Anime · MBS
Happy Sugar Life
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kana Hanazawa
Satou Matsuzaka (voice)
12 eps
Misaki Kuno
Shio Koube (voice)
12 eps
Yumiri Hanamori
Asahi Koube (voice)
12 eps
Natsuki Hanae
Taiyou Mitsuboshi (voice)
12 eps
Aya Suzaki
Shouko Hida (voice)
12 eps
Kaito Ishikawa
Daichi Kitaumekawa (voice)
12 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Satou's aunt (voice)
12 eps
Ikumi Hasegawa
Mitori (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Happy Sugar Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Happy Sugar Life reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Satou Matsuzaka, a girl who has never loved anyone before, falls in love with a girl named Shio Koube. The two girls are drawn to each other, and begin a happy life together. Satou won't let anyone endanger their new life, and would do anything for love, even if it means threatening, confining, or killing someone.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Sugar Girl Eats Love
Shoko is surprised to hear that Satou has decided to give up fooling around with guys and start living together with the person she loves, a mysterious girl named Shio. Satou starts working more to cover the expenses of her new life with Shio. However, an incident happens at her new job.
- Directed by Ryosuke Shibuya
- Written by Touko Machida
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Happy Sugar Life
- Directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama
- Written by Touko Machida
S01E11
An Eternal Moment with You
- Directed by Keizo Kusakawa
- Written by Touko Machida
S01E10
A Proposal Under a Starry Sky
- Directed by Youichirou Aoki
- Written by Michiko Yokote
S01E09
Dissolving Rain
- Directed by Ryosuke Shibuya
- Written by Misaki Morie
S01E08
Apartment No. 1208
- Directed by Ryosuke Shibuya, Nobuyoshi Nagayama
- Written by Michiko Yokote
S01E07
What the Sugar Girl is Made Out Of
- Directed by Ryosuke Shibuya
- Written by Misaki Morie
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yukie AbeProducer
- Ryutaro EiProducer
- Shota KomatsuProducer
- Hiroshi KameiProducer
Writing
- Touko MachidaWriter
- Michiko YokoteWriter
- Misaki MorieWriter
Direction
- Youichirou AokiDirector
- Ryosuke ShibuyaDirector
- Keizo KusakawaDirector
- Nobuyoshi NagayamaDirector
- Fumihiro UenoDirector
Cinematography
- Yasuyuki ItouDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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