Smile Precure!
Information:
| Director | Takashi Otsuka
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| Studio | Toei Animation
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| Network | TV Asahi
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| Original Run | February 5, 2012 - January 27, 2013
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| Predecessor | Suite Pretty Cure♪
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| Successor | Doki Doki! Pretty Cure
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| Opening Song | Let's go! Smile Pretty Cure!
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| Ending Song | Yay! Yay! Yay!
Mankai*Smile! |
Smile Precure! (スマイルプリキュア！ Sumairu PuriKyua!)
is a Japanese anime series and the ninth Pretty Cure
installment by Izumi Todo. Produced by Toei Animation, the series is
written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the series writer of
several Heisei Kamen Rider series, including Kabuto, the second half of
Decade, and OOO. It began airing on TV Asahi on February 5, 2012,
replacing
Suite Precure♪ in its initial timeslot. The final episode is scheduled to air on January 27, 2013.
Official Announcement
Smile Pretty Cure! was first announced in Mainichi Shinbun's Mantan
Web in November 2011 after Toei officially revealed the new copyright
name for the ninth series. Later that month the official logo was
revealed by TV Asahi. Also, the official pamphlet included in the
December issue of Nakayoshi reveals the character designs of the 5 main
Cures alongside their fairy mascot, Candy.
The ninth Pretty Cure Series is announced to premiere on 5 February,
2012, thus setting up Suite Pretty Cure♪ to have a grand total of 48
episodes.
During the screening of movie Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi in theatres, it was revealed that a Smile Pretty Cure! movie,Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu! will be released in October 2012.
Plot
Somewhere in the universe there exists a place called Märchenland,
where characters from fairy tales live. Near the corner of Märchenland
exists a world called Bad End Kingdom, where the antagonists of all
fairy tales gathered. In order to show everyone the "Worst Ending", the
people of Bad End Kingdom traveled to Earth to collect Bad Energy. If
the villains succeed, all the worlds in the universe will suffer from
the "Worst Ending".
In order to prevent the "Worst Ending", the 5 Legendary Warriors, Pretty Cure, need to collect Cure Decor,
the power of happiness of Märchenland's Queen. The Cure Decor, however,
has been stolen and hidden away. Set to the task of finding Pretty
Cure, Candy the fairy follows the 5 Beams of Light to Earth, where she meets a flustered Miyuki, a transfer student on her first day of school, and already running late...
Pretty Cure
Hoshizora Miyuki (星空 みゆき Hoshizora Miyuki)
A fourteen year old girl with an interest in books and fairy
tales who transfers to Nanairogaoka Middle School. Like many of the lead
Cures before her, Miyuki is cheery and optimistic, but also something
of a klutz. Her catchphrase is "Ultra Happy!". She transforms into Cure Happy and uses the power of holy light.
Hino Akane (日野 あかね Hino Akane)
A girl from Osaka whose parents run an okonomiyaki
shop and is a member of the school's volleyball team. Akane may be a
jokester, but when she has a goal set, she can be very passionate about
achieving it. She transforms into Cure Sunny and uses the power of fire.
Kise Yayoi (黄瀬 やよい Kise Yayoi)
A girl who is in the Homemaking Club and aspires to be a mangaka.
Though timid, shy about her work, and a crybaby, Yayoi is very loyal,
diligent, and headstrong when pushed. She transforms into Cure Peace and uses the power of lightning.
Midorikawa Nao (緑川 なお Midorikawa Nao)
A tomboyish girl from a family with many younger siblings who is a
member of the school's soccer team. Nao is straightforward and reliable
with a strong sense of justice, though she does get frustrated when
things don't go according to plan. She transforms into Cure March who uses the power of wind.
Aoki Reika (青木 れいか Aoki Reika)
The student council vice president and a member of the Art Club, often writing poems and tanka.
Reika is generally elegant and kind-hearted, but has a frightening
temper once her patience reaches her limit. Her father is a painter
whilst her mother practices aikido and her elder brother practises judo.
She transforms into Cure Beauty and uses the power of snow and ice.
Mascots
Candy (キャンディ Kyandi)
Candy is the mascot of the group. She was sent to Earth to collect the Cure Decor to save Märchenland.
Pop (ポップ Poppu)
Pop is a lion-like fairy and the second fairy mascot in Smile
Pretty Cure!. He is the big brother of Candy and came to earth to pass
the Cures the Decor Décor to collect the Cure Decor pieces in.
Villains
Pierrot (ピエーロ Piēro) is a sinful emperor of Bad End Kingdom, who invaded Märchenland to steal the Cure Decor and bring about the "Worst Ending".
Joker (ジョーカー Jōkā) At Pierrot's service, he's the leader of Wolfrun, Majorina and Akaoni.
Wolfrun (ウルフルン Urufurun)
is a wolf-like monster whose mission is to chase Candy before she finds
Pretty Cures. He's based on wolf villains from Red Riding Hood and The
Three Little Pigs.
Majorina (マジョリーナ Majorīna) One of Pierrot's subordinates, she's a little witch that reminds one of Snow White's step-mother
Akaoni (アカオーニ Akaōni) At Pierrot's service, he's a red demon that reminds one of oni from Japanese fairytales such as Momotaro.
Smile Pact - The Cures' transformation device. If Cure Decor are inserted to the Smile Pact, it produces items.
Cure Decor
- The source of happiness of Royal Queen; special tokens that can be
used either to revive Royal Queen of Märchenland or bring about the
Worst Ending.
Decor Décor - Special box used to store Cure Decor pieces in. Brought to the Cures by Pop in Episode 6.
Princess Candle
- The Cure's main weapon, first used in Episode 23. Using alongside the
powers of the Super Princess Cure Decors, the Cures can undergo their
secondary forms called Princess Form to execute their most powerful group attack, Rainbow Burst.
Royal Clock - The Cure's called to Princess Form to execute their most powerful group attack, Royal Rainbow Burst. They also need their Princess Candles to perform it. It can also turn Hyper Akanbe to Normal, Red nosed Akanbe.
Märchenland
- A fairy tale kingdom where all fairytale characters live. The Queen
has been sealed before the story begins. Märchen is German for
"fairytales".
Nanairogaoka Middle School - The school that the Cures attend. Nanairo means "rainbow" in Japanese.
Bad End Kingdom
- The homeplace of the antagonists of the series, whose residents
invaded Maerchen Land and traveled to Earth in an attempt to give it the
"Worst Ending" by collecting Bad Energy.
Trivia
- The theme of Smile! is fairy tales, and there are many details throughout the series that reference this.
- Smile! is the second installment to have design similarities with a previous season (Yes! Pretty Cure 5). The first was between Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star and Futari wa Pretty Cure.
- Smile! is the first Pretty Cure season to have more than one athletic Cure. Akane is in the volleyball team, Nao is in the girls' soccer team, and Reika is in the archery team.
- Smile! is the third season to have a Cure whose theme color is purely green, the first and second were Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and its sequel with Cure Mint.
- Smile! is third season in which the Cures do not have heart-shaped hair accessories, following Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and its sequel. Instead, the Cures wear jeweled tiaras and wing-shaped hair accessories.
- Smile! is the fourth season in a row in which the Cures wear a choker around their necks.
- Smile! is the third season to utilize a cosmetic item as a transformation device, with Yes! Pretty Cure 5: GoGo! and Heartcatch Pretty Cure! coming before it.
- Smile! is the second season to have five main Cures that were announced from the very beginning, the first being Yes! Pretty Cure 5.
- Smile! is the second season in which the Cures' basic finishers include their Cure names, after Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and its sequel.
- Smile! is the second season to have just one mascot.
- In the June issue of magazine Animage, an interview with one of
the producers revealed that all the Cures were initially designed to
have long flowing hairstyles.
- Quote: "However, letting all the Cures have long hairstyles
seemed to take away their personality differences, so we did quite a bit
of thinking to rectify that. (...) Both final hairstyles and Cure theme
colors were determined not by looking at each girl alone, but everyone
as a group. We needed to see them together before we settled on their
final design, in order to achieve a good total balance."
- Smile! is the second season to have it's starting roster unchanged from beginning to end. The first was Futari wa Pretty Cure.
