The appeal and reviews of "Little Snow Spy Sugar": A moving story and deep characters

Saga, who lives in the town of Muhlenburg, is a reliable girl who lives with her grandmother. By chance, she meets a small girl who looks like a doll. The little fairy calls herself Sugar, a snow user, but for some reason, only Saga can see her.

・Sugar/Tomoko Kawakami・Saga/Masumi Asano・Salt/Tomo Saeki・Pepper/Kaori Mizuhashi・Creta/Chinami Nishimura・Noma/Sawa Ishige・Anne/Akiko Nakagawa・Phil/Asami Sanada・Elder/Fumihiko Tachiki・Mr. Hanna/Akiko Matsudaira・Saga's mother/Yuko Minaguchi・Regina/Chikako Akimoto・Luchino/Kiyonobu Suzuki・Paul/Yasunobu Matsumoto・Jean/Yuko Sasamoto・Alan/Jun Fukushima・Ginger/Kotono Mitsuishi・Opening theme/"Sugar Baby Love" Yoko Ishida・Ending theme/"Snow flower" Maria Yamamoto

・Planning / Norihiko Tani, Akihiro Kawamura, Takaaki Kidani, Takeshi Yasuda ・Original story / Haruka Aoi ・Character design / Kogetonbo ・Series composition / Yasunori Yamada ・Character design / Keiko Kawashima ・Art director / Shichiro Kobayashi ・Color setting / Mayumi Tanabashi ・Director of photography / Yohei Suzuki ・Sound director / Yota Tsuruoka ・Editor / Shigeru Nishiyama ・Music / Shinkichi Mitsumune ・Opening theme / "Sugar Baby Love"
Lyrics: W. BICKERTON, T. WADOINGTON
・Japanese translation by JOE LEMON
Composer: W. BICKERTON, T. WADOINGTON
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune Singer: Yoko Ishida Original soundtrack: Pioneer LDC
Producers: Yuichi Sekido, Takeya Kanehara, Seiichi Hachiya, Tetsuo Minao, Yuji Matsukura Director: Shinichiro Kimura Animation Production: JCSTAFF
・Production cooperation: Pioneer LDC, Broccoli, Kadokawa Shoten ・Production: Sugar Production Committee, TBS

・Sugar, apprentice snow user. A fairy girl who aspires to become a snow user herself, inspired by her mother who is also a snow user. She is weak to temptation, gluttonous and lazy, but her desire to become a snow user is unstoppable. She loves waffles. When she is touched, she has a habit of kissing anyone and everyone. Her magic item is the piccolo. In human years, she is 9 years old.
Salt is an apprentice sun user. A friend of Sugar. Although he rebels against his father, who is also a sun user, he aims to become a sun user himself. He hates crooked things, is easily moved to tears, and has a warm heart. His magic item is a trumpet. In human years, he is 9 years old.
Pepper is an apprentice wind user. She is a friend of Sugar. She has a long line of family members who have been wind users for generations, so it is only natural that she aims to become a wind user herself. She has a laid-back personality and does things at her own pace.
She loves taking care of plants and animals and has a wealth of knowledge. Her magic item is the harp. She is 9 years old in human years.
Ginger is a novice rain user. He is a senior to Sugar and the others. He makes it rain in the town where Saga lives. He graduated from school with excellent grades, and is a cool senior that his juniors look up to. His magic item is a violin. In human years, he is 20 years old.
Turmeric A novice cloud user. Sugar's senior. A quiet, artistic person. His job is to paint various white clouds in the sky. His magic item is the cello. In human years, he is 20 years old.
Basil is an apprentice lightning user. He likes to play pranks and often teams up with Cinnamon to cause trouble. His magic item is a drum. In human years, he is 9 years old.
Cinnamon is an apprentice ice user. She is quiet and cool, but she teams up with Basil to play pranks. Her magic item is a cymbal. She is 9 years old in human years.
・Elder-sama A great wizard who knows all the seasons of the magical world. He is an absolute presence for the apprentice seasonal wizards, including Sugar. He is currently crazy about Ginger and chases after her.
Saga: A girl who suddenly ended up living with Sugar. She is a reliable girl who plans and executes everything, but recently she has been constantly being bossed around by Sugar. She loves playing the piano and is looking forward to playing it at the music store. She is 11 years old.
Greta: Saga's classmate and a rich young lady. She always picks a fight with Saga and challenges her to fights. However, she also has a cute side, making her an 11-year-old girl who is hard to hate.
・One of Norma Saga's three best friends in class. An 11-year-old girl who likes trendy things and is a bit of a loser.
・One of Anne Saga's three best friends in class. A quiet but reliable 11-year-old girl who is a bit stubborn.
・A classmate of Phil Saga. He loves inventing and always invents strange things. He doesn't give up even when he fails. An 11-year-old boy with strong opinions.
A classmate of Jansaga. Phil's lab friend. The best athlete among Phil and his friends. A kind and romantic 11-year-old boy.
A classmate of Aran Saga. He has been helping Phil with his inventions since he was a child. He is an 11-year-old boy with a laid-back personality who helps Phil until the end no matter how many times he fails.
Paul is a salesman at the music store where Saga comes to play the piano. He sneaks aside from the manager and lets Saga play the piano.
Regina Saga's kind grandmother. She lives with Saga. She is good at cooking, and both Saga and Sugar love her cooking.
Lucchino is the manager of the coffee shop "Little My" where Saga helps out. He loves snacks and is always eating them. He doesn't make fun of Saga because she's a child, and treats her like an equal.
Teacher: Saga's school teacher. He sympathizes with Saga's situation and cares about her. As a novice teacher, his passion for his students sometimes goes to waste.
The manager of the music store that has Saga's favorite piano. He doesn't like Saga coming to play the piano.

・#00/Prologue・#01/Saga meets Sugar・#02/Tiny roommates・#03/Sparkle, warm, fluffy・#04/Where's the "sparkle"?
・#05/The Elder Appears!!
・#06/I'm sorry I can't wish for you・#07/The melody that connects our hearts・#08/The shape of a dream・#09/The bear pianist・#10/Backstage happening・#11/My favorite piano・#12/Goodbye, Mr. Bear・#13/I found a "sparkle"!?
#14 Pepper and the Turtle's Dream #15 The Little Customer #16 The First Snow in a Faraway Town #17 Waiting for Sugar #18 Festival, Whoahhoo!
#19 / Memories for just the two of us #20 / A lost promise #21 / The lonely couple #22 / Sorry, Sugar #23 / A small miracle in Muhlenburg #24 / I'm here

・OP
・"Sugar Baby Love"
Lyrics: W. BICKERTON, T. WADOINGTON
・Japanese translation by JOE LEMON
Composer: W. BICKERTON, T. WADOINGTON
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune Singer: Yoko Ishida Original soundtrack: Pioneer LDC