Go! Princess Pretty Cure
Go! Princess Pretty Cure, also known simply as Go! Princess PreCure, is a 2015 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, and the twelfth installment to Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the tenth generation of Cures. It is directed by Yuta Tanaka and written by Jin Tanaka, with character designs by Yukiko Nakatani.
The series began airing on February 1, 2015, succeeding HappinessCharge PreCure! in its timeslot. The series' main topics are hopes and dreams, with the Cures' overall motifs being princesses, keys, and perfumes. It was then succeeded by Witchy Pretty Cure! on February 7, 2016.
Story
Eight years ago, a young girl named Haruka Haruno dreamed of becoming a Princess like the ones in fairy tales and picture books, but was bullied by her classmates in kindergarten because of it. She later met a boy named Kanata, who gave her a strange charm while having her promise to never give up on her dreams.Eight years later, now 13 years old, Haruka attends the Noble Academy boarding school while still cherishing her dreams of becoming a princess. One day, she encounters two fairies from the Hope Kingdom: Pafu and Aroma, who are being pursued by a strange man named Close. The fairies tell her that he works for Dys Dark, an organization led by a witch named Dyspear who seeks to bring despair to the world by locking dreams away in the Gate of Despair.
The charm she had turns out to be a Dress Up Key, which along with the Princess Perfume the fairies give her, allows her to become one of Hope Kingdom's chosen warriors: Cure Flora, a Pretty Cure to oppose Dys Dark. Later joined by Minami Kaido, Kirara Amanogawa and Towa Akagi as Cure Mermaid, Cure Twinkle, and Cure Scarlet, Haruka forms the Princess Pretty Cure Team to collect the Dress Up Keys needed to open the Gate of Dreams while protecting people's dreams from Dys Dark's forces.
Characters
Pretty Cures
The Princess Pretty Cures, who represent the Hope Kingdom, are composed of four warriors: Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid, Cure Twinkle and Cure Scarlet. Chosen by their Dress Up Keys, their mission is to find the remaining Keys while protecting the Gate of Dreams from Dys Dark. All four of them use a magical transformation item called a Princess Perfume which they activate with a Dress Up Key by saying "Pretty Cure Princess Engage!". Each also has alternate forms called Mode Elegant, in which they use their main attacks. They later use the "Crystal Princess Rod" to perform more powerful attacks and enter a new Mode Elegant form using the Elegant Keys and Miracle Keys. Unlike the other Cures, Cure Scarlet instead uses the Scarlet Violin as her main weapon to perform attacks. They later gain more powerful attacks by using the Princess Palace along with the Premium Dress Up Keys and Royal Dress Up Keys to access new Mode Elegant forms.They introduce themselves as "Strongly! Gently! Beautifully! Go! Princess Pretty Cure!" and their catchphrase is "You've locked a dream away in a frigid cage...I intend to retrieve it! Have you prepared yourself?" Cure Scarlet's catchphrase is "You've locked a dream away in a frigid cage...I intend to retrieve it! Prepare yourself for what's to come!"
;Haruka Haruno Cure Flora
;Minami Kaido Cure Mermaid
;Kirara Amanogawa Cure Twinkle
;Towa Akagi Twilight Cure Scarlet
;Chieri
;Yura
;Sei
Hope Kingdom
;Prince Kanata;Hope Kingdom King & Hope Kingdom Queen
;Wish
The Royal Fairies are a group of magical animals who serve the Prince of the Hope Kingdom, entrusted to find the Pretty Cures and educate them to be a real Princess. Their appearance is based on the animal mascots from various fairy tales.
;Pafu
;Aroma
;Miss Shamour
Dys Dark
Dys Dark are the main antagonists of the series, who aim to trap people's dreams into the Gate of Despair and spread despair and chaos across the world. After taking over Hope Kingdom, Dys Dark's forces are dispatched to Yumegahama to find the Dress Up Keys. While Dyspear recovers in the Forest of Despair, she leaves Lock in charge so he and Shut can fuel the gauges to gather people's despair and speed up her restoration. However, after Lock's act of treason and purification, Dys Dark loses Hope Kingdom's castle, with a revived Dyspear creating a new palace from thorns. Dys is a shortened alternate spelling of despair. All the generals survive after Dyspear's defeat, with Close departing after fighting Cure Flora and Shut and Lock starting a new life in Yumegahama.Leaders
;DyspearGenerals
Close, Shut and Lock serve as Dyspear's elite subordinates and form a group called the Three Musketeers. The generals' names are derived from words meaning to lock away and from words meaning to halt something. They have the power to trap people's dreams in the Gate of Despair to create Zetsuborgs, whose appearance varies depending on which general summoned them. Twilight can use her Dress Up Keys on them to increase their power and allow them to summon more powerful Zetsuborgs. They can also assume a monstrous form when battling the Cures in the series' latter half.;Close
;Shut
;Kuroro Lock
;Stop & Freeze
;Zetsuborg
Other characters
Unlike the rest of the series, Noble Academy is a boarding school with dormitories. Its students greet others by saying "Have a Good Day".;Yui Nanase
;Reiko Kisaragi
;Seira Azuma
;Ayaka Nishimine
;Shirogane
;Yuki Aihara
;Shu Imagawa
;Naoto Koshiba
;Yume Mochizuki
;Hanae Komori
;Sayaka Kano / Mai Kurita / Noriko Komaki
;Kimimaro Ijuin
;Kenta Hirano
;Riko Furuya
;Sumire Zama
Family members
;Ibuki Haruno;Moe Haruno
;Momoka Haruno
;Tsukasa Kaido
;Masumi Kaido
;Wataru Kaido
;Stella Amanogawa
;Ken Takamagahara
Others
;Baurollo Bauanne;Ranko Ichijou
;Kyoko Tachi
;Nishikido
;Oikawa
;Tina
;Asuka Kitakaze
;Karin Akeboshi
Movie characters
;Princess Refi;Refi's Mother
;Princess Pumplulu
;Warp
;Night Pumpkin
;Pumpkin Kingdom's King & Queen
;Pan, Puu and Kin
Production
The series was first trademarked by Toei on October 7, 2014, by the Japan Patent Office to be used in a variety of goods and merchandise and became public later that month. On November 28, 2014, the series's official teaser site opened, revealing its release date. On December 16, the Pretty Cure Store in Osaka, Japan teased the character designs of the main heroines, which were revealed on December 26, 2014. The names of the main Cures were revealed in the event to be Cure Flora, Cure Mermaid and Cure Twinkle, and other official information was revealed the event.The official website of the anime was also updated with information about the cast. The dormitory setting of the series is a first in the Pretty Cure franchise, depicting the excitement of dorm life, coming of age while living with friends, and the anticipation and anxiety of a new life among roommates, separated from family.
To promote the anime, trailers were shown during the final four episodes of HappinessCharge PreCure!, featuring the transformation scenes of the main Cures. Cure Flora appeared at the end of the last episode along with Cure Lovely to do a baton touch.
Media
Anime
Go! Princess PreCure began airing on all ANN television stations on February 1, 2015, succeeding HappinessCharge PreCure! in its timeslot along with the Broadcasting System of San-in airing on February 7, 2015. Crunchyroll streamed the series in select territories on June 30, 2024.Films
The main characters appeared in the movie Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪, released on March 14, 2015. A three-part feature film, Go! Princess Precure the Movie: Go! Go!! Splendid Triple Feature!!!, was released on October 31, 2015. The film consists of a cel-animated short, titled The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure, and two fully CG animated shorts, titled Precure and Refi's Wonder Night! and Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror respectively. The film's theme song is titled "Kira Kira" by Every Little Thing while the ending theme is Dreams are the Path to the Future.Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic!, was released on March 19, 2016.
Pretty Cure Dream Stars!, was released on March 18, 2017.