Eri Sendai is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Japan. Her major roles in anime include Kurumi Mimino/Milky Rose in Yes! Precure 5, Rei Saotome in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Kōrin Sa in The Story of Saiunkoku, Yukari Morita in Rocket Girls, Yuuhi Shimbara in Neo Ranga and Arika in Medabots.
The Pretty Cure Series, also known as PreCure and PC, is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK and Toei Animation. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls known as Pretty Cures who battle against evil forces. Starting in February 2004 with Futari wa Pretty Cure, the franchise has seen many anime series, spanning over 800 episodes to date, as well as spawning movies, manga, toys, and video games. Its most recent iteration, Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure, began airing in February 2021 as part of TV Asahi's Sunday morning children's television block. To date, three series have received English adaptations.
Izumi Todo, who is credited with creating series like Ojamajo Doremi and Pretty Cure, is a collective pen name used by Toei Animation television producers when contributing to their various anime series. Pseudonyms used in a similar manner include Hajime Yatate from Sunrise and Saburo Yatsude for Toei Company's anime and tokusatsu television productions. The use of the pen name began with Ojamajo Doremi.
Yes! PreCure 5 is a Japanese anime series and the fourth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries produced by Toei Animation, featuring the third generation of Cures. The series aired on TV Asahi between February 2007 and January 2008 and was followed by a sequel season, Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!, which made up the franchise's fifth installment and aired between February 2008 and January 2009. Both series were directed by Toshiaki Komura and written by Yoshimi Narita. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who would go on to work on the character designs for Smile PreCure! and Hugtto! PreCure. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014. A manga adaptation was serialized in Kodansha's monthly Nakayoshi magazine. The series has made use of butterflies as the main motif whilst GoGo!'s main motif is roses.
Ai Nagano is a Japanese voice actress. She has been voice-acting since 1997.
Pretty Cure All Stars or PreCure All Stars is a series of Japanese anime films produced by Toei Animation based on Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure anime television franchise. Each movie features a storyline which crosses over characters from all the Pretty Cure anime series to date. As of March 2019, there are currently 12 main films in the series.
Jitsuna Kamikita and Kizuna Kamikita, born August 11 in Kōchi Prefecture, are two Japanese manga artists and character designers, twin sisters, who work together under the pseudonym of Futago Kamikita. They are best known for the manga versions of the Pretty Cure franchise.
Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode, stylized as Kirakira☆PreCure a la Mode is a 2017 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and the fourteenth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the twelfth generation of Cures. It is directed by Kohei Kureta and Yukio Kaizawa. Jin Tanaka wrote the script, and Marie Ino designed the characters. The cake and sweets designs were handled by pâtissière Junko Fukuda. The series began airing on all All-Nippon News Network stations in Japan on February 5, 2017, succeeding Witchy PreCure! in its initial timeslot. It was then succeeded by HUG! Pretty Cure on February 4, 2018. The series' main topic is happiness, while desserts and animals serve as the motif.
HUG! Pretty Cure is a Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the fifteenth series in the Pretty Cure franchise, released to celebrate its 15th anniversary. It is directed by Junichi Sato and Akifumi Zako and written by Fumi Tsubota. It began airing on ANN on February 4, 2018, succeeding Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode in its initial timeslot. It was then succeeded by Star Twinkle PreCure on February 3, 2019. The series' main topic is destiny and future, with dress code as the Cures' main motifs.
Star Twinkle Pretty Cure is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the final series released in the Heisei and first Pretty Cure series released in the Reiwa period and the sixteenth installment of the franchise, featuring the fourteenth generation of Cures. It is directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto and written by Isao Murayama. The series aired on all ANN stations in Japan from February 3, 2019 to January 26, 2020, succeeding HUG! PreCure in its initial time slot. It was then succeeded by Healin' Good Pretty Cure on February 2, 2020. The series' main topic is imagination, with outer space and constellations being the Cures' main motifs.
Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories is the 25th Pretty Cure movie, as well as the 11th All Stars movie produced by Toei Animation. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the franchise, the Hugtto! PreCure team joins forces with the Futari wa Pretty Cure team, alongside all the other teams as well. The movie was released in theaters on October 27, 2018 with memories as its theme.
Healin' Good Pretty Cure is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the seventeenth installment of the Pretty Cure franchise and the second series released in the Reiwa period. It is directed by Yoko Ikeda and written by Junko Komura. The series began airing on all ANN stations in Japan on February 2, 2020, succeeding Star Twinkle PreCure in its initial time slot. It is the second series in the franchise to focus on nature as its main topic after Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star, with elements and medicine used for the Cures' main motifs. It was succeeded by Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure on February 28, 2021.
Kanako Miyamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer affiliated with Axlone. She is known for voicing Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword from DokiDoki! PreCure and as the singer of several Pretty Cure songs.
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the eighteenth installment in the Pretty Cure franchise and the third series released in the Reiwa period. It is directed by Yutaka Tsuchida and written by Masahiro Yokotani. The series began airing on all ANN stations in Japan on February 28, 2021, succeeding Healin' Good Pretty Cure in its initial time slot. The series' main topic is motivation and responsibility, with tropical and ocean themes alongside cosmetics as the Cures' main motifs.
