History Manga / CandyCandy

* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', since it's about an orphaned young girl living on the brink of WW1[[note]]Anne didn't serve in WW1, but her kids certainly did[[/note]].

''Candy♡Candy (キャンディ♡キャンディ)'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

* {{Melodrama}}: Sometimes to nauseating extremes.

''Candy Candy (キャンディ♡キャンディ)'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

''Candy Candy (キャンディ・キャンディ)'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

''Candy Candy'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

''Candy Candy'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}' from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

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[[caption-width-right:300: [[MeaningfulName Isn't she sweet? ]]]]

Not to be confused with ''Manga/HoneyHoney'', another old-school shojo which is instead [[GagSeries extremely silly]] (but does have [[Creator/MinoriMatsushima the same lead voice actress]]), the ''WebComic/AxeCop'' villain [[NamesTheSame by this name]], or the Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu song.

* IllGirl: Catherine. [[spoiler: Susanna, after her HeroicSacrifice.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

%%* AlphaBitch: Eliza, at St. Paul's School. Complete with a two-student GirlPosse (BetaBitch Louisa and an unnamed fat girl).

%%** What happened to [[spoiler: Susanna after her almost HeroicSacrifice, and ended up ruining her career.]]

%%* BreakTheCutie: Poor Candy can't be happy for two episodes straight.
%%* BunglingInventor: Stear
%%* ChildrenAreInnocent: Excluding Eliza and Neil, of course.
%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Susanna, Eliza to some degree

%%* CoolOldGuy: Mr. [=McDermott=]
%%* CoolOldLady: Miss Pony, Marsha O'Brien. Mary Jane is a SternTeacher version.

%%* FreudianExcuse: Terry.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Eliza and Neil.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Terry.

%%* {{Melodrama}}: Sometimes to nauseating extremes.

* {{Meganekko}}: Patty and Frannie. Stear is a male one.
* {{Melodrama}}: Sometimes to nauseating extremes.

* BadassBeard: Albert has one at times. In fact, he had it when when he and Candy met: Candy passed out in a forest and was rescued and nursed to health by him; when she woke up, she mistakenly thought she'd been cornered by a bear and freaked out. [[spoiler:Specially noticeable because this beard doesn't let her recognize Albert as her Prince of the Hills; he was clean-faced when they saw each other by the first time..]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Annie and Candy

''Candy Candy'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the ''Nakayoshi'' magazine from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi based on an original story written by Mizuki. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: It starts at the second part of the series, with serious consequences for characters like [[spoiler: Frannie]] and [[spoiler: [[KillTheCutie Ste]][[StuffedIntoTheFridge ar]].]]

''Candy Candy'' is a 9-volume manga, serialized in the ''Nakayoshi'' magazine from 1975 to 1979, written by Kyouko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi. This {{shojo}} series from the 1970s hooked up a whole generation of Japanese, Latin American and European girls. The anime ran from 1976 to 1979 on Creator/TVAsahi, at a total of 115 episodes. There was an English dub made, but the show's greatest success in North America was in French on the [[Creator/{{CBC}} SRC network]] in Canada, where it ran on Saturday mornings for years.