Candy Boy

Candy☆Boy (キャンディ ボーイ) 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. On February 2008, the Candy Boy official website announced the production of a follow-up seven-episode series, the first one being streamed on May 2, 2008. 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 began publication in Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine on November 5, 2009, with another series, also by Tōge, being distributed on mobile phones soon afterwards.

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, an 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.

Characters
Kanade Sakurai (櫻井 奏)
 * 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 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.

Yukino Sakurai (櫻井 雪乃)
 * The older twin. She likes snacks and often trades photos of Kanade to Sakuya for them. She's very fond of snacks and Sakuya often trades snacks with Yukino for Kanade's pictures. She is a member of their school's swim team.
 * The older twin. She likes snacks and often trades photos of Kanade to Sakuya for them. She's very fond of snacks and Sakuya often trades snacks with Yukino for Kanade's pictures. She is a member of their school's swim team.

Sakuya Kamiyama (神山 咲夜)
 * 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.
 * 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.

Shizuku Sakurai (櫻井 雫)
 * 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.
 * 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.

Yurippe (ユリペ)
 * A classmate of Kanade's who appears in the manga. She generally scolds Kanade for her perverted thoughts about Yukino.

Anime
On December 5, 2007, Candy Boy was released on DVD along with the limited edition of Korean artist Meilin's Candy Boy CD single. 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.

Episode list
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.

Music

 * 1) "Candy☆Boy" - Meilin (Original ONA)
 * 2) "Koi no Katachi" - Kana (Episodes 1-3)
 * 3) "Bring up LOVE" - Nayuta (Episodes 4-6)

Manga
A manga adaptation of the series by Hiro Tōge began serialization in the seinen manga magazine Comic Flapper on November 5, 2009. Another manga by Tōge, titled Candy boy 〜Young girls fall love!〜 later began release on mobile phones, with Sakuya as the main protagonist. The first tankōbon, which contains chapters from both series, was released on July 9, 2010.