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Anne of Green Gables

  • 1979-1979
  • 1 season
  • Animation, Drama, Family
  • TV-G

Life isn't easy for Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan with a vast imagination and a short temper. In a twist of fate, she gets taken into the Cuthbert house in Avonlea. The elderly occupants Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were looking for a young boy to help in the fields, but they're in for quite a shock when they realize Anne is a girl. Adapted from the acclaimed classic by L. M. Montgomery, Akage no Anne portrays Anne's upbringing from 11 to 17 years of age and her encounters and separations with various people. Only time will tell what major decision Anne has to make that will change her life forever.

Season 1 Episode Guide

50 Episodes 1979

Episode 1

Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

24 mins

Matthew Cuthbert and his sister decided to take in an orphan boy to help on their farm, but he's surprised to find red haired Anne waiting for him at the train station. Though not expected, Anne doesn't take long until she has a place in his heart with her open mind and creative way to see the world around her.

Anne of Green Gables Season 1 Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

Episode 2

Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised

Anne is full of hope as she and Matthew make their way to Green Gables. Marilla tells her they had requested a boy to help out around their farm.

Episode 3

Morning at Green Gables

Matthew tries to change Marilla's mind, as she still insists on sending Anne back. Marilla's opinion changes when she sees Anne is a hard worker.

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Episode 4

Anne's History

24 mins

During the time in the carriage Marilla asks about Anne's past and she tells the story of how she ended up in the orphanage.

Episode 5

Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

24 mins

Anne and Marilla arrive at Mrs. Spencer's, but the woman is moved by the sad story and already finds herself wavering. Though the final decision is made when she sees where Anne is supposed to go if the Cuthberts don't take her,and Marilla doesn't like that. So she and Anne go back to Green Gables, though Marilla says it's not sure yet if Anne can stay or not.

Episode 6

Anne of Green Gables

84 mins

It is 1907 on Prince Edward Island. An orphan, Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. Anne must make learn to live with the Cuthberts, in school, and in the town of Avonlea to make sure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.

Episode 7

Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

24 mins

Anne meets Mrs. Rachel Linde, a good friend of Marilla, but the encounter doesn't go well. Mrs Linde comments on Anne's looks in a negative way, which hurts the girl. But instead of taking it, she fights back by saying Mrs Linde is "fat and ugly" and asks how that feels. Marilla wants Anne to apologize, and though Anne thinks she was right to tell her off, she gives in some time later.

Episode 8

Anne's Impressions of Sunday School

24 mins

Anne is disappointed that her new Sunday clothes (made by Marilla) are so plain, so along the way to church she dresses up her hat with wildflowers. Afterward she talks about what she thinks of Sunday School.

Episode 9

A Solemn Vow

24 mins

Anne gets to meet Diana for the first time and desperately hopes to find a best friend. Unknowing to her Diana wishes for the exact same thing, and the girls hit it off right away.

Anne of Green Gables Season 1 A Solemn Vow

Episode 10

Anne Plays with a Best Friend

Anne and Diana have their first play date and are very excited. They are evenly matched when it comes to fantasizing about a world of their own, and Anne gets to share her chocolate.

Episode 11

An brôchi o nakusu

Anne admires Marilla's amethyst brooch, but afterwards it disappears. Marilla is disappointed when Anne tells her she doesn't know where it is and thinks she's lying to her.

Episode 12

An kokuhaku o suru

Marilla still thinks Anne is not telling her the truth, so she won't let her attend the picnic. So the girl finally comes up with a confession.

Episode 13

An gakkou e iku

It's Anne's first day of school, and though she's not as educated as the others, she makes a lot of new friends.

Episode 14

Kyoushitsu soudou

Anne's teacher makes her sit next to Gilbert as a punishment, so she decides to never go back there. Marilla respects that choice and decides to teach Anne more about leading a household until she decides to go back to school on her own free will.

Episode 15

Aki no otozure

Anne is still angry at Gilbert. Deep in thought about him she forgets to do something Marilla told her to, which results in an embarrassing incident.

Episode 16

Daiana o ocha ni maneku

Anne is allowed to invite Diana over for tea when the Cuthberts are away. She offers her best friend cherry juice, unaware that it's actually wine, so Diana gets terribly drunk and goes home feeling sick. Mrs. Berry forbids Anne to see Diana again after this and accuses her of being a bad influence.

Anne of Green Gables Season 1 Daiana o ocha ni maneku

Episode 17

An Gakkou e modoru

After Diana is forbidden from playing with Anne, Anne decides to return to school.

Episode 18

An, Menî Mei o utau

Minnie May falls seriously ill while she and Diana are being babysat, and Anne is the only one who may know what to do.

Episode 19

Daiana no tanjoubi

Anne has been invited to go to concert and sleepover for Diana's birthday. But things go wrong for Diana when the girls get too boisterous during the sleepover.

Episode 20

Futatabi haru ga kite

Anne enjoys the spring atmosphere and takes over the chores when Marilla gets a headache.

Episode 21

Atarashii bokushi fusai

Mr. Phillips leaves the school, and Anne meets the new minister and his wife.

Episode 22

Kouryou chigai

Anne catches a cold, and because she loses her sense of taste, mistakenly uses the wrong ingredient in a cake for Mrs. Allen

Episode 23

An ocha ni yobareru

24 mins

Anne is invited to tea with the new minister and his wife.

Episode 24

Menboku o kaketa daijiken

The "dare game" has taken on popularity with the girls of Avonlea, but to protect her pride from Josie Pye, Anne takes on an extremely dangerous dare: Walk the ridgepole of the Barry's house.

Episode 25

A Letter to Diana

24 mins

When Diana takes ill in another town, Anne thinks back and realizes she hasn't been as good a friend as she should have.

Episode 26

The Concert Plan

24 mins

Anne returns to school. The new teacher is wonderful and fair, and the teacher plans to have a concert to raise money to have a school flag made.

Episode 27

Matthew and the Clothes Shop

Matthew, unlike Marilla, sees no problem with Anne having a nice dress with puffed sleeves like the other girls

Episode 28

The Christmas Concert

Anne receives her Christmas presents, and the eve of the concert arrives.

Episode 29

Anne Starts the Story-telling Club

Anne finds it hard to settle back into mundane life after the concert, so she starts a creative writing club.

Episode 30

Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

Anne buys black hair dye from a peddler, but she doesn't get the raven black hair she'd hoped for.

Episode 31

An Unfortunate Lily Maid

Anne and her friends act out the Lady of Shalott, but Anne soon finds herself in trouble. After her friends run to get Diana's parents, who will come to her rescue?

Episode 32

An Epoch in Anne's Life

24 mins

Anne and Diana are invited to Charlottetown by Aunt Josephine.

Episode 33

An Invitation to Queen's Class

Anne and Diana has a quarrel regarding the future which was primarily about marriage. Anne, looking for Matthew for comfort, eats a few apples on a barrel that Jerry claimed to be poisoned, a bad joke on his part.

Episode 34

Diana and Students at Queens

Anne learns about what Diana wants to do in the future.

Episode 35

Longing for the Summer Holidays

For the holidays, Anne decides to spend her entire break having fun as she is tired of studying.

Episode 36

The Future of the Story Club

24 mins

Aftering visiting Idlewild once again, Anna and Diana are filled with bittersweet memories after seeing the current condition. Throughout the episode, Anne can't help but to realize how things have started to change as she gets older, from the story club to Marilla wearing glasses, many things has changed already.

Episode 37

A 15-Year-Old's Spring

Marilla constantly thinks back of the old times when Anne would talk. With the arrival of the new train station at Carmody, Aunt Josephine visits Green Gables and offers to let Anne stay with her when Anne is at Charlottetown.

Episode 38

My Number Is 13

24 mins

Despite getting excellent results in the practice exam, Anne does not like that her exam number is the unlucky 13. Marilla and Matthew reassure her.

Episode 39

The Results

24 mins

Anne, Jane, Gilbert and everyone else waits restlessly for the results. Seeing how tensed Anne is, Marilla lets Anne help Matthew out which puts her at ease. The results come as Diana runs up the hill to Green Gables.

Episode 40

The Concert Hotel

24 mins

Anne is invited to recite at a concert to help and earn funds to give to a hospital in Charlottetown.

Episode 41

Off to Queen's College

Mrs.Spencer comes to Green Gables with a new adoption offer made by an American couple, but Anne listened to it as if she was hearing a story.

Episode 42

Life on a New Campus

A wave of sadness hits Marilla, Matthew and Anne as they face the first night of a new lifestyle.

Episode 43

Home for the Weekend

Anne is unable to tell Marilla and Matthew of her future plans for further studies. At Green Gables and Avonlea, Anne spends some quality time with the two throughout the area.

Episode 44

The Winter at Queen's

24 mins

Hearing Matthew's condition from Ms Barry, Anne immediately departs for Green Gables and walks through a snowstorm. After a warming visit at Green Gables, Anne returns to Queen's with an even stronger passion to succeed in her own way, by balancing her love of the countryside and her studies.

Episode 45

The Glory and the Dream

Anne is afraid of seeing the results, and was in a moment of despair when everyone was cheering for Gilbert, to only also hear cheering starting for her as she passes by crying where she was then overwhelmed by happiness as she won the scholarship, while Gil won the medal, both awarded at the graduation ceremony. Anne eagerly heads home with Marilla and Matthew where Diana awaits at Green Gables. Diana tells Anne how Gilbert would not be heading into university right after Queen's but to have to work to be able to afford the tuition.

Episode 46

Matthew's Love

23 mins

Anne is stuck between a rock and a hard place while thinking of her future: to stay at Green Gables and help out seeing how old Matthew and Marilla has gotten, or to continue her education.

Episode 47

The Reaper Whose Name Is Death

The sudden news of Abbey's Bank going bankrupt was a huge shock to Matthew's already fragile heart, and killed him instantly. Marilla is seen performing present-day CPR on Matthew to no avail.

Episode 48

Matthew's Farewell

23 mins

The funeral ends with Matthew's burial. Anne plants Matthew's favourite flowers right beside his tombstone.

Episode 49

The Bend in the Road

Marilla learns the fate of her eyes from the eye specialist and now has to change her lifestyle entirely to help ease the strains on her eyes. Anne seeing Marilla's situation changes her dream and turns the current predicament into something pleasant. When Marilla mentions her intentions to sell Green Gables as she is no longer able to maintain it and cannot handle living alone, Anne takes this chance to tell Marilla how she is no longer going to university, but to teach and be close to Marilla as much as possible, as nothing else matters to Anne as much as to be able to stay by Marilla's side in times of need.

Episode 50

God's in Heaven, All Is Well on Earth

News of Anne no longer going to university spreads while Anne gets used to a new life where she helps out Marilla a lot. Ms. Lynde tells Anne about Gilbert and his withdrawal on teaching in Avonlea, but at a different school instead, where he also recommended Anne to be the teacher. Anne meets Gilbert on the road and after talking with one another and understanding each other a little more they become friends. In writing to Stella and Ms. Stacy, Anne goes to write "no matter how narrow my road is, I can still find flowers blooming."

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