Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart

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Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2:
Friends of the Heart
Kanji映画プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 2 こころのともだち
Revised HepburnEiga PuriKyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji Tsū: Kokoro no Tomodachi
Directed byKōji Ogawa
Screenplay byYoshimi Narita
Based onPretty Cure
by Izumi Todo
Starringsee below
CinematographyKenji Takahashi
Edited byYoshihiro Aso
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Animation byMitsuru Aoyama (Character Design & Animation Director)
Backgrounds byKeito Watanabe
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company, Ltd.
Release date
  • March 16, 2013 (2013-03-16)
Running time
71 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$10,125,112[2]

Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart (Japanese: 映画プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 2 こころのともだち, Hepburn: Eiga PuriKyua Ōru Sutāzu Nyū Sutēji Tsū: Kokoro no Tomodachi) is a 2013 Japanese animated action fantasy film based on the Pretty Cure franchise created by Izumi Todo. The film is directed by Kōji Ogawa, written by Yoshimi Narita, and produced by Toei Animation. The film was released in Japan on March 16, 2013.[3]

Marking the fifth entry to the Pretty Cure All Stars crossover film series, as well as the second installment to the New Stage trilogy, the DokiDoki! PreCure team joins the previous Pretty Cure teams to stop a malicious shadow from attacking the Fairy Academy.

Plot

In a far off school called Fairy Academy, Tart gives a lecture to fellow fairy students about the Pretty Cures. Meanwhile, a rowdy fairy named Grell and a shy fairy named En-En are called towards a forbidden tree, where a being taking the form of Grell's Shadow, who takes interest in hearing that the Cures are simply normal girls if they can't transform and convinces Grell he would be famous if he could obtain their transformation items. Shortly afterwards, the Pretty Cure teams receive invitations to come to the Fairy Academy for a party, while Smile PreCure! teams: Miyuki, Akane, Yayoi, Nao and Reika contacts DokiDoki! PreCure teams: Mana, Rikka, Alice and Makoto about the party, which Mana happily accepts the invitation.

Meanwhile, at Fairy Academy, Shadow coerces Grell into capturing the Cures' fairy partners and transformation items, leaving them defenseless against attacking shadow monsters. After majority of the Pretty Cures are defeated in this manner, Shadow turns his attention towards the Smile teams, using a Pretty Cure guidebook to counter their every move and steal their transformation items before imprisoning them in statues like the others. As En-En laments helping Shadow, Miyuki tells him not to worry and asks him to seek out help from the DokiDoki! teams before being encapsulated herself. With assumedly no more Pretty Cures in his way, Shadow reveals his true intentions to destroy the academy and imprison all of its students, much to Grell's shock. Grell and En-En manage to find the DokiDoki! teams and ask for their help in defeating Shadow.

As the Cures fight Shadow's minions, Grell and En-En, assisted by Candy and Pop, manage to find the captured fairies. With the help from the fairy students and the Miracle Lights, they help return the stolen transformation items to the other Cures, allowing them to transform again and restore light to the fairy world. With support from the fairies, the Pretty Cures team up to fight against Shadow. As a last resort, Shadow combines all of his strength to become a giant spider, but he is ultimately defeated by the combined might of the Pretty Cures, reduced to his original size in the process. Realizing the error of his ways, Grell befriends his shadow, who returns to his rightful place. As Grell and En-En become determined to become fairies of the Pretty Cures, the Cures help repair the academy before having a proper party.

Voice cast

DokiDoki! PreCure cast
Smile PreCure! cast
Suite PreCure cast
HeartCatch PreCure! cast
Fresh Pretty Cure! cast
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart cast
Film characters

Production

On December 2012, it was announced that a new Pretty Cure All Stars film was in development,[3][4] and will feature characters from DokiDoki! PreCure series.[5] The key staff members from Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future returned to their respective positions for the film, with Yoshimi Narita providing the screenplay, and Mitsuru Aoyama in charge of designing the characters and animation director, while Kōji Ogawa had taken over Junji Shimizu's role as a director.[6]

Release

The film was released in theaters in Japan on March 16, 2013.[3]

Reception

Box office

The film opened at number 3 out of top 10 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend,[7] later dropped to number 8 during its final week.[2]

References

  1. ^ "映画 プリキュアオールスターズ NewStage2 こころのともだち" ["Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart"]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 21, 2013). "Japanese Box Office, April 13-14". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Loo, Egan (December 3, 2012). "Precure All Stars New Stage 2 Film's Teaser Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Green, Seth (December 6, 2012). "VIDEO: "Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart" Anime Movie Trailer". Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Komatsu, Mikakatsu (February 13, 2013). "VIDEO: "Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2" New Trailer Posted". Crunchyroll. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  6. ^ ""映画プリキュアオールスターズ New Stage 2 こころのともだち" STAFF". Toei Animation (in Japanese). Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  7. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 24, 2013). "Japanese Box Office, March 16-17". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 24, 2013.

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