Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure (Hirogaru Sukai! Purikyua), the twentieth installment in the magical girl Pretty Cure franchise, premiered recently. It delivered a stunning and colorful event right from the first episode. This anime carries the name of Pretty Cure well, and those familiar with the series, or new to it, should find a great deal to enjoy. The general theme of the series is “heroism”, and the motif is “sky”.
Alongside a special Q&A, a special event video titled ~Minna Atsumare! Ouchi de Ohirome Show~ (Everybody Come Together! A Debut Show at Home) provided a teaser for the first episode. It included some series dances and special guests Cure Sky, Cure Prism, Princess Eru, the opening theme singer Ami Ishii, and the ending theme singer Chihaya Yoshitake. Both performers hyped up the event on Twitter. The official Pretty Cure YouTube channel uploaded the opening and ending theme videos too. Let’s check them out.
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure opening theme Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure ~Hero Girls~ (Hirogaru sukai! Purikyua ~Hero Girls~)
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure ending theme Hirogarythym (Hirogarizumu)
As can be seen, the ending theme video took a more 3D approach with the animation.
To further hype up Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure, alongside the YouTube channel, the series developers Toei set up an official Twitter account, an official Instagram account, and a home page, where fans can find more information about the series including cool art pieces, like the key visuas below.
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure features an isekai story of sorts, only it’s the magical girl coming to modern-day Japan. Sora Harewataru (whose first name means “Sky” in Japanese), a normal resident of the magical world Sky Land, visits the main city to watch the spectacular event of Princess Eru’s first birthday. However, the event is cut short when the evil Underg Empire attacks and tries to kidnap the infant Eru. Sora makes a brave attempt to protect Eru, and in the midst of the battle, both of them end up in Sorashido City, Japan (note the italics).
Sora and Eru meet up with Mashiro Nijigaoka and her grandmother Yoyo, setting the stage to recruit a new team of Pretty Cures. Eru creates the Sky Tones that enable transformation. Sora becomes Cure Sky, and Mashiro becomes Cure Prism. Interestingly, Mashiro‘s name contains the word “Shiro”, which is Japanese for “white”, and she is the Pretty Cure of light, and her color motif is white. Part of her name when written in hiragana, 虹ヶ丘, means “rainbow-colored hills”.
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure features a couple of series firsts. Cure Wing, a 12-year-old boy, will be the first male Pretty Cure in the main lineup, and Cure Butterfly, an 18-year-old girl, will be the first adult Pretty Cure in the franchise’s long history.
The Pretty Cure franchise was first created by Izumi Todo and Bandai in 2006, with the airing of Futari wa Pretty Cure. Izumi will be writing the manga adaptation of Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure, which is set to begin publishing in March 2023. It should be noted that “Izumi Todo” is a collective pen name used by Toei Animation television producers. The name comes from Toei Doga, the former name of Toei Animation, and Oizumi studio. Toei Animation is headquartered in Oizumi, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.
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