Candy Candy
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Candy Candy (キャンディ・キャンディ, Kyandi Kyandi) is a Japanese series created by Japanese writer Keiko Nagita under the pen name Kyoko Mizuki.[1][2] The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardley, is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared as a manga in April 1975, written by Mizuki and illustrated by manga artist Yumiko Igarashi, a collaboration which was put together by the Japanese magazine Nakayoshi who were interested in recreating a "masterpiece" manga in the same vein as Heidi, Anne of Green Gables and other famous classic titles of literature read predominantly by young girls. The manga series ran for four years[1] and won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977.[3] The story was adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation.[1] There are also three animated short films.
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Candy Candy | |
キャンディ・キャンディ♡ (Kyandi Kyandi) | |
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Genre | Drama Adventure Romance |
Novel | |
Written by | Kyoko Mizuki |
Published | April 1975 |
Manga | |
Written by | Kyoko Mizuki |
Illustrated by | Yumiko Igarashi |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Nakayoshi |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | April 1975 – March 1979 |
Volumes | 9 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Shidara Tetsuo Imazawa |
Produced by | Kanetake Ochiai Shinichi Miyazaki Yuyake Usui |
Written by | Noboru Shiroyama Shun'ichi Yukimuro |
Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | TV Asahi |
Original run | 1 October 1976 – 2 February 1979 |
Episodes | 115 (List of episodes) |
Anime film | |
Candy Candy: The Call of Spring/The May Festival | |
Directed by | Yoshikatsu Kasai |
Written by | Noboru Shiroyama |
Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | 18 March 1978 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Anime film | |
Candy Candy's Summer Vacation | |
Directed by | Yoshikatsu Kasai |
Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | 22 July 1978 |
Runtime | 15 minutes |
Anime film | |
Candy Candy the Movie | |
Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
Music by | Takeo Watanabe |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | 25 April 1992 |
Runtime | 26 minutes |