Pretty Cure facts for kids

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Pretty Cure (プリキュアシリーズ, Purikyua Shirīzu) is a popular Japanese cartoon series. It's made by a company called Toei Animation. The story is about young girls who turn into powerful magical girls. They use their special powers to fight against bad guys. The first show came out in 2004. You can watch it on TV channels like TV Asahi.

Pretty Cure Anime Series
Pretty Cure Video Games
Pretty Cure Manga
Other Pretty Cure Media
See also

Pretty Cure Anime Series

Each Pretty Cure series tells the story of a new group of girls. These girls transform into amazing warriors called "Pretty Cure." They get help from special magical friends, often called fairies. The Pretty Cure use their magic and strength to battle evil enemies. As the stories continue, the Cures get new magical items. They also gain new powers and sometimes make new friends. These new friends help them in their fight against evil.

Television Shows

The Pretty Cure world has many exciting TV shows. So far, there have been eighteen different series:

Futari wa Pretty Cure (2004-2005)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart! (2005-2006)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006-2007)
Yes! PreCure 5 (2007-2008)
Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! (2008-2009)
Fresh Pretty Cure! (2009-2010)
HeartCatch PreCure! (2010-2011)
Suite PreCure (2011-2012)
Smile PreCure! (2012-2013)
DokiDoki! PreCure (2013-2014)
HappinessCharge PreCure! (2014-2015)
Go! Princess PreCure (2015-2016)
Witchy PreCure! (2016-2017)
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode (2017-2018)
Hugtto! PreCure (2018-2019)
Star Twinkle PreCure (2019-2020)
Healin' Good Pretty Cure (2020-2021)
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure (2021-2022)

Movies and Adventures

The Pretty Cure series also has many movies. These movies often feature big adventures.

Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie (2005)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky (2005)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star: Tick-Tock Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (2006)
Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (2007)
Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (2008)
Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Toy Kingdom has Lots of Secrets!? (2009)
HeartCatch PreCure The Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! (2010)
Suite Precure♪ The Movie: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts (2011)
Smile PreCure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (2012)
DokiDoki! Precure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future (2013)
HappinessCharge PreCure! the Movie: The Ballerina of the Land of Dolls (2014)
Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!! (2015)
Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wonderous! Cure Mofurun! (2016)
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode the Movie: Crisply! Memorable Mille-feuille in Paris (2017)
Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories (2018)
Star☆Twinkle Precure the Movie: These Feelings Within The Song of Stars (2019)
Healin' Good Pretty Cure the Movie: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams (2021)

Crossover Movies

Some movies bring together Pretty Cure characters from different series. These are called crossover movies.

Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends☆The Collection of Miracles! (2009)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope☆Protect The Rainbow Jewel! (2010)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow~Colored Flower That Connects the World! (2011)
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future (2012)
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart (2013)
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends (2014)
Pretty Cure All Stars: Carnival of Spring♪ (2015)
Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! (2016)
Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (2017)
Pretty Cure Super Stars! (2018)
Pretty Cure Miracle Universe (2019)
Pretty Cure Miracle Leap (2020)

Pretty Cure Around the World

Pretty Cure has been shown in other countries too. An English version of Futari wa Pretty Cure was shown in Canada on YTV. It also aired in the United Kingdom on Pop Girl. Later, a company called Saban Brands made English versions of Smile PreCure! and DokiDoki PreCure for Netflix.

Pretty Cure Video Games

You can also play many Pretty Cure console games.

Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai (ふたりはプリキュアマックスハートマジ?マジ?!ファイト de IN じゃない, Pretty Cure Max Heart!: Really? Really!? A Fight is Okay, Isn't It?) (2005, Game Boy Advance)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: Danzen! DS de Precure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle (ふたりはプリキュアマックスハート　DANZEN!DSでプリキュア力をあわせて大バトル！!, Pretty Cure Max Heart: - Absolutely! Pretty Cure on DS - The Great Battle Where Power Gathers) (2005, Nintendo DS)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star: Panpaka Game de Zekkōchō! (ふたりはプリキュア Splash Star パンパカゲームでぜっこうちょう!, Pretty Cure Splash Star - In Top Condition for the PanPaka Game!) (2006, Nintendo DS)
Yes! PreCure 5 (Yes！プリキュア5) (2007, Nintendo DS)
Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!: Zenin Shu Go! Dream Festival (Yes！プリキュア5GoGo！全員しゅーGo!ドリームフェスティバル, Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!: All Assembled! Dream Festival) (2008, Nintendo DS)
Fresh Pretty Cure: Asobi Collection (フレッシュプリキュア!あそびコレクション, Fresh Pretty Cure: Play Collection) (2009, Nintendo DS)
HeartCatch PreCure! Oshare Collection (ハートキャッチプリキュア!おしゃれコレクション, HeartCatch PreCure! Fashion Collection) (2010, Nintendo DS)
Koe de Asobō! HeartCatch PreCure! (こえであそぼう!ハートキャッチプリキュア!, Let's Play With Voices! HeartCatch PreCure!) (2010, Nintendo DS)
Suite PreCure♪: Melody Collection (スイートプリキュア♪ メロディコレクション) (2011, Nintendo DS)
Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Märchen World (スマイルプリキュア!　レッツゴー！メルヘンワールド) (2012, Nintendo 3DS)
PreCure All Stars: Zenin Shūgō☆Let's Dance! (プリキュアオールスターズぜんいんしゅうごう☆レッツダンス！, PreCure All Stars: All Together☆Let's Dance!) (2013, Wii)
DokiDoki! PreCure: Narikiri Life! (ドキドキ!プリキュアなりきりライフ!, DokiDoki! Precure: Impersonator Life!) (2013, Nintendo 3DS)
HappinessCharge PreCure! Kawarun Collection (ハピネスチャージプリキュア! カワルン☆コレクション, HappinessCharge PreCure! Sparking Collection) (2014, Nintendo 3DS)
Go! Princess PreCure: Sugar Ōkoku to Rokunin no Princess (Go!プリンセスプリキュアシュガー王国と6人のプリンセス, Go! Princess PreCure: The Sugar Kingdom and the 6 Princesses) (2015, Nintendo 3DS)
PreCure Tsunagaru Puzzlun (プリキュアつながるぱずるん, PreCure Connecting Puzzlun) (2017, iOS, Android)
Nari Kids Park: Hugtto! PreCure (なりキッズパーク　HUGっと！プリキュア) (2018, Nintendo Switch)

There are also many Pretty Cure Data Carddass arcade games. These are games you play in arcades using special cards.

Sing! PreCure Dream Live (うたって!プリキュアドリームライブ) (2007)
PreCure All Stars GoGo Dream Live! (プリキュアオールスターズ GoGoドリームライブ！) (2008)
PreCure All Stars Fresh Dream Dance (プリキュアオールスターズフレッシュドリームダンス) (2009)
PreCure All Stars HeartCatch Dream Dance (プリキュアオールスターズハートキャッチドリームダンス) (2010)
Data Carddass PreCure All Stars (データカードダスプリキュアオールスターズ)
Data Carddass PreCure Princess Party (データカードダスプリキュアプリンセスパーティー) (2015)
Data Carddass PreCure Mahō no Party (データカードダスプリキュアまほうのパーティー, Data Carddass PreCure Magical Party) (2016)

Pretty Cure Manga

The Pretty Cure series also has a manga. Manga are Japanese comic books. The Pretty Cure manga is drawn by Futago Kamikita. It is printed in a magazine called Nakayoshi. This magazine is for young girls and is published by Kodansha.

Other Pretty Cure Media

The Pretty Cure world includes other cool things too!

A live-action TV show called Koe Girl! came out in 2018. It was made to celebrate 15 years of Pretty Cure. This show is about girls who want to become voice actresses.
There was an internet radio show called Club Coco & Nuts. It was a spin-off from Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!. Takeshi Kusao and Miyu Irino were the hosts.
A special radio program was made for the 10th anniversary of Pretty Cure. It was called Hitomi Yoshida's PreCure Radio: Cure Cure Pretty! (吉田仁美のプリキュアラジオ　キュアキュア・プリティ, Yoshida hitomi no Purikyua Rajio Kyua Kyua Priti). Hitomi Yoshida was the host.