Suite PreCure
Music and friendship unite against the Melody of Sorrow.
Suite PreCure is a Japanese anime television series and the eighth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries. Produced by Toei Animation and directed by Munehisa Sakai, who directed the One Piece anime series, it aired on TV Asahi's ANN network from February 6, 2011, to January 29, 2012, replacing HeartCatch PreCure! in its time-slot and succeeded by Smile PreCure! Character designs were done by Akira Takahashi, who previously worked on Kaidan Restaurant. The main topic of the series is music, the second to do so after HeartCatch PreCure! used it as a secondary theme, which influences the names of the Cures and the magical devices they use. Another theme is friendship, as emphasized by the relationship between Hibiki Hojo and Kanade Minamino.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Magical girl
- Creator
- Izumi Todo
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Plot
In Major Land, the Melody of Happiness is to be played, but Mephisto steals the Legendary Score to create a Melody of Sorrow. Queen Aphrodite scatters the Notes into the human world and sends the fairy Hummy to Kanon Town. Hummy meets Hibiki Hōjō and Kanade Minamino, who become the Suite Pretty Cures to recover the Notes and protect happiness.
Characters
Hibiki Hōjō, voiced by Ami Koshimizu, is a 14-year-old second-year junior high student at Private Aria Academy who excels at sports but struggles academically. Despite having absolute pitch, she lacks musical talent and stopped playing piano after her father disappointed her. Her theme color is pink. Kanade Minamino, also 14, is Hibiki's childhood friend and classmate, a member of the Sweets Club who dreams of becoming a pastry chef. She is bad at sports and has a crush on Ouji, the school's prince of music. Her theme color is white. Siren, a female cat from Major Land and former friend of Hummy, becomes jealous when Hummy is chosen as the annual singer. She can create Negatones and take human form as Ellen Kurokawa, a 14-year-old girl who uses notes as projectiles. Siren later becomes Cure Beat.
Media
The anime aired on ABC and other ANN stations from February 6, 2011, replacing HeartCatch PreCure!. The first 23 episodes used opening theme 'La La La Suite PreCure' by Mayu Kudou and ending theme 'Wonderful Powerful Music!!' by Aya Ikeda; episodes 24–48 used 'La La La Suite PreCure (Unlimited ver.)' and 'Rainbow of Hope'. Suite PreCure is the first Pretty Cure series to receive an exclusive Blu-ray Box Set release by Marvelous AQL and TC Entertainment. The Cures appeared in two 2011 Pretty Cure All Stars films and a standalone film, Suite PreCure the Movie: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody, released October 29, 2011. An educational software title, Suite PreCure♪: Happy Oshare Harmony☆, was released for Sega Beena on May 26, 2011, and a Nintendo DS game, Suite PreCure♪: Melody Collection, on August 25, 2011.
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