Jewelpet: Sparkle!

Jewelpet: Sparkle! is a Japanese animated television series based off the Sanrio/Sega Toys franchise Jewelpet. The anime is animated at Venga Animation Team Sapparo and began airing on all TXN stations on October 6th, 2018, replacing Jewelpet Academy in its initial timeslot. The anime, which was licensed by AuraAnime Licensing, was announced to air on SurgeAnime Network in the United States and YTV Family in Canada (the latter of which had since announced that the anime would not air reruns on the channel space's rename YTV 2). Due to NickFamily Studios opening up its own Japanese division, Jewelpet: Sparkle! would be the only anime based off the Jewelpet franchise to be animated at Venga. Venga Seattle would, however, collaborate on the dub which otherwise uses the Jetix Cymru cast from Jewelpet Academy.

An English-language manga adaptation was serialized in Aura Magazine before it was cancelled, alongside any remaining English-language Jewelpet manga adaptations, at the end of February 2020.

Studio Aura originally planned for Jewelpet Story to air in Sparkle!'s timeslot once it aired in its entirety. However, due to the different age groups for the two anime series, it was announced that the two anime would air in different timeslots.

As the anime was intended to be a one-off series, Venga would go on to create a spin-off series, separate from the Jewelpet franchise (similarly to Magic Duo JewelMaker on NF).

Characters
Main article: List of Jewelpets and Sweetspets

Plot
TBA.

Episodes
W.I.P.

Broadcasting

 * Japan: TV Tokyo
 * Canada: YTV Family (original run: 2018, reruns: 2020)
 * Italy: Beta Cartoon (Anime Fuel; broadcasting to start sometime in 2025)
 * United States: SurgeAnime Network/Extra

TBA.

Trivia

 * Jewelpet: Sparkle! has no relation to Twinkle plot-wise.
 * Jewelpet: Sparkle! is the last NickFamily-commissioned Jewelpet continuity to be aimed at the shōjo audience, as Jewelpet Story is more josei-based.
 * As evidenced by reruns briefly airing on YTV Family in 2020, Jewelpet: Sparkle! was, for a time, the only series based on Jewelpet not to have been "written-off" by Corus Entertainment. However, following reruns being removed (presumably at Aura's request), the series has not been re-aired in Canadian markets since.
 * The Italian dub of Sparkle! would replace the cast for returning characters from the first Jewelpet season, as Sparkle! is set to air on Beta Italy's Anime Fuel block in 2025 rather than Italia 1, and there was a 10+ year gap between dubbing of the first season and the dubbing of Sparkle!.

TBA.