A Dog of Flanders
The first several series were produced by Mushi Production and then by Zuiyo Eizo, and then by Zuiyo's successor Nippon Animation, which was officially established in June 1975 during the run of "A Dog of Flanders". In both cases, the series originally aired primarily on Fuji TV. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata both worked on several of the series. "World Masterpiece Theater" as produced by Nippon Animation lasted for 23 seasons, from "A Dog of Flanders" in 1975 to "Remi, Nobody's Girl" (家なき子レミ, "Ie Naki Ko Remi", "Sans Famille") in 1997. Nippon Animation restarted the series in 2007 with the release of ', which premiered on BS Fuji on 7 January 2007, with "Porufi no Nagai Tabi" (The Long Journey of Porphy) subsequently airing on the same network beginning on 6 January 2008, making it the 25th World Masterpiece Theater series. The most recent and 26th series is ' (lit. "Hello Anne ~ Before Green Gables").