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Heartcatch Precure! (TV)

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Alternative title:

Heartcatch Pretty Cure!

ハートキャッチプリキュア！ (Japanese)

光之美少女甜蜜天使 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Plot Summary: Tsubomi Hanasaki is a 2nd year middle school student who loves flowers and plants. One day, she dreams of a mysterious flowering tree that wilted, causing the sprites to disappear. When she transfers to Myodou Academy, the sprites that she saw in that dream appeared before her. The sprites begged Tsubomi to become Pretty Cure to protect the Great Tree, but she refuses. However, a sudden attack from a mysterious enemy came, and the Heart Seed of her new classmate, Erika Kurumi, is stolen. To save Erika's heart, she had no choice but to become a Pretty Cure and fight

User Ratings: 95 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 17 votes (sub:17)

Excellent: 20 votes (sub:18, dub:1, raw:1)

Very good: 29 votes (sub:28, raw:1)

Good: 15 votes (sub:13, raw:1, others:1

1 Tagalog dubbed

)

Decent: 6 votes (sub:6)

So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)

Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)

Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)

Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)

Awful: -

Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 188 users, rank: #4057 (of 10086)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.905 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.8069, rank: #866 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.824 (Very good−), rank: #928 (of 10238) (seen all: 8.01 / seen some: 7.02 / won't finish: 5.65)
Bayesian estimate: 7.782 (Very good−), rank: #732 (of 7689)

Running time: 24 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 49

Episode titles: We have 49

Vintage: 2010-02-07 to 2011-01-30

Opening Theme:

"Alright! Heartcatch Precure!" by Aya Ikeda

Ending Theme:

"Heartcatch Paradise! (ハートキャッチ☆パラダイス！)" by Mayu Kudō

#02: "Song of Tomorrow" (あしたのうた) by Mayu Kudou (eps 25-)

Insert song:

"Heart Goes On" by Aya Ikeda and Mayu Kudo (ep 38)

"Special*Colorful" by Fumie Mizusawa (ep 19)

"Tsu. Bo. Mi ~Future Flower~" by Nana Mizuki (ep 24)

Official website:

Heartcatch Precure! @ TV Asahi (Japanese)

ハートキャッチプリキュア！東映アニメーション (Japanese)

Links: We have 1

News: Show: 4 +57 ref. +26 unverified

Japan's Animation TV Ranking, October 11-17 (Nov 5, 2010)

Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 28-July 4 (Jul 12, 2010)

Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 21-27 (Jul 10, 2010)

Heartcatch Precure, Senkō no Night Raid Promos Posted (Feb 2, 2010)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Series Director: Tatsuya Nagamine

Series Composition: Takashi Yamada

Script:
Midori Kuriyama (7 episodes

eps 20, 33-34, 40, 44, 48-49

)

Mio Inoue (6 episodes

eps 8, 12, 17, 21, 26, 30

)

(eps 36, 42, 46)

Mutsumi Ito (6 episodes

eps 6, 11, 16, 19, 25, 29

)

(eps 35, 41, 45)

Shoji Yonemura (6 episodes

eps 4, 10, 15, 18, 22, 27

)

(eps 37-38, 47)

Takashi Yamada (6 episodes

eps 1-3, 7, 13, 20

)

Yoshimi Narita (6 episodes

eps 5, 9, 14, 23-24, 28

)

(eps 32, 39, 43)

Storyboard: Morio Hatano (6 episodes

eps 5, 15, 23, 33, 37, 44

)

Episode Director:
Akifumi Zako (eps 13, 21)

(ep 32)

Hidehito Ueda (eps 42-43)

Hideki Hiroshima (ep 22)

(5 episodes

eps 31, 39, 42, 45, 48

)

Junji Shimizu (eps 8, 20)

Kouji Ogawa (eps 7, 14, 27)

(eps 34, 41, 47)

Makiko Orimoto (eps 29, 40, 46)

Masatoshi Chioka (eps 31, 39, 46)

Morio Hatano (eps 5, 15, 23)

(eps 33, 37, 44)

Munehisa Sakai (eps 9, 24)

(ep 37)

Narumi Kuroda (5 episodes

eps 2, 16, 28, 36, 45

)

Takao Iwai (4 episodes

eps 3, 11, 17, 26

)

(eps 35, 43)

Takashi Otsuka (eps 19, 30)

Takenori Kawada (eps 4, 12, 25)

Tatsuya Nagamine (eps 1, 10)

(eps 38, 48-49)

Tomoharu Katsumata (ep 6)

Toshiaki Komura (ep 22)

Yukihiko Nakao (ep 18)

Music: Yasuharu Takanashi

Original creator: Izumi Todo

Original Manga: Futago Kamikita

Character Design: Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Art:
Akira Kuramoto

Chie Satou

Miki Tanaka

Osamu Honda

Yō Watabe

Animation Director:
Akira Inagami (eps 21, 29)

(ep 38)

Akira Kojima (eps 25, 36, 44)

Francis Kaneda (6 episodes

eps 8, 16, 26, 35, 40, 46

)

Hiroyuki Kawano (4 episodes

eps 6, 13, 20, 30

)

(eps 39, 47)

Katsumi Tamegai (eps 7, 15, 24)

(eps 33, 43)

Mika Okuyama (6 episodes

eps 5, 12, 19, 28, 37, 45

)

Mitsuru Aoyama (eps 18, 27)

(ep 31)

Naoko Yamaoka (ep 41)

Paul Año-Nuevo (6 episodes

eps 8, 16, 26, 35, 40, 46

)

Shou Kojima (4 episodes

eps 2, 9, 17, 25

)

Tomoko Ito (eps 3, 11, 22)

(ep 42)

Toshie Kawamura (eps 4, 14)

Yoshihiko Umakoshi (OP; eps 1, 10, 23)

(eps 34, 48-49)

Art design: Ryūtarō Masuda

Producer:
Atsutoshi Umezawa

Kenichiro Yoshida (ABC)

Rika Tsuruzaki (ADK)

Art Advancement: Masato Nishimaki

Assistant Episode Director:
Hiroya Takahashi

Assistant producer: Gō Wakabayashi

Background Art:
Aiko Katsumata (Athena Art)

Akio Shimada

Akira Kuramoto

Chie Satou

Chiharu Kinoshita (Athena Art)

Eiji Takahashi (Design Office Mechaman)

Emiko Naga

Erwin Sadia (TAP)

Fumi Oka (Design Office Mechaman)

Grace Toler (TAP)

(9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10-11, 18, 23, 31, 36, 41

)

Ikuyo Kiyota

Jaime Tayap (TAP)

Kannosuke Hiramatsu

Katsuya Sugano (Design Office Mechaman)

Kōichi Sugatani (Athena Art)

Kyōhei Kobori (Design Office Mechaman)

Mao Yamamoto (Athena Art)

Masami Ozeki (Design Office Mechaman)

Masanobu Ōtani (Athena Art)

Michiyo Miki (Design Office Mechaman)

Midori Tanaka

Miki Kagari

Miki Tanaka (Design Office Mechaman)

Nagisa Nishida

Nelito Acuña (TAP)

Nobuaki Ishihara (Design Office Mechaman)

Noriko Akahoya (Athena Art)

Reiko Okada (Studio Pablo)

Rika Uehara (Design Office Mechaman)

Ruben Orense (TAP)

Satomi Zushi (Baku Production)

Shinji Saitō (Athena Art)

Shino Ohara (Design Office Mechaman)

Shota Suzuki (Design Office Mechaman)

Tatsuro Iseri

Tomoko Zama (Studio Pablo)

Toshie Honda (Baku Production)

Toshinori Iino

Toshiyuki Sakae (Art Team Convoy)

Tsuneo Ōzeki (Design Office Mechaman)

Wen Mei Qiu (5 episodes

eps 10, 23, 34, 44, 48

)

Yō Watabe

Yoshihiro Nakamura (Design Office Mechaman)

Yoshio Kajiwara (Design Office Mechaman)

Yuka Kawai (Studio Pablo)

Yuka Tsuboi (Design Office Mechaman)

Background Layout:
Hiroshi Washizaki

Kaoru Honma

Kenjirō Shimokawa

Tadami Shimokawa

CG Advancement:
Masaki Sakurai

Yūji Yokoo

Color design: Yoshiko Sakuma

Color Key:
Tomoko Kohioki

Yoshiko Sakuma

Yuki Akimoto

Digital Photography:
Akira Teruya

Kiyoko Baba

Rie Sato

Editing: Yoshihiro Asō

Finishing Advancement:
Masahiro Murakami

Shō Kaneko

Takahiro Kawamoto

In-Between Animation:
Hisashi Mawatari

Naoko Shirai

Key Animation:
Aiko Sonobe

Aito Ōhashi

(eps 1, 12, 38)

(13 episodes

eps 2, 4-5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 29, 33, 36-37, 43, 45

)

Akio Serita

Aries Nario

(ep 1)

Gen Sato

(ep 49)

Haruhiko Noda

Hideki Nagashima

Hiroshi Kohara

(20 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 28, 33-34, 36-38, 43, 45

)

Ken Ōtsuka

Ken Ueno

Kenji Miuma

(eps 5, 12, 19)

Marie Ino

Mariko Ito

Masahiko Maruyama

Masahiro Naoi

Masahito Onoda (ep 1)

(4 episodes

eps 3, 11, 22, 32

)

(ep 42)

Miho Azuma

Misaki Ike

(eps 1, 23, 41)

Rie Arakawa

Romel Pura

Rutarō

Satoru Iida

Seiji Okada

Shino Ikeda

Sora Toida

Sushio

(eps 3, 11)

Tomoko Ito

Toshiharu Takahashi (12 episodes

eps 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 23, 25, 29, 36, 38, 46, 49

)

Yoko Sano

(8 episodes

eps 1, 3, 10, 23, 34, 42, 48-49

)

(eps 25, 48)

Yuki Ono

Yūta Kiso

Music Performance: Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)

Music Selection: Sayaka Mizuno

Planning:
Hiromi Seki

Masayuki Nishide (ABC)

Yoko Matsushita (ADK)

Production Advancement: Tomoya Yoshida (16 episodes

eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 24, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49

)

Production manager: Yasuhiko Nukaga

Publicity: Kanako Tada (ABC)

Recording:
Kimitaka Kawasaki

Naomi Hayashi

Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino

Theme Song Performance:
Aya Ikeda (OP)

Mayu Kudō (ED)

Aya Hisakawa as Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight

Fumie Mizusawa as Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine

Houko Kuwashima as Itsuki Myōdōin/Cure Sunshine

Nana Mizuki as Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom

Eiji Takemoto as Kumojacky

Hikaru Midorikawa as Dune

Hirofumi Nojima as Cobraja

Kokoro Kikuchi as Potpourri

Minami Takayama as Dark Precure

Motoko Kumai as Coffret

Taeko Kawata as Shypre

Taiten Kusunoki as Professor Sabaaku

Urara Takano as Sasorina

Ai Orikasa as Yuuki Hayashi

(ep 29)

Aiko Iwamura as
Gardening club member (ep 22)

Infant (ep 17)

Schoolgirl (ep 8)

Women's Soccer Team Member (ep 10)

Akeno Watanabe as Sayaka

(eps 3, 6, 21)

Akira Ishida as Cologne

(eps 33-34)

Ami Michizoe as
Boy (ep 28)

Schoolgirl (ep 3)

Student Council Executive (ep 35)

Atsuko Yuya as Tsubaki Myōdōin

Aya Ikeda as Aya Ikeda

(ep 36)

Chado Horii as
High School Student (ep 13)

Kazuya Yoshida (ep 4)

Ramen Banchou (ep 18)

Schoolboy (eps 3, 6, 11)

Sunakey

Chika Sakamoto as
Cure Flower (eps 44-45)

Kaoruko Godai (ep 27)

Kaoruko Hanasaki

Daisuke Ono as Daiki

(ep 3)

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Hideo Saitani

(ep 31)

Fumihiko Tachiki as Masakazu Harano

(ep 17)

Fumiko Orikasa as Azusa Takagishi

(eps 16, 35-36)

Hiroki Takahashi as Yūto Toshioka

(ep 12)

Hiroko Ushida as Tsuruzaki

Hiromi Igarashi as Boy (ep 28)

Hiromi Tsuru as Voice of the Big Tree of the Heart (eps 32-33)

Hiroshi Naka as Gentarō Myōdōin

(eps 7, 15, 24)

Hyōsei as Sakura Kurumi

Kaoru Morota as Haruka's Mother

(ep 30)

Kazunari Kojima as
Banchou (ep 27)

Cameraman (ep 20)

Photographer (ep 8)

Samurai Banchou (ep 18)

Science Teacher (ep 4)

Soccer Club Captain (ep 3)

Student Council Executive (ep 30)

(ep 35)

(ep 7)

Sunakey (ep 39)

Kazunari Tanaka as Masahiro Harano

(ep 17)

Keiichi Sonobe as Masajirō Harano

(ep 17)

Kenyū Horiuchi as
Coppé (ep 32)

Sora Hanasaki

(ep 27)

Kikuko Inoue as Keiko Ban

(ep 18)

Kōichi Tōchika as Ryūnosuke Kurumi

Kouzou Douzaka as Obancho (ep 18)

Mai Fuchigami as Student Council Executive (ep 7)

Makoto Tsumura as Yoshito Sakai

(ep 11)

(ep 36)

Masahiko Tanaka as Tadashi Horiuchi

(ep 19)

Masami Suzuki as Gou Sugiyama

(ep 35)

Mayu Kudō as Mayu Kudou

(ep 36)

Megumi Urawa as Hayato (ep 42)

(ep 45)

Mie Sonozaki as Mitsuru Nakano

(ep 27)

Miki Nagasawa as Masato Sakai

(ep 11)

(ep 21)

Naoki Mizutani as Tatsuya Ozuka

(eps 1, 6-7, 29)

Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Yōichi Hanasaki

Noriko Shitaya as Kasumi

(ep 43)

Rei Sakuma as Haruna Tsukikage

(ep 13)

Reiko Kiuchi as Miura Akira

(eps 5-6, 21)

Ryō Iwasaki as
Kasumi's father

(ep 43)

Personal Computer Number (ep 18)

Schoolboy (eps 11, 40)

Sunakey

(ep 39)

Teacher (ep 28)

Yasuhiko Kaga

(ep 4)

Young boy (ep 44)

Youth (ep 44)

Ryō Naitō as Kazumi Satou

(ep 40)

Ryōko Hikida as Girl (ep 3)

Ryōko Shiraishi as Aya Mizushima

(eps 22, 45)

Ryōtarō Okiayu as Kenji Ban

Sachiko Kojima as Kanae Tada

Sakiko Tamagawa as Rumi Shiku

(4 episodes

eps 14, 16, 39, 41

)

Sanae Kobayashi as Theater club member (ep 16)

Satoshi Taki as Nanami's father

(ep 14)

Sayaka Narita as Kyōko Matsumoto

(ep 21)

Seiko Yoshida as Toshiko Sakuma

Shiho Hisajima as
7 year old Satsuki (ep 23)

Mao Ogasawara

(ep 4)

Shingo Onitsuka as Schoolboy (eps 3, 6)

Shinya Hamazoe as Schoolboy (ep 29)

Shizuka Itō as Momoka Kurumi

Susumu Chiba as Obata

(ep 9)

Takanori Hoshino as Desert Devil

(ep 38)

Takashi Matsuyama as Akira's father

(ep 5)

Takashi Oohara as Theater club member (ep 16)

Takuya Satō as Butler (eps 7, 23)

Tomo Adachi as
Ayumi Kumazawa

(ep 4)

Chizuko Harano

(ep 17)

Girl (ep 9)

Mother (eps 13, 28)

Schoolgirl (eps 3, 6)

Tomoaki Maeno as Satsuki Myōdōin

Tomoko Kaneda as Desertrians

Tōru Nara as Schoolboy (ep 11)

Wakana Yamazaki as Aki Horiuchi

(ep 19)

Yōhei Ōbayashi as
Cameraman (ep 19)

Greengrocer (ep 14)

Staff (ep 8)

Yōko Asada as
Ms. Noriko

(ep 41)

Risa Shibata

(ep 12)

Yōko Katō as Mizuki Hanasaki

Yuka Imai as Nanami's mother

(ep 14)

Yukiko Hanioka as
Akira's Mother (ep 5)

Beautician (ep 20)

Boy (ep 41)

Gardening club member (ep 22)

Infant (ep 17)

Mother (ep 3)

Naomi Sawai

Schoolgirl (ep 6)

Woman (ep 13)

Yukiyo Fujii as
Nanami Shiku

Schoolgirl (ep 40)

Yūko Katō as Mizuki Hanasaki

Yūko Minaguchi as Haruka

(eps 30, 39)

Yumi Kakazu as Karin Tsuyuki

(ep 20)

Yumiko Kobayashi as Hiroto

(ep 15)

Yuri Amano as Mayuka

(ep 44)

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Backgrounds:
Art Team Convoy

Athena Art Studio

Baku Production

Design Office MECAMAN

Studio Pablo

Studio Tap

Toei Animation Philippines

Broadcaster:
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

TV Asahi (2010-02)

CG Design: MOZOO

Digital Paint:
A-Line

Kagura

M.S.J Musashino Production

Toei Animation Philippines

Digital Photography: Toei Labo Tech

In-Between Animation:
A-Line

Kagura

M.S.J Musashino Production

Toei Animation Philippines

Music Assistance: Toei Animation Music Publishing

Online Editing: Toei Digital Lab (eps 25-49)

Production:
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Asatsu-DK

Toei Animation

Production Cooperation: Toei Company, Ltd.

Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center

Serialized In:
Kodansha

Nakayoshi (Kodansha)

Otomodachi (Kodansha)

Tanoshii Youchien (Kodansha)

Italian cast

Italian staff

Dubbing Director: Paola Majano

Dialogues:
Antonella Mecucci

Dubbing Assistant: Patrizia Serafini

Mixing: Gaetano Musso

Alberto Angrisano as Prof. Sabaku

CHIARA GIONCARDI as Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight

Giò Giò Rapattoni as Sasorina

Guido di Naccio as Kumojacky

Joy Saltarelli as Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom

Laura Cosenza as Desertrian

Leonardo Graziano as Dune

Monica Volpe as Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine

Patrizio Cigliano as Cobraja

Tatiana Dessi as Itsuki Myōdōin/Cure Sunshine

Valeria Vidali as Dark Pretty Cure

Antonella Baldini as
Kanae Tada

Masato Sakai

Barbara Pitotti as Naomi Sawai

Barbara Villa as Sayaka Ueshima

CHIARA GIONCARDI as Cure Moonlight Mirage

Corrado Conforti as Cologne

Daniela Abbruzzese as Mizuki Hanasaki

Daniela Calò as Momoka Kurumi

Eleonora Reti as Potpourri

Eva Padoan as Nanami Shiku

Joy Saltarelli as Cure Blossom Mirage

Maura Cenciarelli as Akika Miura

Michela Alborghetti as Prof. Tsurusaki

Monica Bertolotti as Chypre

Monica Gravina as Haruna Tsukikage

Monica Volpe as Cure Marine Mirage

Niccolò Guidi as Satsuki Myoudouin

Noemi Gifuni as Kaoruko Hanasaki

Paola Majano as Coffret

Pierluigi Astore as Gentaro Myodoin

Roberta De Roberto as Sakura Kurumi

Sergio Lucchetti as Yoichi Hanasaki

Tatiana Dessi as Cure Sunshine Mirage

Veronica Puccio as Rumiko Kuroda

Alessandra Sani as Toshiko Sakuma

Barbara Villa as Go Sugiyama

Chiara Oliviero as
Haruka

Rumi Shiku (eps 14, 16)

Daniele Giuliani as Kazuya Yoshida

Daniele Raffaeli as Kenji Ban

Davide Garbolino as Yuki Hayashi

Davide Perino as Tatsuya Otsuka (ep 1)

Gabriele Patriarca as Hayato

Gaia Bolognesi as Mitsuru Nakano

Laura Amadei as Nanami Shiku (ep 4)

Letizia Ciampa as Aya Mizushima

Massimiliano Plinio as Distruttore del Deserto

Noemi Smorra as Aya Ikeda

Paola Majano as Satsuki Myoudouin (young)

Paolo Vivio as Hifumi Sato

Patrizia Bracaglia as Ayumi Kumazawa

Perla Liberatori as Azusa Takagishi

Roberta De Roberto as Naomi Sawai (ep 1)

Simone Veltroni as Yasuhiko Kaga

Valentina Favazza as
Cure Flower

Kaoruko Hanasaki (Young)

Valentina Pallavicino as
Rumi Shiku (eps 39, 41)

Toshiko Sakuma (ep 1)

Veronica Puccio as Nanami Shiku (ep 1)

Viviana Ullo as Mayu Kudou

Italian companies

Broadcaster:
Rai Gulp (from 7 October 2013)

RaiDue

(From 16 February 2013)

Dubbing: LaBiBi.it

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