Line #29 Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily


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2	[[caption-width-right:611:Emily and her friends[[note]]Left to right: Teddy, Ilse, Emily, [[CuteKitten Saucy Sal]] and Perry[[/note]]]]
3	''Kaze no Shojo Emily'' (''風の少女エミリー'', "Emily, Girl of the Wind") is a 2007 anime adaptation of ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon'' by Creator/LMMontgomery produced by Creator/TMSEntertainment. It is faithful to the book in most aspects, but takes some liberties here and there. It was directed by Haruna Kosaka.
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5	Emily Byrd Starr is a young girl whose father suddenly dies of tuberculosis. Her mother's extended family, the Murrays, draw lots to see who will gain custody of little Emily and the winner ends up being her aunt, Elizabeth Murray. Thus, Emily is forced to move from her small valley house in Prince Edward Island and move to the New Moon Farm to live with her. Life with her new aunt isn't easy -- she despised Emily's father, and also enforces a lot of rules that she doesn't like, punishing her harshly if she disobeys. In addition, all the other kids at her school bully her for being one of the Murrays.
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7	Feeling isolated because of her school life and her aunt's indifference, Emily begins writing poems to cope. She writes them to her deceased father Douglas, and they charm many around her, being so popular they even start being printed in newspapers. Aunt Elizabeth finds out about this and isn't happy, telling Emily to stop. However, Emily perseveres through however she can, refusing to let her spirit be broken. Emily and her new friends have many fun adventures as they all try to fulfill their dreams together.
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9	The anime ran from April 7, 2007 to September 29, 2007, ending at 26 episodes.
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11	Has no relation to ''Anime/AnneOfGreenGables1979'', another anime series adapted from [[Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon an LMM work]] (though both anime series are owned by the same production company).
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13	!!''Kaze No Shojo Emily'' has examples of:
14	* AdjectiveNounFred: "Kaze No Shojo Emily" can be read as "Emily of the Wind" or "Wind Girl Emily".
15	* AdaptedOut: Emily had two cats in the original book, one of which she had to leave behind in her old house. In the anime, she only has Saucy Sal.
16	* AerithAndBob: Emily, Teddy, Perry, John, Elizabeth, Juliet, Douglas, Nancy, ''Ilse'' and ''Rhoda''.
17	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong:
18	** The Italian OP was sung by Music/CristinaDAvena.
19	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e2J984t2lE Arab OP]] was sung by Nour, Tariq and Mohommad Al-Arabi Tarqan.
20	* AmbiguouslyChristian: Emily and her classmates attend Sunday school, but they're more interested in hanging out with one another and playing rather than anything else.
21	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The original novel was set in the 1920s, but the anime series is more ambiguous about it.
22	* AnimatedAdaptation: Of ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon'', a.k.a. the first Creator/LMMontgomery novel that comes to mind that isn't ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables''.
23	* {{Arcadia}}: Prince Edward Island is a beautiful, luscious, inhibited by a manicured and dainty CloseKnitCommunity and has near-boundless with all it's flora and fruit.
24	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: In the GrandFinale, this is Emily and Teddy's fate. They are HappilyMarried, live in New York, work their dream careers and are the parents of two children]].
25	* BigFancyHouse: The Murrays live in a wealthy district of Canada, hence many houses of this nature surrounding them. One of them even doubles as a HauntedHouse. Their own is very large and has multiple storeys.
26	* BirthdayEpisode: One of the later episodes centers around Rhoda's birthday party. She invites Emily to it, hoping she would recite one of her poems, but Emily freaks out at the idea of doing it in front of so many people.
27	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Ilse (blonde), Emily (brunette) and Rhoda (redhead). Rhoda is usually their ArchEnemy, but sometimes they hang out as friends.
28	* CastOfSnowflakes: Each character has a rather distinct face with features that stand out, provided by Keizō Shimizu.
29	* CerebusSyndrome: The first leg of the anime is pretty Downer, as Emily's dad dies and she's left at the mercy of her abusive (but well meaning) aunt. However, the next half [[spoiler: has Emily suffer heartbreak at Teddy's sudden departure from Canada with Francis Carpenter's death happening]].
30	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Oh god, yes. Be it Emily on the receiving end of her uncaring Aunt's abuse, Teddy being manipulated by his mother into or Ilse's anger about her father never telling her about her mother, the anime emphasizes many times that the children are often failed by the adults around them.
31	* CloseKnitCommunity: Everyone in Prince Edward Island knows each other, and Emily once stumbles upon a reporter who knew her dead dad Douglas. [[spoiler: This also leads to {{Childhood Friend Romance}}s and BestFriendsInLaw being very common.]]
32	* ComingOfAgeStory: The story follows the growth and maturation of the protagonists, from childhood to adolescence up to adulthood, through their many adventures and scuffles.
33	* CompressedAdaptation: Most of the anime is about Emily and the children's adventures, leaving out many of the book's other sub-plots, [[spoiler: most nostably Dean's romantic feelings for Emily]]. However, it does retain the Murray's family drama and their feud with the Starrs, [[spoiler: the loss of Mr. Carpenter]], Ilse, Teddy and Perry's family troubles and [[spoiler:Emily's marriage to Teddy]].
34	* CostumePorn: In one episode, Rhoda's rich dad buys her and her friends fancy outfits for their ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' production. The results are very fancy and frilly.
35	* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: [[spoiler:The anime cuts out Dean marrying Emily, and ends with Emily marrying Teddy instead. This is because in the original book, he romanced her despite the fact that he was 24 years her senior, and pulled TheJailbaitWait]].
36	* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
37	** Aunt Elizabeth doesn't like that Emily is a writer. She thinks that because Emily is a woman, she shouldn't write or play sports, and instead focus on being a homemaker.
38	** Perry's aunt has never enrolled him in school (she gets angry when he suggests it) and he had to learn how to read and write from Emily. Nowadays, she would be arrested for child abuse as Canada has [[https://www.strategiccriminaldefence.com/faq/truancy-laws-in-canada/ compulsory attendance laws]].
39	* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:Emily and Teddy are an OfficialCouple, with Aunt Elizabeth having changed her ways and encouraging everyone to hear Emily's latest story]].
40	* DownerBeginning: The anime begins with Emily's parents dying. She's then sent to live with her horrible aunt in New Moon.
41	* DeathOfAChild: Discussed in-universe. At Lofty John's, Emily eats an apple, and he tells her he filled it with poison to kill rats. Worrying that she will die, Emily instantly begins writing her final note. Perry sees this, and asks what's happening. When Emily tells him, he tells Aunt Elizabeth, who confronts John, and he admits he was lying because he's a jerk.
42	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Near the GrandFinale, Ilse asks Emily what she wants to do when she grows up. Emily has no idea, but decides she wants to be a writer. Hoever, every manuscript she sends is always rejected by the publishers, and she starts to lose hope. She is urged by Mr. Carpenter and Teddy to keep her head high and keep trying. She eventually keeps trying and eventually, ''finally'' gets published. In the DistantFinale, we see a married Emily and Teddy, with Aunt Elizabeth expressing support for Emily's writing career. Some have interpreted that the moral is "have a clear vision of your dream and never give up no matter what".]]
43	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether:
44	** Emily, Ilse, Rhoda, Teddy and even Perry after he convinced his aunt to let him attend. In the DistantFinale, it's shown that even as adults, Emily, Ilse, and [[spoiler:their husbands]] are still good friends.
45	** Douglas Starr and Dean Priest both went to Queen's Academy. They were best friends until Douglas' death.
46	* FlowersOfNature: The Murray's garden has all sorts of pretty flowers, leaves, wreaths...
47	* FoodPorn: If you like looking at fruits and other foods that grow on farms, this anime [[{{Pun}} feeds you well]]. Apples in particular get a lot of focus.
48	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Remember when the AlphaBitch had a birthday party and Teddy and Emily danced together? It's a hint to their eventual marriage in the DistantFinale]].
49	* GorgeousPeriodDress: In one episode, the school hosts a talent contest. Amongst the crowd are many women dressing in atypical 1920's fashion.
50	* GratuitousEnglish: It's a Japanese production, but the newspapers and some dialogue is in English.
51	* GrayAndWhiteMorality: Despite the fact that many characters are extremely unlikable, they're still humanized and shown to have hidden, tender sides. Even Aunt Ruth, who loved to mock Emily for her name, tells Aunt Elizabeth that she deserves to pursue a higher education and follow her dreams. Rhoda also has a few redeeming moments despite spending most of the series messing with Emily and her friends.
52	* HauntedHouse: Episode 15 has Emily and Ilse mess around in an old house near the Murray mansion after they hear rumours about it. They play treasure hunt in it, but their fun is quickly stopped by a very angry Aunt Elizabeth.
53	* KidsAreCruel: Emily is bullied horribly at her first day of school. One girl even throws a book at her and yells "you don't belong here".
54	* LighterAndSofter:
55	** In the book, Dr. Burnley believed that his wife ran off with another man, [[spoiler:only to find out she actually fell down a well]]. In the anime this is changed to her dying in a storm.
56	** In the book, Dean had a romance with Emily, and was [[JailbaitWait waiting for her]] to come of age so he could marry her. In the anime their relationship is strictly platonic and Dean is already married to Nancy.
57	* LostWeddingRing: Miriam Murray lost her wedding ring 50 years before the events of the story, leading to Emily and Ilse searching for it in the HauntedHouse.
58	* PhenotypeStereotype: Since this is set in olden Canada, a lot of characters have brown, red, or reddish-brown hair, and blue eyes.
59	* PublicDomainCharacter: Everyone. The original novel was written sometime in the 1920s.
60	* SceneryPorn: Pushing it into the territory of Scenery Orgasm. The anime vividly depicts Canada's landscapes with crisp animation and a wide range of colours. Leaves, flowers and gardens are given a lot of detail.
61	* StylishSunhats: Many characters, such as Aunt Ruth, Rhoda and various background characters don these.
62	* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Ilse Burnley is a scrappy WildChild who brawls with Emily in the schoolyard in her first day of school, but later turns out to have a sweet side and befriends Emily, encouraging her to do what she wants despite what her aunt says and playing various games with her. In contrast, Emily initially views Rhoda as humble and friendly, until she finds out that she's an AlphaBitch.
63	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Aunt Elizabeth insists that Emily take up sewing instead of writing poems, saying that reading is a "waste of time".
64	* WealthyEverAfter: [[spoiler: In the end of the anime, Teddy becomes an internationally renowned artist, and Emily pursues her dream of becoming a published author, with many books under her name. They move to New York and have children together.]]

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