Classic soap opera anime for a series like Candy Candy is that this series is basically is the most beloved series from the 70s for this point as well. Story So it starts off with of how it took place in the setting in Ponys home orphanage a girl who was left outside is that a note says the name is Candice when she is been Christened as Candice White after the snow has been fallen in the winter afterwards when the snow was fallen on one side Candice has been growing up in the orphanage where she has been watches her friends that were part of the orphanage where they ended up to be part of the fostering by other families but when shes been helped by a mysterious stranger she then yearns him just for to return to her then sent to work as a servant for the ragham family she got bullied by one of the ragham children named Eliza and Neil When she develops the crushes on many of the nice young men especially for the one gentleman named Anthony Brown until he died suddenly during a fox huntthen his cousin named Alastair Stair Audrey is also another potential suitor although he was killed during World War I Candice falls in love with a man named Terrence grandchester in London but then steps aside him to marry another woman whose needs is greater than hers obviously. Animation The animation is very good and a masterpiece for a romantic soap opera series like Candy Candy is that the art style is good especially for what animation directors worked on the animation. Music The music is very good and very melodrama almost melancholy unlike any other anime like most of them this series has the nice music especially the solemn feeling for how the music transitions of how it goes on each scene in every episode of this series. Characters The characters has their personalities which it has been got to this but then again it may depend on the characters of this series especially their personalities of how it has. Production The production is very good especially for what the writers and director worked very hard for this series is that this is how it has got to the point out is that it has values for a series like Candy Candy but then again two or less then the credibility results. Overall Although this series as been lasted about 115 episodes of the soap opera elements and it then progresses of how it happens in the series formula although this series has its moments but there is some romance in this series Candy Candy unlike most romance anime this series is basically for those that have been heard or known stories about this classic anime series from the 70s this series has gotten a huge popularity in Mexico and Latin America and also in Europe mostly Italy during the 80s for the Italian audiences which they can recognize it from their childhood when this series has been got a popularity in Italy during the 80s merchandise everywhere for the Italian dub of the anime like Candy Candy has two different Italian theme songs one being Candy Candy performed by Rocking Horse and the second Italian theme song for the italian dub of the original Candy Candy anime goes by Dolce Candy performed by Cristina DAvena although the Candy Candy italian theme song by Rocking Horse aka Superobots is good because it has that 70s soft rock vibe at the time with the help of Douglas Meakin Mike Fraser especially for the Italian audience for the anime like Candy Candy and even this series has been released on bootleg DVDs but it was a classic anime to remember to this day. Score 10/10 Candy Candy is basically the well known classic anime that is out there is got to the whole thing to this day but then again of all of this is that this is the well beloved anime series which is bringing to the extend to other Anime which is made by Toei animation that came out in the 70s before Anime got popular in the 90s but this series on the other hand give it a watch if its on fansubs or through bootleg DVDs of this series like Candy Candy.