Candy Candy

Candy Candy
The first volume of Candy Candy, featuring Candy on the cover.
キャンディ・キャンディ♡
(Kyandi Kyandi)
GenreDrama
Adventure
Romance
Novel
Written byKyoko Mizuki
PublishedApril 1975
Manga
Written byKyoko Mizuki
Illustrated byYumiko Igarashi
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runApril 1975March 1979
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Shidara
Tetsuo Imazawa
Produced byKanetake Ochiai
Shinichi Miyazaki
Yuyake Usui
Written byNoboru Shiroyama
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Music byTakeo Watanabe
StudioToei Animation
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run 1 October 1976 2 February 1979
Episodes115 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Candy Candy: The Call of Spring/The May Festival
Directed byYoshikatsu Kasai
Written byNoboru Shiroyama
Music byTakeo Watanabe
StudioToei Animation
Released18 March 1978
Runtime25 minutes
Anime film
Candy Candy's Summer Vacation
Directed byYoshikatsu Kasai
Produced byChiaki Imada
Music byTakeo Watanabe
StudioToei Animation
Released22 July 1978
Runtime15 minutes
Anime film
Candy Candy the Movie
Directed byTetsuo Imazawa
Produced byChiaki Imada
Music byTakeo Watanabe
StudioToei Animation
Released25 April 1992
Runtime26 minutes

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.

  1. ^ a b c Mays, Jonathan. "The Candy Candy Nightmare". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Candy Candy vo". manga-news.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ Hahn, Joel. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.