Smile Pretty Cure!

Smile Pretty Cure! (スマイルプリキュア！) is a Japanese anime series and the ninth upcomming series of the Pretty Cure anime franchise by Izumi Todo. Produced by Toei Animation, the series will begin airing on TV Asahi in Spring 2012, replacing Suite Pretty Cure♪ in its initial timeslot.

Official Announcement
Smile Pretty Cure! was first announced in Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web in November 2011 after Toei officially revealed the new copyright name for the ninth series. Later that month the official logo was revealed by TV Asahi. Also, the official pamphlet included in the December issue of Nakayoshi reveals An official pamphlet reveals the character designs of the 5 main cures alongside their fairy mascot, Candy. The ninth Pretty Cure Series is announced to premiere in February 5, 2012, thus setting up Suite Pretty Cure♪ to have a grand total of 48 episodes.

Plot
Somewhere in our universe... there was a place called Maerchen Land, where characters from fairytales lived. In a corner of Maerchen Land, there existed a Bad End Kingdom, where the villians of all the fairytales gathered. In order to show everyone the "Worst Ending", they travelled to Earth to collect Bad Energy. If they succeed, all the worlds in the universe would suffer from the "Worst Ending"...

In order to prevent this, the 5 Legendary Warriors, Pretty Cure, needed to get the Cure Decor back from the villians. The Cure Decor was the power of happiness of the Maerchen Land Queen, and it had been stolen and hidden away. Set to the task of finding the Pretty Cure, Candy the fairy followed the 5 Beams of Light to Earth, where she met a flustered Miyuki, a transfer student on her first day of school, and already running late...

Pretty Cure
Hoshizora Miyuki/Cure Happy

A fourteen year old girl with an interest in books and fairy tales who transfers to Nanairogaoka Middle School. Like many of the lead Cures before her, Miyuki is cheery and optimistic, but also something of a klutz. Her catchphrase is "Ultra Happy!". She transforms into Cure Happy who uses the power of light.

Hino Akane/Cure Sunny

A girl from Osaka whose parents run an okonomiyaki shop and is a member of the school's volleyball team. Akane may be a jokester, but when she has a goal set, she can be very passionate about achieving it. She transforms into Cure Sunny and uses the power of fire.

Kise Yayoi/Cure Peace

A girl who is in the Homemaking Club and aspires to be a Mangaka. Though timid, shy about her work, and a crybaby, Yayoi is very loyal, diligent, and headstrong when pushed. She transforms into Cure Peace and uses the power of lightning.

Midorikawa Nao/Cure March

A tomboyish girl from a family with many brothers who is a member of the school's soccer team. Nao is straightforward and reliable with a strong sense of justice, though she does get frustrated when things don't go according to plan. She transforms into Cure March who uses the power of wind

Aoki Reika/Cure Beauty

The student council vice president and a member of the Art Club, often writing poems and tanka. Reika is generally elegant and kind-hearted, but has a frightening temper once her patience reaches her limit. Her father is a painter whilst her mother practices aikido and her elder brother practises judo. She transforms into Cure Beauty and uses the power of ice.

Mascots
Candy

Candy is the mascot of the group. She was sent to Earth from collect the Cure Decor to save Maerchen Land

Villains
Pierrot - is an evil emperor of Bad End Kingdom, who invaded Maerchen Land to steal the Cure Decor and bring about the "Worst Ending".

Bad End Kingdom

The homeplace of the antagonists of the series, whose residents invaded Märchenland and traveled to Earth in an attempt to give it the "Worst Ending" by collecting Bad Energy.

Items
Smile Pact - the Cures' transformation device.

Cure Decor-Special tokens that can be used either to revive the Queen of Märchenland or bring about the Worst Ending.

Locations
Maerchen Land - A fairy tale kingdom where all fairytale characters live. The Queen has been sealed before the story begins. Maerchen is German for "fairytales".

Nanairogaoka Middle School - The school that the Cures attend. Nanairo means "rainbow" in Japanese.

Trivia

 * The character designer for Yes! Pretty Cure 5 is also the character designer for this installment which explains the similarities in the two installments' character designs.
 * Along with sharing the same character designer, the two installments' Cures also share the same colors.
 * Smile Precure is the second to have similarities with another season (Yes! Pretty Cure 5! Gogo), along side of Max Heart and Splash Star.
 * Smile Pretty Cure is the first Pretty Cure season to have two athletic main characters.