HeartCatch PreCure! (2010): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2010, HeartCatch PreCure! is an animation, action & adventure, comedy and sci-fi & fantasy series.

What it’s about. Tsubomi Hanasaki is a girl in the second grade of middle school who likes flowers and plants. One day she experiences a weird dream. In that dream, a large blooming tree appears. Suddenly, it loses all of its flowers and 2 fairies appear. A few days later after Tsubomi has transferred to Myoudou Academy, suddenly the fairies from the dream appear before her and plead to Tsubomi to become the legendary warrior Pretty Cure, and protect the Heart Tree. However, Tsubomi declines as she doesn't think that she would be able to do that. However, a mysterious enemy suddenly strikes and steals the Heart Flower of her classmate, Erika Kurumi. Now she doesn't have a choice. To retrieve Erika's Heart Flower, she has to transform into a Pretty Cure and fight. Working up the courage, Tsubomi turns into Cure Blossom and a new chapter of Pretty Cure begins!

Who’s in it. HeartCatch PreCure! stars Nana Mizuki as Tsubomi Hanasaki / Cure Blossom (voice), Fumie Mizusawa as Erika Kurumi / Cure Marine (voice), Houko Kuwashima as Itsuki Myōdōin / Cure Sunshine (voice) and Aya Hisakawa as Yuri Tsukikage / Cure Moonlight (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.7/10, HeartCatch PreCure! sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch HeartCatch PreCure! page.

If you liked it. Fans of HeartCatch PreCure! tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.