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Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables Centimeters Per Second"), basing the characters, props and settings on them and also from historical books that he bought there. Nippon Animation's staff have followed this format of contextual research while producing other "World Masterpiece Theater" series. The series premiered on April 5, 2009, and aired every Sunday from 19:30 to 20:00 JST on Fuji Television's broadcasting satellite network BS-Fuji. From May 2009, it was also aired on SKY PerfecTV!'s network Animax. Online streaming on Biglobe was announced, but was eventually suspended. Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables , is the 26th series in Nippon Animation's "World Masterpiece Theater" anime. The