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Candy Candy (1976)

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.

Created byKyoko Mizuki

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  1. 01

    Heidi: Girl of the Alps

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    1974 · 25 min · Animation · Drama · Family

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    After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with her friends Peter and Clara, she goes on lots of adventures.

    Why it connects

    • principal cast overlap
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Anne of Green Gables

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    1979 · 24 min · Animation · Drama · Family

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    Anne Shirley is a freckle-faced, red-haired girl, who grows up in an orphanage having lost her parents at a very early age. Anne is always cheerful and fun-loving despite being brought up without love or affection. When she turns 11, she is adopted by the old farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla. Anne starts her new life at Green Gables, but actually the Cuthberts wanted a boy who could help with their work on the farm...

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    • principal cast overlap
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 04

    Tomorrow's Joe

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    1970 · 25 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama

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    A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top…

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 05

    Princess Knight

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    1967 · 30 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Princess Sapphire is a girl raised as a Prince. Through the mischief of an angel, the princess is born with both a girl's and a boy's heart. Since there is no boy successor in her kingdom, Sapphire is raised as a boy, but evil ministers try to reveal her secret. Unable to put up with the kind of vicious conduct prevailing in the kingdom, Sapphire disguises herself as "Princess Knight" and wields her sword of justice.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
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  5. 06

    Princess Sarah

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    1985 · 25 min · Animation · Drama · Family

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    Sarah Crewe, the young daughter of a wealthy Englishman in India, starts attending a prestigious boarding school in London. However after a series of unexpected tragic events, she is forced to become a maid at the school.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: anime
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  6. 07

    Kimagure Orange Road

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    1987 · 25 min · Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    It can be hard moving to a new school, and fifteen-year-old Kyosuke has it harder than most. He’s fallen head over heels for his classmate Madoka, a girl who won’t even give him the time of day, and unintentionally ended up dating her best friend, Hikaru, instead. Worst of all, Kyosuke and his family have amazing supernatural powers, but he has to keep them hidden from the rest of the world! How is Kyosuke ever going to balance the affections (or lack thereof) of two girls, schoolwork, and his secret abilities all at the same time?

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    • shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • a principal cast member
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  7. 08

    Pro Golfer Saru

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    1985 · 25 min · Animation · Kids

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    A series of fantastical tournaments in which players uses absurd powers and Saru remains determined to triumph. Amid kung-fu masters and fairway fairies, his opponents include Death himself.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: anime and based on manga
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  8. 09

    Konpora Kid

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    1985 · 25 min · Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    Jr. is an eight year old teacher. His students include babies and adults. This is a comedy portraying a happy daily life of a future world, full of dreamy images such as flying jet vehicles and flying houses.

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    • shared theme: anime
    • a principal cast member
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  9. 10

    The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors

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    1990 · 30 min · Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    During the war-torn feudal wars of Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists upon marrying the lord's daughter! Their unnatural union bears fruit, but when they are both killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - the Hakkenden. Slowly they find each other and come together as a group. These eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of the Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entitles and evil samurai in the final attempt to redeem their clan!

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    • shared theme: anime
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