Kyoko Mizuki
Author of Candy Candy
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
(jpn) the original author of Candy Candy
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Series
Works by Kyoko Mizuki
Candy Candy 6 copies
Candy Candy 8 1 copy
Candy Candy 9 1 copy
Candy Candy 7 1 copy
お誕生日に 1 copy
思い出は歌わない 1 copy
Candy Candy 1 1 copy
Candy Candy 2 1 copy
Candy Candy 3 1 copy
Candy Candy 4 1 copy
Candy Candy 5 1 copy
캔디 캔디 1 copy
Candy Candy 6 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Mizuki, Kyoko
- Legal name
- Nagita, Keiko
- Other names
- 水木 杏子
加津 綾子
香田 あかね - Birthdate
- 1949-11-28
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Japan
- Country (for map)
- Japan
- Education
- 文化学院
- Awards and honors
- 第31回日本児童文芸家協会
第1回講談社漫画賞少女部門 - Disambiguation notice
the original author of Candy Candy
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Statistics
- Works
- 195
- Members
- 238
- Popularity
- #95,270
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 179
- Languages
- 3
This 1995 reprint of the 1975 manga was published in six volumes, though originally released in nine volumes after the magazine's run. Thus, it's pretty densely compact. The print is... nearly microscopic, though thanks to the presence of furigana, it's perfectly legible. Written for a shoujo audience, the Japanese content is definitely doable for the intermediate to advanced Japanese learner; in Japan it would probably be around a fifth or sixth grade reading level. Despite it's length, the story encouraged me to skip along at a fine clip (if you'll excuse the pun) and I only pulled out the denshi jishou maybe four or five times.
Illustrated by Mizuki Kyouko, the art is cute, expressive and alluring. Not quite to the mibushii style that might tipify an Ikeda Riyoko, Candy Candy is beautifully crafted with an incredible amount of curved lines and the sort of hatching that was popular before screentones. It's also very sparsely imbued with Tezuka-like slapstick and transgressive fashion in the case of Archie's ambiguity.
I really enjoyed volume 1, though some of the characters are laughably archetypical. Candy herself, even after being adopted into a super rich Scottish family, fits perfectly into the bright (green in this case) eyed fun-loving, optimistic feminine shoujo model of the time. Her tomboyish isn't as profuse as it could be and so Candy really comes off like an Ace wo Naere. The story is quite engaging and complex and I'm looking forward to the reading the second volume.… (more)