Pretty Cure: <Optional Title Here>

[Suwako Moriya]

So yeah I'm making this thread partially because Pretty Cure Splash Star should end around episode 49. This based on the fact that episode 47 aired recently and the previews for Pretty Cure 5 seem to indicate it will start on the the 4th of February. Yes it's called Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/) because as you can see there are five magical girls this time. That's fine with me, but I do ask one thing. Let all five girls contribute. I don't want crap where four of the five girls suddenly get leg cramps and only the number one girl can win.

That being said Pretty Cure Splash Star took a bit of time to find its own pace, but it's been enjoyable over all. It has similarities to Original and Max Heart, but it also has its own difference. Which is honestly what should be expected. Also I do have one thing to say in terms of the direction they took. I'm actually glad they went with the Splash Star route as opposed to a continuation of the Original/Max Heart mainly because there are only so many times you can revive the Dark King. Also given how Max Heart ends repeating the same thing I mentioned in the spoilers would just ruin what the ending accomplishes. Thus it was far better to just make Splash Star. I fully expect that Yes! 5 will also be a fresh start.

In any case some of the highlights of Splash Star for me. First would be how during the 20s Egret and Bloom gain new transformations. Thus becoming Windy and Bright. Although even after that on occasion they'd use the Egret and Bloom forms. Why? I don't know. Then during the late 40s the red haired girl and blue haired girl that were meant to be villains, but ultimately sided with Pretty Cure are revived to help Pretty Cure fight the resurrected villains. Yeah I'm getting Megaman vibes here too. In any case episode 47 ends with the so called main villain being betrayed by one of his underlings who destroys him. So now Pretty Cure will face this underling who of course has revealed his true form.

[Nork22]

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/)
Wow... it's like this generation's Sailor Moon. Heck is Pretty Cure 5 a homage to it?

[Nozmo]

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/)
Wow... it's like this generation's Sailor Moon. Heck is Pretty Cure 5 a homage to it?

You might well think so after seeing the promo pic of the whole group (mostly color-coded: Dream, Rouge, Lemonade, Mint, and Aqua). But the idea of the goningumi <five-person group> is something so deeply ingrained in Japanese culture (a little something they picked up from the Chinese) that it surfaces endlessly in popular shows. I guess we'll have to see them in action to see how SMish they are...

[masterpez]

Pretty Cure, Pretty Cure Max Heart, Pretty Cure Splash Star, and Pretty Cure 5. Why is it that I only count 4? Which one am I missing??

[jlazar]

Pretty Cure, Pretty Cure Max Heart, Pretty Cure Splash Star, and Pretty Cure 5. Why is it that I only count 4? Which one am I missing??


Heh heh... :) I counted them too. The '5' appears to refer to the five pretty cure girls in this series... not the season number.

[ayareiko]

What happened to Nagisa and Honoka? And would that explain why they're (apparently) not in PCY!5?

[Rhodes]

series reset after max heart.

reboot back to middle school girls.

[jlazar]

series reset after max heart.

reboot back to middle school girls.

Well, technically Nagisa and Honoka were in Pretty Cure Splash, but as different characters with different names. Nagisa even played a different sport to make her seem different.

Honoka's character design seems to have a parallel character in PC5 (long haired brunette), but Nagisa isn't that similar to the short brown haired girl in PC5. Of course, this is just based on these initial images.Shame, since Nagisa was my fav in the first two series (she wasn't that good in PCS, which made that series somewhat dull... except for the fancy kicks :) ).

This is probably another alt universe.

[Jigen_Daisuke]

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/yes_precure5/)
Wow... it's like this generation's Sailor Moon. Heck is Pretty Cure 5 a homage to it?

A lot of Japanese fans at 2ch and livedoor seem seem to think so too. Some have also liken it to Tokyo Mew Mew.

In comparision to Pretty Cure and especially Pretty Cure Max Heart, television ratings and toy sales for Pretty Cure Splash Star have been significantly lower. (I have reported Pretty Cure sales figures elsewhere, so I won't repeat them here.)

After the disappointing commercial results of Pretty Cure Splash Star, perhaps Toei is using Sailor Moon as a model for Yes! Pretty Cure 5 to recreate the commercial success of the first two Pretty Cure series, if not that of Sailor Moon itself. Or, at the very least, perform significantly better than Pretty Cure Splash Star.

[Suwako Moriya]

In comparision to Pretty Cure and especially Pretty Cure Max Heart, television ratings and toy sales for Pretty Cure Splash Star have been significantly lower. (I have reported Pretty Cure sales figures elsewhere, so I won't repeat them here.)

Honestly I can't say that I'm surprised for multiple reasons. First when making the next series you always risk losing a portion of the original audience. Second based on posts I was reading it seemed like people were intent on hating the series before it even aired. Third having the Splash Girls very close in design to Nagisa and Honoka probably back fired.

I honestly have a feeling that while Yes! Pretty Cure 5 may do just as well or better in comparison to Pretty Cure Splash Star, it probably won't capture the same magic as Pretty Cure (Max Heart) did. In fact I fear there will be a lot of purists that will decide since there are five members instead of two, it's not authentic enough.

[Suwako Moriya]

The first thing I have to say is that it was a good thing they had Gooyan betray Akudaikaan and destroy him. Simply because even in his larger transformed state Gooyan's smaller size allows for a more interesting battle than the giant that is Akudaikaan. So yeah I tend to prefer the villain to be closer to the size of the heroes, but go figure. Okay exception made if the hero is using a giant robot to even the size, but go figure.

In any case as expected Gooyan dominated the battle, but had occasion problems from Pretty Cure and friends. Eventually through it seems he managed to suck energy or did something to cause everything to become bleak and Pretty Cure to lose their transformed state.

Still near the end of the episode after some crying, remembering what they must protect and realizing they still have one episode left in which to kick ass. Their resolve is restored and of course they transform again. However this time around Saki and Mai are in their original Pretty Cure outfits as opposed to the second forms.

However the sisters Kaoru and Michiru have also seemed to transform. In short they've become Pretty Cure also it seems. Interestingly enough their outfits have the same color as the second forms of Mai and Saki. Kaoru's outfit is blue like Mai's Cure Windy outfit while Michiru's outfit is yellow like Saki's Cure Bright.

Okay this is certainly going to potentially be a fun final episode next week. I'm not sure what will be the more interesting aspect. That Mai and Saki are fighting the final battle in their original forms or the fact Kaoru and Michiru have gotten a change of wardrobe. I guess in the case of Mai and Saki I can take it as a symbolic gesture. For things to end figuratively how they start in terms of their forms.

[Suwako Moriya]

I will officially consider Kaoru and Michiru's Pretty Cure forms to be Cure Windy and Cure Bright. Because for all intent and purposes that what they seem to be. Yeah I guess by having those two in the series they found a way to use both Pretty Cure forms in the final battle at the same time. All to preform the level 4 combo that kills Gooyan. Of course I'm sure the fact Gooyan went nuts also helped lead to his demise.

Now granted it was possible they could have done the reverse. Ie make Michiru and Kaoru take on the roles of Bloom and Egret. However the way they did it makes more sense. Michiru and Kaoru are clearly stronger so they'd be better at utilizing Bright and Windy. While having Saki and Mai as Bloom and Egret is a symbolic gesture.

Funny thought here. Original had two members, Max Heart had three members in a sense, Splash Star ends up with four members, and Yes 5 will have five members. This pattern makes me imagine a Pretty Cure series with one member. I'd feel sorry for that girl.

In any case over all I enjoyed Pretty Cure Splash Star. Granted yet it got off to a rocky start, but it improved over time and had some decent moments. Plus I have to admit the whole Kaoru and Michiru story aspect helps a lot. So it was nice to have them come in near the end of the show. Either way it will soon be time to start watching Yes 5.

[bill princeton]

How about this for the next Pretty Cure title:

Pretty Cure Cloud Diety

It's as random as anything.

[Suwako Moriya]

Cloud Deity? So this would be the Pretty Cure series where they're powered by the Carebears? :sd: :D Personally I think the lone Pretty Cure that should predate even Original should be called Pretty Cure: I'm doom. Naaaaaaaaah.

[Dagger]

Just saw episode 1 of Yes 5. A tentative thumbs-up from me (actually I liked it quite a bit, but it's hard to tell what may or may not become problematic from the first episode alone). I like all of the girls so far, especially the two older ones (Karen and the green-haired one). I have my fingers crossed for lots of yuri hints between those two & lots of BL hints between the bishounen mascots. :>

The only things that bothered me were the awfulness of the villain design and the fact that Nozomi's butterfly attack flew in such a leisurely manner before exploding with a vengeance. Is it supposed to lull enemies into a false sense of security or something? :sd:

The "whoops I fell on you" scene in the preview worried me somewhat. I really hope they don't have too much of that later on; it would be ever so annoying.

[Suwako Moriya]

Ah I still need to watch this myself, but I have noticed based on the images I've seen and what people have said this Pretty Cure series is in 16:9 as opposed to 4:3 like past seriees. One thing I was curious about is how the characters would be paired up. Apparently from what I've read, I now have the basic idea.

Cure Dream (Nozomi Yumehara) and Cure Rouge (Rin Natsuki) make one pair. While Cure Aqua (Karen Minazuki) and Cure Mint (Komachi Akimoto) make up the other pair. It looks like Cure Lemonade (Urara Kasugano) will likely be the Luminous of the series. If so that's fine by me since I kind of liked Luminous. Even if they did need to give her a better variety of support abilities. Ah well.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right I've finally watched the first episode. So far I like this series. Although I'll need to see the other girls in action before deciding how I really feel. Hopefully it will only take five episodes at best for the girls to well join the party.

Cure Dream is very cute and the fact she can attack by herself makes me speculate that the team err holding hands lovingly moves will be akin to super finishers as opposed to normal finishers. Or more likely by the time the team forms the need for holding hands will increase.

Having the two mascots transform into bishonen will certainly be a change of pace in some regards. At the very least it gives them a chance to actually interact normally with people. Hopefully they'll spend a decent amount of time in both forms.

[vtr9kvictor]

Fifth season?!?!?!?! I still haven't finished watching the first season.

[Suwako Moriya]

Actually Yes! Pretty Cure 5 would be the fourth season of the series. Also just like Pretty Cure Splash Star it's an alternate telling. Thus it's designed to stand on its own anyway. In fact I'm quite sure this will be the general strategy of Pretty Cure from now on.

The only season that truly requires you to watch the first season would be Pretty Cure Max Heart which is a direct continuation of Pretty Cure which I refer to as Original for short. Although I must admit in some ways watching Splash Star was kind of fun due to having seen Original and Max Heart. Like wise the same feeling may be true of Yes! 5. I'll have to wait and see.

[Suwako Moriya]

Having recently finished Splash Star and having now started on Yes! 5. I've gained a sudden urge to rewatch the battle(s) in episode 26 and 49 of Original. All I can say is I still like the song that plays for the climax of the battle in 26. Maybe a bit too much because I kind of wish something like it or better would have played in 49.

Speaking of which the final battle of Max Heart definitely had some interesting moments. It's just that I wish the battle was a bit more involved and flowed better. Perhaps if the show had been 49 episodes instead of 47. Still it was kind of cool to see The Dark King in a form closer to human size trying to push way Black and White who were preparing to attack from opposite directions. The struggle and the ultimate victory of him was one of the highlights of the battle..

[Suwako Moriya]

The focus of this episode was mainly on Nozomi trying to recruit Rin. As well as their relationship with each other. You even get a flashback scene involving the two as children okay younger children. Of course Rin does turn into Cure Rouge allowing one to see her fight. Sadly they have yet to loving hold hands. It looks like Nagisa, Honoka, Maki, and Sai will need to teach them how. :>

In any case it looks like next up if Urara becoming Cure Lemonade. Given that she was watching them and the preview shows her transformed. I guess where as Rin was recruited, I have a feeling Urara will volunteer her services. I also suspect given that they're always together Karen and Komachi will become Cure Aqua and Cure Mint in the same episode.

[Dagger]

I like how we already have a glimpse at the structure of the enemy organization. If the show keeps up this pace, it could really go places.

Also, Rin's hair is SO much better when she's transformed.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right we're only in the third episode and already the first villain has been fired. Yeah we're on the second villain now. Note that the first villain was killed by Pretty Cure. Rather that he went back to his "boss" who used the old trap door scene where the guy falls through and they show the new guy. Speculate as to what this can mean for future episodes.

In any case as expected Urara made her appearance as Cure Lemonade. Oh yes when Cure Lemonade does the Butterfly attack, she has multiple butterflies appear instead of just one. Ah yes this series has taught me to fear butterflies either that or hope one lands on my wrist. Okay so I lack the pretty young girl requirement.

Of course we still get to see Nozomi and Rin transform. Hmm five separate transformations. I guess this allows them to kill more time each episode. Maybe once the team forms they should make a team transformation scene for times when they're all going to transform together anyway.

For certain next week we will be seeing Komachi as Cure Mint. So it looks like Cure Aqua will be the final member to join. Heh looks my theory about the two joining at the same is probably wrong, but ah well. So long as all five join straight in a row. Still this partner thing better mean they'll be holding hands soon. That must happen.

[Suwako Moriya]

Also, Rin's hair is SO much better when she's transformed.

It's just nice in general how their hair changes after tansforming. Nozomi's hairstyle as Cure Dream is definitely pretty. Hmm on a related note one thing you may have noticed is that the Earrings are quite different when compared to the previous three seasons. They're no longer hearts.

[Suwako Moriya]

We're on the third villain already? I'm not sure what to make of this strategy. Then again in Max Heart they'd end up introducing multiple villains early on that they ended up rotating between.

In any case as best I can tell Pretty Cure 3 ends up talking to Karen and Komachi about Pretty Cure. As expected Komachi becomes Cure Mint. Thus giving us Pretty Cure 4. Oh yes apparently she can create a force field. So Cure Mint is a defensive one. So all that's left is Cure Aqua, but the preview does not make it clear if Karen will become Cure Aqua in episode 5.

Come on Karen don't delay the group any longer. Give into to the power of Pretty Cure. Hmm maybe Komachi can find ways to convince Karen. Cue over active and perverted imagination that can't be mentioned here probably.

[Dagger]

Given how painfully lame the first villain was, I'm glad they've switched things up (not that the second is much of an improvement).

Urara-chan has the best transformation so far.

ETA: Whoops, we're on episode 4 already? I need to go into catch up mode. :sd:

[Suwako Moriya]

Well regardless I'd just like the boss to give Pretty Cure a chance to actually fire aka kill one of the employees for him. Still I'm sure once Cure Aqua joins the teams things will settle into place. Because at that point the villains will need to start being a lot more serious after witnessing five failures in a row.

[Suwako Moriya]

This time the boss of the villains we've seen so far decides to take on Pretty Cure himself. Which leads me to believe one thing. That in reality he was the guy we're supposed to really have been paying attention to. Perhaps the villain of each arc will have his or her own underlings to use. I could be wrong in the end, but still.

In any case Pretty Cure 4 as I shall now call them visit Karen's home and have a discussion with her. They bring out Coco to help prove to Karen that Pretty Cure is real. Granted it also helps that a pinky appears only to be grabbed by the enemy who decides to attack them.

Now during the battle the butterfly for Karen appears, but for whatever reason it fails to form into a watch. My assumption would be that Karen lacks the proper confidence needed to truly become Cure Aqua. However if the previews are not misleading, she'll gain the confidence in episode 06. So we have to wait a bit longer for Cure Aqua.

For the record yes the villain does escape with the pinky. In any case given the number of pinkies to collect in the series and the likely hood of some being captured by the villains. Well I'm even more certain that some pinkies will be collected off screen or at least in some cases they'll be grabbed in groups.

[Suwako Moriya]

Well needless to say Karen finally transforms in this episode. Also yes because all five members are together they do the "sentai" speech. In any case as expected Cure Aqua attacks with water. The villain does turn the Pinky into a monster, but they're able to save it. Next episode will finally have the introduction of the other mascot character. So yeah it looks like the group gathering phase of Yes Pretty Cure Five is essentially over.

Granted obviously there are still going to be problems to deal with. For one thing the group has just formed so their relationship with each other has yet to be tested. You also have the whole collect pinkies while fighting Nightmare aspect as well. Either way I have a feeling we'll see some episodes involving arguments.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right then as expected Coco's best friend known as Nuts is introduced. Yes the joke here is obvious. Coconuts! From what I can tell here, Nuts seems to be the cranky type when compared to Coco. Kind of like how Nagisa got stuck with the brat and Honoka got the calmer one back in the original series. Still it seems we learn a bit more about the past situation with the home world of Coco and Nuts.

Well in any case the boss of the first group of villains got chewed out by the board of directors. One even removed his mask and had a more personal talk. In case you're wondering about the underlings. Well the first one final managed to crawl back up the trap door and was sent to deal with Pretty Cure.

If you were worried about the transformation scenes taking up too much time. In this episode they introduced a team transformation scene. Now looking at each transformation scene of the girls when first introduced. On average each transformation is about 30 seconds. So that's about two and a half minutes. This transformation scene lasted about a minute. So yeah it's shorter, but I suspect depending on certain factors you may still see individual ones since there may be times that less than five of them are there for whatever reason.

[Suwako Moriya]

Someone had a made a collage image that included all the Pretty Cure shown so far. Save for one of them was shown untransformed as part of a joke. Hint: Watch episode 05 of Yes Pretty Cure 5. In any case I decided for the heck of it to make a slight adjustment to that image which results in the following image (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/HolyAjora/prettycurecollage.jpg) which I should note is all the TV Pretty Cure so far. It does not include any of the movie outfits. This is going from top to bottom.

Row 1 : Cure Black, Cure White, Cure Black Version 1, Cure White Version 2.

Row 2: Shiny Luminous, Cure Bloom, Cure Egret, Cure Bright

Row 3: Cure Windy, Cure Bright Version 2, Cure Windy Version 2, Cure Dream

Row 4: Cure Rouge, Cure Lemonade, Cure Mint, Cure Aqua.

Note: Bright V2 and Windy V2 aren't exactly named, but certain aspects make it rather blatant that is who they're supposed to be.

[Suwako Moriya]

Yeah so I'm behind on discussing the series, but I'm still watching it. In any case episode 08 mainly involves fight between Rin and Karen. Which is apparently a result of Passion and Intelligence being conflicting personalities. So there is plenty of discussion and argument as a result of that problem. Eventually Rouge and Aqua had to save the other three.

The fun part is somehow during the battle as Rouge and Aqua fought to save the others, they were both working well together and yet competing with each other. Something about that was rather silly, but interesting. In any case on to watching episode 09.

In any case episode 09 involves a reporter girl that of course not only does a few stories on the girls, but ends up repeatedly questioning them due to the fact they've been together a lot. Mainly due to the other four around Nozomi. Eventually she gets captured and they manage to save her while retaining their secret. Near the end she meets Nuts in human form and decides he's a much more important story than well let's just say the girls in general to make it simple. Heh so much for that.

On another note in some ways while the attacks are not as impressive as before they do feel like a change of pace in one regard. They seem to favor speed over being elaborate. Although I'm really hoping they come up with some excuse where they need more powerful attacks that require holding hands in order to defeat their enemies. For a variety of reasons.

Edit: Added in episode 09 since I just finished watching it.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right then I just watched the movie recently. Honestly it felt more like a fancy two part episode than an actual movie in some ways. Which is probably the best way to view it. Still there was something interesting about the slower transformation scene near the end of the episode.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right then part of the reason I decided to stick with Yes Pretty Cure 5 is images of the new girl sparked my interest. Over all Yes Pretty Cure 5 was a bit padded, but the way it ended was kind of interesting. In any case it took 10 episodes for the new girl to appear.

However so far I like her. Not sure what her name is supposed to be. Granted there are certain visual hints that make me suspect certain things about her. Mainly in the way she smiles at Coco, looks at Nozomi, and her general facial expressions. Still over all I think I'm going to like her and she's definitely nice looking.

So yeah I had to bring up this thread just to comment on her. Seemed like the most appropriate place to her. Granted it's hard to say how I will really feel about her over time. As she appeared late in 10 and mainly did the "Introduction by saving" type scene. Hopefully 11 will give a better idea what she's like.

Edit: Oh yeah Karen is Aqua. Apparently watching a raw and posting while staying up late is a bad idea.

[Quarkboy]

All right then part of the reason I decided to stick with Yes Pretty Cure 5 is images of the new girl sparked my interest. Over all Yes Pretty Cure 5 was a bit padded, but the way it ended was kind of interesting. In any case it took 10 episodes for the new girl to appear.

However so far I like her. Not sure what her name is supposed to be, but I think it might be Karen based on what I'm hearing. Granted there are certain visual hints that make me suspect certain things about her. Mainly in the way she smiles at Coco, looks at Nozomi, and her general facial expressions. Still over all I think I'm going to like her and she's definitely nice looking.

So yeah I had to bring up this thread just to comment on her. Seemed like the most appropriate place to her. Granted it's hard to say how I will really feel about her over time. As she appeared late in 10 and mainly did the "Introduction by saving" type scene. Hopefully 11 will give a better idea what she's like.
The most active english discussion of "Pretty Cure" on the net is the livejournal community http://community.livejournal.com/precure/

You'll find everything currently known about "Milky Rose" there, if you care to peruse.

I just saw the episode that aired this morning, too. And Milky Rose is a lot cooler than I thought she would be. She, um, kicks butt. Totally different than her forerunner Shiny Luminous. who generally was purely a support character, it seems milky rose is hard core hand-to-hand. Plus the animation in this week's episode was top notch, almost showy, similar to how it was for Urara's episode a few weeks ago.

P.S. Everytime I see your nick now I think of this niconico video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2698576

ShamEEEIIIImaru!

[Suwako Moriya]

You'll find everything currently known about "Milky Rose" there, if you care to peruse.

Ah okay then, I guess might consider browsing it on occasion. So her name is Milky Rose? Interesting I'll keep that in mind.

Totally different than her forerunner Shiny Luminous. who generally was purely a support character, it seems milky rose is hard core hand-to-hand.

Yeah Milky Rose does seem to be like the reverse of Shiny Luminous. Even her personality will probably be different. Or at least I get the feeling she's not going to be as kind and friendly as Shiny Luminous was.

P.S. Everytime I see your nick now I think of this niconico video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2698576

Heh I'd check that out, but uh I don't have an account there. Ah well...

[Suwako Moriya]

So let's see here through out the course of these episodes we got some new villains added. One of which seems to be used for the purpose of referencing stories such as fairy tales. Also more mascot creatures because three wasn't enough. Pretty Cure ends up getting some power up that essentially boils down to Coco allowing them to have uh swords. They could have at least varied the weapons a bit. Then again it seems the main purpose of the swords is for the five to rip off Milky Rose's Rose attack.:P

In any case Milky Rose is definitely quite awesome and rather attractive. Still then the truth I long expected had to be confirmed. Apparently she really is Milk. Darn it, this is potentially more evil than a trap. On one hand she's still female, but on the other hand she's a mascot creature. Now I'm going to feel wrong. Ah well I guess the best thing to do is not care. Still Milk, Milky Rose...

Also it seems there is a second ending and it uses a variant of the same song that the second ending for Splash Star and Yes 5 each used. I'm sensing a pattern developing here. It almost makes me think they'll go back in time and add that ending to Max Heart and Original. Naaaaaah. Still I guess the arranging and reusing it is part of the charm effect they're going through.

On a side note, I wonder if maybe I should have this thread locked and start from the beginning sometimes. As perhaps that maybe I should have just commented on each episode even if meant guessing on what happened. Then again.... Regardless I wanted to say something in regards to certain things related to the show and this was the best place to say it.

Either way they need to make some special Pretty Cure cross over movie. I want to see Honoka and Nagisa "teach" the others the true meaning of Pretty Cure as it would just be awesome to see. Which reminds me, I never did see the Pretty Cure 5 movie. I also can guess that Go Go has its own movie.

If Pretty Cure ever gets the cour set treatment it deserves, I'm going to have a long dedication ahead of me. That's for certain. Yeah I can see it now. What will I get in addition to Pretty Cure? That will possibly become the main question.

[Quarkboy]

Actually there is a bit of pretty cure cross over material.

Specifically the Yes! Pretty cure Dream Live Gogo! cardass game features Honoka and Nagisa from the original series as selectable characters in the game.

Also on the recently released Pretty Cure vocal album collection boxed set the cover art has a combination picture of all the characters from all the series.

Generally Splash Star gets the shaft, though, as the only continuity with a single season :(

Oh, and almost forgot, there's a Nintendo DS game coming out soon that features all of the Cures from all seasons combined into a single story. It's a combination mini-game/visual novel/fighting game and you can even use characters from different series in combination, at least according to the promo video that's up on niconico douga.

Not sure we'll ever see any canon crossover anime, however. Maybe for a new years special?

[Suwako Moriya]

Actually there is a bit of pretty cure cross over material.
Well that's certainly good to hear or rather read.
Also on the recently released Pretty Cure vocal album collection boxed set the cover art has a combination picture of all the characters from all the series.
It seems like I may have to do some Pretty Cure music related research later. Well to at the very least see this image. I wonder how many songs it has total.
Generally Splash Star gets the shaft, though, as the only continuity with a single season :(
Which is rather sad. Especially given the way it ended. I wanted more of well let's call them alternate Bright and alternate Windy.
Oh, and almost forgot, there's a Nintendo DS game coming out soon that features all of the Cures from all seasons combined into a single story.
Ok then as soon as clips show up on youtube, I have to see them. The idea of this sounds awesome. Save for certain barriers that are more my fault than anything else.
Not sure we'll ever see any canon crossover anime, however.
I suspect any possible crossover to be some sort of what if scenario. The key is a long enough runtime so all Cures get some focus and decent scenes. Granted we're talking potentially 13 of them. Imagine how bad it will be years down the road with possibly dozens of them.

[Quarkboy]

There's no copy on youtube but there's a cam of the promotional video that was shown at the recent dream festival on niconico:

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4558649

Looks pretty awesome, for a kids DS game anyway.

[Suwako Moriya]

Looks pretty awesome, for a kids DS game anyway.

Got a chance with some help to see the video. In any case it's both impressive and depressing. Impressive because it looks nice and depressing because now it makes it even more apparent how awesome a crossover could be.