Candy Candy

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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)
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

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.