Kaori Yamagata

is a 2015 Japanese animated action fantasy film based on ''Pretty Cure'' franchise created by Izumi Todo, and its twelfth series, ''Go! Princess PreCure''. The film is divided into three segments: ''Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror'', ''Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'' and ''Leff's Wonder Night!''. Each segments are directed by Yukio Kaizawa, Akifumi Zako, and Hiroshi Miyamoto respectively, and produced by Toei Animation. The film was released in Japanese theaters on October 31, 2015.

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Plot

''Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror''

Cure Flora comes in a room, admiring her flower tiara but later comes across a mirror where a group of ghosts try to play a prank on her by copying her appearance. During their battle, Flora ends up breaking her tiara, so the ghosts decide to replace it by transforming into a pumpkin dress.

''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure''

After fighting a Parfait Zetsuborg that suddenly appeared, Haruka and the others are suddenly transported to the Pumpkin Kingdom, where a Princess Convention is being held to determine who will become the kingdom's new princess. As the girls participate in various contests, Towa suspects something is amiss, prompting Haruka, Pafu, and Aroma to follow a trio of fairies to the kingdom's true princess, Pumplulu, who is being held captive. Hearing that the kingdom's minister, Warp, had locked Pumplulu up and caused her parents to forget about her, Haruka decides to help her out, learning that the citizens are being forced to make pudding nonstop. As Warp traps the other girls after they win their respective contests, Haruka makes her family's special pudding for the king and queen, restoring their memories of Pumplulu. Warp then traps the Cures in crystals, revealing he had targeted the kingdom purely to capture them. However, Haruka manages to break everyone free while the fairies work to rescue their trapped friends. As Warp transforms into his true form and starts absorbing the kingdom's citizens, Pumplulu unites the dreams of her citizens and the power of the Miracle Princess Lights to give birth to the Halloween Dress Up Keys, giving the Cures the power to defeat Warp and restore peace to the Pumpkin Kingdom. As thanks, Pumplulu invites the girls to participate in a special ball.

''Leff's Wonder Night!''

One day, a doll on Haruka's desk named Leff comes to life and takes Haruka and the other Cures to ask for their help in stopping Night Pumpkin, who plunged her kingdom into darkness. While Leff distracts the Zetsuborg guards with her singing, the Cures make their way to the top of a castle, where they must place the Miracle Princess Light to restore light to the kingdom. After learning that Leff is the kingdom's princess, the Cures soon come up against Night Pumpkin, who overwhelms them and takes the Miracle Light. However, Haruka and Leff remain determined and get the light back, allowing Leff to reach the top and restore the Kingdom's light.

Characters

Go! Princess PreCure

* Haruka Haruno / Cure Flora (Yū Shimamura)
* Minami Kaido / Cure Mermaid (Masumi Asano)
* Kirara Amanogawa / Cure Twinkle (Hibiku Yamamura)
* Towa Akagi / Cure Scarlet (Miyuki Sawashiro)
* Pafu (Nao Tōyama)
* Aroma (Shiho Kokido)
* Yui Nanase (Haruka Yoshimura)
* Miss Shamour (Mayumi Shintani)
* Zetsuborg ( Takayuki Nakatsukasa)

Kuroro makes a non-speaking appearance at the end of ''Treasure'', while Haruka's family makes a non-speaking appearance in Haruka's flashback.

''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure''

*Kana Hanazawa as , the twelve-year old princess of the Pumpkin Kingdom. A clean and friendly character, she cherishes the memories of making pudding with her parents. She was trapped on top of the tower by Warp, but she was rescued and reunited with her parents. While bidding farewell to the Cures, she gives the her mother gave her. She was based on actress Suzu Hirose
*Chō and Kaori Yamagata as , the rulers of Pumpkin Kingdom and Pumplulu's parents. Before being brainwashed by Warp, the King was a researcher of pumpkin varieties and the Queen was a sewer who made clothes for the fairies and made the Leff doll for her daughter.
*Misaki Kuno, Tomoko Kaneda, and Tomo Muranaka as , and (respectively), the three fairies of Pumpkin Kingdom, each of whom looks like a small pumpkin. Due to a lack of speech capabilities, they try to convey emotions with gestures. By being with Pumplulu, they escape Warp's brainwashing and acts to save her. Kaori Yamagata, who wrote the screenplay, stated that the fairies were inspired by the owarai trio .
*Junichi Suwabe人気声優・諏訪部順一＆中尾隆聖、プリキュア映画で“敵キャラ”熱演
, ORICON STYLE,2015年9月25日 as , the main antagonist of the first film and who carries a white book that captures objects. Originally a member of Dys Dark, he left after continuing dissatisfaction with his inability to justify his own ability; therefore he looks down on Dyspear. He locks Pumplulu and manipulates her parents to make them forget about her. He plans to capture the Cures as his collection and afterwards, reveals his intention and assumes his Jackson's chameleon form and overpower the Cures. With Pumplulu's encouragement, they manage to defeat him with Halloween Eclair. His appearance was inspired by the ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' protagonist actor Hiro Mizushima.月刊アニメージュ2015年12月増刊号P.28

''Leff's Wonder Night!''

*Hinata Uegaki as , the 10-year-old princess of . She was originally a handmade doll of Pumplulu, whose room she was left in after her disappearance.
*Maaya Sakamoto as , the queen of Pump Kingdom, who once told Leff that "everything in the sun is given a name". At the same time the night light was taken away by Night Pumpkin, he is a prisoner with the husband's king. She was held prisoner around the same time Night Pumpkin stole the daylight alongside her husband, .
*Ryūsei Nakao as , the main antagonist of ''Pretty Cure and Leff's Wonder Night!''. He invaded Night Kingdom to turn the sky into night. The Cures distract him so they can allow Leff to place the Miracle Light on top of his palace and banish into darkness.

Production

The film is split into three-parts: a 50-minute 2D film ; a 20-minutes CGI film ; and a 5-minute CGI short film .
プリキュア初豪華３本立て　秋の新作長、中、短編
, 日刊スポーツ,2015年6月30日「Go!プリンセスプリキュアGo!Go!!豪華3本立て!!!」予告公開　CGアニメも登場
, アニメ!アニメ!,2015年7月18日

About this screening form, Takashi Washio, who was in charge of planning the film, said:

Washio described his concept as:

According to this configuration, the three-part film was to be screened in 75 minutes. Washio described the reason of making the feature-length fifty-minutes long:

The film's Miracle Light, the , was distributed to the audience for them to participate. Puff and Aroma were in charge of explaining the Miracle Light, though explanations and warnings are omitted. A paper sun-visor "Princess Tiara" was also distributed.

An exhibition for the film was held at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival, and the world premiere screening was held there on October 24. In addition, on October 22, an opening red carpet in Roppongi Hills where Pretty Cure kigurumi, the four Pretty Cure seiyu, and Every Little Thing participated, and a red carpet-walk at “Shinjuku Art Heaven 2015” on October 24 featured a Cure Flora kigurumi, the four Pretty Cure seiyu, and three of the directors.

Due to the film's success, an all-night screening of the five last fall ''Pretty Cure'' films was held on November 13 for adults fans aged 18 and over at Shinjuku WALD 9. At the same event, a talk show was held with the guests being the three directors, Washio, assistant producer Risa Nikaidō, and series producer Yū Kamiki.日本でいちばん人気なプリキュアは誰？ プリキュアオールナイトレポ
, エキレビ！,2015年11月14日 Also on October 27, Karin Isobe, Rie Kitagawa, and Shōko Ōmori were talk show guests.

This was the final work recorded in the old studio of Tavac in Shinjuku before the franchise's move to Toei Digital Center in Higashiōizumi, Nerima, Tokyo; Yu Shimamura said:

''Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror''

The CG short film “Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror” is a story centered on Cure Flora who becomes a super deformed character, and is the first attempt in ''Pretty Cure'' of a short story without dialogue. Washio said:

The film's director is veteran director Yukio Kaizawa. Kanako Miyamoto was the motion-capture actor of SD Cure Flora. Washio said that the reason for hiring Miyamoto was:

''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure''

The cell-based feature length second part, ''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'', is an '' ōdō''-like story where the Cures have an ''isekai'' adventure.

It was directed by Akifumi Zako; Washio said of him:

The scriptwriter is Kaori Yamagata, who is credited under the pen name .

Kana Hanazawa, who voices the film-only character Princess Pumplulu, said:

The theme song for the second part, '' Kira Kira'', was written by Every Little Thing. Member Kaori Mochida said:

Washio said:

It was also announced that Hanazawa and Uegaki (described in the next section) will sing their songs in their respective part.

The film-only enhancement mode for this film, , is given to all four cures instead of, as for the films of between ''Suite'' and ''HappinessCharge'', the main cure. The dress was designed by ,『 エンタミクス』2015年12月号P111-112 and was worn by Reina Triendl for the November 2015 issue of ', and was exhibited at Shinjuku WALD9 and other places when the film was released.

''Leff's Wonder Night!''

''Pretty Cure and Leff's Wonder Night!'' is an action work with a story expressed in CG as mentioned above. Director and character design were handled by Hiroshi Miyamoto. Washio said that:

According to Miyamoto, this work was originally not related to ''Pretty Cure'', and was planned to be created as an original work on the theme of Halloween with Leff as the protagonist, but since the release of the ''Pretty Cure'' movie was on the day of Halloween, Takeshi Himi, who was in charge of production management, asked if it would be merged with that movie.プリキュアはずっとかぼちゃを頭にかぶっている予定だった。映画「プリンセスプリキュア」宮本監督に聞く
, エキレビ！,2015年11月20日 Also, initially the story and Leff's appearance was different, but it later changed to its current form in Washio's opinion.

Hinata Uegaki was cast in the role of Leff. Uegaki had played a young Nala in the Shiki Theatre Company's production of ''The Lion King'' and was the winner of 's "Musical Kids NO.1 Ketteisen". Ryusei Nakao voices the antagonist Night Pumpkin.

In December of the same year Hiroshi Miyamoto was awarded the "1st CG WORLD Grand Prize" sponsored by CG WORLD magazine.

Music

The opening song of both ''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'' and ''Leff's Wonder Night'' is ', sung by Karin Isobe.

The ending song of ''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'' is " KIRA KIRA" by Every Little Thing, while the ending song of ''Leff's Wonder Night'' is ' by Rie Kitagawa.

The insert song of ''The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure'' is by ''Sharin' Miracle'' by Pumplulu (Kana Hanazawa), while the insert song of ''Leff's Wonder Night'' is ''Happy Happening♪'' by Hinata Uegaki.

First single

Second single

''Sharin' Miracle/Happy Happening♪'' is an insert song of the anime film ''Go! Princess Precure the Movie: Go! Go!! Splendid Triple Feature!!!''. The single was released from Marvelous on October 28, 2015 The single topped at #114 in the Oricon Singles Chart on November 9, 2015.

Takaki described ''Sharin' Miracle'' as a "soft ballad" and ''Happy Happening♪'' as a "lively, up-tempo song".高木洋オフィシャルウェブサイト
NEWS 2015/10/5

Track listing

# Sharin' Miracle :50#: Sung by: Pumplulu (Kana Hanazawa)
#: Lyrics: Shoko Omori
#: Work and Arrangement: Hiroshi Takagi
# Happy Happening♪ :51
#: Sung by: Leff (Hinata Uegaki)
#: Lyrics: Shoko Omori
#: Work and Arrangement: Hiroshi Takagi
# :51# :48

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack was released on November 18, 2015. Hiroshi Takaki recorded the soundtrack. It topped at #271 in the Oricon Albums Chart on November 23, 2015.

Reception

It was released on 211 screens nationwide, and in its first two days (October 31) and (November 1), 118,292 people attended the film and a revenue of ¥129,383,300 yen was recorded; this was the first time Kōgyō Tsūshin ranked a ''Pretty Cure'' film at fourth-place in film attendance. It ranked #2 in Pia's first-day satisfaction survey. Its final revenue was ¥560 million.

Home media and merchandise

The film's DVD/BD was released on March 16, 2016. On March 28 the special-version DVD and regular-version DVD charted at 32 and 73 in the Oricon DVD Chart, while the BR charted at 19 in the Blu-ray Disc Chart.

A tie-in paperback book, ' was released by Kodansha on March 15, 2017. Sakurako Akino said that she had talked to the person in charge of Kodansha's paperback division, a friend of her husband Keisuke Ishida, about a novelization of the film.お知らせです(*ﾟｪﾟ*)
, かおり★おかき『エル・カエル・デル・アンヘル』,2017年2月26日

References

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Japanese magical girl films
2015 anime films
Pretty Cure films
Japanese anthology films
2015 computer-animated films
Japanese films about Halloween
Films about princesses
Toei Animation films