it's candy candy's world, we're just living in it

Our heroine’s about to be sold into Mexican child slavery,
and that’s when the casual viewer begins to sit up and take notice, to realize
that the girl’s cartoon Candy Candy is going to go way, way past frilly dresses, young
loves, and funny animal sidekicks. Located somewhere near the kitsch-intersection
of Mauve Decade tearjerker and 1970s anime, the struggles of Candice White
Adley conquered