Suite PreCure

is a Japanese anime series and the eighth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries. The series is produced by Toei Animation and directed by Munehisa Sakai, who directed the ''One Piece'' anime series. Character designs were done by Akira Takahashi, who previously worked on '' Kaidan Restaurant''. The series aired on TV Asahi's ANN network between February 6, 2011, and January 29, 2012, replacing '' HeartCatch PreCure!'' in its time-slot, and was succeeded by '' Smile PreCure!'' A manga adaptation by Futago Kamikita was serialised in Kodansha's monthly magazine.

The main topic of the series is music, the second to do so after '' HeartCatch PreCure!'' used it as a secondary theme, which influences the names of the Cures and the magical devices they use. Another theme is friendship, as emphasized by the relationship between Hibiki Hojo and Kanade Minamino.

Plot

In a realm called Major Land, the "Melody of Happiness" is due to be played to spread happiness throughout the world. However, on the due date, an evil man named Mephisto steals the Legendary Score, plotting to turn it into the "Melody of Sorrow" to spread sadness throughout the world. Major Land's queen Aphrodite scatters the Notes that make up the Legendary Score into the human world and sends a fairy named Hummy to Kanon Town to recover them. Hummy meets two girls, Hibiki Hōjō and Kanade Minamino, who are chosen to become the Suite Pretty Cures to recover the missing Notes and protect everyone's happiness.

Characters

Suite Pretty Cures

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: Voiced by Ami Koshimizu
: The main protagonist, Hibiki is a bright 14-year-old eighth grade junior high school student at Private Aria Academy who manages Lucky Spoon. She excels at sports and volunteers in sport clubs, but struggles with academics. Although Hibiki was born to a rich family and her parents are musical celebrities, she lacks musical talent despite having absolute pitch. Hibiki played piano as a child, but stopped after her father let her down after a performance, leaving her to hate music.
:After meeting Siren, her potential as a Pretty Cure is awakened when she and Kanade are rendered immune to Siren's attack, and through her musical score and the power of the Fairy Tone Dory, Hibiki transforms into Cure Melody. As Cure Melody, she uses the Miracle Belltier with the Fairy Tone, Miry. In the film, she gains an upgrade called Crescendo Mode through the power of the Crescendo Tone, which all four members gain in episode 47.
:Hibiki introduces herself as . In Crescendo Form, she introduces herself as . Her theme color is pink.
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: The secondary protagonist, Kanade is a 14-year-old eighth grade junior high school student at Private Aria Academy who serves a member of its Sweets Club. Kanaede dreams of becoming a pastry chef when she grows up and taking over her parents' pastry shop, the Lucky Spoon. She is Hibiki's excellent childhood friend and classmate, but bad at sports. Kanade has a crush on the school's prince of music, Ouji, as well as a strong love for cats, especially Hummy, whose paw she likes to touch.
:Kanade's potential as a Pretty Cure is awakened when she and Hibiki are rendered immune to Siren's attack, and through her musical score and the power of the Fairy Tone Rery, she transforms into Cure Rhythm. As Cure Rhythm, her main weapon is the Fantastic Belltier, which uses the Fairy Tone, Fary. Kanade introduces herself as . Her theme color is white.
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: Siren is a female cat who served as Mephisto's assistant. Although Siren was born in Major Land and is friends with Hummy, she became jealous of her when she was chosen as the annual singer of the "Melody of Happiness". As Siren, she can create Negatones using her dark powers and use her necklace to take the form of any person she wishes. In her human form, known as Ellen Kurokawa, she is a 14-year-old girl who can materialize notes to use as projectiles.
:In Episode 21, Siren's potential of Pretty Cure is awakened through her desire to protect Hummy, who is captured by Trio the Minor. This causes her necklace to shatter, trapping her in human form and causing her to lose her power of transformation. After joining the Cures, she begins living with the Shirabe family and attending school with Hibiki and Kanade. As Cure Beat, Siren transforms into Cure Beat with the power of the Fairy Tone Lary using Love Guitar Rod with the Fairy Tone, Sory. She introduces herself as . Her theme color is blue.
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: Ako is a nine-year-old third grade student of Public Kanon Elementary, who is in the same class as Kanade's younger brother Sōta. She is mature for her age, but also cold and not above lecturing her elders, mainly Hibiki and Kanade. Unbeknownst to the Pretty Cures, Ako disguises herself as the Masked Pretty Cure to aid them with the power to use colorful piano keys to form barriers and restraints. Ako hides her status under the mask and does not speak, as her Fairy Tone partner, Dodory, talks, and states that she will not partner with the Cures until the time is right. As Cure Muse, Ako introduces herself as . As the Masked Pretty Cure, her theme color is black, and as Cure Muse, her theme color is yellow.

Major Land

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: Hummy is a female "Fairy of Songs" cat who serves as Hibiki and Kanade's partner. Prior to the series' events, Hummy was the chosen singer of the "Melody of Happiness" for that year, but after Mephisto tried to turn it into the "Melody of Sorrow", she was sent to the human world to search for the scattered notes of the Melody of Happiness, where she meets both Hibiki and Kanade. Hummy uses magic by clapping her hands, which she uses to purify Notes that were transformed into Negatones, and can recover the Cure Modules if they are lost.

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* , a pink fairy who allows Hibiki to transform into Cure Melody. When played in a Cure Module, it gives its user sweet dreams.
* , a white fairy who allows Kanade to transform into Cure Rhythm. When played in a Cure Module, it renews its user's willpower.
* , an orange fairy that allows Cure Melody to summon her Miracle Belltier.
* , a yellow fairy that allows Cure Rhythm to summon her Fantastic Belltier.
* , a green fairy that allows Cure Beat to summon her Love Guitar Rod. When played in a Cure Module, it powers up the Pretty Cures.
* , a light fairy that allows Siren/Eren to transform into Cure Beat.
* , a blue fairy that allows Cure Muse to attack.
* , a purple fairy that allows Ako to transform into Cure Muse.

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: Crescendo Tone is a large gold "Fairy of Sounds" responsible for creating all sounds in the world and the other Fairy Tones. It resides in the mystical Healing Chest.

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: Aphrodite is a wise and benevolent queen of Major Land, who is Ako's mother and Otokichi’s daughter. She hosts the playing of the "Melody of Happiness" every year to pray for the peace of all worlds, but is forced to scatter the Notes to protect them from Mephisto. She asks Hummy to go to the human world to search for people who can become Pretty Cures to collect the scattered notes.

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: Otokichi is a mysterious and eccentric tuner who lives in Kanon Town and is often seen working on the town's organ. He once fought against Noise and managed to seal him away, and has since been working on the organ which can produce saintly notes should he awaken again. Otokichi is later revealed to be Ako's grandfather.

Minor Land

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: Noise is a powerful bird-like demon and the main antagonist of the series, born from humanity's collective sorrow. He is responsible for turning Mephisto evil, as his song brainwashes those who hear it. Since Otokichi sealed Noise away in stone, Falsetto has been trying to revive him by playing the Melody of Sorrow to absorb energy from those who hear it. After Noise breaks free from his seal upon hearing an incomplete Melody of Sorrow, he assumes a chick-like form that Ako names , which he uses to get close to the Cures and steal their Notes. However, he is soon discovered to be Noise after attempting to attack Otokichi. Noise fully resurrects once the Melody of Sorrow is completed and resumes his attack on Major Land, and after absorbing Bassdrum and Baritone, assumes a more human-like form to overpower the Cures. However, the Cures manage to purify Noise, and he is later reborn from the joy of humanity as a newborn chick.

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: The secondary antagonist of the series, Mephisto is the king of the nation of Minor Land. He attempts to make the "Melody of Happiness" into the "Melody of Sorrow" to make all worlds tragic and reflect his musical taste. Mephisto has the power to brainwash others into doing his bidding using headphones that sound the Noise of Evil, but it is later revealed that he is brainwashed himself. He was Aphrodite's husband and Ako’s father, and the prince consort of Major Land, but was ambushed and controlled by Noise when he went to retrieve the Healing Chest from the cursed forest, and established Minor Land.

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: Trio the Minor are Mephisto's loyal servants who serve him but often squabble over who gets to be the leader. In episode 26, Mephisto uses the headphones to increase their powers, allowing them to make more powerful Negatones. Although the Trio the Minor came from Major Land and worked for its royalty, Falsetto allied himself with Noise while Bassdrum and Baritone were brainwashed to serve him. The three are eventually absorbed by Noise, with Falsetto consumed for being annoying and Bassdrum and Baritone sacrificing themselves to protect Hibiki. They are later revived after his defeat.

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:: Bassdrum is the bass of Trio the Minor who sings in a deep and booming voice. He is the eldest of the three and constantly argues about having bragging rights as leader. After his powers are upgraded, he gains a heightened sense of smell for finding notes. After Falsetto assumes leadership, Bassdrum turns into a frog-like monster. He is later absorbed by Noise, but revived after his defeat.

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:: Baritone is the baritone of Trio the Minor who sings in a tenor and mid-ranged voice. He is the most cool-headed of the trio, but quite narcissistic. After his powers are upgraded, he gains superhuman sight and telekinesis. After Falsetto assumes leadership, Baritone turns into a fish-like monster.

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:: Falsetto is the tenor of "Trio the Minor" who sings in a high-pitched and off-key voice. After his powers are upgraded, he gains enhanced hearing and wields a whip-like weapon. Once Mephisto is saved from Noise' spell, Falsetto is revealed to be a willing follower of Noise, as he takes over Minor Land operations to complete Noise's resurrection.

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: Negatones are created when a scattered Note is exposed to the Melody of Sorrow and combined with an item. Once they are defeated by the Pretty Cures, they return to the original item, while the Notes are purified by Hummy and stored inside one of the Fairy Tones.

Minor characters

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: Voiced by: Tomoyuki Dan (Dan), Satsuki Yukino (Maria)
:Dan and Maria are Hibiki's parents. Dan teaches music at Private Aria Academy and serves as consultant of its Orchestra Club. He believes that it is not music if she does not enjoy playing it, which has caused conflict between the two. Maria is famous violinist who is often on tour overseas, thus talks to her family via video chat. She is popular among young boys for her beauty and confidence.
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: Sōsuke and Misora are Kanade's parents who own a pastry shop called Lucky Spoon and helps to develop new recipes.
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: Sōta is Kanade's younger brother and Ako's classmate at Public Kanon Elementary. He works at the Lucky Spoon, but often acts mischievous and provokes his sister. Sōta is good friends with Ako and cares about her solitude.
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: Ōji is third-year junior high school student at Private Aria Academy and the leader of its Orchestra Club. He is popular with girls, particularly Kanade, who has a crush on him.
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: Seika is a third-year junior high school student at Private Aria Academy and the leader of its Sweets Club.
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: Waon is a second-year junior high school student at Private Aria Academy who is Hibiki and Kanade's classmate. She is also the former's partner in sport clubs and is quick to support her.

Movie-only characters

* () is Ako's friend from school in Major Land.
* () is a servant of Noise and the main antagonist of the film, who attempts to stop the Pretty Cures and aid in Noise's revival. He possesses Aphrodite to steal all the music in Major Land, but is defeated by Melody in her Crescendo form and finished off with Suite Session Assemble Cresendo.
*Major 3 is a group who serves under Howling and assists him in his goal of taking away all music. Their names are derived from types of notes related to pitch, consisting of (, (), and ()

Media

Anime

The anime began airing on ABC and other ANN stations from February 6, 2011, replacing '' HeartCatch PreCure!'' in its previous timeslot. For the first 23 episodes, the opening theme is by Mayu Kudou while the ending theme is by Aya Ikeda. From episodes 24-48, the opening theme is by Kudou, while the ending theme is by Ikeda.

Aside from the DVD releases, ''Suite PreCure'' is the first ''Pretty Cure'' series to receive an exclusive Blu-ray Box Set release by Marvelous AQL and TC Entertainment (a group company of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings (TBS) and Mainichi Broadcasting System or Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting).

Films

A movie based on the series, was released in Japanese cinemas on October 29, 2011.

The Pretty Cures also appear in two 2011 ''Pretty Cure All Stars'' movies and ''Pretty Cure All Stars DX: 3D Theatre''.

Other media

An educational software title, was released by Bandai for the Sega Beena on May 26, 2011. A video game, was developed by Bandai for the Nintendo DS and released in Japan on August 25, 2011.

References

External links

Toei Animation's Suite PreCure♪ site


Suite PreCure site
by ABC

Suite PreCure: Melody Collection DS game site

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Pretty Cure television series
2011 anime films
2011 films
2011 Japanese television series debuts
2012 Japanese television series endings
2012 comics endings
Animated films based on animated series
2010s Japanese-language films
Music in anime and manga
Magical girl anime and manga
Toei Animation television
Japanese animated films
Toei Animation films
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation original programming
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