Editing Candy Candy (section)

{{Short description|Japanese novel and its adaptations}}
{{About|the Japanese novel|the song|Candy Candy (song)}}
{{original research|date=August 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Candy Candy
| image           = Candy c.jpg
| caption         = The first volume of ''Candy Candy'', featuring Candy on the cover.
| ja_kanji        = キャンディ・キャンディ♡
| ja_romaji       = Kyandi Kyandi
| genre           = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]] <br> [[Adventure fiction|Adventure]] <br> [[Romance (love)|Romance]]<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Novel
| title           = 
| author          = [[Kyoko Mizuki]] 
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = 
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = 
| imprint         = 
| published       = April 1975
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = Manga
| author          = Kyoko Mizuki
| illustrator     = [[Yumiko Igarashi]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = [[Nakayoshi]]
| first           = April 1975
| last            = March 1979
| volumes         = 9
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = TV series
| director        = Hiroshi Shidara <br> Tetsuo Imazawa
| producer        = Kanetake Ochiai <br /> Shinichi Miyazaki <br /> Yuyake Usui
| writer          = Noboru Shiroyama <br> [[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]
| music           = [[Takeo Watanabe]]
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[TV Asahi]])
| first           = 1 October 1976
| last            = 2 February 1979
| episodes        = 115
| episode_list    = List of Candy Candy episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = Film
| title           = Candy Candy: The Call of Spring/The May Festival
| director        = Yoshikatsu Kasai
| producer        = 
| writer          = Noboru Shiroyama
| music           = Takeo Watanabe
| studio          = Toei Animation
| released        = 18 March 1978
| runtime         = 25 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = Film
| title           = Candy Candy's Summer Vacation
| director        = Yoshikatsu Kasai
| producer        = Chiaki Imada
| writer          = 
| music           = Takeo Watanabe
| studio          = Toei Animation
| released        = 22 July 1978
| runtime         = 15 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = Film
| title           = Candy Candy the Movie
| director        = Tetsuo Imazawa
| producer        = Chiaki Imada
| writer          = 
| music           = Takeo Watanabe
| studio          = Toei Animation
| released        = 25 April 1992
| runtime         = 26 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''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]].<ref name="mays">{{cite web | last = Mays | first = Jonathan | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2003-09-13 | title = The Candy Candy Nightmare | publisher = Anime News Network | access-date = 2007-04-08 | archive-date = 28 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080528060409/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2003-09-13 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/Candy-Candy-vo|title= Candy Candy vo|access-date= 16 November 2014|work= manga-news.com|language= fr|archive-date= 9 December 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141209111317/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/Candy-Candy-vo|url-status= live}}</ref> 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,<ref name="mays"/> and won the 1st [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for [[Shōjo manga|shōjo]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hahn |first=Joel |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |title=Kodansha Manga Awards |work=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=2007-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |archive-date=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The story was adapted into an anime series by [[Toei Animation]].<ref name="mays"/> There are also three animated [[short films]].