Hello Everyone My Name is Silver~Chan, and Welcome to my First Video Analysis into The Pretty Cure Series. This Series I’ll be going through all of the Seasons of Pretty Cure……. (If i ever make it too there sense it’s still running, like this video is gonna be uploaded when Tropical Rouge is still Running, I know i am doing this script before Cure La Mer makes her mark as the Pretty Cure Mermaid, so yeah that). 

Anyways What I am gonna be doing is that i am going to talk about the series, the Staff, Etc, I won’t be going into full detail on the characters as I already have a Series Talking about them in my own right, Thought i didn’t really go over all the Villains of Futari Wa and Max Heart Because ya you can tell why, there’s a lot of them, I only went over the ones a Felt had Really Impact the Season all together. But anyways enough with that let’s get on with the Videos, Time for the First Info to the Main info! 

(First Information of Futari Wa) 

Futari Wa Pretty Cure which can be Translated to “We are Pretty Cure”, Is the Very First and Original Anime that Created the Pretty Cure franchise, The Series was Created by Tōdō Izumi, 

Futari was Directed by Daisuke Nishio, Produced by Toei Animation, It Premiered on TV Ashai On February 1st 2004, Replacing the Timespot for another anime by Toei that ended it’s Run called  Tomorrow's Nadja, as its known in Japan “Ashita no Nadja”. 

Futari Wa Pretty Cure is about Two Girls Name Nagsia Misumi & Honoka Yukishiro, Who fight evil as Magical Girl Warriors Known as Pretty Cure, They Fight The Evil Forces of The Dotsuku Zone, Futari Wa Pretty Cure is Unlike a Lot of Magical Girl Animes for it’s time as the fights are mostly Focused on physical hand-to-hand combat. 

It also gained a Sequel which would become the 2nd Season in Pretty Cure Series from my Point of View. That Sequel was Max Heart, which I will talk about later. 

(Main Information of Futari Wa) 

Futari Wa Pretty Cure was Directed by Daisuke Nishio, who had done work on Pretty Cure on This Season, Max Heart and all the way up to Yes Pretty Cure 5 in 2008, meaning he had worked on Pretty Cure from 2004 to 2008, He was the Episode Director of Episodes 28 and 42. Outside of Pretty Cure you may know him for Directing a lot of Dragon Ball, in the Dragon Ball series. 

 The Series Composition Ryo Kawasaki, Who worked only on Futari Wa and Max Heart, From 2004 to 2006, Character Designs are Done by Akira Inagami, Music was by Naoki Satō, Done by Toei Animation Studio, it aired on the Networks, Animax, TV Asahi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Japan, AniOne in Korea, RTL2 in Germany, Rai2 in Italy, YTV for the English Dub and finally RCTI and SpaceToon for Indonesia. 

The Series Ran from February 1, 2004 - January 30, 2005 and The English Dub Aired from March 6, 2009 - July 31, 2010 you can find some clips of the English Dub on Youtube if you are lucky. 

Futari Wa Had a Count of 49 Episodes, It’s Opening Theme Songs were 

 DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure & Together We are Pretty Cure for the English Dub, Its Ending theme song was “Get You Love Love?!” 

(Summary of Futari Wa) 

The Dotsuku Zone's actions are necessitated By the escape of two of the Garden of Light's protectors, The odd talkative creatures named Mepple and Mipple. They serve as a source of information and a peanut gallery for the series and are usually found within Card Communes, transformation devices which resemble mobile phones. For some periods, they can transform into their real selves and interact more easily with each other.

The initial run of the series has Cure White and Cure Black searching for the Prism Stones, which they collect in a heart shaped device known as the Prism Hopish. The Prism Hopish is protected by the Guardian, Wisdom. Once they have collected all of the Prism Stones, their power takes them to the Garden of Light and repairs most of the damage Caused by The Dotsuku Zone.

The series motifs are rainbows and hearts, and the Cures' signature motif is the two parts of the Yin-Yang symbol, though it was later omitted in the sequel. Other than the rainbow and hearts motif, There was no true scheme of the whole season that is noticed.

(The Licensing of Futari Wa) 

On February 25 of 2006, 4Kids Entertainment announced The broadcasting and distribution rights for Pretty Cure in the United States of America. However, 4Kids Entertainment never aired the show or produced an English version of it. The license eventually expired.

In April 2006, Mediacorp Central in Singapore started showing an English dubbed version of Pretty Cure in their Kids Central programming block. The dub was produced by Odex and Voiceovers Unlimited. This dub was never released on DVD or broadcast elsewhere, and no information other than the titles of some episodes and the names of some of the voice actors is known about it. 

And so As of 2008, Toei Animation had attempted to market it themselves in the United States. In July 2008, they began making episodes available through IGN's Direct2Drive service subtitled into English. Toei also made those same episodes available for free internet streaming on the Crunchyroll website. And The subtitles were produced by "Nippon Golden Network", a Hawaii-based cable network that broadcasts Asian programming, mostly from Japan. On Crunchyroll, the show appears in low video quality with a slight amount of white noise can be heard throughout. As of 2021, the quality was improved; no more white noise, and the subtitles are made by Crunchyroll. 

Back to 2008, On December 16, 2008, Anime News Network, citing Animation Magazine, reported that Toei Animation made an agreement with the Canadian cable network YTV to air an English-dubbed version of the first Pretty Cure series in Canada. The series premiered on March 6, 2009, with Nagisa and Honoka renamed as "Natalie Blackstone" and "Hannah Whitehouse" respectively. The dub was produced by Ocean Studios in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and recorded at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta. The final five episodes of the first series aired on July 31 of 2010 on that channel.

In 2009, Funimation licensed the series for online distribution on the company's website as well as several other Toei titles, but Funimation no longer streams the show.

The show was also available on Hulu, with a slightly better quality than how it appeared on Crunchyroll at The Time. But As of June 2016, it is no longer available.

It was also recently announced that the YTV version has begun airing on the UK Sky Digital Channel PopGirl. It is unknown who in the UK Had licensed the Canadian version for The broadcast.

The show is available for streaming on the Tubi TV website. As of 2021, it uses the Nippon Golden Network release, including the subtitles. However, no white noise is heard.

(Futari Wa Characters)  

Now as I have said I made a Series Called Character Information Precure Edition Where I Talk about Characters of Pretty Cure in there own respective video, right now I’ve Completed Futari Wa and Max Heart but i didn’t get all the Villains, Maybe in the Future I’ll think about making Videos on them, but anyhow let’s talk about little of the Main Cast here. 

We Have The Main Lead Which is Nagisa Misumi Who was Called Natalie Blackstone aka “Nat'' In the Canndian English Dub, She is an athletic heroine of The Series, and a Member of her School’s lacrosse Team and she is Very Popular, Though she may be Bad and Immature at school, She’s Go a sense of justice and never lets anyone dear to her down. As Cure Black, Nagisa Has special abilities lying in her great physical strength and prowess.

The Second Main Character is Honoka Yukishrio, Renamed Hannah Whitehouse in the Canndian English Dub, Honoka is Shown to be the Best in her Class and she loves reading books and doing science, She is seen to be Popular with the Boys But she is not Interested in any of them, and she forms a Special Bond with on of Villains who she didn’t know was a Villain at the Time Named Kiriya, She Help teach him virtues of kindness and friendship. Friends that she has are very close to her, and she will do everything to protect them. She has a lot of hope and can always see the good in people. 

As Cure White, she has the abilities lying in her With vast intelligence and agility.

There are Three Mascots of The Series. Mepple being the Main Mascot and Nasgia’s Fairy Partner, He is the chosen protector of the Princess of Hope, and is in Nagisa's care. He is quite arrogant and constantly argues with his care-taker, but he loves Mipple, and they are often seen having a "lovey-dovey" relationship. He ends his sentences with "-mepo" in the Japanese episodes.

The Next Mascot is Mipple, who is the Princess of Hope, and also in Honoka's care. Unlike Mepple, she is reserved and seems to get along well with her care-taker, but she still cares very much for him. She ends her sentences with "-mipo" in the Japanese episodes.

And Finally for the Mascots is Pollon, he is the Prince of Light who is sent to be with Pretty Cure in the second half of the series. He is extremely selfish and usually only thinks of himself. He lives with Nagisa and annoys her and Mipple to a great extent. He ends his sentences with "-popo" in the Japanese episodes.

Now Let’s Get One with the Villains of Futari Wa, The First Villain is Pisard Known as Pijard in The Canndian English Dub, He mainly uses his Zakenna to possess daily objects for use in fighting Pretty Cure. His prism stone was green.

Next is Gekidrago, He is the second denizen of the Dotsuku Zone. He is large, monstrous and muscular, and relies more on strength than intelligence. His prism stone was blue.

The Third Villain was Poisony Renamed Pandora in The Canndian English Dub, She is the only female of the Denizens,. She is much more sly and careful than the others, and usually transforms into a human to gain Pretty Cure's trust first. Unlike the others she summons Zakenna by clicking her fingers. and She has a younger brother which is Kiriya. Her prism stone was orange.

The Fourth Villain Was Kiriya, Renamed Kirea in the Canndian English Dub, He the youngest and fourth of the denizens, and Poisony's little brother. He is arrogant and thinks of himself as being better than the others. He was sent to the Garden Of Rainbows to spy on Nagisa and Honoka but failed because of Honoka's kindness and relationship with him. His prism stone was yellow.

The Fifth Villain was Ilkubo, He is the Last of The Dotsuku Zone strongest of the denizens, emotionless Ilkubo can be considered the Evil King's right hand man. His prism stone was purple.

The Second Half of the Series has New Villains Called the Seeds of Darkness,  The First One is Belzei Gertrude, He is a plotter and a sadist. He has human alias Which is Hidehiko Yuuki 

The Second Villain of Seeds of Darkness, is Regine the only female of the Seeds of Darkness. As a human, she has much lower confidence than when she is in her real form. Her human alias is  Shouko Kayama

The Third and Finale is Juna, The tall young man of the trio. More the muscle of the group, Juna is quite stoic and his expression seldom changes. His human alias is Ryuuichirou Kazukawa

And Then There is The Main Antagonist of The Series that Being Evil King. The imprisoned ruler of the Dotsuku Zone, He is made of darkness and has red glowing eyes. He wants the Prism Stones to prevent the power to consume all things to consume himself, and to gain immortality to destroy all worlds.

The Weekly Monsters of the Series were the Zakennas, There the physical form of the Dotsuku Zone's power. And they infect items or people's shadows to turn them into evil mascots.

And The Other People from the Garden of Light and the Allies of the Pretty Cure are Wisdom. He  is the mysterious guardian of the Prism Stones who usually appears when summoned by the Pretty Cure and who's name is only mentioned once by Ilkubo. He usually hides between dimensions to guard the stones.

Queen, Who is The queen of the Garden of Light. She is a grand woman, whose height is only rivaled by that of the Evil King. She is always seen sitting on her throne with closed eyes, never moving even if she is talking.

And Then Elder, A wise sage who resides in the Garden of Light. Despite his wisdom, he often keeps forgetting Nagisa and Honoka's names and referring to them as the Pretty Cura.

Now I’ll Explain what the Garden of Rainbows is But for now There are a Lot of Characters from The Garden of Rainbows who are Friends and Relatives of the Cures, or Just Acquaintances of Nagisa and Honoka, I am not Gonna go over them but I’ll add the Wiki Fandom of Pretty Cure for you to check out. 

Now let’s get one with the Rest of Futari wa so we can go over what was added in Max Heart. 

(Futari Wa Items) 

Now There are 5 items in this series the First being the, Card Communes The Henshin Transform Devices of The Series, and the Forms Mipple and Mepple take, The Pretty Cure Rainbow Bracelets are the Second Items they are A power-up received later in the series that lets them use Pretty Cure Rainbow Storm. The Third item is the Prism True Love Detector, a magical device that can be used to measure the compatibility between two people or animals.

The Fourth item is the Pretty Commune, Which is a Form Pollen taken in the Garden of Rainbows, and Last item is the Prism Hopish. They are the Garden of Light's source of power, and also the source of light in the whole universe.

(Futari Wa Locations) 

Now The Garden of Rainbows is what Earth is Called in This series, it is a term used by residents of the Garden of Light and Dotsuku Zone to refer to the Earth, 

The Garden of Light, is The world where Mepple, Mipple, Porun and Lulun come from. The Garden of Light is protected by the power of the Prism stones. It is daylight all the time and flowers bloom all year long. Time works differently there than in the Garden of Rainbows. Mepple and Mipple had visited the Garden of Rainbows 100 years before the start of the series. From their point of view, however, the 100 years that had passed was merely a single day.

Verone Academy is the School of the Series Where the Main Characters attend, it is also called Verone Academy Junior High School, Tako Cafe is a Place where Cures are seen hanging out and where Hikari Kujou Works and lives with the Owner Akane Futija. 

Now it says the the City and Hometown the Girls live in is Called Koizumi Gakuen, and Wakaba City, There not much on Wakaba City but it does Describe Koizumi Gakuen as It appears to be modeled after Ooizumi Gakuen, which is a district of the Narima ward in Tokyo. 

(Futari wa story) 

The Story of Futari wa, revolves around two girls, Nagisa Misumi  and Honoka Yukishiro , who fight the forces of the Dotsuku Zone; a dimension of evil that encroaches on the Garden of Light. The Dotsuku Zone's power takes the form of the Zakenna, creatures that infect people or items to turn them evil. The Princess of Hope, Mipple, and her chosen warrior Mepple are told to go to the Garden of Rainbows where it is said that they will find the legendary warriors, Pretty Cure.

Nagisa and Honoka have not really spoken to each other, and hardly know the other exists because of their differences. However, when they meet Mepple and Mipple, they are led to each other through them. Then, they are able to use the power of light to transform into Cure Black and Cure White and fight the denizens of the Dotsuku Zone.

After defeating the first denizen, the girls find a Prism Stone, one of the seven artifacts that protected the Garden of Light from danger, whereas now most of them are in the hands of each of the denizens. Now that they have gotten the first Prism Stone from the hands of danger, they look for the Prism Hopish and its guardian, Wisdom, to keep the stones safe.

Once they have discovered all the Prism Stones, its power takes them to the Garden of Light and repairs most of the damage done by the Dotsuku Zone. However, they have to defeat the Evil King himself, using all of their strength to manage that. Eventually, they get help from the Queen, and the Evil King perishes.

Later in the series, Pollun, the Prince of Light, is added to the mix. He transforms into what looks like an electronic notebook, and stays with Nagisa in order to help them fight against the Seeds of Darkness, which are creatures that the Evil King managed to make right before he got destroyed. When the Seeds of Darkness awaken, they begin working together in order to revive the Evil King. Eventually, they kidnap Wisdom, but he manages to put the power of the Prism Stones inside of Pollun before he is taken away. Following this, whenever Pollun becomes agitated, he shoots out power, granting Pretty Cure their Rainbow Bracelets. These vastly strengthen them physically and supply them with a new attack. Pollun also has the added ability of premonition.

After fighting with Pretty Cure for a long time, the Seeds of Darkness realize that as soon as the Evil King is back in control, they will cease to exist, and thus plan to take over him and the Prism Stones' powers. Eventually, they are able to fuse together and acquire the power of light, which makes them unstoppable in the fight against Pretty Cure. However, Evil King uses all of his strength to suck the fused Seeds of Darkness within him, and also the power of the Prism Stones. The girls try all their might to fight him, and with the help of Pollun and the Queen, are able to defeat him once and for all.

At the very end of the series, Mepple and Mipple bid a tearful goodbye to Nagisa and Honoka, who begged the two of them not to go. Although they are no longer Pretty Cure, Nagisa and Honoka continue being best friends, and still keep their Card Communes that Mepple and Mipple are now asleep in.

In Max Heart which we will talk about later, Max Heart Continues the Story after their summer break and their last year at Verone Academy as 3rd year Students. 

(Futari Wa Reception) 

Since the series has proven popular enough with Japanese viewers to warrant numerous spin-off series. In a TV Asahi opinion poll, Pretty Cure appeared in the 45th position, above other series of the magical girl genre like Cutie Honey, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Magical Angel Creamy Mami. Sailor Moon appears in the Top 20. The show won the "Best Theme Song Award" at the 9th Animation Kobe (2004) with Mayumi Gojo's "DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure".

Its popularity has also led to a spoof of the show in an episode of the Gin Tama anime. Cure Black and Cure White have also appeared in a panel of the manga Mahou Sensei Negima!.

Anime News Network gave two reviews for the show, one with an overall rating B, while the second gave it C+.

Fan reception for the English dub is a little hard to judge. It is said the show had higher viewership than Digimon on YTV. The dub is considered to be faithful to the original Japanese version in terms of scripting, the music score is retained, and some scenes were cut out, while there is some criticism of the English opening for being far different from the Japanese version. The English dub of the show is considered to be the most accurate adaptation to the show in the Pretty Cure series so far.

(Max Heart Information) 

Now for Max Heart Nothing Really Changed with the Staff, Daisuke Nishio was The Director, Ryo was Screen Composition, Akria was Character Design and can’t forget about the Music done by Naoki Sato. Networks were on TV Asahi,  Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Animax in Japan, But there isn’t a lot of the Original Network Channel i could find, so i am using the Pretty Cure Wiki Fandom to Look up the Information for this Analysis, But anyways Max Heart outside of Japan aired Rai2 for Italy, and Indosiar, SpaceToon for Indonesia. 

Max Heart had Ran from February 6th 2005 to January 29th of 2006, and had a Total of 47 Episodes, Compare to Futari Wa’s 49 Episodes. And there seems to be a Reason for that as I Found when doing my Research That Max Heart like Healing Good Pretty Cure, Went on Hiatus, and it was first in the series of Pretty Cure to do, Thought I Could not find out what made Max Heart go on it’s Hiatus like Healing Good with Covid-19. 

The Opening Theme of Max Heart was Version of DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure, and the Ending was Impossible!? Possible!! IN the Alright?!, and Wonder☆Winter☆Hooray!!

(Max Heart Story) 

It says the Queen of Light, which was hit by a ray of dark energy, returns to her original shape, divided into three parts: the life, the heart and the twelve Hearts of Magic, which represent her aspirations.

So, Nagisa and Honoka become the legendary warriors, Pretty Cure again to find all the pieces of the Queen and prevent the Evil King from awakening. They are then joined by Hikari Kujou , who transforms into Shiny Luminous and who is the very life of the Queen of Light.

(New Characters of Max Heart) 

Max Heart Brings in New Faces too, Hikari Kujou who is Shiny Luminous, is a mysterious girl who is later revealed to be the life of the disappeared Queen. She is a warrior that has special powers that aid the girls while fighting. Hikari is sweet and gentle and always thinks of others.  And she works with Akane at the Tako Cafe.

A New Mascot is introduced too, that being Lulun, who is much of a Crybaby, is the Princess of Light who can connect with the future. She lives with Hikari and Pollun. She thinks of Pollun as her older brother and always annoys him. Lulun can give the Heartiel Brooch to Shiny Luminous. and She ends her sentences with "-lulu''.

As for the New Villains of Dotsuku Zone, Which is a Team of the Four Guardians, The Fist Villain being Circulas, He appears to be the leader of the Four Guardians whenever Baldez is not around. And He is Shown to have long blonde hair and blue eyes with white skin.

The Next Villain is Uraganos, He is the large dim-witted member of the group. He is Shown to be clumsy and tends to destroy things by accident due to his size and strength. He has a pirate-like mustache, red skin, and a bandanna.

The Third Villain is Viblis, She is the more serious member of the group. She often scolds Uraganos and Circulas when they argue and is more intimidating. She has short yellow-orange hair and pinkish skin. and  She is the only female member.

The Fourth Villain is Baldez who i have done a Video on, and of Course we got the Returning Villain that being the Evil King, But another New Character is “The Boy in The Massion” who is Named Hikaru Kujou at the Ending of Max Heart, He is The "life" of the Evil King while going through resurrection. At first, he was just a small boy who liked to play. As the series progresses, though, he becomes quieter and stares out at the window.

New Allais of the Cures are the Heartiels, The twelve Heartiels represent the Queen's embodiment of will. They all represent different moral qualities, such as intelligence and harmony.

(Max heart Items) 

Nagisa and Honoka have Gotten New Henshin Items to Transform that being the Heartful Communes that Mepple and Mipple can now turn into, The Touch Commune is a Henshin Device that Pollon can Transform into and Help Hikari Transform into Shiny Luminous. The  Heartiel Baton is a Weapon used by Shiny Luminous, Heartiel Brooch is an Upgraded Tool for Shiny Luminous, and The Sparkle Bracelets are The  upgraded bracelets used by Cure Black and Cure White. 

(New Locations from Max Heart) 

New Locations That Appear in Max Heart, are the Garden of Hope which appears in the First Movie of Pretty Cure, in Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie, The Garden of Clouds which comes from Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi, in English it would be Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky. 

(Interesting Facts to Know about Futari Wa and Max Heart) 

Max Heart Does in Fact has a English Dub Just like Futari Wa, which was broadcasted in Singapore in Mediacorp Central's Kids Central programming block, starting in August 2007. It was never released on DVD or broadcasted elsewhere. The only known information are some of the episode titles and the names of some voice actors 

The Max Heart team is depicted as the strongest Pretty Cure team (at least within the All Stars universe), as they are often put against the larger and more powerful enemies outside of the main villains and being called in to deal with situations that even two other teams combined couldn't handle (the boat in the first New Stage movie).

In the "All Pretty Cure Big Poll", Futari wa Pretty Cure is ranked 1st in "Favorite Series Productions".

(Ending) 

And now we are finally at the Ending, there is a lot of Information on Pretty Cure and it’s thinks to the Wiki Fandom that this information can be found, now i only made this just for fun, and just to go over one of the Pretty Cure series, now i am thinking of making this into its own series and let it follow with my Precure Edition for the Characters, If you like this then I’ll be sure to make more, In other cases the way i think i am gonna work on this, would be when i cover about half of the Important Characters in there respective Pretty Cure series, Because at the time of this i didn’t went over a lot of Villains of this season, because i wanted to get to Splash Star and the Lack of Information on the Characters i can use. But anyways that’s all I am gonna say. 

And now it’s time to close this Analysis. See you next time in this series, if you like it, and make sure to check out anything else i Upload or Post to where you are watching or Reading this as i Do post them on wattpad, anyways see ya.