HappinessCharge PreCure!
HappinessCharge PreCure! (ハピネスチャージプリキュア!, HapinesuChāji PuriKyua!), also called HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! or Happiness Charge PC is a 2014 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, and the eleventh installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, released to celebrate the franchise's 10th anniversary. It is directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, who previously directed HeartCatch PreCure!, and written by Yoshimi Narita, who previously wrote for Yes! PreCure 5, with character designs from Masayuki Sato of Air Gear.
| HappinessCharge PreCure! | |
Cover for the first DVD volume released by Marvelous, featuring the 4 main cures and their fairy mascots. | |
| ハピネスチャージプリキュア! (Hapinesu Chāji Purikyua!) | |
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| Genre | Magical girl, science fiction |
| Created by | Izumi Todo |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tatsuya Nagamine |
| Produced by | Shigehaki Dohi Tomoko Takahashi Hiroaki Shibata |
| Written by | Yoshimi Narita |
| Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi, ABC) |
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| Original run | February 2, 2014 – January 25, 2015 |
| Episodes | 49 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Izumi Todo |
| Illustrated by | Futago Kamikita |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | March 2014 – February 2015 |
| Game | |
| HappinessCharge PreCure! Kawarun Collection | |
| Developer | Bandai Namco Games |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
| Genre | Minigame |
| Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
| Released | July 31, 2014 |
| Anime film | |
| HappinessCharge PreCure! the Movie: The Ballerina of the Land of Dolls | |
| Directed by | Chiaki Kon |
| Written by | Yoshimi Narita |
| Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | October 11, 2014 |
| Runtime | 71 minutes |
It aired in Japan from February 2, 2014 to January 25, 2015, succeeding DokiDoki! Precure in its timeslot. The series' main topic is love, with fashion styles and dance moves as the Cures' motifs. It features trading cards, mirrors, and changing forms as important key elements. It was succeeded by Go! Princess PreCure on February 1, 2015.