Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories

Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories (映画 HUGっと!プリキュア♡ふたりはプリキュア オールスターズメモリーズ, Eiga Hagutto! Purikyua ♡ Futari wa Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Memorīzu) is the 25th Pretty Cure movie, as well as the 11th All Stars movie produced by Toei Animation. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the franchise, the Hugtto! PreCure team joins forces with the Futari wa Pretty Cure team, alongside all the other teams as well. The movie was released in theaters on October 27, 2018 with memories as its theme.

Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories
Theatrical release poster
Japanese映画 HUGっと!プリキュア♡ふたりはプリキュア オールスターズメモリーズ
HepburnEiga Hagutto! Purikyua ♡ Futari wa Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu Memorīzu
Directed byHiroshi Miyamoto[1]
Produced byYū Kaminoki
Screenplay byJunko Kamura[1]
Based onPretty Cure
by Toei Company (under the Izumi Todo pseudonym)
Starring
Music byYuki Hayashi
CinematographyYoshiyuki Anzai
Animation by
  • Akira Inagami (Character Design & Chief Animation Director)
  • Hiroki Kanai (CG Animation Supervisor)
Backgrounds byTomomi Sugimoto
Production
companies
Distributed byToei Company Limited
Release date
  • October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film topped Japanese box office records in its first release in theaters and currently owns the Guinness World Record for "Most Magical Warriors in an Anime Film", with a total of 55 Pretty Cures, spanning thirteen generations.

Synopsis

A vengeful teru teru bozu-like monster called Miden is stealing all of the Cures' magical powers and memories, turning them into helpless infants, barring Nagisa Misumi and Hana Nono. They must help the affected Cures to regain their abilities and fight off this new menace.

Characters
From top to bottom: Atsuko Enomoto (Mai), Yuko Sanpei (Nozomi), Junko Takeuchi (Rin), Eri Kitamura (Miki), Nana Mizuki (Tsubomi), Ami Koshimizu (Hibiki), Fumiko Orikasa (Kanade), and Megumi Han (Hime), were among dozens of seiyu who reprised their Pretty Cure roles for All Stars Memories.

Hugtto! PreCure[1]

Futari wa Pretty Cure

Cure Black and Cure White appeared in episodes 21 and 22 of the HUGtto! series and later appeared in the ending dance.[2] In addition to the duo, episode 36 had Shiny Luminous, Cure Dream, Cure Peach, and all of the Witchy and a la Mode Cures appear,[3] while the rest of the Cures joined them in episode 37.

Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star

Yes! Pretty Cure 5

Fresh Pretty Cure

Heartcatch Pretty Cure

Suite Pretty Cure

Smile Pretty Cure

Doki Doki Pretty Cure

Happiness Charge Pretty Cure

Go! Princess Pretty Cure

Witchy Pretty Cure

Kira Kira Pretty Cure a la Mode

Film exclusive characters
  • Mamoru Miyano as Miden, a white teru teru bozu-like monster that steals the Pretty Cures' memories and powers, and turns them into infants. It also sprouts offshoots that swarm like locusts. Miyano said that he was excited to have the 55 Cures gather together in a single movie.[4]
  • Mizuki Yamamoto as herself; in the film, she is a reporter who falls in the crossroads of the battle between a monster and the Futari wa Pretty Cures.[5] Yamamoto, an anime enthusiast and a big Pretty Cure fan, said, "I was really happy when I was talking and I was really impressed when I talked to the Pretty Cure that I had longed for."[6]
  • Tasuku Kida as the mysterious monster that attacks Minato Mirai 21 in the beginning of the film.

Production

On 17 March 2018, it was announced that there a film featuring Futari wa Pretty Cure was in the works,[7] and the film's title was announced on June 17 of the same year.[8] The 15th anniversary film of the Pretty Cure franchise,[8] it is a crossover between the current series HUGtto! Precure and the inaugural series Futari wa Pretty Cure, and marks the first time since 2016 where all of the Pretty Cures appear at once.[9]

Similar to Pretty Cure Dream Stars!, in addition to Hiroshi Miyamoto returning as director, the film combines cel animation and computer-generated animation.[7] The Pretty Cure dialogue was recorded twice, and the CGI sequence started in January 2018, ahead of HUGtto! PreCure's premiere. Production of the cel animation started in August 2018.[10]

The Miracle Light for the movie is the Miracle Memories Light (ミラクル♡メモリーズライト, Mirakuru♡Memorīzu Raito),[4] and the first 200,000 children received the Mirai Crystal~Cure Yell and Cure Black~ (ミライクリスタル〜キュアエール&キュアブラック〜, Mirai Kurisutaru〜Kyua Ēru & Kyua Burakku〜) as a present.[11]

There were several tie-ins with Yokohama City. A Pretty Cure special stage dance involving the Kanto Gakuin University cheerleading dance team Fits was held at Minato Mirai Smart Festival 2018.[12] A fifteenth anniversary exhibition was held at Yokohama Landmark Tower for eight days, and Mizuki Yamamoto, who appeared in the film as the reporter, hosted a women-only space called "PRECURE GIRLS 'NIGHT" on September 21.[13] On October 21, the week before the film release, a premiere screening was held at Yokohama Burg 13, and all the 55 Pretty Cure costumes appeared at Grand Mall Park.[14] In addition, various places in Yokohama City including Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 are used as a part of the stage everywhere in the work including the first scene.[15]

Reception and accolades

The film earned 357 million yen during the first two days of release (October 27 and 28).[16][17] This was the third Pretty Cure film in a row to rank first place.[17] Pia gave the film a first place ranking at 92.4. Toei described it as "the biggest hit start of Spring and Autumn compared to the 24 films so far".[18]

With a revenue of 1.15 billion yen,[19] All Stars Memories is the highest-grossing Pretty Cure film since Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel!.[20]

With 55 Pretty Cures in the movie, Guinness World Records approved the movie for the world record of "Most Magical Warriors in An Anime Film" on 27 October 2018.[21] The film also won the Best 3D in an Anime award at the 2018 CGWorld Awards[22] and the Best Film award at the 2019 VFX Japan Awards.[23]

Music

Single

DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure-The One and Only Twin Lights~ (DANZEN!ふたりはプリキュア〜唯一無二の光たち〜, DANZEN! Futari wa Purikyua 〜Yuiitsumuni no Hikaritachi〜) is the insert song of the film, sung by Mayumi Gojo. it is paired with Rewind Memory (リワインドメモリー, Riwaindo Memorī), sung by Gojo and Kanako Miyamoto. The single, released on October 24, 2018, topped at #35 in the Oricon Singles Chart on November 5, 2018.[24]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on October 24, 2018. It topped #124 in the Oricon Albums Chart on November 5, 2018.[25]

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