Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
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| Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star | |
| ふたりはプリキュア Splash Star (Futari wa Purikyua Supurasshu Sutā) | |
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| Genre | Magical girl |
| Anime | |
| Directed by | Toshiaki Komura |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | 5 February 2006 – 28 January 2007 |
| Anime | |
| Futari wa Precure Splash★Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu! | |
| Directed by | Atsuji Shimizu |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released |  December 9, 2006 |
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star (ふたりはプリキュア Splash★Star, Futari wa Purikyua Supurasshu Sutā), often shortened simply to Pretty Cure Splash Star, PreCure Splash Star, or PuriKyua Supurashu Suta, is a magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, which has been broadcast across Japan by the anime television network, Animax, TV Asahi and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. It is a continuation of the earlier series Futari wa Pretty Cure and its second series Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart but with a continuity reboot, retaining concepts of the earlier series but with a different set of characters and unrelated plot.
In December 2006, a Splash Star movie was released in Japan under the title Futari wa Precure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu! (ふたりはプリキュア スプラッシュ☆スター チクタク危機一髪!, Lit. Pretty Cure Splash Star Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!).[1]
Plot
Saki Hyuuga and Mai Mishou are given the powers to transform into Cure Bloom and Cure Egret (and later upgraded to Cure Bright and Cure Windy) respectively after they are contacted by Flappy and Choppy, spirits from the Land of Fountains, who refer to Saki and Mai's world as the Land of Greenery. The villains of this series are the Dark Fall, who are searching for the Fountain of Sun, the last of the seven fountains that feed the World Tree - the source of all life forms for all worlds. The Leader of the Dark Fall has set his aim on this tree, and it is Pretty Cure's job to protect it.
In the Splash Star movie, Sirlion, a warrior from Dark Fall, opens up a gateway to the Land of Clocks using directions from Mai. His plan to dominate the world is to halt the infinite clock and freeze time, cutting off everyone's future. Saki and Mai were already in disagreement after Saki overslept and Mai wandered off into a nearby clock store, causing them to miss the sign-up for the karaoke singing contest. After being thrown into an endless maze, Saki and Mai have to work in unison if they want to solve the puzzle.
Characters
Heroes & Allies
- Saki Hyuuga (日向咲, Hyūga Saki) / Cure Bloom (キュアブルーム, Kyua Burūmu) / Cure Bright (キュアブライト, Kyua Buraito)
- Voiced by: Orie Kimoto
- Like Nagisa Misumi, Saki is a cheerful athletic girl. She is a member of the girls' softball team of Yuunagi Middle School. Similar to Nagisa, Saki is excellent at sports and not being very good at school (but still a bright individual though), loves sweets and has a large appetite. Unlike Nagisa, Saki has a mild personality and a habit of saying "zekkouchou！" (絶好調！) when she gets excited, and she retains a happy-go-lucky attitude even before fighting the final battle. Although Saki appears childish at times, she is lenient and gregarious, and her cheerful and easygoing personality often makes people happy and befriended. Her family runs the Panpaka Pan bakery, and Saki is good at cooking and making delicious breads. She has a sister named Minori, who shares her room and annoys her once in a while. Saki's name can mean, but does not directly translate into, "blooming towards the sun", or a sunflower [2], and a sunflower is also Cure Bloom's symbol.
- As Cure Bloom, Saki introduces herself as, "The Shining Golden Flower, Cure Bloom!" while she introduces herself as "The Shiny Crescent (Full) Moon, Cure Bright!" in her Cure Bright form.
- Mai Mishou (美翔舞, Mishō Mai) / Cure Egret (キュアイーグレット, Kyua Īguretto) / Cure Windy (キュアウィンディ, Kyua Windi)
- Voiced by: Atsuko Enomoto
- Mai is a reserved academic girl. Unlike Honoka Yukishiro, she prefers the arts over science and has a more gentle and innocent nature. Her father is an astronomer, her mother is an archeologist and her brother, Kazuya, wishes to become an astronaut when he grows up. She and her family live in an observatory. Mai is very observant and aware, often noticing subtle details that could have been neglected by an average observer. Her name can translate to "beautiful flying dance" [3].
- As Cure Egret, Mai introduces herself as "The Glittering Silvery Wings, Cure Egret!" whereas she introduces herself as, "The Refreshing Cool (scented) Breeze, Cure Windy!" as Cure Windy. [4]
- Flappy (フラッピ, Rappi)
- Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi
- Spirit of the flower, he likes to eat rice and ends his sentences with the word "lapi". He seems to have a crush on Choppy, but she doesn't seem to notice or understand his feelings for her. He functions as the transformation device for Saki to transform into Cure Bloom and Cure Bright.
- Choppy (チョッピ, Choppi)
- Voiced by: Miyu Matsuki
- Spirit of the bird, she ends her sentences with the word "chopi". She functions as the transformation device for Mai to transform into Cure Egret and Cure Windy.
- Mupu (ムープ, Mūpu)
- Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Mysterious spirit of the moon appears in episode 24 and has some connection to Michiru. "Muu" comes from "Moon" (ムーン, Mūn). He ends his sentences with the word "mupu". The Kiryuu sisters once rescued Mupu and Fupu from a falling tree at the Fountain of Sky.
- Fupu (フープ, Fūpu)
- Voiced by: Akemi Okamura
- Mysterious spirit of the wind appears in episode 24 with Mupu and has some connection to Kaoru. "Fuu" comes from "風" (usually romanized as "kaze", but the Kanji reads as "fuu" and means "wind"[5]). She ends her sentences with the word "pupu". Mupu and Fupu can use the powers of the moon and wind to power up Pretty Cure with the Spiral Ring Set, and they later serve as the power sources for Cure Bright and Cure Windy.
- Princess Filia (フィーリア王女, Fīria Ōjo)
- Voiced by: Taeko Kawata
- Queen of the Land of Fountains. She appears each time the Pretty Cure duo restores a ruined fountain and leaves them a keyword about what will happen in the future before she vanishes. In the last episode, Flappy reveals that Filia's true identity is the spirit of The World Tree.
- Kaoru Kiryuu (霧生薫, Kiryū Kaoru)
- Voiced by: Yuka Imai, Akemi Okamura
- A mysterious girl who meets Saki and Mai at The Sky Tree in episode 14. She seems cold and rude. Kaoru is always with her younger sister, Michiru. They are later revealed to be part of the Dark Fall. Their duty is to guard the Fountain of Sky. They pretend to be transfer students of Yuunagi Junior High School in order to gather more information about Pretty Cure. Kaoru has long blue hair and blue eyes. Kaoru and Michiru sacrifice their lives to protect Saki and Mai in episode 23. Later, in episode 42, they are revived by remnant powers from the Fairy Carafe and return to assist Pretty Cure in defeating the Dark Fall and Gooyan.
- Michiru Kiryuu (霧生満, Kiryū Michiru)
- Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Kaoru's younger sister. She has short red-violet hair and red-violet eyes. They both seem confused and clueless about the Land of Greenery at first, but quickly learn that "霧" means "fog" and "生" means "life, birth". In episode 23, Michiru and Kaoru use their last powers to save their precious friends, Saki and Mai, from Akudaikaan and send them back to the Land of Greenery. Later, in episode 42, she and Kaoru return to assist Pretty Cure in defeating the Dark Fall and Gooyan.
Villains
Throughout the whole series, Pretty Cure's enemies are the Dark Fall Villains. In episode 41, Gooyan used the Fairy Carafe to bring the killed villains (except Michiru and Kaoru) back to life to defeat Pretty Cure.
- Karehaan (カレハーン, Karehān)
- Voiced by: Isshin Chiba
- Karehaan[6] is the first of the Dark Fall to attack Earth. He is sent to capture Flappy and Choppy in order to force them to tell where the Fountain of Sun is. When they refuse to reply, he begins to harm them until Saki and Mai step in and transform for the first time. Karehaan transforms wood-related objects into Uzainaa monsters, and he appears plant-like himself. His name comes from the word "kareha", which is Japanese for "dead leaves". [7] This holds true since his true form is a dead leaf.[8]
- Moerumba (モエルンバ, Moerunba)
- Voiced by: Keiichi Nanba
- Moerumba[9] is the second of the Dark Fall to attack Earth after Karehaan fails. He acts and appears like a Latin American with colorful clothing and having affection for dancing. He attacks Pretty Cure with stronger and more-powerful fire-related Uzainaa monsters. He calls Pretty Cure "Señorita" ("young lady"). His name comes from two words, "moeru" (means "burn" in Japanese) [10] and "rumba (a kind of Latin dancing)".
- DoroDoron (ドロドロン, Dorodoron)
- Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata
- DoroDoron[11] is the third of the Dark Fall to attack Earth after Moerumba fails. He's an arachnid-alike creature that travels underground instead of through the air. DoroDoron transforms earth-related objects such as rocks and cobblestones into Uzainaa monsters. He also occasionally takes commands from two suspicious girls (Kaoru Kiryuu and Michiru Kiryuu) that are in the same class as Mai and Saki. His name comes from the word "doro" which means "mud" in Japanese. [12]
- Ms. Shitataare (ミズ·シタターレ, Mizu Shitatāre)
- Voiced by: Naoko Matsui
- Ms. Shitataare[13] is the next Dark Fall villain after Michiru and Kaoru. She dresses in an ancient Chinese costume and manipulates water-related objects. "Mizu" means "water" and "shitataare" comes from the word "shitataru", meaning "dripping, dropping".[14] She can turn anything related to water into an Uzainaa. According to Mupu and Fupu, she is the one who has destroyed both the Fountain of Water and the Fountain of Sky. She has once betrayed Gooyan. The PreCure duo's both power-ups (first the Spiral Ring Set and then the Bright/Windy form) happen during the time when she's the main villain. Saki calls her "Hanamizu-taare" (note: hanamizu means nasal mucus) and she's the one who reveals that Michiru and Kaoru are still alive at the Dark Fall.
- Kintoleski (キントレスキー, Kintoresukī)
- Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi
- The last Dark Fall villain[15] after Ms. Shitataare. His skin is gold in color and he is the strongest of the Dark Fall. He likes to exercise and work out. His name comes from "kin", which is Japanese for "gold" or "metal" (and also a homophone for "muscle", "筋"), "kintore" is an abbreviation of "kinniku (muscle) training", and "suki" can mean "like". Hence, his name can be translated as "(I) like muscle training". [16][17]
- Uzainaa (ウザイナー, Uzainā)
- Much like the Zakenna before them, Uzainaa are monsters that can be fused with things (different members of the Dark Fall can fuse Uzainaa with things pertaining to different elements, for example, Karehaan used wood-related Uzainaa), when defeated, element spirits are released from them and thank Pretty Cure for freeing them. Its name comes from the adjective "uzai", the colloquial word for "annoying."[18]
- Akudaikaan (アクダイカーン, Akudaikān)
- Voiced by: Takayuki Godai
- The evil ruler of Dark Fall, he wants to take over the World Tree, and has managed to capture six of the seven fountains that irrigate it. He has sent out minions to search for the location of the last of these fountains, the Fountain of Sun. He appears as a shadow-covered, towering-robed demon-alike being with a pair of glowing red eyes that shine out of the cave in which he lives. His name comes from two words, "aku (evil)" and "daikan (a local administrator of Tokugawa shogunate)". Aku-daikan (a dishonest administrator) is a kind of typical villain of jidaigeki.
- Gooyan (ゴーヤーン, Gōyān)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Akudaikaan's aide. Ms. Shitataare calls him "Go-chan". His name comes from the word "gōyā (means a bitter melon in Okinawa)" and also "Echigo-ya (a shop name)". Echigo-ya is thought to be a synonym for a dishonest merchant as a villain of jidaigeki in Japan. In episode 47, it is revealed that he was the one who has created Akudaikaan. After killing Akudaikaan, he transforms into a gigantic monster but is eventually defeated by Pretty Cure's Spiral Heart Splash Star in the final episode.
Other characters
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Kenta Hoshino (星野健太, Hoshino Kenta) Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi A childhood friend of Saki. He has a crush on Saki. He wants to be a comedian when he grows up.
Manabu Miyasako Voiced by: Miyu Irino He is Kenta's comedy partner, and also the class representative of Saki and Mai's class. He is shy and sometimes hesitant about performing comedy with Kenta, but ends up doing them anyways.
Kayo Andou (安藤加代, Andō Kayo) Voiced by: Akiko Nakagawa She is the class representative of Saki and Mai's class.
Hitomi Itou (伊東仁美, Itō Hitomi) Voiced by: Ryōko Ono Saki's softball teammate.
Yuuko Outa (太田優子, Ōta Yūko) Voiced by: Masako Jō A catcher of Saki's softball team. She seems to have a crush on Kenta.
Special powers and items
Similar to the preceding series, Saki and Mai must transform into Cure Bloom and Cure Egret (later into Cure Bright and Cure Windy) in order to use their fighting powers. To do so, they insert a pair of Pretty Cure Diamonds into the disc of the Mix Commune, spin it, and shout out "Dual Spiritual Power!" Unlike the preceding series, the girls speak an additional incantation speech in the midst of their transformation process; namely, "Bloom (Open a flower) on the earth!" for Saki and "Soar (Flap your wings) into the sky!" for Mai. The girls' gloves are revealed when they say these respective speeches. Cure Bloom is blessed with the flower power from the earth and emits a golden aura. Cure Egret gets her bird power from the sky and has a bluish silvery aura.
The girls' group attacks are somewhat similar to the attacks of the original Futari wa Pretty Cure series, all of which require them to summon the spirits of nature to attack the enemy. The first of Pretty Cure's attacks is PreCure Twin Stream Splash (トウイン ストリーム スプラッシュ, Touin Sutoriimu Supurasshu). This attack, performed by Cure Bloom and Cure Egret, is similar to the Marble Screw but it uses yellow and blue liquids rather than black and white lightning. To launch this attack, the duo calls upon the spirits of the Earth and the Sky. Energy gathers into their hands as they recite the incantation. The energy turns to yellow and blue liquids that come out of the symbols on the girls' costumes. They forcefully push the liquids out after yelling "Splash!", turning them into strong liquid jets that enclose the enemy and purify it.
In episode 24, they obtain the Spiral Ring Set when Mupu and Fupu jump into the Splash Commune, a device resembling a mini computer found under the Sky Tree after Saki and Mai return from The Fountain of Sky. Shaped like a heart, Bloom's spiral ring is a belt and Egret's spiral ring is a bracelet. There are three parts to this item: two blue-colored rings and the main part of the Spiral Ring. Here, they perform PreCure Spiral Heart Splash (スプイラル ハート スプラッシュ, Supairaru Haato Supurasshu), again using the same yellow and blue liquids, but it changes into what resembles a drill blade, surrounding the enemy. To launch this attack, the girls turn their Spiral Rings, charge up by energy from the Earth and Sky, and recite their incantation; blue and yellow liquids come out of their hands and morph into a heart, and the two push out the liquids, submerging the foe in a blue and yellow sphere hanging over a liquid heart.
Starting from episode 30, Flappy and Choppy change into a new form called a Crystal Commune, which allows Saki and Mai to choose between transforming into Cure Bright/Cure Windy or Cure Bloom/Cure Egret.[19] Here, Pretty Cure Diamonds are not needed anymore. Instead, the girls spin the top of the commune and its tip will glow in their image color. When they transform into Cure Bright and Cure Windy, they shout out different speeches in the middle of their transformation, specifically, "Follow the future!" for Saki and "Carry the courage!" for Mai. The dress design of the Bright/Windy form is similar to the Bloom/Egret form [20] , but with a significantly different coloring scheme and the moon/wind symbols that appear on Mupu's and Fupu's foreheads also appear on their dresses. In their upgraded form, Cure Bright is blessed with the moon power from Mupu and emits a yellow-green aura, and Cure Windy is blessed with the wind power from Fupu and emits a pink aura. Cure Bright relates to the Sky while Cure Windy relates to the Earth.[21]
- Note: From a functionality perspective, the Bright/Windy form is an upgrade of the Bloom/Egret form because it possesses a more-powerful version of all fighting capabilities of the Bloom/Egret form plus the additional capability to blast out beam/wind canons, except that the duo cannot launch a group attack without the Spiral Ring Set attached to them. From a power supply perspective, however, the Bright/Windy form can be considered a parallel form of the Bloom/Egret form because the duo cannot access the Bloom/Egret form's Earth/Sky (Flower/Bird) powers when using the Bright/Windy form, which is instead powered by the Moon/Wind powers gathered by Mupu and Fupu. Because of this limitation, the PreCure duo can access only one of the two pairs of powers at a time unless there's intervention by an external power such as the Rainbow Jewel in the All Stars DX2 movie.[22]
As Cure Bright and Cure Windy, their signature attack is PreCure Spiral Star Splash (スプイラル スター スプラッシュ, Supairaru Sutaa Supurasshu), which extends from the Spiral Heart Splash. It also requires the use of Spiral Rings, which has become star-shaped in this case. This attack makes use of yellow-green and pink liquids instead of yellow and blue liquids. To launch this attack, the girls turn their Spiral Rings, charge up by energy from the Moon and Wind, and recite their incantation; yellow-green and pink liquids come out of their hands and morph into a star, and the two push out the liquids, submerging the foe in a yellow-green and pink sphere hanging over a liquid star.
The girls' final attack is PreCure Spiral Heart Splash Star (スプイラル ハート スプラッシュ スター, Supairaru Haato Supurasshu Sutaa), used in tandem with Michiru and Kaoru, who have obtained the moon/wind powers from Mupu and Fupu and ascended into a form that has some moon/wind characteristics. Gooyan admits that their attack feels like the big bang that had created the universe. [23] [24]
In the Pretty Cure Splash Star movie, Pretty Cure Splash Star Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (Futari wa Precure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu!), Saki and Mai as Cure Bright and Cure Windy have temporarily gained power from the Eternal Clock to defeat Sirlion with an upgraded version of the Spiral Star Splash.
In the Pretty Cure All Stars DX2 movie (Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! / プリキュアオールスターズDX2 希望の光☆レインボージュエルを守れ！ Precure All Stars DX2: Kibō no Hikari— Rainbow Jewel o Mamore!), Saki and Mai gain power from the Rainbow Jewel and temporarily transform into Cure Rainbow Brighty Bloom and Cure Rainbow Windy Egret, which is a combined form of all four sources of spiritual powers plus a pair of small wings that all other Cures get.
Besides the aforementioned items, the girls also have a number of items which can be used in their civilian form. The Fairy Carafe is a storage for the Drops of Miracle[25], the latter of which is a colored small ball that fall from the defeated monster when the duo defeats an Uzainaa. The Drop of Miracle, whose color comes from the color of each day in one week of the Japanese Calendar, is needed to restore the ruined fountains. One ruined fountain will be restored for every seven Drops of Miracle in the Fairy Carafe. Lastly, the Pretty Cure Charm Pencase allow Saki and Mai to use the magical pen to write their wishes onto the magical paper so their wishes can be granted.
Locations
- Land of Greenery (緑の郷, Midori no Sato) - Like the Garden of Rainbows, this is a name referring to the human world (the Earth).
- Land of Fountains (泉の郷, Izumi no Sato) - Flappy and Choppy's World.
- 7 Fountains (7つの泉, Nanatsu no Izumi) - They are the holy springs that feed the World Tree. The Dark Fall wants to destroy them in order to destroy the World Tree. Only the Fountain of Sun still remains.
- Fountain of Sun (太陽の泉, Taiyou no Izumi) - The last fountain that remains untouched by the Dark Fall. In order to protect this fountain, Saki and Mai become Pretty Cure. This fountain is revealed to be the sea in episode 48.
- Fountain of Sky (空の泉, Sora no Izumi) - One of the six fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall. Michiru and Kaoru used to guard this fountain, but later they go to the Land of Greenery to spy on Pretty Cure. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 24. One Miracle Droplet is retrieved from an Uzainaa in episode 21 and the other six are gotten from Michiru and Kaoru in episode 23.
- Fountain of Fire (火の泉, Hi no Izumi) - One of the fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall and this fountain's spirits are controlled by Moerumba. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 13.
- Fountain of Water (水の泉, Mizu no Izumi) - One of the fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall and this fountain's spirits are controlled by Mizu Shitataare. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 33.
- Fountain of Trees (木の泉, Ki no Izumi) - One of the fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall and this fountain's spirits are controlled by Karehaan. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 7.
- Fountain of Gold (金の泉, Kin no Izumi) - One of the fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall and this fountain's spirits are controlled by Kintoleski. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 41.
- Fountain of Earth (土の泉, Tsuchi no Izumi) - One of the fountains destroyed by the Dark Fall and this fountain's spirits are controlled by Dorodoron. Pretty Cure restores this fountain in episode 20.
- The 7 fountains' names come from the name of each day in Japanese except the Fountain of Sky (although there is relationship between sky and moon).
- Dark Fall - The main tower stands alone in the water. It has a path from the entrance into the cave at the main tower. Akudaikaan and Goyan live in this cave.
- The World Tree (世界樹, Sekaiju) - The very huge tree located in the Land of Fountains. It rules all lives in all worlds.
- The Sky Tree (天空の木, Oozora no Ki) - The big tree situated on top of a mountain in Saki and Mai's town. This tree is a gateway to the Land of Fountains.
- Yuunagi Junior High School - Saki and Mai's school.
- Seikai High School - Mai's elder brother, Kazuya, studies in this school.
- Panpaka Pan - The bakery shop run by Saki's family.
- Land of Clocks (時計の郷, Tokei no Sato) (Movie only) - This world houses the Infinite Clock which controls time.
Production and distribution
The series is produced by Toei Animation and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, having been broadcast across Japan by the anime television network, Animax and TV Asahi.
Episode list
List of Pretty Cure Splash Star Episodes
Movie
Pretty Cure Splash Star Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (ふたりはプリキュア スプラッシュ☆スター チクタク危機一髪!, Futari wa Precure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu!) [26]
Theme Songs
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| "Makasete Splash Star" (まかせて★スプラッシュ☆スター★, Makasete Supurasshu Sutā) |
Yuka Uchiyae with Splash Stars | All
References
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