Candy Candy is a tV series anime that premiered in fall 1976, produced by Toei Animation.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 115 episodes of about 25 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are drama and slice of life, with themes such as Tragedy, Shoujo, Female Protagonist and Historical.

On AniList, Candy Candy has an average score of 73%, a good score, and appears on 8,338 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Candy Candy: Haru no Yobigoe.

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Ann. And she met the "handsome boy on the hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Loka's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Leo and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "handsome boy on the hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Antony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins. (Source: AnimeNfo)

Official synopsis from AniList.