Line #2 Trivia/CandyCandy


1	!!Tropes
2	* CastIncest: Creator/TomasBolme (the voice of Anthony) is married to Creator/ElisabethNordkvist (the voice of Anthony's mother).
3	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: It is called "Candy Candy, the naughty girl" (แคนดี้ แคนดี้ สาวน้อยจอมแก่น) in Thailand.
4	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In 2020, Edinburgh News published an [[https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/cult-80s-japanese-anime-was-set-in-scotland-and-shares-name-with-famous-edinburgh-folk-pub-2883492 article]] about ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' but used a screenshot from ''Manga/CandyCandy''. The error is still up to this day.
5	* CreatorBacklash: Mizuki and Igarashi have fought legally against 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".
6	* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/KyoukoMizuki 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:
7	-->"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".
8	* CreatorsFavourite: Argiris Pavlidis, the Greek dub voice of many ''Candy♡Candy'' characters, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1KPR8uNWY stated]] that Terry is his favourite character.
9	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Thanks to the lawsuits, this is the ''only'' way to watch this show in ''any'' language. This has led to a thriving bootleg market throughout the territories in which it was previously popular.
10	** There was an English dub for the Philippines, but the only traces of it online are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfcRapv88Q0 the opening theme]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1RR_WLSfg and the ending theme]], both confirmed to be sung by Kaye Blanca (Under the stage name Candy Kay) daughter of Filipino movie star [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nida_Blanca Nida Blanca]].
11	** According to this [[http://candyterry.com/ 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.
12	** It also aired on the Czech TV channel Premiéra (nowadays known as TV Prima since 1997) in 1995 and re-ran in 1996 before never being aired for good, likely due to the legal ownership issues of the franchise.
13	* NoExportForYou: Despite the show's ''incredible'' popularity in Europe, Latin America, French Canada, and Africa, and despite being set in the United States, the show never ran in America. 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.
14	* ReferencedBy:
15	** 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]].
16	** Sandy from ''WebAnimation/LesKassos'' is a parody of Candy. In the English dub, she even has a voice that's a parody of bad anime dubs.
17	** ''Manga/{{Lady}}'' has a family named the Brightons. It's creator Creator/YokoHanabusa is a self-admitted fan of ''Candy''.
18	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The anime became this as the end result of the legal battles.
19	* ShortRunInPeru: The English dub (made by Nippon Columbia) aired in UsefulNotes/{{Lithuania}}, around the 90s but has yet to be shown in the US.
20	!!Trivia
21	* ''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/AkageNoAnne'', 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.
22	* In the early 1990s, the ''Candy Candy'' franchise was in turmoil, as co-creators Creator/KyoukoMizuki 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.
23	* Toei left the show with an incomplete VHS release of [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes eight VHS tapes]].
24	** The first VHS tape had episodes 1, 5, and 12.
25	** The second VHS tape had episodes 22, 23, and 24.
26	** The third VHS tape had episodes 25, 26, and 29.
27	** The fourth VHS tape had episodes 30, 31, and 32.
28	** The fifth VHS tape had episodes 36, 37, and 38.
29	** The six VHS tape had episodes 39, 40, and 41.
30	** The seventh VHS tape had episodes 42, 43, and 44.
31	** The eighth and final VHS tape had episodes 45, 46, and 47.

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