Question: When did the person Kosti Vehanen spend a decade accompanying die?
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Kyoto Animation also adapted it into a 24-episode anime television series broadcast between 2006 and 2007 directed by Tatsuya Ishihara with music direction by Shinji Orito.  The discography of "Kanon" and its anime adaptations consists of one compilation album, three singles, three soundtracks, and three remix albums.
Answer: April 8, 1993