Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア, Futari wa Purikyua, lit. "We Are Pretty Cure") is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, directed by Daisuke Nishio and originally aired in Japan on ABC, TV Asahi and other stations between February 1, 2004 and January 30, 2005.
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Dubbing History[]
Prior to the better-known dub, 4Kids Entertainment announced broadcasting and distribution rights for Pretty Cure in the United States, though would never produce an English version of it. The first English dub was done for the Singaporean market by Voiceovers Unlimited sometime before the original, and aired on Kids Central in 2006.[1]
A second English-dubbed version was produced by Toei Animation and Ocean Productions with recording done at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta. The series aired on Canada's YTV channel from March 6, 2009, to July 31, 2010. The English dub makes several changes to character names, cultural references and theme music, though mostly retains the original version's main soundtrack. This dub also aired in the United Kingdom on the Pop Girl digital channel from September 6, 2010. The Blue Water dub is available on the Toei Animation YouTube channel on June 28, 2025. This is the first time that the English dub is legally available in the United States.
Cast[]
Voiceovers Unlimited Dub[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
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Natalie Blackstone / Cure Black (Nagisa Misumi) | Yōko Honna | Chio Su-Ping |
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Hannah Whitehouse / Cure White (Honoka Yukishiro) | Yukana Nogami | Meriem Bekka |
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Porun | Haruna Ikezawa | Chelsea Curto |
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Shawn "Fergie" Ferguson (Shōgo Fujimoto) | Daisuke Kishio | Edward Choy Keng Choong |
Additional Voices[]
- Hillary Blazer-Doyle
- Sean McCabe
Blue Water Dub[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Pretty Cures | |||
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Natalie Blackstone / Cure Black (Nagisa Misumi) | Yōko Honna | Rocio Barahona |
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Hannah Whitehouse / Cure White (Honoka Yukishiro) | Yukana Nogami | Michelle Molineux |
| The Garden of Light | |||
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Mepple | Tomokazu Seki | Roger Rhodes |
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Mipple | Akiko Yajima | Angie Beers |
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Porun | Haruna Ikezawa | Onalea Gilbertson |
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Queen | Kaya Matsutani | Elizabeth Ludwig |
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Wisdom | Taiki Matsuno | Glenn Howard |
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Elder | Hiroshi Naka | Jonathan Love |
| Dusk Zone | |||
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Dark King | Kenichi Ono | Tom Edwards |
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Zakennah | Hitoshi Bifu (eps. 1-22) Satoshi Taki (eps. 15, 28-29) | |
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Pijard (Pisard) | Hiroki Takahashi | David Belke |
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Gekidrago | Kōji Ishii | Kevin Gillese |
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Pandora (Poisony) | Sakiko Uran | Onalea Gilbertson |
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Kirea | Reiko Kiuchi | Scott Roberts |
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Ikubo | Issei Futamata | Jonathan Love |
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Beruzei / Dr. Encastle (Belzei Gertrude / Yuuki Genbu) | Tomomichi Nishimura | Paul Cowling |
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Regina / Shyla (Regine / Shoko Koyama) | Rika Fukami | Carol-Anne Day |
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Juna / Edgedale (Juna / Ryuichiro Kakuza) | Yasunori Matsumoto | Brendan Hunter |
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Butler Zakenna | Rika Komatsu | Jonathan Love |
| Satoshi Taki | Dean Galloway | ||
| Other Characters | |||
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Principal | Kōzō Shioya | Roger Rhodes |
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Shawn "Fergie" Ferguson (Shōgo Fujimoto) | Daisuke Kishio | Will Wood |
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Yvette Woodgrove (Yoshimi Takenouchi) | Ai Nagano | Cheryl McMaster |
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Alex Fujita (Akane Fujita) | Mikako Fujita | Annika Odegard |
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Mrs. Blackstone (Rie Misumi) | Mayumi Shō | Onalea Gilbertson |
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Ryan Blackstone (Ryōta Misumi) | Naozumi Takahashi | Leah Dubbin-Steckel |
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Grandma Whitehouse (Sanae Yukishiro) | Masako Nozawa Yuki Matsuoka (young) |
Michelle Armeneau |
Additional Voices[]
- Michelle Armeneau
- Emily Bachynski
- Lori Bachynski
- Rocio Barahona
- Brett Bauer
- Angie Beers
- Nikkita Bradette
- Don Brown
- Shannon Casorso
- Paul Cowling
- Joel Crichton
- Leda Davies
- Carol-Anne Day
- Jasmin Dobranski
- Leah Dubbin-Steckel
- Tom Edwards
- Jim Elliot
- Dean Galloway
- Onalea Gilbertson
- Glenn Howard
- Brendan Hunter
- Marcy Lannan
- Chris Lorincz
- Jonathan Love
- Megan Malone
- April McGregor
- Cheryl McMaster
- Ian McMurray
- Victoria Molin
- Annika Odegard
- Steve Olson
- Morgan Partridge
- Roger Rhodes
- Scott Roberts
- Katie Rowan
- Laura Rushfeldt
- Michelle Warkentin
- Will Wood
Notes[]
- Both English-dubbed versions of Pretty Cure have never been officially released on home video, though content related to the show can be found across the web.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2006[1] | Kids Central | Singapore | 
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| 2009-2010 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2010 | Pop Girl | United Kingdom | 
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See Also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Pretty Cure at the Internet Movie Database
- Pretty Cure (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia