Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar (A Little Snow Fairy Sugar)

Season Fairies create and control the weather using special musical instruments. They make the wind blow, the snow fall, the sun shine; if it's something weather related, they are the ones who make it happen.

Sugar, an apprentice Snow Fairy, and her friends Salt and Pepper, all want to become full-fledged Season Fairies, and the only way to achieve this is to search for and find the "Twinkles" that will make their magical flowers bloom. The only problem is that none of them have any idea what a Twinkle is.

They enlist the somewhat unwilling help of Saga, a human girl who can see Season Fairies. Much to her annoyance, Saga's perfectly planned and ordered life has just become a little too lively for her taste. Together, they search for the mysterious Twinkles while trying to perfect their magic.

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Adaptation:	Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar
Sequel:	Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar Specials

Tachiki, Fumihiko
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Matsukura, Yuuji

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Oomori, Hiroyuki

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Kimura, Shinichirou

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Tsuruoka, Youta

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"Sugar Baby Love" by Yoko Ishida

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"Snow Flower" by Maria Yamamoto

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May 29, 2021

johnbradshaw

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There's something very different about anime made in the 2000s. They have a slow, easy going and reminiscent feeling to it. And nearly 20 years ago, in the breezy fall of 2001, J.C. Staff graced us with one of the cutest and heart-warming anime ever created: A Little Snow Fairy Sugar. A truly precious hidden gem of the distant past.

Set in the peaceful and antique fictional town of Muhlenberg - Germany, A Little Snow Fairy Sugars tells the tale about the everyday life of Little Sugar and Saga. A bitttersweet and heart-wrenching story full of laughters and tears.

How can anyone be as adorable as ... our lovely Sugar-chan? She's an apprentice snow fairy that only Saga can see. To become a talented fairy like her mother, Sugar and her friends must go on an important training. To find the "twinkle" and let the magical flowers bloom. That sets the tone for the lovely slice of life adventure of Sugar and Saga. Watching them reminds me of the good times that I never had.

The pacing of the show is very appropriate. It's slow enough for us to learn about the characters better while also provided interesting story in each and every episodes to steadily progress the plot. By the half-way of the show, you can clearly see the development of Sugar and Saga and that's a rare thing to see even by today standards. Seem like the art of storytelling is lost overtime.

The main appeal of the anime must be Little Sugar and her lovely friends, Salt and Pepper. Let me tell you this, Sugar is the type of character that you'll fall in love at the first sight of her. She's naive, adorable, kinda annoying yet so caring. She made my list of top 10 character right when I see her. That says a lot since that list hasn't changed for hundreds of anime now.

And Saga, she's the one who brings the depth and drama to the show. Lost her mother who's a great pianist at a very young age, the tragic has a bad effect on her mental health. a purposeful and kind girl to everyone around. But when ever something reminds her of her mother in a bad way, she will get depressed quickly. Luckily, God gave her Sugar to befriend with. And in a way, Sugar is fortunate to meet her. There they formed an everlasting friendship.

I must give my praising to Tsuruoka Youta, the sound director of A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, famous with works in Elf- A tale of Memories; Clannad; Hibike: Euphonium, Fulmetal Panic! and so much more... I cant even imaginine this show without his magical hand in choosing music and voice actors. The op: "Sugar Baby Love" is one of my most favorite anime song, the osts are amazing and bring deep emotions in every scenes. Even though, they're kinda repetitive. I reckon he did an almost perfect job in this anime. Set in the town with European's design, every backgrounds are beautifully drawn, really created the feeling of the town.

Overall, I know my silly, homely and unrefined words can't do the show justice. But I really love A Little Snow Fairy Sugar. I wanna spread the love cause it needs more. If somehow and in some magical way I can persuade you to watch this show, I'll be very happy.

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Aug 30, 2020

haydenluvsanime

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Atmosphere is one of the most important components when crafting a good show. If a show has weak or inappropriate atmosphere, it can potentially tarnish any chance of having emotional resonance with the audience, even if the script and acting are great. There are some anime fans that have a hard time enjoying a lot of horror anime for this very reason, because some of the scenes that were meant to be scary can come off as comedic instead if done poorly.

Then you have those rare shows which have a certain aura to them. Maybe the characters are a bit corny and the plot isn’t ... very engaging, but despite that, they still manage to pull some emotion out of you.

A Little Snow Fairy Sugar is exactly that type of show. What it lacks in subtlety, it more than makes up for it with sincerity.

The first thing that immediately struck me about Snow Fairy was its soundtrack. It’s easily the highlight of the entire show and largely consists of lovely and nostalgic-sounding piano pieces which play throughout the episodes. Sometimes the show will just sort of stop for a moment and let a character play an instrument for a bit. It can be quite bizarre and jarring at times, but endlessly charming nonetheless.

And that’s really how I would best describe the show as a whole. It’s very charming and endearing. With character designs from Koge-Donbo of Di Gi Charat fame, it is unmistakably “of its time” in the best ways possible. The legendary Shichirou Kobayashi is also on the team and he does a fantastic job bringing this world to life with his beautiful backgrounds. Overall, the show is a treat to look at and listen to.

However, while the artwork and music are both incredible, the characters and writing can leave a lot to be desired. The plot itself is rather unremarkable and the dynamics are all over the place. Saga and Sugar's friendship do have their wholesome and heartwarming moments together, but a decent chunk of the series is spent with Sugar getting in the way of Saga's everyday life and they end up fighting quite a bit which can take away some of the emotional weight those wholesome scenes could've had because the character progression is very inconsistent. If you’re the type of viewer who prefers getting super critical with what they watch, then maybe stay away, because Snow Fairy doesn’t exactly try too hard to be too deep with its themes and you'll probably end up getting bored and thinking it's stupid.

But at the end of the day, Snow Fairy exemplifies a lot of the qualities I love about this time period in anime history. A lot of the industry started converting over to computers and it gave more people the chance to create niche anime that may not have been approved or fully realized before. And while a lot of series from this era can often be rather weird or clumsy, you can often feel that raw passion shine through. Snow Fairy may be far from perfect, but I also don't think I'd want it any other way.

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Jun 23, 2017

TheCompletionist

Mixed Feelings

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What we have here is a magical girl anime that tells the story of Sugar and her human companion Saga and we get to see Sugar make her transition into a full fledged season fairy with the help of her fairy friends. In this anime Season Fairies are little creatures that control all aspects of the weather. It is not only Sugar that is trying to make the transition into a full fledged season fairy but her friends are trying to do the same as well.
Judging from the title, your absolutely right - we are dealing with an anime that deals with a lot ... of cuteness. Regardless of the cute and adorable nature of this anime there is a compelling story to be told here but unfortunately it doesn't really start to take off until at least over half the anime is over. There is a huge emphasis on self growth and realizing your own potential but by the time your even remotely interested in the characters and the story you've already grown tired of it.

The main characters start off very unlikable throughout the first part of this anime because both Saga and Sugar know how to get on each others nerves and it would of been okay if there was any humour associated with it, but there wasn't much in the way of humor throughout the majority of the anime minus a few chuckle moments here and there. However, as their relationship develops throughout the entire anime you start to sympathize with them and how much they mean to each other.

The ending of this anime really saves it because it is a little sad with how it ends, but you understand why it has to end the way it did. However ultimately the biggest problem with this anime is its length. It really didn't need 24 episodes to tell its story since a lot of the episodes were useless filler without any real progression into the main heart of the story.
The anime is just ok; I don't consider it very memorable because a lot of the episodes did feel like a major drag. There were a few shining moments in the anime; there was one episode where the season fairies had to help a turtle accomplish his dream which was to fly and that was a very adorable episode but there was just too many episodes that focused on character development for characters i had no interest in whatsoever. It was even hard to even have a favorite character in this anime. I know who I hated in this anime the most, but to pick a character in this anime that I liked was incredibly hard.

I think another issue I had with this anime is that while this anime seems like something that would cater to kids or fans of magical girl anime there were a few moments throughout the anime that had a very sneaky creepy perverted vibe for it and it was totally unexpected and frankly unwanted. There were a few episodes that focused on a play called The Bear Pianist (Bare Penis), and I'm just saying to myself WTF. There were a few other moments as well but I won't spoil them.

Ultimately its a magical girl anime with a slow/intolerable beginning but if you stick with it, you'll grow to like the story and how it ends. It doesn't have a very memorable opening and ending song, but some of the background and foreground music is very beautiful.

Recommended for Kids and Fans of Magical Girl Anime
Not Recommend for anyone else

Most Favorite Character: Wind Fairy Pepper
Least Favorite Character: Greta

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