Super cute adaptation of the classic that is Anne of Green Gables! The illustrations were adorable and it brought the story to life in a new way!

Anne of Green Gables has been adapted into a manga! This was the perfect occasion for me to revisit a childhood classic I really enjoyed as a teen. It is the type of girly read I still like to indulge in, sweet and uplifting. By principle I don’t reread books, there is too many works out there to discover, I know I have to make a selection and go wide if I want to explore the most stories possible in my lifetime, so an adaptation gives me an excuse to delve back into the past. I was really glad for the opportunity offered me by NetGalley for this ARC.

For those who don’t know, Anne of Green Gable is about a romantic 11 years old orphan girl (in the sense her imagination is overflowing with love for nature and starving for friendship) who is accidentally adopted by an elderly brother and sister who needed a boy to help them on their farm. It is one of those countryside novels where not much happens, set in the turn of last century, but that awakens some soothing countryside living melancholia in those prone to that type of feeling. Almost all characters are good natured and the drama rises from the misunderstandings and natural life events that occurred at the time.

The pictures are lovely, full of bubbly manga happiness and the usual attention to details we find in them. I loved getting the full map of the house at the end of the book, and the insight into the adaptor’s thinking and feelings on the novel. The artists were very respectful of the original book and there was a lot of love in their work. I think the book will particularly talk to the people who love the new TV series on Anne, or people who want a new Downton abbey. I can imagine teens also will enjoy this quick read, and I think it can replace the novel.

It is a good adaptation, but personally I was shocked to realise I didn’t actually care about the original story any more. I don’t know if it’s because I grew up, if I was not in the right frame of mind for that type of peaceful work, but the charm didn’t operate again and I ended up wondering why Anne of Green Gable was such a classic. As I read I remembered all the passages of the book, but I couldn’t see the point anymore. Some events felt rushed or glossed over and I remembered they also were in the novel, and this time around it bothered me. I admit it made me a little sad that it didn’t touch me anymore. Maybe I’m in too much of a hurry these days and couldn’t appreciate its slow pace and call to see everyday beauty. Anne was also less adorable to me in this adaptation, due in part to some mannerism convention of the manga that I had not pictured in my mind.

Even if I was not completely taken, I think this manga will make teens and new adults who are discovering Jane Austen, Little Women and other similar works, very happy. It is pretty and made with lots of insight and care. I think it is in fact the perfect way to introduce reluctant classic readers to what they are missing and might make them want to dig deeper.

Combining these wonderful classics with manga is brilliant. The format is sure to draw interest in the younger generations, exposing them to classical literature and making it enjoyable in a medium they are more comfortable with. The story lost none of the original adventures that drew so many to not only read the book, they watched the PBS series. I've already shared with aa few middle school age children whose verdict was "cool" and "awesome". I think that translates to 5 stars!

Anne of Green Gables

Die Geschichte von Anne begleitet mich seit meiner Jugend in all ihren Varianten: vom Originalbuch über die Serie aus den 80er Jahren bis hin zur neuesten Netflix-Verfilmung.
Als ich bei @netgalley diesen Manga von @Mangaclassics sah, konnte ich einfach nicht widerstehen und bin nicht enttäuscht worden. Die Umsetzung ist so liebevoll und die Figuren so treffend dargestellt, dass das Lesen einfach nur eine große Freude war.

I love Anne of Green Gables. Being able to read it in a manga was amazing and being able to see it outside of my head. It was so good.

Anne of Green Gables has been one of my favourite classic children's book for a while now. I own many different copies, some of them illustrated. For me, the illusrations never relly added anything to the storyline or made a difference in how much pleasure it gave me to read about Anne's adventures..
Mangas and mahwas were my obsession growing up. They were a way to learn english and were accessible online.
I love both genres separately. Did I ever imagine that this two genres intertwined would result in something enjoyable? Not for one minute, especially when it comes to depicting an iconic character such as Anne with an "e".
However I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I was wrong.
This manga works on so many levels I can not believe. that until this edition I've never realized how similar the original "Anne of Green Gables" - with it's emotional ups and downs plus the mixture of drama and hilarious events - is to mangas and animes.
Since I can't really review the content and dialogues themselves, I can only say that this was a pleasent read and I would recommend it to anyone who loves cute mangas and/or the original story of Anne.

Since watching Anne with an E and reading the Anne of Green gables books I have fallen in love with the great characters! It’s a very cute story with a great setting. Seeing it as a graphic novel was very nice.
I do think I would’ve liked it more with colours though.

Lovely story. I've yet to read Anne of Green Gables, but this was a lovely adaptation that makes me want to pick up the series. Anne and her peers are so loveable and fun to read about and I feel like Crystal Chan and Kuma Chan did a great job at picking the important events in the original to make the story concise but also comprehensive. And the art work was wonderful!

I would never have thought of it, but Anne’s character was sort of meant for Manga. The medium suits the story greatly. I loved how the art realized Anne’s vivid imagination, and I appreciated the moments of word-for-word dialogue taken from the book.

There were a few scenes I wished were longer—even some that were so short it was hardly worth including them—and some scenes didn’t need to be as long as they were (in comparison). Additionally, Aunt Josephine was not nearly present enough in the story, and we can always do with a bit more Gilbert Blythe. But overall this is a lovely adaption of "Anne."

Thank you for Netgalley for providing me with this read!

I didn't even know a manga classic series was a thing! I'm so happy I stumbled upon this lovely manga of a favorite classic.

I reread this book earlier this year and found this adaptation of it to be pretty spot on. The art style is very nice. I loved seeing Anne in this format and how the story played out. Anne is a character I'll always adore because of her wonderful way of looking at things. I'm glad I got a chance to read it in this form!

"Anne with an E" is one of my favorite series, I loved the story of young Anne Shirley and her new family at Green Gables and Avonlea. In love and at the same time devastated by the cancellation of the series, I decided to take refuge in other formats of this story.

In this unique volume, we will meet the Cuthbert family, Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert, siblings who adopt a boy to help with the farm work. What is their surprise when the orphanage sends Anne Shirley, a 13-year-old girl. The siblings were expecting a boy, but they would soon realize that what they needed in their lives was an imaginative and talkative young woman like Anne.

Saying something negative about this story would be lying to you. I loved it. I was in love with Anne from the first moment and with her beautiful friendship with Diana Barry. I love the family relationship that the Cuthberts have with young Shirley and how this beautiful family is growing.
If I had to say something negative, it would be time jumps. It was a very extensive work and therefore it is normal that certain scenes or plots were eliminated, but even so, I have enjoyed it very much and it is a novel that I recommend.

I haven't read the original book and so I don't know whether there ate changes in the story in this manga version. But I really enjoyed it. The story was fun and the illustrations were beautiful. It was quite easy to read.

This is my first Manga. So I am not an expert.
I loved the art work. The story was faithful to the Anne of Green Gables story. The description of characters came through in the art. Interesting background and facts at the end of the book were interesting and helpful for me to understand the world of Manga.
I have pre-ordered myself a physical copy. Anne of Green Gables is a favourite book of mine and I this will be a great addition to my collection.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #MangaClassics for a digitally copy for an honest review.

Another beautiful adaptation of a classic that has conquered generations. Anne with her chatty and defiant way needs to learn to live in the new community where she is living now. Gradually, she creates bonds with the siblings who adopt her and also makes friends like Diana.

I found the characterizations very well done and the sweet and light atmosphere of the original book goes well with the graphics, the original text also remained very faithful.

Hoping to publish in manga the other volumes of Anne's series.

5/5 stars

I was given a copy of this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I've read several of these manga classics now. Some of the stories I was more familar with than others. I have to say I was a little disappointed in some of the creative liberties they took with this particular book. It still has the same feeling of the original but it loses much of its charm. These adaptations can't be easy to create and not everyone is going to be happy 100% of the time. I suppose my heart just wanted a closer rendition.

I loved that the forward to this was written by L.M. Montgomery's granddaughter, it was a lovely touch. The adaptation itself I had mixed feelings about. Whilst it was a very different way of visualising Anne's world I did grow to enjoy the mega style, my disappointment chiefly lay in the cuts to the story. Whilst I can appreciate the necessity of this in any adaptation the fact that all chapters were included, even if only for one page, made it feel a bit jarring at times when we jumped from one to the next. Characters or plot points became assumed knowledge when they really hadn't been mentioned prior to that at all. It would have been preferable either to cut down the earlier content to allow for more focus on all chapters, or to cut some chapters/characters/plots entirely; rather than the more disjointed approach chosen.

I really enjoyed this. I have never read the original Anne of Green Gables because it was so hard to get into. This book definitely solved that problem. The pictures and comic-like style made it so much easier to read. I think the pictures were very well drawn. I have read some manga books where some of the pictures were really random and had nothing to do with the storyline. This does not have that at all. A great read for anyone wanting to read the classic in a fun way!

Excellently done - but one glaring mistake - Anne has her hair all cut off, but it magically grows into long braids right away. I wish my hair could do that! Besides that it was really all grand, a perfect visual retelling of the beautiful classic.

I was super excited when approved for this book. Unfortunately, when the file uploaded to my device it was sideways and not upright. I could not fix it to make it readable.

Anne of Green Gables is a timeless tale of a young orphan with a huge imagination and penchant for getting into all sorts of trouble. She has a huge heart, and is the most loyal of friends, but her big imagination tends to get her in more trouble than out of it.

This manga adaptation is true to the original story and brings a graphic retelling to a story that helped define my childhood. While the original story may be more difficult for young readers to really grasp (I remember reading it with a dictionary and asking my mom what different words meant often as I read), this adaptation makes this beautiful more accessible for all ages and reading levels.

Highly recommend for children of all ages.