As reported , with the latest 18th episode of the ongoing 21st installment Wonderful Precure! aired in Japan on June 2, Toei Animation's long-running Precure franchise finally reached a milestone of its 1,000th episode. The first episode of the first installment, Futari wa Precure/Pretty Cure , aired in Japan 20 years ago, on February 1, 2004. A 30-second celebratory video was broadcast at the beginning of the episode before the story began, and now also streams on the franchise's official YouTube channel . The clip narrated by Cure Wonderful (CV: Maria Naganawa) looks back at the franchise's 20-year history, introducing the series and characters of the past. The song featured in the clip is "Precure ~Eien no Tomodachi (2014 version)," the theme song for the 2014 film Precure All Stars NewStage3 Eternal Friends . In the end, Cure Black from Futari wa Precure and Futari wa Precure Max Heart and Cure Wonderful appear and thank viewers for reaching 1,000 episodes.
- 6/3/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
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