Japan Expo Panel: Sugar Sugar Rune Manga Returns to U.S., Italy, Taiwan in 2026
The Japan Expo panel for Studio Khara's new anime short reported in France on Friday that Moyoco Anno's Sugar Sugar Rune manga will go back on sale in the United States, Italy, and Taiwan next year. According to the panel, Udon Entertainment will offer the manga in the United States. The manga is already available in Japan itself, France, and South Korea.Udon Entertainment had announced its license for the manga in 2015. Udon Entertainment describes the story: A television anime adaptation of the manga premiered in 2005.Yusuke Matsui (CG animator and CG animation director for Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time) and Studio Khara producer Kohei Fujiwara revealed a 20th anniversary "Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières" anime short at the same Japan Expo panel, and Matsui announced that production on a separate, full-fledged anime project using similar CG animation has also been green-lit. "Sugar Sugar Rune Les deux sorcières" serves as a prologue to the original manga.Source: Studio Khara's Japan Expo panel livestream
