Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables

Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables
こんにちは アン 〜Before Green Gables
GenreAdventure, slice of life, drama
Based onBefore Green Gables
by Budge Wilson
Written byMichiru Shimada
Directed byKatsuyoshi Yatabe
Music by
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producerKōichi Motohashi
Producers
  • Masashi Yamamoto
  • Nobuaki Tanaka
Production companyNippon Animation
Original release
NetworkBS Fuji, Animax
ReleaseApril 5 (2009-04-05) 
December 27, 2009 (2009-12-27)

Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (Japanese: こんにちは アン 〜Before Green Gables, Hepburn: Konnichiwa An 〜Bifō Guriin Gēburusu; lit.'Hello Anne: Before Green Gables') is a Japanese anime television series; it is the 26th entry in Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise. The series is an adaptation of Canadian children's literature author Budge Wilson's 2008 prequel novel Before Green Gables, which was translated into Japanese as Konnichiwa Anne (こんにちは アン) by Akiko Usagawa. It chronicles the early years of main character Anne Shirley as she loses both her parents and is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.