, just the big events. I think a lot less people would have such insane ideas on how to "improve" this ending if the show had been a bit slower with it's story-telling.

Now go watch the 1979 one.

@Softhenic03 There could be a movie that adapts the next novel, since it has enough to probably do a decent 2 hour feature, I'd hazard. And while it'd have some bad moments for Anne and Gilbert, it'd still end on a good note, with lots of hope

@holdingnothing
Are you talking about Windy Willows or House of Dreams?

@Lucifrost House of Dreams, where they're married

I think you meant Windy Poplars, but now I'm reminded that I should try to properly read Wind in the Willows, Disney's adaptation feels like they had to chop it down, since it could easily have been a film like they originally had planned. Legend of Sleepy Hollow, not sure how they'd expand it to feature length

@holdingnothing
You didn't answer my question.

Wikipedia says UK and Australia published the book under the name of "Windy Willows," the title Montgomery herself chose. Additionally, the Poplars version was censored.

@Lucifrost Published Windy Poplars as Windy Willows? That's still not the one, though it does get tricky if we're talking chronologically versus publication order, which Windy Willows is #7, but is basically right after where the anime leaves off. And as to whether it would fit in, House of Windy Willows + House of Dreams would probably need 2 movies, depending on max length for a feature film release. House of Dreams is the one I'm thinking of with the moments that could hit really hard. Windy Willows is where the cat Dusty shows up, apparently Rusty not made up for the latter part, Dusty a different cat when Anne was living in the titular Windy Willows

@holdingnothing
I'm sorry. It looks like you had already answered my question, but I somehow didn't notice.

All this talk of the Green Gables novels written by "Lucy," has me thinking of the Green Knowe series, also written by a Lucy. It would make a great anime too!

My biggest problem is that Gilbert has no more of a personality than Royal. Do either of them have personalities in the book?