Pretty Cure

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A promotional image of all of the Pretty Cure characters for the PreCure All Stars: Zenin Shūgō☆Let's Dance video game.

Pretty Cure, also called 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. Beginning in 2004 with Futari wa Pretty Cure, the franchise has seen many anime series, as well as spawning movies, manga and video games. Its most recent iteration, Dokidoki! PreCure, began airing in 2013 as part of TV Asahi's Sunday morning children's television block, following Super Hero Time. The franchise has produced a total of 432 episodes to date, and every series has been adapted into a manga by Futago Kamikita.

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Pretty Cure series [edit]

There are currently ten anime television series in the franchise, two of which are direct sequels to their previous series.

  • Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア Futari wa Purikyua?, lit. Together, We are Pretty Cure): 2004
  • Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア マックスハート Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto?): 2005
  • Pretty Cure Splash Star (ふたりはプリキュア Splash☆Star Futari wa Purikyua Supurasshu Sutā?): 2006
  • Yes! PreCure 5 (Yes！プリキュア５ Iesu! Purikyua Faibu?): 2007
  • Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! (Yes！プリキュア５GoGo! Iesu! Purikyua Faibu GōGō!?): 2008
  • Fresh Pretty Cure! (フレッシュプリキュア! Furesshu Purikyua!?): 2009
  • HeartCatch PreCure! (ハートキャッチプリキュア! HātoKyatchi Purikyua!?): 2010
  • Suite PreCure (スイート プリキュア♪ Suīto PuriKyua♪?): 2011
  • Smile PreCure! (スマイルプリキュア！ Sumairu PuriKyua!?): 2012
  • Dokidoki! PreCure (ドキドキ！ プリキュア Dokidoki! PuriKyua?, lit. Heart-Pounding! PreCure): 2013[1][2]

Films [edit]

Each Pretty Cure series spans at least one movie per season as a side story. Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart holds the record of having two movies in one season, Pretty Cure All Stars DX celebrates the series's fifth anniversary and Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2 marks the tenth year of the series. So far, fourteen movies have been produced, with nine based on the individual series and five Pretty Cure All Stars movies, with crossover characters from all the series to date.

TV-to-movie [edit]

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

All-Stars [edit]

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Video games [edit]

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
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Arienai! Yume no Sono wa Daimeikyu (ふたりはプリキュア ありえな～い！夢の園は大迷宮?) (2004, Game Boy Advance)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart - Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai (ふたりはプリキュアマックスハート マジ?マジ?!ファイト de INじゃない?) (2005, Game Boy Advance)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart – Danzen! DS de Precure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle (ふたりはプリキュアマックスハート　DANZEN!DSでプリキュア力をあわせて大バトル！!?) (2005, Nintendo DS)
  • Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go: Zenin Shu Go! Dream Festival (Yes！プリキュア5GoGo！ 全員しゅーGo!ドリームフェスティバル?) (2008, Nintendo DS)
  • Fresh Pretty Cure: Asobi Collection (フレッシュプリキュア!あそびコレクション?) (2009, Nintendo DS)
  • HeartCatch PreCure! Oshare Collection (ハートキャッチプリキュア!おしゃれコレクション?) (2010, Nintendo DS)
  • Koe de Asobou! HeartCatch PreCure! (こえであそぼう!ハートキャッチプリキュア!?) (2010, Nintendo DS)
  • Suite PreCure♪: Melody Collection (スイートプリキュア♪ メロディコレクション?) (2011, Nintendo DS)
  • Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Märchen World (スマイルプリキュア!　レッツゴー！メルヘンワールド?) (2012, Nintendo 3DS)
  • PreCure All Stars: Zenin Shūgō☆Let's Dance (プリキュアオールスターズ ぜんいんしゅうごう☆レッツダンス！?) (2013, Wii)
  • Dokidoki! PreCure: Narikiri Live! (ドキドキ!プリキュア なりきりライフ!?) (2013, Nintendo 3DS)
Arcade
  • PreCure All Stars Data Carddass series (プリキュアデータカードダスシリーズ?) (2007~Ongoing)
Educational titles
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア?) (2004, Sega Pico)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュアMaxheart?) (2005, Beena)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (ふたりはプリキュアスプラッシュスター?) (2006, Beena)
  • Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go: Love Love Hiragana Lesson (Yes！プリキュア5GoGo！lovelove☆ひらがなレッスン?) (2008, Beena)
  • Isshoni Henshin Fresh Pretty Cure (いっしょにへんしん♥フレッシュプリキュア！?) (2009, Beena)
  • Oshare ni Henshin HeartCatch PreCure! (おしゃれにへんしん ハートキャッチプリキュア！?) (2010, Beena)
  • Suite PreCure♪: Happy Oshare Harmony☆ (スイートプリキュア♪ハッピーおしゃれハーモニー☆?) (2011, Beena)

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Dokidoki! Precure Trademark Filed in Japan". 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. 

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