Q 01/05

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

A) Studio Pierrot

B) Nippon Animation

C) Toei Animation

D) TMS Entertainment

Answer · why

C) Toei Animation

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.

Q 02/05

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

A) Sunday

B) Saturday

C) Friday

D) Wednesday

Answer · why

A) Sunday

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.

Q 03/05

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

A) Crunchyroll

B) Netflix

C) Funimation

D) Hulu

Answer · why

B) Netflix

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

Q 04/05

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

A) Saint Seiya

B) Yu Yu Hakusho

C) Rurouni Kenshin

D) Dragon Ball Z

Answer · why

D) Dragon Ball Z

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.

Q 05/05

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

A) Sailor Moon

B) Cardcaptor Sakura

C) Creamy Mami

D) Magic Knight Rayearth

Answer · why

A) Sailor Moon

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