List of Smile Precure episodes

List of Smile Precure episodes
Season 9
First Japanese Blu-ray Disc volume of Smile PreCure! released by Marvelous AQL, featuring Cure Happy in her Princess form and Candy
No. of episodes48 (40 dubbed)
Release
Original networkANN (ABC)
Original releaseFebruary 5, 2012 (2012-02-05) –
January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)
Season chronology
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Suite PreCure

Smile PreCure! is the ninth installment of the Pretty Cure anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It follows Miyuki Hoshizora and her friends as she helps Candy gather all the Cure Décor and stop the Bad End Kingdom from giving the whole world the "Worst Ending". The original Japanese version aired in TV Asahi in Japan from February 5, 2012 to January 27, 2013 for 48 episodes, replacing Suite PreCure in its initial timeslot, and was succeeded by DokiDoki! PreCure. The opening theme is "Let's go! Smile PreCure!" (Let's go!スマイルプリキュア！, Retsu gō! Sumairu Purikyua) by Aya Ikeda. For the first 24 episodes, the ending theme is "Yay! Yay! Yay!" (イェイ！イェイ！イェイ！, Yei! Yei! Yei!) by Hitomi Yoshida, whilst the ending theme for episodes 25-48 is "Mankai * Smile!" (満開＊スマイル！, Mankai*Sumairu!, Full Bloom * Smile!) by Yoshida.[1] All of the songs are composed by Hideaki Takatori. The series was well-received, placing regularly in Japan's weekly top ten anime shows broadcast.

The series was adapted by Saban Brands under its SCG Characters unit, under the name Glitter Force and was released as a Netflix original series outside of Asia and in multiple languages.[2] This version consists of 40 episodes, the first twenty of which were released on Netflix on December 18, 2015,[3] and the second season on August 26, 2016.[4] The dub, which was produced by Studiopolis, features changes to the character's names, terminology, catchphrases, and music.[5][6] The theme song is "Glitter Force", performed by Blush, who also perform the insert songs before the closing credits that use footage of the girls in various computer-animated dance sequences.[7][8]

The series was made available in home media. In Japan, a Blu-ray box set by Marvelous AQL and TC Entertainment was released on October 26, 2012, in the same fashion as Suite PreCure.[9] Standard DVD releases were also issued.

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  2. ^ "WorldScreen.com - Worldscreenings". worldscreen.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  3. ^ Stephenson, Brad (January 1, 2016). "All About the New Netflix Anime Series Glitter Force". Anime.About.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Glitter Force Season 2 Premieres on Netflix on August 26". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "Netflix Lists Glitter Force; Netflix Japan Lists The Seven Deadly Sins in English". Anime News Network. September 28, 2015. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Glitter Force Slated for December 18 Premiere on Netflix". Anime News Network. October 1, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "Pop Group Blush Performs Glitter Force Opening Theme, Other Songs". Anime News Network. December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  8. ^ Luster, Joseph (December 11, 2015). "Saban's Glitter Force Teams Up with Pop Group Blush". Otaku USA Magazine. Archived from the original on December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  9. ^ "Smile Precure BDs to Have 12-13 Episodes Each". March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.