Futari wa Pretty Cure

Futari wa Pretty Cure
Volume 1 DVD cover, with Cure Black/Nagisa (left) and Cure White/Honoka (right)
ふたりはプリキュア
(Futari wa Purikyua)
Created byIzumi Todo
Anime television series
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced byMoegi Nishizawa
Rika Tsuruzaki
Shigehaki Dohi
Takashi Washio
Tomoko Takahashi
Music byNaoki Satō
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network
Original run February 1, 2004 – January 30, 2005
Episodes49 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byIzumi Todo
Illustrated byFutago Kamikita
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 2004 – March 2005
Volumes4
Anime television series
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced byShigehaki Dohi
Takashi Washio
Tomoko Takahashi
Music byNaoki Sato
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Toei Animation Inc.
  • SG: Odex
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network
  • SG: Kids Central
Original run February 6, 2005 – January 29, 2006
Episodes47 (List of episodes)
Manga
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
Written byIzumi Todo
Illustrated byFutago Kamikita
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 2005 – March 2006
Video games
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Arienai! Yume no Sono wa Daimeikyu (2004)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart - Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai (2005)
  • Futari wa PreCure Max Heart – Danzen! DS de PreCure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle (2005)
Anime films

Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア, Futari wa Purikyua, lit. "We Are Pretty Cure"), known as Pretty Cure outside Japan, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the Pretty Cure metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with ninety-six episodes across two seasons.

The first season, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired from February 1, 2004 to January 30, 2005, in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous series, Ashita no Nadja. It received an English-dubbed version, which aired in Canada from March 2009 to July 2010. In the season, two middle school students gain the power to transform into the “protectors of light”, Pretty Cure, and are tasked with collecting the Prism Stones to restore the Garden of Light while fighting against the forces of the Dark Zone, who caused its destruction. A second season, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart, Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto), or simply Pretty Cure Max Heart, aired in Japan from February 6, 2005, to January 29, 2006. It introduces another member of the group, Shiny Luminous, and follows the Cures’ efforts in collecting the twelve Heartiels to revive the Queen, whose life has taken the form of Hikari Kujo/Shiny Luminous. Two Max Heart movies were released on April 16, 2005, and December 10, 2005, respectively. It was succeeded by Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star in its timeslot. The series' main motif is yin and yang.