Candy Candy

I remember seeing this wonderful show when I was like 8 or 9 years old... Lets see... Like some 17 or 18 years ago? Gee I'm getting old... LOL I cried when her best friend left her to go live with a family, which by the way was Candy who was supposed to go... She gave up her happiness for her friend... When I watched that episode when I was little, I was really mad at her friend and cried when Candy ran after the carraige crying because she wanted to go too... I cried when she left Pony Home, I cried when her beloved Anthony died... Snif snif, pass me the kleenex... It was sweet, lovely, and sad and heart-warming... The theme song was really sweet too... I still can sing it... I used to buy all sorts of related stuff, such as coloring books, pencils, note-pads, also, my friends and I used to draw Candy and buy small Candy Christmas cards to give to friends and so on. I definitely recommend this show... I recently saw the first episode to when Candy leaves Pony Home to go and live with those awful people... Can't wait to see the rest... I rented them from a video store... There is also a site dedicated to this charming show... I forget the URL... It's pretty kool site with lots of beautiful pictures...

Gotta go...

I saw candy candy since 1980 and its simple the best anime ever made in that decade, The story of this orphan her childhood, her friends, the grownup to the teenage and the people her love, forget romantic novels, forget titanic, this is the most romantic cartoon ever made. If are you sad or unhappy see it! because this little girl and her adventures make you smile and make you to see the life in other form. In my country this anime is a great successful event and I dont lose the repetitions of this anime. Its wonderful. My qualification 10/10

I remember in the early '80s, when we had only two TV stations, both state-run, that there was a great publicity for a Japanese animated series with a lot of episodes, which would be dubbed in Greek and even the title song would be translated. My memory doesn't serve me too well, as I have forgotten the actors and actresses and the singer of the Greek version, but it caused quite a stir.

Compared to other cartoon/anime dubs I've seen, the voice acting was superb and I occasionally see some episodes running on regional channels. It's always very enjoyable, I must say. The anime style of that era happens to be my favorite: detailed, beautiful, hand-drawn landscapes, rather realistic character designs, without the featureless faces seen in modern productions...

It marked my youth. Although many people would say it was a girlie show, lots of boys watched it. Even now, as an adult, I can watch it and get pleasure from it.

Those were the days... Really great anime and cartoon shows, with well-written scenarios and complex character descriptions.

...this is a cartoon I strongly remember from my childhood. Couldn't have been more than five years old when my parents brought home Candy Candy for the first time. In each episode there's both laughter, crying, love and evil. Candy's originally an orphan found in the snow one day by one of the teachers from the orphanage. She grows up there but get's adopted. This family she gets to isn't such a pleasant family. Well, the father is, but the children and their mother is dreadful. While living with them Candy falls in love with a beautiful stranger that she meets one day in the forrest.

I really loved this cartoon as a child and I still do. Can't wait until I get children of my own so that I can introduce them to the wonderful world of Candy.

For those who liked Candy Candy, I recommend Sandybell, or Hello Sandybell as it is called.

A very heartwarming anime series, even if the plot often goes into a sad territory, with many tragedies happening to the cheerful protagonist; yet somehow she always keeps her optimism and high spirits.

These kind of sad stories, often referred as "traumatizing" by some older viewers, are actually very important to children: Not to make them "more thankful", but in order to empathize with the struggles of much less fortunate people.

Avoiding sadness and harshness in modern fiction actually does a disservice to children, turning everything into a vapid exercise of escapism that might be provide some fun, but ultimately end being an empty experience.

Learning about pain (And also overcoming pain, like Candy often does) is actually a very valuable experience that shouldn't be dismissed.

Shows like this have a timeless quality, disregard of the somewhat dated animation due its beautiful story, filled with both joy and sadness. Both are important, and more complement each other in a wonderful manner.

Such is life, such is childhood.