Series synopsis
Happiness Charge PreCure!, also known as ハピネスチャージプリキュア！ is a Japanese animation action & adventure comedy kids family sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on HTB on February 2, 2014. It ended on January 25, 2015. It stars Megumi Han, Rina Kitagawa, Haruka Tomatsu and Naoko Matsui.
The ruler of the evil Phantom Empire, Queen Mirage, begins her invasion on Earth using an army of Choiarks and powerful monsters called Saiarks. All across the world, Pretty Cures are dispatched to fight against the Phantom Empire threat. Hime Shirayuki, a princess from the Blue Sky Kingdom, which was taken over by the Phantom Empire, joins the fight as a Pretty Cure named Cure Princess, but always finds herself running away scared. Given a Crystal of Love by the Spirit of Earth, Blue, and told ...
Premise
The ruler of the evil Phantom Empire, Queen Mirage, begins her invasion on Earth using an army of Choiarks and powerful monsters called Saiarks. All across the world, Pretty Cures are dispatched to fight against the Phantom Empire threat. Hime Shirayuki, a princess from the Blue Sky Kingdom, which was taken over by the Phantom Empire, joins the fight as a Pretty Cure named Cure Princess, but always finds herself running away scared. Given a Crystal of Love by the Spirit of Earth, Blue, and told to seek out a partner to fight alongside her, Hime goes to the city of Pikarigaoka and randomly throw the crystal in the air, deciding to partner up with whoever it lands upon. This person turns out to be Megumi Aino, a kind-hearted girl always looking to help others, who is recruited by Hime to fight by her side as Cure Lovely.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Megumi Han as Hime Shirayuki / Cure Princess (voice)
- Rina Kitagawa as Yuuko Omori / Cure Honey (voice)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Iona Hikawa / Cure Forture (voice)
- Naoko Matsui as Ribbon (voice)
- Miyuki Kobori as Glasan (voice)
- Shouma Yamamoto as Blue (voice)
- Ryosuke Kanemoto as Seiji Sagara (voice)
- Mariko Kouda as Queen Mirage / Mirage / Cure Mirage (voice)
Supporting cast
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Deep Mirror / Red (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as Oresky (voice)
- Akemi Okamura as Hosshiwa (voice)
- Tetsuo Kanao as Namakelder (voice)
- Hirofumi Nojima as Phanphan / Phantom (voice)
- Takuya Masumoto as Saiarks, Choiarks
Guest cast
- Megumi Nakajima as Megumi Aino / Cure Lovely (voice)
- Mami Horikoshi as Ine Ōmori (voice)
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Kariyazaki (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 49 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 49 | February 2, 2014 | January 25, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Love is the Best! The Birth of Cure Lovely! As Pretty Cures all over the world fight against Saiarks, minions of the evil Phantom Empire led by Queen Mirage, Himelda "Hime" Window, also known as Cure Princess, feels downhearted after losing yet again to the Saiark, having to be bailed out by another Cure named Cure Fortune. Blue, the god of the universe, gives Hime a Crystal of Love so that she can find a partner to fight alongside her. Excited to be able to have a friend, Hime decides to randomly throw the crystal to decide her partner, which randomly lands on a girl named Megumi Aino. Hime, along with her fairy partner Ribbon, follows Megumi as she goes about her shopping, helping others when they're in trouble. |
February 2, 2014 |
| 2 |
Hime and Megumi`s Friendship! Happiness Charge Precure are Assembled! Fearing she might lose to the Saiark yet again, Hime decides to escape with Megumi to her hideout. There, Blue explains how the Phantom Empire emerged from a sealed box known as Axia and began plaguing the world with Saiark, including Hime's homeland, the Blue Sky Kingdom. Hime, feeling she has no chance of winning against the Saiark and is a failure as a Pretty Cure, runs off, prompting Megumi and Ribbon to chase after her. Using special items called PreCards to don a magical detective outfit, Megumi, aided by her friend Yuko Omori who had ran into Hime earlier, manages to find Hime and give her some encouragement. |
February 9, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Secret is Out!? The Precure`s Identities Must Be Kept a Secret!! Blue gives Megumi and Hime some Cure Line phones, so they can keep in contact with each other, before urging them to keep their identites as Pretty Cures a secret from their friends and families. However, Megumi has a hard time keeping things a secret from Seiji, who lives next door to her. The next day, during his morning run, Seiji encounters a Newspaper Saiark being led by another one of Queen Mirage's commanders, Hoshiiwa. Arriving on the scene to find Seiji beating up by the Choiark, Megumi and Hime choose to transform in front of him to protect him. After Megumi beats the Choiarks with her new form, Cherry Flamenco, she and Hime team up to defeat the Saiark. Afterwards, the girls, along with Blue, explain their situation to Seiji, who decides to help them out in fighting against the Saiark. |
February 16, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | HTB |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 2, 2014 |
| Last aired | January 25, 2015 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |