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Happy Sugar Life Anime Gets New Visual, Cast Member, Theme Song Details


This show has officially earned the status of “seventeen forever” (oi, oi!).

Earlier today, the official Happy Sugar Life anime website updated with a new key visual and cast member, as well as details on the show’s theme songs.

We break the details down below:

Key Visual

The image features lead characters Satō Matsuzaka and Shio Kōbe facing each other on a balcony under a full moon. Matsuzaka is wearing a white veil over her white pajamas, as the two touch hands.

Happy Sugar Live Key Visual

Cast

The series will add the following:

  • Satō’s Aunt: Kikuko Inoue

A visual for the character was also revealed, which you can check out below.

Happy Sugar Life Character Visual - Sato's Aunt

Theme Songs

ReoNa will perform closing theme song SWEET HURT. The artist is currently performing vocal themes for Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online under “Elsa Kanzaki Starring ReoNa”.

Happy Sugar Life hits Japanese TV this July. MBS and other networks will carry the show.

Nobuyoshi Nagayama (My Girlfriend is Shobitch) is directing the project at studio Ezo’la, with Keizou Kusakawa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s, Fuuka) working as chief director. Shōko Yasuda (Unlimited Fafnir, My Girlfriend is Shobitch) is providing character designs, while Touko Machida (Chaika – The Coffin Princess, Tears to Tiara) takes charge of series composition.

Happy Sugar Life Key VisualNanawoakari will perform the show’s opening theme song.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Director of Photography: Yasuyuki Itou
  • Background Art Director: Kiyotaka Yachi
  • Color Key Artist: Youko Matsubara
  • Editor: Yuuji Oka
  • Music: Koichiro Kameyama
  • Sound Director: Yayoi Tateishi

The series will star the following:

  • Satō Matsuzaka: Kana Hanazawa
  • Shio Kōbe: Misaki Kuno
  • Asahi Kōbe: Yumiri Hanamori
  • Daichi Kitaumekawa: Yuichiro Umehara
  • Shōko Hida: Aya Suzaki
  • Taiyō Mitsuboshi: Natsuki Hanae

Happy Sugar Life hits MBS (among other networks) in July. VAP is holding a stage event for Happy Sugar Life at AnimeJapan on March 25. Actresses Yumiri Hanamori and Misaki Kuno will appear at the show as guests.

Happy Sugar Life Character Visual - Satō Matsuzaka

Tomiyaki Kagisora’s Happy Sugar Life manga made its début in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine in May 2015. Seven compiled volumes have been released to date, with the latest shipping to stores today.

Manga resource Baka-Updates describes the title as:

High-schooler Matsuzaka Satou has a reputation for being easy, but one day her lifestyle of sleeping with one boy after another comes to an end. It happens when she meets the child Shio, for whom she is convinced she feels true love for the first time. Satou may seem sweet and innocent, but there is nothing she won’t do to protect their life together, including committing murder. But from where did she acquire the little girl, and how long can their “Happy Sugar Life” together last?

Sources: Comic Natalie, Ota-suke, Otakomu

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