Moving away from the theme of finding a "twinkle" Volume 5 of Sugar talks more about the relationship between Saga and Sugar as well as Saga with her friends. Saga goes through quite a bit in this volume including losing her mother's piano to her friend and rival, Greta. These episodes were quite nice and actually I'm seriously considering marathoning the series after I finish it, or at least parts of it.

Sugar is a show that is readily growing to become one of my favorite shows made in the last decade. It is steadily growing to show the different layers it contains. Between the fairy tale fantasy, silly comedy and wonderful music it reminds me in many ways what it was like to be a child and also reminds me of a time when I tended to enjoy just about every anime I watched. While many claim I'm a huge pessimist about shows made after the move to more computer animation techniques (and they'd be right) Sugar is a show that makes even someone like me step back and realize that not everything out there is trash, just 90% of it.

Labels: Anime, Cute, Japanese

Four more episodes of this adorable little anime are sure to make your teeth rot. It delivers some good stories centering around the fairies while allowing us to look more into Saga's life and how she deals with it all. Usual cuteness warnings apply.

As I get further along with Sugar, the more it is certainly growing on me. When I first started the show I found it almost too cute to get through although now I find myself enjoying it more and more. I guess my main advice to those thinking about the show is that you might have to invest some time and watch a bunch of episodes before giving up on it.

Labels: Anime, Cute, Japanese

Bottle Fairy is the adorable and educational story for four little fairies who wish to become human. Before they can do that, however, they must first learn the ways of the average Japanese person which leads to some rather silly situations.

This is a show that I can easily recommend to the casual viewer as well as the otaku. Due to its length at just 13 episodes with each episode running about 12 minutes there is not a great time investment needed to understand the show. One other aspect that is inviting is the fact that it is so easy to just pick up an episode here and there without having to remember what happened in the last episode.

I definitely recommend it but, as always, watch for sales.

Labels: Anime, Cute, Japanese

Since today was a rather dreary and somewhat lethargic day it almost seemed appropriate to liven things up with a little Sugar.

Here on this disc we get a nice story arc centered around a group of traveling actors who put on a show about a bear who plays the piano. The whole town seems caught up in it including Saga and the season fairies. During the course of events Saga meets up with Vincent, the man in the bear costume and the relationship between the two as he teaches her about the piano is done in a rather nice manner and the whole show gives you a warm fuzzy feeling after watching it.

That said, Sugar is still best taken in small doses, but a few episodes now and then is good for just about anyone.

Labels: Anime, Cute, Japanese