Candy Candy (1976)
Ended | 1976-10-01 | Animation-Drama | 25m | 8.5/10
Tetsuo Imazawa (Director) | Hiroshi Shidara (Director) | Noboru Shiroyama (Writer) | Takeo Watanabe (Compositors) | Motoyuki Tanaka (Art Direction) | Shun'ichi Yukimuro (Scenario Writer) |
Candy Candy is a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared in a prose novel by famed Japanese writer Kyoko Mizuki in April 1975. When Mizuki joined forces with manga artist Yumiko Igarashi, the Japanese magazine Nakayoshi became interested in Candy Candy. The series was serialized as a manga series in the magazine for four years and won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977. The story was adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation. There are also several Candy Candy movies which were never released outside of Japan.
Minori Matsushima (Candice White Ardlay (voice)) | Makio Inoue (William Albert Ardlay (voice)) | Kei Tomiyama (Terrence Graham Grandchester (voice)) | Kazuhiko Inoue (Anthony Brown (voice)) | Kaneta Kimotsuki (Alistair Cornwell (voice)) | Yuji Mitsuya (Archibald Cornwell (voice)) | Mami Koyama (Annie Brighton (voice)) | Chiyoko Kawashima (Patricia O'Brien (voice)) | Yumi Nakatani (Eliza Leagan (voice)) | Kiyoshi Komiyama (Neil Leagan (voice)) | Taeko Nakanishi (Great-aunt Elroy) | Nana Yamaguchi (Ms. Reine (voice)) | Miyoko Asô (Mary Jane Headmistress (voice)) | Sachiko Chijimatsu (Jimmy (voice)) | Eken Mine (Garcia (voice)) | Kouko Kagawa (Susanna Marlowe (voice)) |
