History Trivia / CandyCandy

* ''Candy Candy'' was inspired by a Canadian novel called ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' written by Creator/LMMontgomery. Kyoko Mizuki, Candy Candy's writer, read the novel when she was only 10 years-old. ''Anne of Green Gables'' was also very popular in the 80's thanks to ''[[Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater Akage no An]]'', the anime version of the novel that was broadcast in many countries. The story is about an orphan girl named Anne Shirley, and both ''Candy Candy'' and ''Anne'' share [[{{Expy}} many things]] in common.

* ReferencedBy: Despite [[NoExportForYou not being broadcasted ever in the US]], this show is mentioned by name in the episode 4 of season 37 of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (hosted by Creator/AnnaFaris), in a skit of [[OccidentalOtaku "J-Pop America Fun Time Now."]] starred by Vanesssa Bayer, Taran Killam and Jason Sudeikis, as seen [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/289406 here]].

* In the early 1990s, the ''Candy Candy'' franchise was in turmoil, as co-creators Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi, along with [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei Co. Ltd.]], battled over the legal ownership of the title. Igarashi was producing ''Candy Candy'' material without the consent of Mizuki or Toei. In 1998, Mizuki brought her case to a Tokyo district court to prove that she has equal rights of ownership of the ''Candy Candy'' title. As a result, the anime has not been broadcast in any country since 1998. Mizuki was eventually awarded ¥29,500,000 as compensation for the emotional stress she endured.

* CreatorBreakdown: Kyouko Mizuki has said that she wrote the ''Candy Candy'' manga adaptation as a consequence of the deep effect that her parents' deaths, specially her mother's, had on her:

* CastIncest: Creator/TomasBolme (the voice of Anthony) is married to Creator/ElizabethNordkvist (the voice of Anthony's mother).

** It has also aired on the Czech channel Premiera, a predecessor to TV Prima in 1995 and aired once more in 1996 before never being aired altogether.

* ''Candy Candy'' was inspired by a Canadian novel called ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' written by Creator/LMMontgomery. Kyoko Mizuki, Candy Candy's writer, read the novel when she was only 10 years-old. ''Anne of Green Gables'' was also very popular in the 80's thanks to ''[[Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater Akage no An]]'', the anime version of the novel that was broadcast in many countries. The story is about an orphan girl named Anne Shirley, and both ''Candy Candy'' and ''Anne'' have [[{{Expy}} many things]] in common.

* In the early 1990s, the ''Candy Candy'' franchise was in turmoil, as co-creators Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi, along with [[Creator/ToeiAnimation Toei Co. Ltd.]], battled over the legal ownership of the title. Igarashi was producing ''Candy Candy'' material without the consent of Mizuki or Toei. In 1998, Mizuki brought her case to a Tokyo district court to prove that she has equal rights of ownership of the ''Candy Candy'' title. As a result, the anime has not been broadcast in any country since 1998. Mizuki was eventually awarded ¥29,500,000 as compensation for the emotional stress she endured.

* ''Candy Candy'' was inspired by a Canadian novel called ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' written by Creator/LMMontgomery. Kyoko Mizuki, Candy Candy's writer, read the novel when she was only 10 years-old. ''Anne of Green Gables'' was also very popular in the 80's thanks to ''[[Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater Akage no An]]'', the anime version of the novel that was broadcast in many countries. The story is about an orphan girl named Anne Shirley, and both ''Candy Candy'' and ''Anne'' have some coincidences in common.

* ''Candy Candy'' was inspired by a Canadian novel called ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' written by Creator/LMMontgomery. Kyoko Misuki, Candy Candy's writer, read this novel when she was only 10 years-old. ''Anne of Green Gables'' was also very popular in the 80's thanks to ''[[Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater Akage no An]]'', the anime version of the novel that was broadcast in many countries. The story is about an orphan girl named Anne Shirley, and both ''Candy Candy'' and ''Anne'' have some coincidences in common.

-->"I lost my mother when I was 21, then I was all alone in the world. To write the story healed my sorrow";"Before I wrote the story of Candy, one thing I decided was "Who is her mother is not the theme". Whoever are your parents, you must accept your destiny and stand on your own feet---I wanted to say so. When I started to write the story, it was two years after my mother passed away. My father passed away at my 12th year, I lived in solitude because I am their only child. Looking back on my years of writing the Candy story, I realize that I healed my pain by writing".

* CreatorBacklash: Mizuki and Igarashi have fought legally between each other so much over ownership of the series that they've come to ''hate'' it. As of 2006, Mizuki apparently said that even thinking of ''Candy Candy'' "[[BerserkButton makes her feel sick]]" and "gives her a headache".
* CreatorBreakdown: Kyouko Mizuki's said that she wrote the ''Candy Candy'' manga adaptation as a consequence of the deep effect that her parents' deaths, specially her mother's, had on her:

* Candy Candy was inspired by the Canadian novel called ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' written by Creator/LMMontgomery. Kyoko Misuki, Candy Candy's writer, read this novel when she was only 10 years-old. ''Anne of Green Gables'' was also very popular in the 80's thanks to ''[[Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater Akage no An]]'', the anime version of the novel that was broadcast in many countries. The story is about an orphan girl named Anne Shirley, and both ''Candy Candy'' and ''Anne'' have some coincidences in common.

** According to this [[http://candyterry.com/ccmedia/ccvideos.html website]], ''Candy Candy'' was aired on the Hawaii TV station KIKU-TV with English subtitles (except for episode 79 for some reason), from 1978 to 1980, making it ''extremely'' unlikely footage of these airings survive.

* CreatorBreakdown: Kyouko Mizuki's said that she illustrated the ''Candy Candy'' manga adaptation as a consequence of the deep effect that her parents' deaths, specially her mother's, had on her:
-->"I lost my mother when I was 21, then I was all alone in the world. To write the story healed my sorrow";"Before I wrote the story of Candy, one of what some decided was "Who is her mother is not the theme". Whoever are your parents, you must accept your destiny and stand on your own feet---I wanted to say so. When I started to write the story, it was two years after my mother passed away. My father passed away at my 12th year, I lived in solitude because I am the only child of them. Looking back on my years of writing Candy story, I realize that I healed my pain by writing".

* NoExportForYou: Despite the show's ''incredible'' popularity in Europe, Latin America, and Africa, the show never ran in the United States. There ''was'' an American dub produced in the early 80s by Ziv International, but it was rather poorly done and was stopped after the first couple of episodes. Thanks to the legal issues that have held up the show even in its homeland, it's unlikely anyone will try a second time.

* AllStarCast: By anime dub standards. The English dub featured the likes of Creator/JanetWaldo, Creator/JuneForay, Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/HenryCorden, Creator/DonMessick, and Creator/FrankWelker, all major players in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] and the [[Creator/JayWard early]] [[Creator/HannaBarbera TV]] days of animation despite poor viewer reception to the audio quality and performances given in the aforementioned dub.

* AllStarCast: By anime dub standards. The English dub featured the likes of Creator/JanetWaldo, Creator/JuneForay, Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/HenryCorden, Creator/DonMessick, and Creator/FrankWelker, all major players in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation animation Golden Age]] and the [[Creator/JayWard early]] [[Creator/HannaBarbera days]] of TV animation despite poor viewer reception to the audio quality and performances given in the aforementioned dub.

* AllStarCast: By anime dub standards. The English dub featured the likes of Creator/JanetWaldo, Creator/JuneForay, Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/HenryCorden, Creator/DonMessick, and Creator/FrankWelker, all major players in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation]] and the [[Creator/JayWard early]] [[Creator/HannaBarbera days]] of TV animation despite poor viewer reception to the audio quality and performances given in the aforementioned dub.