Futari wa Pretty Cure

Futari wa Pretty Cure
Volume 1 DVD cover, with Cure Black/Nagisa (left) and Cure White/Honoka (right)
ふたりはプリキュア (Futari wa Purikyua)
Created by	Izumi Todo
Anime television series
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Moegi Nishizawa Rika Tsuruzaki Shigehaki Dohi Takashi Washio Tomoko Takahashi
Music by	Naoki Satō
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Toei Animation Inc. SG: Odex
Original network	ANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network	CA: YTV SG: Kids Central UK: Pop
Original run	February 1, 2004 – January 30, 2005
Episodes	49 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Izumi Todo
Illustrated by	Futago Kamikita
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	March 2004 – March 2005
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Shigehaki Dohi Takashi Washio Tomoko Takahashi
Music by	Naoki Sato
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Toei Animation Inc. SG: Odex
Original network	ANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
English network	SG: Kids Central
Original run	February 6, 2005 – January 29, 2006
Episodes	47 (List of episodes)
Manga
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
Written by	Izumi Todo
Illustrated by	Futago Kamikita
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Nakayoshi
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	March 2005 – March 2006
Video games
Futari wa Pretty Cure: Arienai! Yume no Sono wa Daimeikyu (2004) Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart - Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai (2005) Futari wa PreCure Max Heart – Danzen! DS de PreCure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle (2005)
Anime films
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie (2005) Futari wa PreCure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi (2005)

Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア, Futari wa Purikyua, lit. "We Are Pretty Cure"), known as Pretty Cure outside Japan, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the Pretty Cure metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with ninety-six episodes across two seasons.

The first season, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired from February 1, 2004 to January 30, 2005, in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous series, Ashita no Nadja. It received an English-dubbed version, which aired in Canada from March 2009 to July 2010. In the season, two middle school students gain the power to transform into the “protectors of light”, Pretty Cure, and are tasked with collecting the Prism Stones to restore the Garden of Light while fighting against the forces of the Dark Zone, who caused its destruction. A second season, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart, Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto), or simply Pretty Cure Max Heart, aired in Japan from February 6, 2005, to January 29, 2006. It introduces another member of the group, Shiny Luminous, and follows the Cures’ efforts in collecting the twelve Heartiels to revive the Queen, whose life has taken the form of Hikari Kujo/Shiny Luminous. Two Max Heart movies were released on April 16, 2005, and December 10, 2005, respectively. It was succeeded by Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star in its timeslot. The series' main motif is yin and yang.