Anmitsu Hime / あんみつ姫

2008 Fuji TV 'special twice' anime adaptation about a princess from a fake land who runs away from the castle to discover true love and ends up finding it in the form of a commoner with no parents who takes care of other orphans on the street.

It was gay, but in a fun, take-me-away kind of way that I didn't, actually feel offended by, so I guess it's up to you what you take away from it if you give it a go.

MY guess is the Manga is probably the best, and the anime is likely to be more worth watching, but that's just a hunch.