Candy Candy

Candy Candy (キャンディ・キャンディ, Kyandi Kyandi) is a Japanese anime television series based on Kyoko Mizuki's manga series of the same name, which was originally broadcast in Japan by TV Asahi from October 1, 1976 to February 2, 1979.

Synopsis

Candy is a very nice, warm-hearted and cheerful girl. Many people like her or love her because of her kind personality. When she was a little child, she lived in an orphanage. There she met a handsome mysterious boy on a hill behind her home. This "prince on the hill" becomes an important person in her life.... She lived in the orphanage until she is adopted by a very influential big clan. Candy is a very good friend of the teenagers Annie, Archie, Stear and Anthony. Though she and Terence love each other very much, she leaves him because another girl, who is hopelessly in love with him, needs him more. Finally she devotes herself to Albert, a handsome young man and a very good friend of her.

Dubbing History[]

The series was originally dubbed by M. & M. Communications, Inc. out of Honolulu, Hawaii in the late 1970's. The dub featured original Japanese singer Mitsuko Horie singing the English theme as well. How much of the series was dubbed is unknown. Similar to other dubs by the company, the only remaining evidence of the dub is from a Vinyl album released in November 1977 by Nippon Columbia.^[1]

In 1980, ZIV International acquired the U.S. rights to the series. The first two episodes were dubbed into English, with a new theme song and score created by in-house composer Mark Mercury. This was ultimately condensed into a straight-to-video production, released on tape in 1981 by Media Home Entertainment. It is unknown if any more episodes were dubbed for the American market.

A third dub was produced by Questor (now named Telesuccess Productions) for airing in The Philippines at an unknown date. The only traces of it online are the opening and ending themes, both confirmed to be sung by Kaye Torres (Under the stage name Candy Kay) daughter of Filipino movie star Nida Blanca. None of the dubs have been subsequently reissued due to the complex legal entanglements of the Candy Candy franchise.

Cast[]

ZIV International[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Candice "Candy" White Ardlay	Minori Matsushima	Elizabeth Wichmann


Annie Brighton	Mami Koyama	Priscilla Piano


Ms. Pony	Taeko Nakanishi	Robin Gould
Sister Maria	Nana Yamaguchi	Priscilla Piano
Tom Steve	Keiko Yamamoto	Dana Ikeda
John	Sachiko Chijimatsu	Dana Ikeda
Steve		William Saylor
Narrator	Taeko Nakanishi	Robin Gould

Music[]

Candy_Opening_English — Candy Opening English

Opening Theme Song

M. & M. Communications

Opening: "Candy Candy"

Vocals by: Mitsuko Horie

Candy_Candy_Intro_1981 — Candy Candy Intro 1981

ZIV Opening Theme Song

ZIV International

Vocals by: N/A

CANDY,_CANDY_THEME_(English)_-_Candy_Kay — CANDY, CANDY THEME (English) - Candy Kay

Opening Theme Song

MAYBE_TOMORROW_-_Candy_Kay — MAYBE TOMORROW - Candy Kay

Ending Theme Song

Questor

Opening: "Candy Candy"
Ending: "Maybe Tomorrow"

Vocals by: Kaye Torres

Notes[]

Although Candy Candy was aired on the Hawaii TV station KIKU-TV with English subtitles from 1978 to 1980, there is no evidence the M.& M. Communications dub ever aired.