Anne of Green Gables to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, siblings in their fifties and sixties, after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew had originally decided to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matthew run their farm at Green Gables, which is set in the fictional town of Avonlea. Through a misunderstanding, the orphanage sends Anne instead. Anne is highly imaginative, eager to please and, at times, quite a dramatic individual. However, she is defensive about her appearance, despising her red hair and pale, thin frame. She is often quite talkative, especially when it comes to
Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables , is the 26th series in Nippon Animation's "World Masterpiece Theater" anime. The series is an adaptation of Canadian children's literature author Budge Wilson's 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. Introduced in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables", the series marks the 100th anniversary of the original novel's release and the 30th anniversary of its highly popular anime