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PreCure
, also known as and ''PC'', is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and Bandai and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK, Toei Animation and Bandai. 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 850 episodes to date, as well as spawning movies, manga, toys, and video games. Its most recent iteration, ''Delicious Party Pretty Cure'', began airing in February 2022 as part of TV Asahi's Sunday morning children's television block. As of January 2022, three series have received English adaptations. Overview Each series focuses on a group of teenage girls who are granted special items that allow them to transform into legendary warriors known as the ''Pretty Cure.'' With the assistance of creatures known as fairies, the Pretty Cure use their magical powers and enhanced stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pretty Cure Films
or ''Precure Movies'' is a series of Japanese anime films produced by Toei Animation based on Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' anime television franchise. Each movie features a storyline which crosses over characters from all the ''Pretty Cure'' anime series, The following is a list of Japanese animated films produced by Toei Animation, based on Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' (''Precure'') anime television franchise, also known of Japan. Beginning with 2005's ''Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart'', which had two films released for it, each subsequent series in the franchise has received a film, which is usually released towards the end of each year. In addition, the '' Pretty Cure All Stars'' films, which feature storylines that team up characters from every series to date, began releasing annually in Japan starting in 2009, often airing in the spring of each year. The films often incorporate electrical flashlights known as Miracle Lights, which originally debuted in ''Yes! PreCure 5 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the head writer of ''Glass Fleet'' and ''Kamen Rider Kabuto''. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on the character designs for ''Yes! PreCure 5''. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014. The series aired on All-Nippon News Network (ANN)'s TV Asahi network between February 5, 2012 and January 27, 2013, replacing '' Suite PreCure♪'' in its initial timeslot, and is succeeded by '' DokiDoki! PreCure''. A film was released in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2012. The series' main topic is fairy tales and happiness. A novel was released in 2016, which serves as a series epilogue taking place 10 years after the events of the anime. The series was adapted into English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izumi Todo
, credited with creating series like ''Ojamajo Doremi'' and ''Pretty Cure'', is a collective pen name used by Toei Animation television producers when contributing to their various anime series. Pseudonyms used in a similar manner include Hajime Yatate from Sunrise and Saburo Yatsude for Toei Company's anime and tokusatsu television productions. The use of the pen name began with ''Ojamajo Doremi''. The name comes from "Tōei Dōga (the former name of Toei Animation), Ōizumi Studio" (written in Japanese as 東映動画大泉スタジオ). Credited series Television *''Ojamajo Doremi'' (1999-2003, 2019-2020) **''Ojamajo Doremi'' (1999-2000) **'' Ojamajo Doremi ♯'' (2000-2001) **''Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi'' (2001-2002) **''Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān!'' (2002-2003) ** ''Ojamajo Doremi: Owarai Gekijō'' (2019-2020) *''Shinzo'' (2000) *''Pipo Papo Patrol-kun'' (2000-2001) *''Ashita no Nadja'' (2003-2004) *''Pretty Cure'' (2004-present) **''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' (2004-2005) **''Futari w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Cure All Stars
or ''PreCure All Stars'' is a series of Japanese anime films produced by Toei Animation based on Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' anime television franchise. Each movie features a storyline which crosses over characters from all the ''Pretty Cure'' anime series to date. As of October 2020, there are currently 12 main films in the series, ''All Stars'' movies are generally released shortly after the premiere of a new ''Pretty Cure'' television series. The most recent Pretty Cure team at the time of release generally has the largest involvement with the movie's plot. In the opening scenes of each movie, a running gag occurs, in which the most recent Pretty Cure team bump into older teams by accident. On top of that, all fairies of all Pretty Cure teams know each other as friends. With the exception of ''Singing with Everyone Miraculous Magic'', each movie to date utilizes Miracle Lights, which are small flashlights handed out to audience members during screenings, with the finale e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Healin' Good Pretty Cure
is a Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the seventeenth installment of the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise and the first exclusive series in the Reiwa period. It premiered on ANN on February 2, 2020, succeeding ''Star Twinkle PreCure'' in its initial time slot. It is the second series in the franchise to focus on nature as its main topic after ''Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star'', with elements and medicine used for the Cures' main motifs. It was succeeded by ''Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure'' on February 28, 2021. Toei Animation Inc. licensed the series outside Japan, with Crunchyroll streaming the series starting on June 28, 2020, in select countries. It marks as the second series (excluding ''Smile PreCure!'' and '' DokiDoki! PreCure'') to be released under the ''Pretty Cure'' name since ''Futari wa Pretty Cure''. Story 13-year-old Nodoka Hanadera recently moved to the town of with her family in hopes that it can give her a fresh star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ''Dragon Ball (TV series), Dragon Ball'', ''Saint Seiya'', ''Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon'', ''Slam Dunk (manga), Slam Dunk'', ''Digimon'', ''One Piece (TV series), One Piece'', ''Toriko'', ''World Trigger'', ''The Transformers (TV series), The Transformers'' (between 1984–1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions) and the ''Pretty Cure'' series. History The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Zenjirō Yamamoto in 1948 as . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was renamed , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998, the Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delicious Party Pretty Cure
} is a 2022 Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation, billed as the nineteenth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise. It is directed by Toshinori Fukazawa and written by Sawako Hirabayashi, and premiered on All-Nippon News Network, ANN on February 6, 2022, succeeding ''Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure'' in its initial time slot. The series' main themes are cuisine, cooking, gratitude, and sharing while being the second series to use food as its main motif since ''Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode''. Story The kingdom of is a place responsible to all the cuisine in multiple worlds. However the kingdom's precious treasure, the is stolen by a bunch of phantom thieves named the "Bundle Gang" whose aim is to monopolize all the cooking of the world for themselves by capturing the , small cooking fairies that represent every dish in the world. As a result, three Energy Fairies from the kingdom were sent to the human world in the town of , where they m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futago Kamikita
and , born August 11 in Kōchi Prefecture, are two Japanese manga artists and character designers, twin sisters, who work together under the pseudonym of . They are best known for the manga versions of the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise. Their previous pen names include , and . Biography The Kamikita twins started drawing at a young age, influenced by their mother, passionate about painting. Later on, they attended the University of Tokyo. As animators and designers in Hiroshi Sasagawa's studio, in 1989 they won the '' Shueisha Akatsuka Award'' with ''RED HOT'', published in the special winter issue of Shōnen Jump. From 2002 to 2004, they drew the paper version of ''Akubi Girl'', and then they started adapting ''Pretty Cure'', serialized in Nakayoshi, of which they also realized short sticker stories throughout the years. In 2006, the Kamikita twins participated in designing the monsters of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''. 2006 was also the year of . In January 2008, the joined the staff of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakayoshi
is a monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First issued in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 60 years of manga publication history. Notable titles serialized in Nakayoshi include ''Princess Knight'', ''Candy Candy'', ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' and ''Cardcaptor Sakura''. The target demographic for ''Nakayoshi'' (like '' Ribon'' and '' Ciao'') is teenage girls. Roughly the size of a phone book (hence the term "phone book manga"), the magazine generally comes with ''furoku'', or small gifts, such as pop-out figures, games, small bags, posters, stickers, and so on. The ''furoku'' is an attempt to encourage girls to buy their own copies of the magazine rather than just share with a friend. It is one of the best-selling ''shōjo'' manga magazines, having sold over 400million copies since 1978. In the mid-1990s, ''Nakayoshi'' retailed for 400 yen and had an average of 448 pages. The estimated average circulation of ''Nakayoshi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresh Pretty Cure!
or ''Fresh PreCure!'', is a Japanese magical girl anime series and the sixth in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries by Izumi Todo, featuring the fourth generation of Cures. Produced by Toei Animation, the series was directed by Junji Shimizu ('' Jigoku Sensei Nube The Movie'') and written by Atsushi Maekawa (''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'', ''Jewelpet''). Character designs were created by Hisashi Kagawa (''Saikano'', ''Bomberman Jetters'', ''Phantom Thief Jeanne''). The series aired on TV Asahi's ANN network between February 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010, replacing '' Yes! PreCure 5 Go Go!'' in its initial time slot, and was succeeded by '' HeartCatch PreCure!''. Fresh Pretty Cure marks the franchise's first ever expansion outside its target-audience demographic of young girls, as well as the first to introduce CG-animated end credits focused on dance routines. The series' main topics involve traditional playing-card suits, fruits and clovers - which are symbols that are associated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futari Wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. The first season, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired between February 1, 2004 and January 30, 2005, in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous work Ashita no Nadja. It received an adapted English-dubbed version, which aired in Canada in March 2009. A second season, , or simply ''Max Heart'', aired in Japan between February 6, 2005, and January 29, 2006. It was then succeeded by ''Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star''. Two ''Max Heart'' movies were released on April 16, 2005, and December 10, 2005, respectively. The series' main motif is yin and yang. Plot ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' revolves around two girls, Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro, who encounter the Garden of Light's Mipple and Mepple, who give them the power to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saban Brands
Saban Capital Group LLC is an American investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments. Formed in 2010 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Films, part of Univision Communications, and part of Celestial Tiger Entertainment. History In October 2006, SCG's Saban Entertainment Group division announced the beginning of its virtual studio program for starting up and developing family entertainment. In March 2007, Univision Communications was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners which includes Saban Capital Group, Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners. On October 17, 2011, Saban Capital Group acquired 7.5% stake in Jakarta-based Indonesian largest integrated media company, Media Nusantara Citra. In July 2012, Saban Capital Group acquired minority stake in PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk, the largest pay-TV operator in Indonesia which owns Indovision and Top TV. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
