The 20th season premieres this weekend!
Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will begin streaming the latest series of Pretty Cure anime, Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure), on Saturday. The simulcast will begin streaming at the same broadcast time as the previous season, Delicious Party Pretty Cure.
Fans of the series in North America, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa can stream the series on Crunchyroll at 8:30 pm EST. Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure will premiere on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation TV, TV Asahi, and 22 affiliates on Sunday at 8:30 am JST or Saturday 6:30 pm EST. Additionally, the series will stream in Japan after its broadcast on the TVer service, but this will only be an option for one week.
Previously announced cast members include:
- Akira Sekine as Sora Harewataaru/Cure Sky, the Precure of the heavens
- Ai Kakuma as Mashiro Nijigaoka/Cure Prism, the Precure of light
- Ayumu Murase as Cure Wing, the first male Precure
- Ayaka Nanase as Cure Butterfly, A Precure who has recently turned 18-years-old
- Aoi Koga as El
Koji Ogawa is returning from the 2013 Pretty Cure All Stars film to direct the 20th season at Toei Animation. This time around, the anime will have a motif of sky and a theme of heroes. The series is set in two places: the heavenly realm Skyland and Sorashido, a city surrounded by nature. In the plot of the show, Skyland’s Princess El is taken by a monster from the Underdog Empire. When a brave girl who so badly wants to be a hero follows the princess into a hole, they both end up in the city of Sorashido. You can tune in on Saturday to watch the Precure girls (and boy) explore the new world.
The very first season of Pretty Cure premiered in 2004 and had 49 episodes. Since then, the anime has continued to release seasons yearly, with each season containing 45-50 episodes. Beginning with the second, each season also received a theatrical animated film based on the series.
