Pretty Cure

Pretty Cure

A promotional image for Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends, featuring Cures from 2004's Futari wa Pretty Cure up to 2014's HappinessCharge PreCure!.
Creator Izumi Todo
Toei Animation
Original work Futari wa Pretty Cure
Films and television
Films List of Pretty Cure films, Pretty Cure All Stars
Television series See below
Theatrical presentations
Musicals See below
Games
Traditional See below
Video games See below
Audio
Soundtracks See below
Original music See below
Miscellaneous
Toys S.H. Figuarts

Pretty Cure, PreCure, or Precure (プリキュア Purikyua) is a Japanese magical girl anime metaseries created by Izumi Todo and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Toei Animation. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls known as Pretty Cures who battle against evil forces. Starting in February 2004 with Futari wa Pretty Cure, the franchise has seen many anime series, spanning over 600 episodes to date, as well as spawning movies, manga, toys, and video games. Its most recent iteration, Maho Girls PreCure!, began airing in February 2016 as part of TV Asahi's Sunday morning children's television block, following Super Hero Time. To date, two of the series have received English-language dubs.

Overview

Each of the series focuses on a group of girls, most commonly Japanese schoolgirls in their second year of middle school, who are granted special items that allow them to transform into legendary warriors known as the Pretty Cure (or Precure). With the assistance of creatures known as fairies, the Pretty Cure use their magical powers and enhanced strength to fight against evil forces and organizations who create monsters to bring misery to the Earth and further their plans. As these series progress and stronger enemies appear, the Cures gain new magical items, new abilities, and sometimes new allies to help them in their fight against evil.

Pretty Cure series

There are currently fourteen anime television series in the franchise, two of which are direct sequels to their previous series. Each series has received a manga adaptation illustrated by Futago Kamikita, which is published in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine alongside the anime. To date, two of the series, Futari wa Pretty Cure and Smile PreCure!, have received adapted English-language dubbed releases under the names Pretty Cure and Glitter Force respectively.

  1. Futari wa Pretty Cure / Pretty Cure (2004–2005)
  2. Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (2005–2006)
  3. Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006–2007)
  4. Yes! PreCure 5 (2007–2008)
  5. Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! (2008–2009)
  6. Fresh Pretty Cure! (2009–2010)
  7. HeartCatch PreCure! (2010–2011)
  8. Suite PreCure (2011–2012)
  9. Smile PreCure! / Glitter Force (2012–2013)
  10. DokiDoki! PreCure (2013–2014)[1][2]
  11. HappinessCharge PreCure! (2014–2015)
  12. Go! Princess PreCure (2015–2016)[3][4]
  13. Maho Girls PreCure! (2016–2017)[5]
  14. Kirakira PreCure a la Mode (2017–2018)[6]

Films

Beginning with Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart, each television series has received a theatrical animated film based on the series, with Max Heart receiving two films. Starting in March 2009, Pretty Cure All Stars films have been released each year, which crosses over characters from all the series to date. To date, there are currently thirteen TV-based films and eight All Stars films.

TV-to-movie

  1. Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie (映画 ふたりはプリキュア マックスハート Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto) (2005)
  2. Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky (映画 ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart 2 雪空のともだち Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi) (2005)
  3. Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star: Tick-Tock Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (映画 ふたりはプリキュア スプラッシュ☆スター チクタク危機一髪! Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Supurashu Sutā Tiku Taku Kiki Ippatsu!) (2006)
  4. Yes! Precure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (映画 Yes!プリキュア5 鏡の国のミラクル大冒険! Eiga Iesu! Purikyua Faibu: Kagami no Kuni no Mirakuru Daibōken!) (2007)
  5. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (映画 Yes! プリキュア5 Go Go! お菓子の国のハッピーバースディ♪ Eiga Iesu! Purikyua Faibu GōGō! Okashi no Kuni no Happī Bāsudi♪) (2008)
  6. Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? (映画 フレッシュプリキュア!　おもちゃの国は秘密がいっぱい!? Eiga Furesshu Purikyua! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!?) (2009)
  7. HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! (映画 ハートキャッチプリキュア！花の都でファッションショー···ですか！？ Eiga HātoKyatchi Purikyua! Hana no Miyako de Fasshon Shō...Desu ka!?) (2010)
  8. Suite PreCure the Movie: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts (映画 スイートプリキュア♪ とりもどせ! 心がつなぐ奇跡のメロディ♪ Eiga Suīto Purikyua♪: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Merodi!) (2011)
  9. Smile Precure! the Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (映画 スマイルプリキュア！ 絵本の中はみんなチグハグ！ Eiga Sumairu Purikyua!: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!) (2012)
  10. DokiDoki! Precure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope that Connects to the Future (映画 ドキドキ！プリキュア マナ結婚！！？未来につなぐ希望のドレス Eiga Dokidoki! Purikyua: Mana Kekkon!!? Mirai ni Tsunagu Kibō no Doresu) (2013)[7]
  11. HappinessCharge PreCure! the Movie: The Ballerina of the Land of Dolls (映画 ハピネスチャージプリキュア！人形の国のバレリーナ Eiga HapinesuChāji Purikyua! Ningyō no Kuni no Barerīna) (2014)[8]
  12. Go! Princess Precure the Movie: Go! Go!! Splendid Triple Feature!!! (映画 Go！プリンセスプリキュア Go！ Go！！ 豪華3本立て！！！ Eiga Gō! Purinsesu Purikyua: Gō! Gō!! Gōka San-bon Date!!!) (2015)
  13. Maho Girls PreCure! the Movie: The Miraculous Transformation! Cure Mofurun! (映画 魔法つかいプリキュア！ 奇跡の変身！キュアモフルン！ Eiga Mahōtsukai Purikyua!: Kiseki no Henshin! Kyua Mofurun!) (2016)

Crossover films

Main article: Pretty Cure All Stars
  1. Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - the Collection of Miracles! (映画 プリキュアオールスターズDX みんなともだちっ☆奇跡の全員大集合! Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Dirakkusu: Minna Tomodachi— Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō!) (2009)
  2. Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! (映画 プリキュアオールスターズDX2 希望の光☆レインボージュエルを守れ! Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Dirakkusu Tsu: Kibou no Hikari Reinbō Jueru wo Mamore!) (2010)
  3. Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World! (映画 プリキュアオールスターズDX3 未来に届け!世界をつなぐ☆虹色の花 Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Dirakkusu Surī: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana!) (2011)
  4. Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future (映画 プリキュアオールスターズNewStage みらいのともだち Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji: Mirai no Tomodachi) (2012)
  5. Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart (映画 プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 2 こころのともだち Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji Tsū: Kokoro no Tomodachi) (2013)
  6. Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Forever Friends (映画 プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 3 永遠のともだち Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji Surī: Eien no Tomodachi) (2014)
  7. 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♪) (2015)
  8. Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! (映画 プリキュアオールスターズ みんなで歌う♪奇跡の魔法! Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu: Minna de Utau♪ Kiseki no Mahō!) (2016)
  9. Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (映画 プリキュアドリームスターズ! Eiga Purikyua Dorīmu Sutāzu!) (2017) [9]

Musicals

Musicals are on stages since around the time Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart began airing on February 2005, and they are very popular. They don't usually have special names like the movies or games, and they are performed in theatres, or live stages. The main idea is that the singers (or sometimes just some random people) dress into Cures (they have their clothes on, while they have a large head on too, so no one can actually see their faces) and they perform their character songs or/and they perform short stories. These musicals are often made for children between the age of 5-9, and they sold merchandise on these musicals too. The musicals are often 2 or 3 hours long, depending the series and/or the songs'/stories' length.

Video games

Several video games have been produced by Bandai for video game systems and educational consoles, as well as ongoing Data Carddass arcade machines.

Video games
Arcade
Educational titles

International broadcast

International broadcast of Pretty Cure: red is broadcast through the mass media, green on the internet.
Country/Region Channel
 Japan ANN
Broadcasting System of San-in
Miyazaki Broadcasting
 South Korea SBS
Cartoon Network (South Korea)
 Philippines Hero TV
ABS-CBN
 Australia ABC Kids
 Hong Kong TVB Jade
TVB Kids
TVB Window
 Taiwan YOYO TV
ETTV Movie
 Syria SpaceToon
 Palestine Al-Quds TV
 Pakistan PTV
 Iran IRIB Pooya
 Indonesia RCTI
 Italy Rai 2
 Thailand Modernine TV
Cartoon Club Channel
 Serbia
 Montenegro 		Happy TV
 Albania Bang Bang

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dokidoki! Precure Trademark Filed in Japan". Anime News Network. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Dokidoki! Precure Revealed as New Precure With Logo - News". Anime News Network. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  3. ↑ "'Go! Princess Precure' Trademark Filed". 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Next PreCure Series will be "Go! Princess PreCure"?". 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "'Mahō Tsukai Precure' Trademark Filed". AnimeNewsNetwork.com. 19 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Kirakira Precure a la Mode' Trademark Filed". AnimeNewsNetwork.com. 25 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "映画ドキドキ！プリキュア マナ結婚!!?未来につなぐ希望のドレス". 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  8. ↑ "映画『ハピネスチャージプリキュア！ 人形の国のバレリーナ』 10月11日公開！". 2014-06-14. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  9. ↑ http://www.precure-dreamstars.com/

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