The production team for the Sugar Apple Fairy Tale anime has released a main PV trailer for the series’ second cour. The anime will return to broadcast on July 7, 2023 after the airing of the first cour from January 6, 2023 to March 24, 2023.
In addition, more voice cast members have been added to the show. They include Nobuhiko Okamoto as Orlando, Kouji Okino as King, Atsushi Tamaru as Valentine, Shouya Chiba as Nadhir, Souma Saitou as Gladys, and Manaka Iwami as Noah.
The new voice cast members join Yuka Nukui as Anne Halford, Masaaki Mizunaka as Shall Fen Shall, Rie Takahashi as Mythrill Reid Pod, and Tomoaki Maeno as Hugh Mercury.
The anime series is directed by Youhei Suzuki (Kiyo in Kyoto, Million Arthur) with Seishi Minakami (Vatican Miracle Examiner) as series screenwriter, Haruko Iizuka (Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Horimiya) as character designer, and Hinako Tsubakiyama (Sabikui Bisco co-composer) as music composer. J.C.STAFF is in charge of the animation production for the series.
The anime is based on the light novels written by Miri Mikawa and illustrated by Aki. It ran from March 31, 2010 to February 1, 2015 with a total of 18 volumes released as of December 2022, which also includes two short story collections. The series was published under the Kadokawa Beans Bunko label.
Two manga adaptations have been released. The first manga adaptation was published by Hakusensha and adapted by Alto Yukimura. It was serialized on the Hana to Yume Online website from November 2012 to October 2014 and released two tankoubon volumes.
Another manga adaptation by Yozora no Udon was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine on November 4, 2021. Two tankoubon volumes have been released as of December 2022. Yen Press released the second manga adaptation in English, simultaneously with the Japanese release.
Crunchyroll streamed the first cour of Sugar Apple Fairy Tale as it aired in Japan and describes the story as:
Anne Halford is on her way to fulfill her dream of becoming a confectionary artisan, a Silver Sugar Master—however, the road to her destination is filled with a world of danger. To protect herself, she reluctantly buys Challe, a fairy forced into a life of servitude, but she seeks friendship more than a lackey. Torn between his freedom and her needs, she must confront what the sweet life is worth.
