"Anne Shirley" Overall Main Staff: Original Work: Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" Series, translated by Hanako Muraoka (Shincho Bunko) Director: Hiroshi Kawamata Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi Character Design: Kenichi Tsuchiya Chief Animation Directors: Yuji Watanabe, Naoko Saito Music: Michiru Oshima Animation Production: The Answer Studio Production: Anne Shirley Production Committee (FCC, Fuji Television, The Answer Studio, Fuji Pacific Music) === Episode 1 "It's Such an Interesting World" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Hiroshi Kawamata Episode Director: Hiroshi Kawamata Animation Directors: Yuji Watanabe, Naoko Saito Episode 2 "I Love Pretty Things" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Hiroshi Kawamata Episode Director: Tomio Yamauchi Animation Directors: Naoko Saito, Sanae Sato, Takeshi Kusaka, Ken Konno, Chinami Shibata, Takeshi Miyamoto Episode 3 "Looking Forward to Things Is Half the Pleasure of Them" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Junichi Togawa Episode Director: Masaki Sugiyama Animation Directors: Yuji Watanabe, Sanae Sato, Takeshi Kusaka, Ken Konno, Takeshi Miyamoto Episode 4 "One Can't Stay Sad Very Long in Such an Interesting World" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Yoshiaki Okumura Episode Director: Hiromichi Matano Animation Directors: Noriyoshi Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Chizaki, Katsuji Matsumoto Episode 5 "Let Us Look on the Bright Side of Things" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Hideaki Uehara Episode Director: Shigeki Awai Animation Directors: Konomi Sakurai, Yun Zhen Li, Mayumi Yamamoto, Gimon, Nanamura Masumo Episode 6 "I Thought Nothing Could Be as Bad as Red Hair" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Yo Miura Episode Director: Shinji Sano Animation Directors: Naoko Saito Episode 7 "I've Been Making Mistakes, but Each Mistake Has Helped to Cure Me of My Shortcomings" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Hiroshi Kawamata Episode Director: Masaki Sugiyama Animation Directors: Yuji Watanabe, Naoko Saito, Motoaki Sato, Masaki Hinata, Ken Konno Episode 8 "I Don't Want to Be Anyone but Myself" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Director: Masahiro Hosoda Animation Directors: Noriyoshi Yamazaki, Eri Osada, Yuji Tarusawa, Tsuyoshi Chizaki Episode 9 "Next to Trying and Winning, the Best Thing Is Trying and Failing" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Hiroshi Kawamata Episode Director: Shinji Sano Animation Directors: Konomi Sakurai, Yun Zhen Li, Masahiro Takahashi, Nanamura Masumo, Kazuyuki Ikai, Xue Yu Liao, Liang Chen, Liang Peng Li, Ying Qian, Hoang Tran Episode 10 "I Don't Know What Lies Around the Bend, but I'm Going to Believe That the Best Does" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Junichi Togawa Episode Director: Shinji Sano Animation Director: Naoko Saito Episode 11 "I'd Like to Add Some Beauty to Life" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Director: Shigeki Awai Animation Directors: Konomi Sakurai, Yun Zhen Li, Mayumi Yamamoto, Masahiro Kudo, Shinichiro Minami, Miyuki Hanawa, Kazuyuki Ikai, Hoang Tran, Vivan, Wuxi Star Moon Animation, Kikishin Animation Episode 12 "Perhaps We Always Love Best the People Who Need Us" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Shinichi Watanabe Episode Director: Masaki Sugiyama Animation Director: Yuji Watanabe Episode 13 "When I Think Something Nice Is Going to Happen, I Seem to Fly Right Up On the Wings of Anticipation" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Shinichi Watanabe Episode Director: Ken Kato Animation Directors: Huan Ge, Ling Zhao, Wen Jing Li, Yuan Yao, Jin Qiu Gu, Guo Fu Yang, STUDIO MASSKET Episode 14 "It Is Never Too Late for the Real Prince to Come for the True Princess" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Shin Nakajima Episode Director: Masaki Sugiyama Animation Directors: Naoko Saito, Sanae Sato, Chie Maruyama Episode 15 "I'll Come from the Ends of the Earth If Necessary" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Directors: Takaaki Agatsuma, Taichi Atarashi Animation Directors: Suo Suo, Xuan Zhou, Hangcen Jiang, Xin Ran Li, Wen Jing Li, Zhi Lan Cui, Zhen Jia Ning, Yu Kai Wang, Zhao Wu, Zhou Xiao Wei, Yu Le Guo Episode 16 "It's Nicer Not to Know" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Yo Miura Episode Director: Shinji Sano Animation Director: Yuji Watanabe Episode 17 "The Thing That Transforms Everything Else—That's Love" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Directors: Takaaki Agatsuma, Taichi Atarashi Animation Directors: Zhen Yu Yang, Yu Chen, Ru Xue Li, Jie Li, Wei Sun, Wei Sun, Jie Li, Jian Qiang Chen, Xin Mou, Zhao Wu, Yu Le Guo, Jia Gu, Run Tian Meng, Hao Lang Episode 18 "I Feel as if I Had Opened a Book and Found Roses of Yesterday, Sweet and Beloved, Between Its Leaves" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Junichi Togawa Episode Director: Yuki Nishiyama Animation Directors: Huan Ge, Ling Zhao, Wen Jing Li, Yuan Yao, Jin Qiu Gu, Guo Fu Yang, STUDIO MASSKET Episode 19 "I'll Walk the Road to Heaven From Here" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Director: Masaki Sugiyama Animation Director: Naoko Saito Episode 20 "My World Has Tumbled Into Pieces" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Kaori Episode Director: Ken Kato Animation Directors: Yong Yang, Mei Ling Li, Yu Ting Zhang, Zhi Qiang Chen, Ink Shadow Workshop, Fantasy Fox Film, Jian Wang Episode 21 "Has the Real Prince Come at Last...?" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Akari Minagawa Episode Director: Akari Minagawa Animation Directors: Akari Minagawa, Sanae Sato Episode 22 "How Horrible It Is That People Have to Grow Up, and Marry, and Change!" Main Staff: Screenplay: Miharu Hirami Storyboards: Yo Miura Episode Director: Yasuo Ejima Animation Director: Isamatsu Kashima Episode 23 "I Have Learned to Look upon Each Little Hindrance as a Jest and Each Great One as the Foreshadowing of Victory" Main Staff: Screenplay: Rinrin Storyboards: Minoru Ohara Episode Director: Shinji Sano Animation Directors: Naoko Saito, Isamatsu Kashima, Sanae Sato, Masaki Hinata, Takeshi Kusaka Episode 24 "It's the Birthday of Our Happiness" Main Staff: Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi Storyboards: Kaori Episode Directors: Masaki Sugiyama, Shinji Sano Animation Director: Kenichi Tsuchiya