"Akage no An", translated as "Red-Haired Anne" was produced
by Nippon animation. Fifty episodes of the anime aired from January 7,
1979 - December 30, 1979. This television series was part of the World
Masterpiece Theatre series.1
The layouts of episodes 1-15 were created by acclaimed anime director
Hayao Miyazaki ("Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind," "My Neighbor Totoro", "Princess
Mononoke," "Kiki's Delivery Service" and the recent "Spirited
Away"). The series director was Isao Takahata. The first 6
episodes of the series were edited by Takahata into a film aired by the Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation and dubbed in French.1,2
Video and Availability:
I have collected YouTube videos created by Akage
No An fans.
There are some official Akage
no An DVD/video/laserdisc sets available (Regions 2 and 3), but
they
are
not
offically available
in
all region formats yet.
Partial Credits from IMDB:
Directors:
Isao Takahata
Ken'ichi Baba (episodes 42, 46 and 50)
Shigeo Koshi (episodes 43 and 47)
Kôzô Kusuba (episodes 41, 45 and 49)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (episodes 22, 25, 29, 33, 36, 40, 44 and 48)
Writing credits (in alphabetical order):
Yoshihisa Araki writer (episodes 31, 35, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48, 49 and 50)
Shigeki Chiba writer (episodes 1, 2, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39,
45 and 46)
Aiko Isomura writer (episodes 3 and 6)
Seijirô Kôyama writer (episodes 5, 7-15, 17, 18, 43 and 44)
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Isao Takahata writer
Takekuni Takano writer (episodes 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 30, 36 and 37)
Cast:
Eiko Yamada - Anne (voice)
Fumie Kitahara - Marila (voice)
Ryûji Saikachi - Mashu (voice)
Miyoko Asô - Mrs. Lind (voice)
Gara Takashima - Diana (voice)
Sanae Takagi - Jane (voice)
Mami Koyama - Ruby/Minnie May (voice)
Makoto Takasaka - Ruby (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima - Tilly (voice)
Kimiko Tsuruta - Sophia (voice)
Junko Hori - Josy (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue - Gilbert (voice)
Kazuyo Aoki - Charlie (voice)
Yoku Shioya - Moody (voice)
Hiroko Suzuki - Prof. Citisee (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe - Minister Alan (voice)
Yôko Egawa - Mrs. Alan (voice)
Michio Hazama - Narrator (voice)
Useful External Links (will open in new windows):
The full cast, animators and crew list for the series is available online at
the
Internet
Movie Database website. A number of anime books were also made relating
to the series.2 Additionally,
there is a page on the history of "An" in Japan in an Anime-Manga
Guide.
Nausicaa.net (English)
Meisaku.net -
A cool German page, including a section on Akage no An.
Akage
no An - An Italian page
Nippon Animation -
(English) under Catalogue, 1979
Nippon
Animation artwork (English)
Anna
dai capelli rossi (Italian)
References:
1 Helen McCarthy. Hayao Miyazaki:
Master of Japanese Animation. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. 1999.
223.
2 Team Ghiblink.
Nausicaa.Net
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/wmt/index.html (2001).
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