HeartCatch PreCure!

HeartCatch PreCure!
DVD cover of the 15th volume, featuring the four main Cures and Cure Flower. In clockwise order: Cure Sunshine, Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, Cure Moonlight and Cure Flower in the center
ハートキャッチプリキュア!
(Hātokyatchi PuriKyua!)
GenreMagical girl, action
Created byIzumi Todo
Anime television series
Directed byTatsuya Nagamine
Produced byAtsutoshi Umezawa
Written byTakashi Yamada
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
StudioToei Animation
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
Original run February 7, 2010 January 30, 2011
Episodes49 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byIzumi Todo
Illustrated byFutago Kamikita
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 2010February 2011
Volumes1
Video game
HeartCatch PreCure! Oshare Collection
DeveloperNamco Bandai Games
PublisherNamco Bandai Games
GenreMinigame
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedAugust 5, 2010
Anime film
HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?!
Directed byRie Matsumoto
Produced byGyarmath Bogdan
Written by
  • Midori Kuriyama
  • Takashi Yamada
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedOctober 30, 2010
Runtime71 minutes
Video game
Koe de Asobu! HeartCatch PreCure!
DeveloperToei Animation
PublisherToei Animation
GenreNon-game
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedNovember 11, 2010
Light novel
Written byTakashi Yamada
Illustrated byYoshihiko Umakoshi
Published byKodansha
ImprintKodansha Character Bunko
DemographicChildren
PublishedSeptember 16, 2015

HeartCatch PreCure! (ハートキャッチプリキュア!, Hātokyatchi PuriKyua!), or HeartCatch Pretty Cure!, is a Japanese anime series and the seventh installment in the Pretty Cure metaseries by Izumi Todo, featuring the fifth generation of Cures. The series is produced by Toei Animation, directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, and written by Takashi Yamada. Character designs were done by Yoshihiko Umakoshi. The series premiered on February 7, 2010 on TV Asahi's ANN network, succeeding Fresh Pretty Cure!, and ended on January 30, 2011, where it was succeeded by Suite PreCure.

The series has three topics: the language of flowers, which is an important element in the plot; the second is fashion, as Tsubomi joins the fashion club; and the third is music, as some of the Cures' attacks are named after musical terms and the series has several music-themed episodes. Overall, the Cures' main motifs are related to flowers, nature, and music, which are prominent in the names of characters and items, as well as the main storyline.