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 TV Asahi 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. Another dub was originally done for the Singaporean market by Voiceovers Unlimited sometime before the original, and aired on Okto.
An English-dubbed version was produced by Toei 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.
Cast[]
| 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 |
| Queen | Kaya Matsutani | Elizabeth Ludwig | |
| Wisdom | Taiki Matsuno | Glenn Howard | |
| Elder | Hiroshi Naka | Jonathan Love | |
| Dusk Zone | |||
| Dark King | Kenichi Ono | Tom Edwards | |
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Zakennah | Hitoshi Bifu (eps. 1-22) | |
| Satoshi Taki (eps. 15, 28-29) | |||
| Dark Five | |||
| Pisard | Hiroki Takahashi | David Belke | |
| Gekidrago | Kōji Ishii | Kevin Gillese | |
| Pandora (Poisony) |
Sakiko Uran | Onalea Gilbertson | |
| Kirea | Reiko Kiuchi | Scott Roberts | |
| Ikubo | Issei Futamata | Jonathan Love | |
| Three Seeds of Darkness | |||
| Beruzei / Dr. Encastle (Belzei Gertrude / Yuuki Genbu) |
Tomomichi Nishimura | Paul Cowling | |
| Regine / Shyla (Regine / Shoko Koyama) |
Rika Fukumi | Carol-Anne Day | |
| Juna / Edgedale (Juna / Ryuichiro Kakuza) |
Yasunori Matsumoto | Brendan Hunter | |
| Butler Zakenna | Rika Komatsu | Jonathan Love | |
| Satoshi Taki | Dean Galloway | ||
| Other Characters | |||
| Principal | Kōzō Shioya | Roger Rhodes | |
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Shawn "Fergie" Ferguson (Shōgo Fujimoto) |
Daisuke Kishio | Will Wood |
| Yvette Woodgrove (Yoshimi Takenouchi) |
Ai Nagano | Cheryl McMaster | |
| Alex Fujita (Akane Fujita) |
Mikako Fujita | Annika Odegard | |
| Mrs. Blackstone (Rie Misumi) |
Mayumi Shō | Onalea Gilbertson | |
| Ryan Blackstone (Ryōta Misumi) |
Naozumi Takahashi | Leah Dubbin-Steckel | |
| Grandma Whitehouse (Sanae Yukishiro) |
Masako Nozawa | Michelle Armeneau | |
Additional Voices[]
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Singapore Dub 
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| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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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
Notes[]
- The English-dubbed version of "Pretty Cure" has never been officially released on DVD, though content related to the show can be found across the web.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2009-2010 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2010 | Pop Girl | United Kingdom | 
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See Also[]
External Links[]
- Pretty Cure at the Internet Movie Database
- Pretty Cure (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia