50 Fun Facts About Pretty Cure

Which Japanese studio has produced every Pretty Cure series since the first aired in February 2004?

Toei Animation has kept the franchise on air for over 1,000 episodes across more than twenty series, each built around a new team of heroines.

On which day of the week do new Pretty Cure episodes air in Japan, within TV Asahi's children's block?

Sunday morning has been the franchise's slot since 2004, and each new series usually takes over from the last at the start of February.

Which streaming service released Smile PreCure! in English in 2015 under the new title Glitter Force?

Netflix carried the dub as an exclusive outside Asia, with the heroines renamed and the 48 Japanese episodes cut down to 40.

Which martial-arts anime had Daisuke Nishio directed before launching the first Pretty Cure series?

Dragon Ball Z kept Nishio busy for 199 episodes as series director, and he stayed with the magical girls for their sequel season, Max Heart.

Which earlier magical girl hit did Junichi Sato direct long before co-directing Hug! PreCure?

Sailor Moon and Ojamajo Doremi both started under Sato, who came back to magical girls for the fifteenth-anniversary series.

Which heroine does takoyaki-loving Nagisa Misumi become in the original 2004 PreCure series?

Cure Black specializes in physical combat and fights beside Honoka Yukishiro's Cure White; the English dub renames her Natalie Blackstone.

The mascot Mepple of the original Pretty Cure saves energy on Earth by resembling which everyday gadget?

A cell phone shape is Mepple's rest mode: he tires quickly in his true form, and his partner Mipple hides the same way.

What kind of toy is Mofurun, who comes to life and helps Mirai and Liko transform in Witchy PreCure!?

A teddy bear Mirai has owned since she was a baby, Mofurun has to hold hands with both girls before they can transform.

In Smile PreCure!, the kingdom that sends Candy to Earth is populated by characters from what?

Fairy tales shape the villains too: Pierrot and his Bad End Kingdom want to give the whole world an unhappy ending.

In HeartCatch PreCure!, which relative of Tsubomi Hanasaki turns out to be the former Cure Flower?

Her grandmother Kaoruko now runs a botanical garden, where the giant companion who supported her in those days still lives.

Eas, the enemy agent of Labyrinth who changes sides in Fresh PreCure!, is revived as which heroine?

Cure Passion starts out as a spy sent to infiltrate the heroines' circle; after her change of heart she moves in with Love Momozono's family.

Yuri Tsukikage, defeated in battle before HeartCatch PreCure! begins, is which veteran heroine?

Cure Moonlight fell as the great Heart Tree lost its flowers, so she sent Chypre and Coffret to the surface to find her replacement.

Ako Shirabe, a nine-year-old who first fights in a mask in Suite PreCure, is secretly which heroine?

Cure Muse is secretly the daughter of Major Land's queen Aphrodite, and stays silent behind the mask while her partner Dodory does the talking.

Makoto Kenzaki, who poses as a pop idol on Earth in DokiDoki! PreCure, is which warrior of Trump Kingdom?

Cure Sword became a singer in the hope that her voice would one day reach Marie Ange, the missing princess she once served.

Under which name did Tsubasa Yuunagi of Soaring Sky! PreCure become the first boy in a main team lineup?

Cure Wing is a Puni Bird from Skyland who was belittled for being unable to fly; the staff added a boy to the team for the twentieth anniversary.

In which country did a new English dub of the original Pretty Cure begin airing on television in 2009?

Canada got the dub from Ocean Productions' Blue Water studio in Calgary, which renamed Nagisa and Honoka as Natalie and Hannah.

The twelve Star Princesses that the heroines of Star Twinkle PreCure must revive are based on what?

Zodiac signs fit a series set in outer space: the princesses scattered across the universe as twelve coloured pens when their palace was attacked.

Healin' Good Pretty Cure, the medicine-themed seventeenth series, was the first of which Japanese era?

Reiwa began in 2019, so the space-themed Star Twinkle PreCure closed out the Heisei period and Nodoka's team opened the new era in 2020.

Coco, the mascot of Yes! PreCure 5, takes human form and gets which job at Nozomi Yumehara's school?

Teacher is Coco's cover for watching over Nozomi, while his friend Natts takes human form to work in a jewelry shop.

What does the shop run by Saki Hyuga's family sell in PreCure Splash Star?

Bread is the family trade at their bakery, Panpaka Pan, and Saki bakes it well herself when she is not playing for her school's softball team.

Hikari Kujou, the shy newcomer who joins Nagisa and Honoka in Max Heart, transforms into which heroine?

Shiny Luminous is no fighter: her abilities hinder opponents and strengthen her two partners' attacks instead.

Nozomi Yumehara, chosen by a pink butterfly to lead the five heroines of Yes! PreCure 5, becomes whom?

Cure Dream had no ambition of her own until she met Coco and decided to help him save his ruined kingdom.

Haruka Haruno, the Noble Academy first-year who leads Go! Princess PreCure, becomes which heroine?

Cure Flora grew out of a childhood promise: the charm a boy named Kanata gave Haruka turned out to be a Dress Up Key.

Yuni, the shapeshifting alien catgirl of Star Twinkle PreCure, joins the team as which heroine?

Cure Cosmo wields the Rainbow Perfume, and joins Hikaru and the others in their search for the scattered Star Princesses' pens.

Nodoka Hanadera, who partners with the Healing Animal Rabirin in Healin' Good PreCure, becomes which heroine?

Cure Grace spent much of her childhood in hospital, which is why she wants above all else to be of use to others.

Laura, the mermaid from Grand Ocean in Tropical-Rouge! PreCure, later joins the team as which heroine?

Cure La Mer first seeks out the legendary warriors for a selfish reason: she hopes the mission will make her queen of the mermaids one day.

Mirai Asahina, whose family runs a jewelry shop in the No Magic Realm of Witchy PreCure!, becomes whom?

Cure Miracle finds she has a real talent for spells once she starts attending the Magic School with her partner Liko.

Cure Precious, the pink lead of Delicious Party Pretty Cure, represents which everyday food?

Rice, shaped into onigiri, powers Yui Nagomi's heroine with help from her fox-like partner Kome-Kome.

Hana Nono, who protects baby Hugtan in Hug! PreCure, becomes which heroine?

Cure Yell has a cheerleader motif and is known as the heroine of high spirits; the story's 2030 epilogue shows her as the boss of her own company.

What do the Witch of Delays and her undersea servants drain from people in Tropical-Rouge! PreCure?

Motivation is absorbed from mermaids and humans alike by the villains, a group the series calls the Witches of Procrastination.

Which shoujo magazine has serialized the Pretty Cure manga adaptations illustrated by Futago Kamikita?

Nakayoshi, a Kodansha monthly for girls, runs each new adaptation alongside the anime while it is on air.

The 2018 crossover movie All Stars Memories earned Pretty Cure which Guinness World Records title?

Most magical warriors in a film went to this fifteenth-anniversary celebration, in which 55 heroines had speaking roles.

Akira Kenjou of Kirakira PreCure a la Mode was modelled on male-role stars of which theatre troupe?

Takarazuka Revue shaped the character's whole role, and her voice actress Nanako Mori drew on her own past experience with the troupe.

Cure Whip of Kirakira PreCure a la Mode pairs strawberry shortcake with the traits of which animal?

Rabbit traits give her enhanced hearing and a mighty jump; each of her teammates pairs a different dessert with a different creature.

Komugi, the pet who turns human and becomes Cure Wonderful in Wonderful Pretty Cure!, is which dog breed?

Papillon Komugi once had another owner and another name, Marron, before she escaped an animal shelter and met Iroha.

What is Smile PreCure! lead Miyuki Hoshizora called in Glitter Force, the English dub by Saban Brands?

Emily transforms into Glitter Lucky in the dub, which also renames the kingdom of Märchenland as Jubiland.

Power of Hope: PreCure Full Bloom, a 2023 sequel, finds Nozomi Yumehara's team at what stage of life?

Adulthood has brought the former heroines jobs of their own, and they need strange Time Flowers to turn younger before they can transform again.

Which lasting tradition did Fresh Pretty Cure! bring to the Pretty Cure ending credits in 2009?

CG dance routines by the heroines have closed episodes ever since, fitting for a series whose leads form a dance group called Clover.

Nagisa Misumi of the original Pretty Cure is the ace of Verone Academy's team in which sport?

Lacrosse makes Nagisa a school star, while her partner Honoka shines in the science club as its Queen of Knowledge.

The Criasu Corporation, the villains chasing baby Hugtan in Hug! PreCure, have come from where?

The future is where the conglomerate comes from, and it wants the power Hugtan carries so it can alter the present to suit itself.

What does Hikaru Hoshina, the stargazing lead of Star Twinkle PreCure, grow up to be in the epilogue?

An astronaut is what she promised her alien friend Lala she would become; Lala herself goes home to the planet Saman.

Sora Harewataru, the girl from Skyland who leads Soaring Sky! PreCure, yearns to become what?

A hero like Captain Shalala, who rescued her as a child, is what Sora trains to be; the anniversary series took heroism as its theme.

Wonderful Pretty Cure! was the first series in the franchise to write its title entirely in which script?

Hiragana spells out the whole title of the 2024 series, which is built around pets and the bond between animals and people.

In Suite PreCure, the villain Mephisto steals the Legendary Score to turn it into the Melody of what?

Sorrow would replace the Melody of Happiness that Major Land was about to play for the world, so its queen scattered the score's Notes on Earth.

How does Hime Shirayuki pick Megumi Aino as her fighting partner in HappinessCharge PreCure!?

She tosses a crystal into the air and teams up with whoever it lands on; the stone was a gift from Blue, the spirit of Earth.

Which series did the original Pretty Cure replace in its timeslot when it launched in February 2004?

Ashita no Nadja made way for the newcomers on February 1, 2004, and the slot has belonged to the franchise's heroines ever since.

Which Japanese company has produced the Pretty Cure video games and Data Carddass arcade machines?

Bandai Namco's run of tie-ins began with a 2004 Game Boy Advance game and moved on through the Nintendo DS, Wii and 3DS.

Which organization destroyed the Palmier Kingdom, home of the mascots Coco and Natts in Yes! PreCure 5?

Nightmare left the kingdom in ruins; to restore it, Nozomi's team must gather the 55 Pinkies that complete a wish-granting book.

Which legendary Linkle Stone do Mirai and Liko set out to find at the start of Witchy PreCure!?

Emerald is the prize the villains want too, while Ruby, Sapphire and Topaz lend the pair fire, water and electricity.

The Labyrinth villains of Fresh PreCure!, including Eas and Soular, take their names from what?

Compass points lie behind Eas, Westar, Soular and Northa, who all serve the ruler Moebius.