Hug! PreCure
| Hug! PreCure | |
Cover of the last Blu-Ray volume, showing the five main Cures. From left to right: Cure Ange, Cure Etoile, Cure Yell, Cure Macherie and Cure Amour, with Hugtan in the center. | |
| ＨＵＧっと！プリキュア (Hagutto! Purikyua) | |
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| Genre | Magical girl |
| Created by | Izumi Todo |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Junichi Sato Akifumi Zako |
| Produced by | Kazusa Umeda Fumi Yazaki Keisuke Naito |
| Written by | Fumi Tsubota |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | ANN (ABC, TV Asahi) |
| Original run | February 4, 2018 – January 27, 2019 |
| Episodes | 49 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Izumi Todo |
| Illustrated by | Futago Kamikita |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Wide KC |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | February 2, 2018 – December 28, 2018 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
| Hugtto! Pretty Cure♡Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Miyamoto |
| Written by | Junko Kōmura |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | October 27, 2018 |
| Runtime | 73 minutes |
Hug! PreCure (ＨＵＧっと！プリキュア, Hagutto! Purikyua; lit. "With a Hug! Pretty Cure"), also known as Hugtto! PreCure, is a Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the fifteenth series in the Pretty Cure franchise, released to in commemoration of its 15th anniversary. It is directed by Junichi Sato and Akifumi Zako and written by Fumi Tsubota. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on Yes! PreCure 5 and Smile PreCure!. It began airing on ANN on February 4, 2018, succeeding Kirakira PreCure a la Mode in its timeslot. It was then succeeded by Star Twinkle PreCure on February 3, 2019. The series' main topic is destiny and future, with dress code as the Cures' main motifs.