It’s been a long and colorful road for the Precure series, which just marked a major milestone with the 18th episode of its 21st entry, Wonderful Precure!. The episode aired in Japan on June 2, marking the 1,000th overall episode of the franchise. It’s also …Read more »
The 13th Precure TV anime, Witchy PreCure!, is getting a sequel series, and now we know its official title and premiere timing. Maho Tsukai Precure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~ is set to debut on ABC TV/TV Asahi networks’ midnight programming block ANiMAZiNG!!! on January 11, 2025. The …Read more »
Precure, Toei’s lovely and explosive magical girl franchise, is in the midst of its 20th anniversary celebrations. That means stage shows, movies, exhibitions, and celebratory anime. At the moment, Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~ is revisiting the series’s second and third teams as grownups. …Read more »
Yūya Saito, an anime composer and arranger who’s worked on Smile Pretty Cure!, Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi, and more, is in the news, and it’s not for anything musical. He’s in the news for being arrested. According to reports, a Metropolitan …Read more »
The Precure All Stars F anime film opened in Japan on September 15, and it just made history for the series. As announced via the official website, the film has pulled in 1.19 billion yen (about US$8 million) in the 25 days since it opened, …Read more »
It’s good to be a Precure fan in 2023. Once difficult to get hold of, the long-running magical girl franchise is now available each season via Crunchyroll. And while there’s still a lot of backfilling to do, we’re also getting bonuses this season. For instance, Power of …Read more »
This year’s anniversary festivities for the Precure 20th anniversary are huge. From merch to museums, it seems like there’s something new every day. It’s to the point where we’ve even getting new shows for the occasion! In addition to the upcoming team-up movie, we’re getting two …Read more »
The Precure series’ fourth and fifth installments, 2007’s Yes! Precure 5 and 2008’s Yes! Precure 5 Gogo!, are getting a sequel in the form of Kibou no Chikara ~ Otona Precure ’23~. The official website just opened for the followup, and thanks to that we …Read more »
Forget to wear your green today? No problem! These magical girls are always ready for St. Patrick’s Day… and for a fight. Green is one of the least-repped colors on a magical girl team, but the ladies who sport it also show a wide variety …Read more »
It’s hard to believe Precure is in its 20th season! The long-running magical girl series is going big to celebrate this year, both onscreen and off. How is it marking the big occasion? So many ways… many of which will likely launch well after this article …Read more »
This year, PreCure enters its 20th year. The magical girl franchise, which kicked off with Pretty Cure‘s team of two, is now dozens of heroines strong. Those of us who have been watching since the beginning may not have foreseen the show’s super-powered legacy, but we can …Read more »
Next month, Hirogaru Sky! PreCure soars into action! With a new trailer and key visual available at last, we’re learning all sorts of things about the upcoming magical girl anime. But what do we know so far? While we navigate the end of this season’s Delicious Party, …Read more »
The 20th entry in the Pretty Cure, AKA PreCure, series has officially been announced. There isn’t much in the way of information at the moment, but Toei Animation lifted the veil on the title: Hirogaru Sky! PreCure (Reach for the Sky! PreCure). The logo above …Read more »
The film Delicious Party Precure The Movie: The Dreaming Child’s Lunch (Eiga Delicious Party♡Precure Yume Miru ♡ Okosama Lunch in the original Japanese) is hitting theaters in Japan on September 23. But it turns out moviegoers are being offered a little something extra. In addition …Read more »
We haven’t thought about animegao kugurumi—AKA the masked cosplay that makes you look just like an anime character, for better or worse—in a long time, but here we are staring right in the face of it once again thanks to the Delicious Party Pretty Cure …Read more »
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