It has been announced that Studio Khara, known for the popular anime series "Evangelion," will be producing a new short anime called "SUGAR SUGAR RUNE Les deux sorcieres," based on Moyoco Anno 's manga " Sugar Sugar Rune Sugar Sugar Rune ." The announcement was made at the "JAPAN EXPO" event currently being held in Paris. At the event, it was also announced that "it has been decided that a main animation version of ' Sugar Sugar Rune' will be produced."
The new short anime will be produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original manga. It is a prequel to the original manga and will be an original story supervised by the original author, Yasuno.
Studio Khara director Yusuke Matsui and animation producer Kohei Fujiwara appeared at the event. Matsui said, "I expanded my imagination and depicted the journey to the human world, which is not depicted in the original work, as a prequel," and revealed that he had exchanged opinions with the original author Anno many times to create the character backgrounds. Fujiwara said, "I hope that through this work, you will see the new talent of Studio Khara."
Upon the announcement that "Sugar Sugar Rune" will be produced as an animation, Matsui commented, "The beauty of the craftsmanship can only be achieved with CG animation, so I hope you will look forward to it. Thank you very much."
"Sugar Sugar Rune" is a manga that was serialized in the girls' manga magazine "Nakayoshi" (Kodansha) from 2003 to 2007. It depicts two little witches, Chocolat and Vanilla, competing to decide the Queen of the Demon World. A TV anime aired from 2005 to 2006.
※Cast (titles omitted)
Chocolat Meilleur: Miyu Kobashi ▽ Vanilla Mew: Tsukino Chikasada ▽ Cauldron: Tomoko Miyadera
*Staff (titles omitted)
Original work: Moyoco Anno ▽Director, scriptwriter, storyboard: Matsui Yusuke▽Visual director: Tsurii Shogo▽CG animation supervisor: Morie Kota (MORIE Inc.)▽Modeling director: Koda Kazunari▽Character design and animation director: Asano Naoyuki▽Special effects animation director: Yoshibe Naoki▽Color design Nakamura Ayaka (WIT STUDIO)▽Art director: Nakamura Chieko (Studio Kokoro)▽Director of photography: Fukuzawa Hitomi▽Editing: Hirose Kiyoshi (Edits)▽Grading and finishing editor Mizuno Masaki (Khaki)▽Music: Nakatsuka Takeshi▽Planning and producing Kawashima Masanori▽Animation Producer: Fujiwara Kohei▽Animation production: Studio Khara
