The official website for the Anne Shirley television anime series revealed additional staff, key visual, and a teaser promotional video on Wednesday. The anime is scheduled to broadcast for 24 episodes starting on April 5 at 6:25 p.m. on E-NHK.

Staff
Animation Director: Yuuji Watanabe (Lupin III: Part 5), Naoko Saitou (Suzume no Tojimari key animation)
Art Director: Tadashi Kudou (Katanagatari)
Color Design: Shiho Kuriki (City Hunter Movie: Tenshi no Namida)
Director of Photography: Shinji Saitou (Otona Joshi no Anime Time)
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon)
Music: Michiru Oshima (Little Witch Academia)

Hiroshi Kawamata (Otona Joshi no Anime Time) is directing the anime at The Answer Studio. Kenichi Tsuchiya (Kotonoha no Niwa) is designing the characters.

The anime adapts Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novel which was first published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1908. Over the years, it was released in 36 languages and sold more than 50 million copies.

A 50-episode television anime by Nippon Animation aired in 1979, followed by a 39-episode prequel in 2009. A recap movie compiling the first six episodes of the original anime premiered in July 2010 at the Ghibli Museum.

Teaser PV


Source: Comic Natalie