Futari wa Pretty Cure

Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア Futari wa Purikyua^?, Lit. "We are Pretty Cure") (Pretty Cure in the English and German dub, Warriors of Light: Pretty Cure [빛의 전사 프리큐어] in Korean Dub and Pretty Soldiers (Luftetaret e Bukura) in the Albanian Dub) was the first season in the series, directed by Daisuke Nishio and premiered on TV Asahi in February 1, 2004. The story revolves around two girls, Misumi Nagisa and Yukishiro Honoka, who fight the forces of the Dotsuku Zone — a dimension of evil that encroached on the Garden of Light. The Dotsuku Zone's power takes the form of the Zakenna (ザケンナー Zakennā^?), creatures that infect people or items to turn them evil.

Futari wa Pretty Cure episodes

The Dotsuku Zone's actions necessitated the escape of two of the Garden of Light's protectors, odd talkative creatures named Mepple and Mipple. They serve as a source of information and peanut gallery for the series and are usually found within Card Communes, transformation devices which resemble mobile phones. For some periods, they can transform into their real selves and interact more easily with each other.

The initial run of the series has Cure White and Cure Black searching for the Prism Stones, which they collect in a heart shaped device known as the Prism Hopish. The Prism Hopish is protected by the Guardian, Wisdom. Once they have collected all of the Prism Stones, their power takes them to the Garden of Light and repairs most of the damage.

The series motifs are rainbows and hearts, and the Cures' signature motif is the two parts of the Yin-Yang symbol, though it was later omitted in the sequel. Other than the rainbow and hearts motif, no true scheme of the whole season is noticed.

n February 25, 2006, 4Kids Entertainment announced broadcasting and distribution rights for Pretty Cure in the United States of America.^[1] However, 4Kids Entertainment never aired the show or produced an English version of it. As of 2008, Toei Animation had attempted to market it themselves in the United States. In July 2008, they began making episodes available through IGN's Direct2Drive service subtitled into English.^[2]Toei also made those same episodes available for free internet streaming on the Crunchyroll website. ^[3] The subtitles were produced by "Nippon Golden Network", a Hawaii-based cable network that broadcasts Asian programming, mostly from Japan. On Crunchyroll, the show appears in low video quality with a slight amount of white noise can be heard throughout.

On December 16, 2008, Anime News Network, citing Animation Magazine, reported that Toei Animation made an agreement with the Canadian cable network YTV to air an English-dubbed version of the first Pretty Cure series in Canada. The series premiered on March 6, 2009,^[4] with Nagisa and Honoka renamed as "Natalie Blackstone" and "Hannah Whitehouse" respectively.^[5] The dub is produced by Ocean Studios in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and recorded at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta. The final five episodes of the first series aired on July 31, 2010 on that channel.

In 2009, Funimation licensed the series for online distribution on the company's website as well as several other Toei titles^[6], but Funimation no longer streams the show.

The show was also available on Hulu, with a slightly better quality than how it appeared on Crunchyroll. As of June 2016, it is no longer available.

It was also recently announced that the YTV version has begun airing on the UK Sky Digital Channel PopGirl. It is unknown who in the UK licensed the Canadian version for broadcast.