Candy Boy
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is an eight minute original net animation
produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Nico Douga
online video service. This was followed by a seven-episode series, with episodes being streamed between May 2, 2008 and May 8, 2009. Additional episodes were released on DVD, one with the DVD version of the single, "Bring Up Love" by Nayuta, and another released with volume 2 of the series. A spin-off
manga
series by Hiro Tōge was serialized in Media Factory
's Comic Flapper magazine between November 2009 and December 2010, with another series, also by Tōge, distributed on mobile phones.
Advertised as a romantic school comedy, the story focuses on the yuri relationship between Kanade and Yukino Sakurai, twin sisters in their second year in a Tokyo high school, and the conflict provided by freshman Sakuya Kamiyama's feelings towards Kanade.
. This is the first release from a project called Anime 2.0, in which a single is sold accompanied by an OVA
.
A follow-up seven-episode series began streaming on May 2, 2008. The first DVD volume of this new series was released on December 10, 2008. A single by nayuta called Bring up Love was released on August 13, 2008, the DVD edition of which contains the first EX episode of the series. The second DVD volume was released on June 24, 2009, containing another episode.
In addition to the main episodes, extra episodes that take place around the main timeline were included on DVDs, the first of which was released with a music single on August 13, 2008 and the second released with the second volume of the series.
manga magazine Comic Flapper on November 5, 2009. Another manga by Tōge, titled Candy Boy 〜Young girls fall in love!〜, which follows the lives of Sakuya and her classmates, was distributed on Flapper Mobile alongside it. Both series were compiled into two tankōbon volumes, released on June 23, 2010 and December 22, 2010 respectively.
Original Net Animation
An original net animation is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animation, a term that has been used in the anime industry for straight-to-video...
produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Nico Douga
Nico Nico Douga
is a popular video sharing website in Japan managed by Niwango, a subsidiary of Dwango. Its nickname is "Niconico" or "Nico-dō", where "nikoniko" is the Japanese ideophone for smiling. Nico Nico Douga is the thirteenth most visited website in Japan...
online video service. This was followed by a seven-episode series, with episodes being streamed between May 2, 2008 and May 8, 2009. Additional episodes were released on DVD, one with the DVD version of the single, "Bring Up Love" by Nayuta, and another released with volume 2 of the series. A spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series by Hiro Tōge was serialized in Media Factory
Media Factory
is a Japanese publisher. It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd...
's Comic Flapper magazine between November 2009 and December 2010, with another series, also by Tōge, distributed on mobile phones.
Advertised as a romantic school comedy, the story focuses on the yuri relationship between Kanade and Yukino Sakurai, twin sisters in their second year in a Tokyo high school, and the conflict provided by freshman Sakuya Kamiyama's feelings towards Kanade.
Plot
Yukino and Kanade Sakurai, twin sisters and native from Hokkaido, move together to a student residence in Tokyo to attend high school leaving their younger sister, Shizuku "Shi-chan" with their parents. Sakuya Kamiyama, a first year student, seeks out and stalks Kanade, saying that she's in love with her and will do anything to be with her, she pays Yukino with candies in exchange of photos and personal stuff of her sister. Kanade finds that the once so close relationship between Yukino and her starts to fall apart.Main Characters
- The younger twin, although generally considered more mature than her sister. She is also somewhat easy to ruffle emotionally, especially by Yukino. She often worries that Yukino is sacrificing herself for her benefit. Kanade is an artist and wants to pursue art studies, however, she understands that it would be difficult to pursue a career in the field and maintain a close relationship with Yukino.
- The older twin. She likes snacks and often trades photos of Kanade to Sakuya for them. She is a member of their school's swim team and writes a daily blog about her life. She cares deeply for Kanade and will support her in any way she can.
- An extremely wealthy freshman who has an obsessive crush on Kanade. She is prone to stealing Kanade's things for her collection. Despite her overwhelming presence, the twins seem to like her.
- Kanade and Yukino's younger sister, nicknamed Shi-chan. She hates being apart from her sisters. She is a lot more level-headed than her sisters. She is deeply affected by the actions of Yukino, who she seems to care about more than Kanade. Unlike her sisters, she buries all her emotions deep down without expressing them but they later resurface in various ways, such as her cutting school.
Manga Characters
Characters who appear in the two manga series.- Kanade's classmate, known as for short. Her parents own a restaurant and she is quite good at cooking. She generally scolds Kanade for her perverted thoughts about Yukino.
- Sakuya's classmate and self-proclaimed rival. She also has a crush on Kanade, though later reveals that she loves Sakuya.
- Sakuya's classmate.
- Sakuya's classmate.
Anime
On December 5, 2007, Candy Boy was released on DVD along with the limited edition of Korean artist Meilin's Candy Boy CD singleSingle (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
. This is the first release from a project called Anime 2.0, in which a single is sold accompanied by an OVA
Original video animation
, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
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A follow-up seven-episode series began streaming on May 2, 2008. The first DVD volume of this new series was released on December 10, 2008. A single by nayuta called Bring up Love was released on August 13, 2008, the DVD edition of which contains the first EX episode of the series. The second DVD volume was released on June 24, 2009, containing another episode.
Episode list
| # | English title Japanese title | | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
In addition to the main episodes, extra episodes that take place around the main timeline were included on DVDs, the first of which was released with a music single on August 13, 2008 and the second released with the second volume of the series.
| # | English title Japanese title | | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
Music
- "Candy☆Boy" - MeilinMeilinAlyssa Meilin Gray is an American-Chinese pop singer and songwriter, based in Beijing, China. Meilin first appeared on Chinese national and worldwide television in 2006 with her younger sister, Suelin, winning first place on Beijing Television’s ‘Arts of Our Land’ competition, performing a...
(Original ONA) - "Koi no Katachi" - Kana (Episodes 1-3)
- "Bring up LOVE" - Nayuta (Episodes 4-6)
Manga
A manga adaptation of the series by Hiro Tōge began serialization in the seinenSeinen
is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...
manga magazine Comic Flapper on November 5, 2009. Another manga by Tōge, titled Candy Boy 〜Young girls fall in love!〜, which follows the lives of Sakuya and her classmates, was distributed on Flapper Mobile alongside it. Both series were compiled into two tankōbon volumes, released on June 23, 2010 and December 22, 2010 respectively.
External links
- Official website
- Official website (AIC)
- Official website (Anime 2.0)