| Wonderful Pretty Cure! The Movie: | |||||||||||
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| Director: | Naoki Miyahara | ||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Yoichi Katō | ||||||||||
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| Music: | Erika Fukusawa | ||||||||||
| Studio: | Toei Animation | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | Toei Company, Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 71 minutes[1] | ||||||||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||||||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||||||||
is a 2024 Japanese animated action fantasy film based on the Pretty Cure franchise created by Izumi Todo, and its twenty-first series, Wonderful Pretty Cure!. The film is directed by Naoki Miyahara, written by Yoichi Katō and produced by Toei Animation. The film was released in Japan on September 13, 2024.[2]
Featuring the Pretty Cure teams from Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure and Witchy Pretty Cure!,[3] Komugi and her allies must escape the world of a video game from a suspicious tanuki gang.
Komougi and Iroha, as well as Yuki and Mayu are sucked into a video game called "DokiDoki Tanu Kingdom" developed by Natsuki and gets separated. The Pretty Cures must reunite with each other and escape the game, while encountering suspicious tanuki gang.
In March 2024, it was announced that a film based on Wonderful Pretty Cure! was in development.[5] In June of that year, it was announced that Naoki Miyahara will direct the film at Toei Animation, with Yoichi Katō providing the screenplay, and character design by Risa Miyatani.[2] It was also announced that it will feature Pretty Cure teams from both Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure and Witchy Pretty Cure!.[3] Later in August, comedians Junpei Gotō and Shunsūke Fukutoku, also known as duo Jaru Jaru was cast as Ponta and Pokota respectively,[6] and Kana Hanazawa and Kenta Miyake as Natsuki and Mujina respectively.[7] Yuichi Nakamura was cast as Daifuku's human form the following month.[4]
The theme song for the film is "Happy≒Future" sung by Chihaya Yoshitake and Moeha Nochimoto, and the insert song is by Ami Ishii and Rie Kitagawa.[2]
The film was released in theaters in Japan on September 13, 2024.[2]
The film debuted at number 2 out of top 10 in the Japanese box office in its opening week.[8]