Pretty Cure

Pretty Cure

Pretty Cure (プリキュア , Purikyua^?, (translates to Pretty Cure, often just Pretty Cure, PreCure, or PuriKyua) is an anime, manga, movie, and game franchise. of the magical girl type, produced by Toei Animation and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, which has been broadcast in Japan by the anime television network, Animax and TV Asahi, and is currently one of the most popular and beloved in the country.

History

Unlike most magical girls, these Pretty Cure warriors rely on their physical power, which is why they can engage in hand-to-hand combat for many hours; though like all magical girls, most of the physical damage wears off when they return to normal.

There are several seasons of the series, each with at least one movie. The second season, titled Pretty Cure Max Heart, a sequel to the first. The third season is an alternate story to the previous ones, and is titled Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star. The fourth season is another side story of the previous ones, titled Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (with 5 indicating 5 members). The fifth season is a sequel to the fourth, under the name of Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go!. There is also an alternate season to all the previous ones, the sixth, called Fresh Pretty Cure, which began airing in 2009 and ended at the end of January 2010. There is another alternate season to all six the seventh, called HeartCatch PreCure!, which began airing in 2010 and ended at the end of January 2011. And Suite PreCure is the eighth season of the anime., also with different characters, which ended on January 29, 2012. After this, the ninth season of the anime, Smile PreCure!, also with different characters, premiered in February 2012, which ended on January 27, 2013. After this it premiered on February 3, 2013 Doki Doki! PreCure which is the tenth season of the Japanese anime also with different characters. This season marks 10 years of Pretty Cure. This season ended on January 26, 2014, and then Happiness Charge PreCure! premiered on February 2, 2014, which is the eleventh season of Pretty Cure and celebrates the tenth anniversary of the series. The following season is Go! Princess PreCure, the twelfth season of Pretty Cure, which premiered on February 1, 2015 and ended on January 31, 2016. Shortly after, it premiered on February 7, 2016 Maho Girls PreCure! , the 13th season, which ended on January 29, 2017. A few weeks later, Kirakira PreCure a la Mode, premiered on February 5, 2017, the 14th season., which ended on January 28, 2018. A few weeks later, HUGtto! PreCure, on February 4, 2018, the 15th season, which ended on January 27, 2019. Star Twinkle PreCure, the sixteenth season will begin airing on February 3, 2019. Then on February 2, 2020, Healin' Good PreCure and ended on February 21, 2021. Then on February 28, 2021, Tropical-Rouge! PreCure and Delicious Party Pretty Cure premiered on February 5, 2022. Finally, celebrating the 20th anniversary of this franchise, 'Hirogaru Sky Precure' was released on February 5, 2023.

There have also been two Pretty Cure Max Heart movies, one by Splash Star, one by Yes! Pretty Cure 5, another from Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go, one from Fresh precure, one from HeartCacth, one from Suite precure, one from Smile precure, one by Doki Doki precure, one by Happiness Charge precure, one by Go! Princess precure, one of Maho Girls PreCure!, one of Kirakira PreCure a la Mode, one of HUGtto! PreCure, one of Star Twinkle PreCure, and finally in 2021 the movie of Healin' Good PreCure. Also released on March 20, 2009 was a special movie that brought together all the protagonists of the first six seasons, titled Precure All Stars DX. In Precure All Stars DX2 all the protagonists appear, including those of season 7. And in Precure All Stars DX3, it consists of the appearance of Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm of the season 8 (PreCure Suite ). The fourth film of the fictional crossover type, this time not from the DX saga, is called PreCure All Stars New Stage: Friends from the Future, and the protagonists from Max Heart to Smile PreCure!, Season 9. The latter film was released on March 17, 2012. A fifth film, Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends at Heart (プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 2 こころのともだち, PuriKyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji Tsū: Kokoro no Tomodachi^?) has been released on March 16, 2013, and the protagonists from Max Heart to Doki Doki! PreCure, the 10th season of the anime Futari wa Pretty Cure. The sixth film, Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Forever Friends (映画プリキュアオールスターズ　NewStage3　永遠のともだち, PuriKyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji 3: Eien no Tomodachi^?) was announced to be released on March 15, 2014 and the protagonists from Max Heart to Happiness Charge PreCure! appeared. The next movie is Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival (映画 プリキュアオールスターズ 春のカーニバル, Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu: Haru no Kānibaru^?) featuring everything from Futari wa Pretty Cure to Maho Girls PreCure. The film that follows is Pretty Cure Dream Stars which was released on March 18, 2017 and features an appearance from Go! Princess to Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode. The Pretty Cure All Stars Memories Movie was released on October 27, 2018 and is the last all-stars movie to feature all of the Pretty Cure from Futari wa to HUGtto! PreCure. The following film titled Pretty Cure Miracle Universe was released on March 16, 2019 and features cast members from Kira Kira to Star Twinkle PreCure. The next movie is Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Wonderful Day with Everyone which was released on October 31, 2020, this movie was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After

Seasons

The following is a breakdown of the seasons of the series divided into the two historical periods of Japan where they were produced, being the Heisei era and the Reiwa era.

List of characters in the series

Others

• Michiru Kiryū: Yuriko Fuchizaki
• Kaoru Kiryū: Yuka Imai and Akemi Okamura

Movies

All Movies

• Pretty Cure Max Heart The Movie
• Pretty Cure Max Heart Film 2: Friends Under the Sky
• Pretty Cure Splash Star: The TicTac in Danger!
• Yes! PreCure 5: The great miraculous adventure in the Kingdom of Mirrors!
• Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!: Happy Birthday in the Kingdom of Desserts!
• Fresh Pretty Cure!: Does the Kingdom of Toys have a lot of secrets!?
• HeartCatch PreCure!: Fashion show in the city of flowers
• PreCure Suite: Recover it! The miraculous melody that connects hearts!
• Smile PreCure!: Great misadjustments in a storybook!
• DokiDoki! PreCure: Does Mana Marry??? The Dress of Hope that Connects the Future

Character voices

Futari wa Pretty Cure and Pretty Cure Max Heart (2004-2006)

Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006-2007)

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go! (2007-2009)

Fresh Pretty Cure (2009-2010)

HeartCatch PreCure! (2010-2011)

Pretty Cure Suite (2011-2012)

Smile PreCure! (2012)

DokiDoki! PreCure (2013)

HappinessCharge PreCure! (2014)

Go! Princess PreCure (2015)

Mahou Tsukai PreCure! (2016)

KiraKira PreCure A La Mode (2017)

HUGtto! PreCure (2018)

• Rie Hikisaka
• Rina Honnizumi
• Yui Ogura
• Nao Tamura
• Yukari Tamura

Star Twinkle PreCure

• Eimi Naruse
• Konomi Kohara
• Kiyono Yasuno
• Mikako Komatsu
• Sumire Uesaka

Healin' Good PreCure

• Aoi Yūki
• Natsu Yorita
• Hiyori Kono

Tropical-Rouge! PreCure

Ai Fairouz

Yumiri Hanamori

Yui Ishikawa

Asami Setō

Rina Hidaka

Episodes

Go to Annex: Pretty Cure Episodes