The production team for Sugar Apple Fairy Tale revealed an updated key visual for its currently airing second cour, shortly after the premiere of its 20th overall episode. The new visual features Anne, Challe, and Rafal Fen Rafal (voiced by Souma Saitou, who also voices Gladice in the show).
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale returned to broadcast on July 7, 2023 after the airing of the first cour from January 6, 2023 to March 24, 2023. Like season one, 12 episodes are scheduled to premiere for the second cour in the Summer 2023 season.
Youhei Suzuki (Kiyo in Kyoto, Million Arthur) is directing the anime, 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 handling the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes Yuka Nukui as Anne Halford, Masaaki Mizunaka as Challe Fen Challe, Rie Takahashi as Mythril Lid Pod, and Tomoaki Maeno as Hugh Mercury.
Other voice actors include Nobuhiko Okamoto as Orlando, Kouji Okino as King, Atsushi Tamaru as Valentine, Shouya Chiba as Nadhir, and Manaka Iwami as Noah.
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 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 was published in 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 has 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 synopsis 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.
