Futari wa Pretty Cure | |
Cure Black/Nagisa (left) and Cure White/Honoka (right)
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ふたりはプリキュア (Futari wa Purikyua) |
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Genre | Magical girl, Action |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
Produced by | Moegi Nishizawa Rika Tsuruzaki Shigehaki Dohi Takashi Washio Tomoko Takahashi |
Music by | Naoki Sato |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Licensed by | |
Original network |
TV Asahi (2004-2005) Rai 2, Rai Gulp Boing Cuatro, Jetix, Clan |
English network | |
Original run | February 1, 2004 – January 30, 2005 |
Episodes | 49 |
Manga | |
Written by | Izumi Todo |
Illustrated by | Futago Kamikita |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Nakayoshi |
Original run | March 2004 – March 2005 |
Volumes | 4 |
Game | |
Futari wa Pretty Cure: Arienai! Yume no Sono wa Daimeikyu | |
Developer | Bandai |
Publisher | Bandai |
Genre | Puzzle platformer |
Platform | Game Boy Advance |
Released | December 9, 2004 |
Anime television series | |
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart | |
Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
Produced by | Shigehaki Dohi Takashi Washio Tomoko Takahashi |
Music by | Naoki Sato |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Original network | TV Asahi (2005-2006) |
Original run | February 6, 2005 – January 29, 2006 |
Episodes | 47 |
Manga | |
Futari wa PreCure Max Heart | |
Written by | Izumi Todo |
Illustrated by | Futago Kamikita |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Nakayoshi |
Original run | March 2005 – March 2006 |
Anime film | |
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie | |
Directed by | Atsuji Shimizu |
Written by | Daisuke Habara |
Music by | Naoki Sato |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | April 16, 2005 |
Runtime | 70 minutes |
Game | |
Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart - Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai | |
Developer | Bandai |
Publisher | Bandai |
Genre | Platformer |
Platform | Game Boy Advance |
Released | July 28, 2005 |
Game | |
Futari wa PreCure Max Heart – Danzen! DS de PreCure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle | |
Developer | Bandai |
Publisher | Bandai |
Genre | Side-scrolling beat 'em up |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released | December 1, 2005 |
Anime film | |
Futari wa PreCure Max Heart the Movie 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi | |
Directed by | Atsuji Shimizu |
Written by | Yoshimi Narita |
Music by | Naoki Sato |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Released | December 10, 2005 |
Runtime | 80 minutes |
Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア Futari wa Puri Kyua?, lit. "We Are 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 TV Asahi's ANN network. It is the first series in the Pretty Cure metaseries created by Izumi Todo. The original series, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired on TV Asahi between February 1, 2004 and January 30, 2005 in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous work Ashita no Nadja. It was the first of the Pretty Cure series to have received an adapted English-language version, which aired in Canada from March 2009. A direct sequel, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart Futari wa PuriKyua Makkusu Hāto?), or simply Max Heart, aired in Japan between February 6, 2005 and January 29, 2006. Two Max Heart movies were released on April 16, 2005 and December 10, 2005 respectively.
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 transform into the emissaries of light; Cure Black and Cure White, to fight against the forces of the Dark Zone: a dimension of evil that has encroached on the Garden of Light and is now about to do the same to the Garden of Rainbows, Earth. The Cures search for the Prism Stones, placing them in a heart-shaped device known as the Prism Hopish, protected by the Guardian, Wisdom. Once they have discovered all the Prism Stones, its power takes them to the Garden of Light and repairs most of the damage done by the Dark Zone. Later in the series, Porun, the Prince of the Garden of Light, grants the Pretty Cure duo use of their Rainbow Bracelets as they defeat the Dark King.