Smile PreCure!

Smile PreCure!
1st Japanese DVD volume of Smile Precure! distributed by Marvelous AQL, featuring the five Cures (from bottom left clockwise): Peace (yellow), Beauty/Breeze (blue), March/Spring (green), Sunny (orange), Happy/Lucky (pink, top center) and mascot Candy (bottom center).
スマイルプリキュア!
(Sumairu PuriKyua!)
GenreMagical girl
Created byIzumi Todo
Anime television series
Directed byTakashi Otsuka
Produced byAtsutoshi Umezawa
Written byShōji Yonemura
Music byYasuharu Takanashi (JP)
Noam Kaniel (Noam) (US)
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network
Original run February 5, 2012 – January 27, 2013
Episodes48 (Japanese and other Asian versions)
40 (Glitter Force; International version) (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byIzumi Todo
Illustrated byFutago Kamikita
Published byKodansha
MagazineNakayoshi
DemographicShōjo
Original runMarch 2012 – February 2013
Volumes1
Video game
Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Märchen World
DeveloperNamco Bandai Games
PublisherNamco Bandai Games
GenreMinigame
PlatformNintendo 3DS
ReleasedAugust 2, 2012
Anime film
Smile PreCure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!
Directed byNarumi Kuroda
Written byShoji Yonemura
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedOctober 27, 2012
Runtime70 minutes

Smile PreCure![4] (Japanese: スマイルプリキュア！, Hepburn: Sumairu PuriKyua!, lit. "Smile Pretty Cure!") is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures.[5] The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known as the head writer of Glass Fleet and Kamen Rider Kabuto. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on character designs for Yes! PreCure 5. Like Yes! Pretty Cure 5, the team has five members with a color scheme of pink, red,[6] yellow, green,[7] and blue, but unlike it the team's members are classmates in their second year of middle school. There are no additional team members.[8] The series aired on All-Nippon News Network (ANN)'s TV Asahi network between February 5, 2012, and January 27, 2013, replacing Suite PreCure♪ in its timeslot, and was succeeded by DokiDoki! PreCure. A film was released in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2012, and a novel was released in 2016, serving as an epilogue that takes place 10 years after the anime's events.[9] An illustration book of Toshie Kawamura's works was released on February 12, 2014.[10] The series' main topics are fairy tales and happiness.

The series was adapted into English by Saban Brands under the name Glitter Force[11] and was released as a Netflix exclusive outside of Asia and in multiple languages on December 18, 2015.[12] As of May 24, 2017, the Glitter Force trademark and the license are owned by Toei Animation.[1] As of June 14, 2018, Hasbro currently owns the rights to the brand alongside other Saban Brands entertainment assets.[13][14][15] It is the second series in the franchise to receive an English-dubbed adaptation, after the original Pretty Cure series.

The English dub will be removed from Netflix on November 9, 2024 alongside Glitter Force: Doki Doki.[16]

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  2. ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda. "Glitter Force Brand's Rights Move to Hasbro". animenewsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Glitter Force". www.glitterforce.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "Toei Animation USA - Precure". toei-animation-usa.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Smile Precure's 1st Anime Art, February 3 Debut Revealed". December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  6. ^ Cure Sunny's main color is orange, despite this, her transformation sequence primarily features red. She is the second Cure with fire powers after Cure Rouge, and was the only orange Cure until Cure Wing from Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure.
  7. ^ Although Cure March's initial theme color was purple, it was changed to green because "when the characters are lined up, the overall image has a "bright rainbow color".
  8. ^ Toei Animation producer Atsunori Umezawa stated that the previous three series had additional members because of the need for "a character that condenses and highlights the theme that he wants to do".
  9. ^ "Crunchyroll - "Smile PreCure!" Sequel Novel Set for Summer 2016 Release". crunchyroll.com. May 25, 2017. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  10. ^ ""PreCure Works" Illustration Book Covers by PreCure Character Designer Toshie Kawamura". Crunchyroll. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Saban Listed as Promoting Smile Precure to Licensees as Glitter Force". Anime News Network. September 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  12. ^ "WorldScreen.com - Worldscreenings". worldscreen.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Glitter Force Brand's Rights Move to Hasbro". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  14. ^ "Glitter Force". July 6, 2018. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Hasbro. "Glitter Force – a legendary superhero squad". www.glitterforce.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  16. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 12, 2024). "Glitter Force, Glitter Force Doki Doki Anime Listed as Leaving Netflix U.S. on November 9". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 12, 2024.