About “Candy Candy”
Candy Candy is a Japanese anime created by Keiko Nagita under the pen name Kyoko Mizuki. It began as a manga in April 1975, written by Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi, and was published in the magazine Nakayoshi. The series ran for four years and won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977. The story was adapted into an anime by Toei Animation, and there are also three animated short films. A three-volume novel was published between 1978 and 1979. The series was inspired by Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster, with the character Albert representing Candy's destined love throughout her life. The anime and manga were produced between 1975 and 1979. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1992
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