Suite Pretty Cure♪

Main information

Katakana

スイートプリキュア♪

Rōmaji

Suīto Purikyua♪

Studio

Toei Animation

Network

TV Asahi (Japan)

Original Run

February 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012

Episodes

48

Opening

La♪ La♪ La♪ Suite Pretty Cure♪
La♪ La♪ La♪ Suite Pretty Cure♪ ~∞UNLIMITED ver.∞~

Ending

Wonderful↑Powerful↑Music!!
♯Hope Rainbow♯

Series
←	→
Heartcatch Pretty Cure!	Smile Pretty Cure!

Suite Pretty Cure♪ (スイートプリキュア♪)^? is the eighth anime series of the Pretty Cure franchise.

Directed by Sakai Munehisa and produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered on TV Asahi on February 6^th, 2011, succeeding Heartcatch Pretty Cure! in its time slot.

The series' theme is music.

Media

Suite Pretty Cure♪ episodes
Suite Pretty Cure♪ : Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody! (Movie)
Suite Pretty Cure♪ Manga (Kamikita Futago)

Plot

Hibiki and Kanade are two friends who grew up together in Kanon Town. Though their personalities are very different, they share one thing in common: A connection to music. No matter how different they are or how much their differences cause them to quarrel, they both continue to share loving hearts. One day they meet Hummy, who is sent to the Human World from Major Land to collect the scattered notes of the Melody of Happiness. They have to instantly transform into Pretty Cures to resist the threats and evil music from Mephisto. Can they stop the Melody of Sorrow from disrupting their peaceful town, and can their warped friendship measure up to the bonds of Pretty Cure?

Characters

Pretty Cure

Hojo Hibiki (北条響, Hojo Hibiki)^? is 14 years old and has a cheerful personality. She excels at sports, an expert on soccer, but is very bad at studying. She also loves to eat sweet things, in particular, the cakes from Kanade's family's shop. Her alter ego is Cure Melody (キュアメロディ, Cure Melody)^?.
Minamino Kanade (南野奏, Minamino Kanade)^? is 14 years old, and she is Hibiki's childhood friend. Kanade is an excellent student, but she is not really good at sports. Her excellent grades and personality make her sort of a celebrity in her school. She dreams of being a pastry chef and taking over her parents' shop, the Lucky Spoon. She also has a strong love for cat paws. Her alter ego is Cure Rhythm (キュアリズム, Cure Rhythm)^?.
Siren (セイレーン, Siren)^? / Kurokawa Ellen (黒川エレン, Kurokawa Ellen)^? is a former Cat-like Fairy of Songs. Although she was born in Major Land and knows Hummy, she, at some point, betrayed Major Land and allied with Mephisto. She then realizes her mistakes and betrays Mephisto for Hummy's sake. Her strong feelings of friendship with Hummy turned her into a Cure and now a human. Her alter ego is Cure Beat (キュアビート, Cure Beat)^?.
Shirabe Ako (調辺アコ, Shirabe Ako)^? is a student in Kanon Elementary, same class with Minamino Souta. She is very mature for her age, but also very cold and not above handing out lectures, particularly towards Hibiki and Kanade. She masks as a mysterious fighter who rescues Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm since episode 11 and attacks with colorful piano keys. She often assists the Pretty Cures if they are trapped, but leaves them to finish off the Negatones. Her origin and status are unknown, and she has declared that she won't partner herself with the Pretty Cures until the moment is right. She also doesn't seem to speak, as her Fairy Tone partner, Dodory, does all the talking. In the events of episode 35, to stop Mephisto's riot, she declares her identity and claims that she is Mephisto's daughter. She turned into Cure Muse and awoken her father from his hypnosis. She rejected to join the Cures, but when they say that she's not alone, she decides to fight along with them. Her alter ego is Cure Muse (キュアミューズ, Cure Muse)^? and the Masked Cure.

Mascots

Hummy (ハミィ, Hummy)^? is a female cat-like Fairy of Songs and the partner of both Hibiki and Kanade. She is the annual singer of the Melody of Happiness and Best friend of Siren. Hummy is sent to the human world to search and collect the scattered notes of the Melody of Happiness and she met both Kanade and Hibiki to help her collect.
The Fairy Tones (フェアリートーン, Fairy Tones)^? are nine creatures with different colors, each of which is named after a different note. They lend their powers to Pretty Cure in different ways.

Minor Land

Mephisto (メフィスト, Mephisto)^? is the king of the Minor Land. He attempts to make the Melody of Happiness into the Melody of Sadness to turn all worlds tragic and to fulfill his taste of music. He was actually a pawn and was hypnotized. Before he was brainwashed, he was the King of Major land and husband of Aphodite and father of Ako. He soon was back to normal and dearly loves Ako very much.
Trio the Minor (トリオ・ザ・マイナー , Trio the Minor)^? is a trio, who worked for Mephisto, and also worked with Siren. They sing in unison rather than speak individually. However, they do speak individually sometimes. They used to work in Major Land as the Three Musketeers, but they betrayed Major Land and joined Mesphisto and their mission is to gather the Notes to make the Melody of Sadness. The members are:
- Bassdrum (バスドラ, Bassdrum)^? - Is one of the members. He has a deep voice when singing. He has a green beard, which has a similar haircut as his hair.
- Baritone (バリトン, Baritone)^? - Is one of the members. He is smart and has a cool personality. He has long, blue hair.
- Falsetto (ファルセット, Falsetto)^? - Is one of the members. He has a high pitched voice when singing. After his friends and Mephisto turn good again, he is revealed to be the spy from Noise of Evil, however, later he turns good again. He has pink hair.
Noise (ノイズ, Noise)^? is the actual enemy behind the operation. He has three forms: P-chan, beast and humanoid.
Negatone (ネガトーン, Negatone)^? are the monsters summoned in this series, whenever a note is attached to an object.

Others

Aphrodite (アフロディテ, Aphrodite)^? is the queen of the nation "Major Land". She hosts the anniversary of the Melody of Happiness to pray for the peace of all worlds. She is the wife of Mephisto and mother of Ako.
Higashiyama Seika (東山聖歌, Higashiyama Seika)^? is the president of the sweets club, and Kanade refers to her as the "Queen of Sweets". She does not seem to like to be addressed so formally, however, and asks Kanade to call her by her first name.
Minamino Souta (南野奏太, Minamino Souta)^? is Kanade's younger brother. While he seems to get on Kanade's nerves she really does care for him.
Ouji Masamune (王子正宗, Ouji Masamune)^? is the leader of the "musical princes" orchestra club. he is very popular with the girls, including Kanade who has a crush on him.
Nishijima Waon (西島和音, Nishijima Waon)^? is one of Hibiki, Kanade and Ellen's classmates, she plays on the soccer team with Hibiki and appears to have a close relationship with her.

Items

Cure Module - A transformation device used by all four Cures.
Miracle Belltier - A rod-like weapon used by Melody.
Fantastic Belltier - A rod-like weapon used by Rhythm.
Love Guitar Rod - A rod-like weapon used by Beat.

Locations

Major Land (メイジャーランド, Major Land)^? - is the home place of Hummy and Siren. The annual concert of the Melody of Happiness is hosted here by the queen of the land, Aphrodite, in order to keep the world in peace.
Minor Land (マイナーランド, Minor Land)^? - is the place where the evil king Noise, his minions, and his kingdom reside.
Kanon Town (加音町, Kanon Town)^? - The homeplace of Hojo Hibiki and Minamino Kanade. Kanon Town is known as "The Town of Music".
Private Aria Academy (私立アリア学園中学校, Private Aria Academy)^? - is the high school Hibiki, Kanade, Ellen and many other characters in Suite Pretty Cure♪ attend. Hibiki's father Dan works at the school as a music teacher and conductor for the popular quintet group, Musical Princes.
Municipal Kanon Elementary School (市立加音小学校, Municipal Kanon Elementary School)^? - an Elementary school attended by Minamino Souta & Shirabe Ako.
Lucky Spoon (ラッキースプーン, Lucky Spoon)^? - Bakery is known for its cupcakes, home of the Minamino family, including Kanade & Souta
Shirabe Mansion (調べの館, Shirabe Mansion)^? - Home of Shirabe Otokichi & adopted home of Ako after she's forced to flee Major Land; also home of the pipe organ maintained to protect Major Land in time of need.

Trivia

Suite Pretty Cure♪ is the only season so far to:
- give the Cures have different individual weapons from each other.
- celebrate Valentine's/White day.^SPC06
Phonetically "suite" sounds the same as "sweet" in Japanese and English. In addition to that, Kanade and her family specialize in making sweets.
Most of the episode titles have some kind of sound or onomatopoeia at the beginning of them.
Suite Pretty Cure♪ was the last original analog transmission in Japan. 44 prefectures were transitioned to the digital terrestrial television on July 24^th, 2011.
Suite Pretty Cure♪ had one episode delayed because of the 9.1 Magnitude Earthquake that hit Japan on March 11^th, 2011. The series had one episode less than initially planned due to the delay.
Suite Pretty Cure♪ remains one of the few seasons where the identity of mid-season Cures were not spoiled through datamining merchandise. This is attributed to the audio chips for the Cure Module were not contained within the toy itself, but rather within the accompanying Fairy Tones that are inserted into it to play the audio, thus making any audio pertaining to Cure Beat or Cure Muse inaccessible until the toys for Lari and Dodori were officially sold.
Shortly prior to the premiere of Suite Pretty Cure♪, an anonymous user on a Japanese message board posted an image featuring two supposed unrevealed Cures: Cure Beat and Cure Symphony, mimicking an authentic leak which surfaced a few days prior to the broadcast of Heartcatch! Pretty Cure, infamously leaking Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight before their official debut. The initial image shared to the board was notably blurry, causing additional information — such as the supposed characters' civilian names — to be illegible aside from the names of their alter egos. Following the eventually premiere of the season, fans noticed a resemblance between the designs from supposed leak to the official characters Nishijima Waon and Higashiyama Seika, thus causing some fans to buy into it as potentially legitimate. Siren / Kurokawa Ellen and Shirabe Ako were later officially revealed as Cure Beat and Cure Muse respectively, contradicting what the supposed leak suggested. On December 27^th, 2011, a high quality version of the initial image was released by an anonymous user (presumably the same induvial responsible for posting the image initially), alongside additional art of the designs from the fake leak, admitting to have fabricated the image with the intent of fooling people, ultimately concluding it to be a hoax.^[1]
- The high quality version of the fake leak and the additional art posted by the anonymous user after the fact detailed their process of fabricating the designs. The civilian names assigned to the fake Cure Beat and Cure Symphony were revealed as "Nishino Uta" (西野唄) and "Todo Koto" (東堂琴) respectively. The anonymous user stated that they had initially intended to break the story once Suite♪ had began broadcasting, though the appearance of Waon and Seika who each bore a remarkable resemblance to the designs they'd created, coupled with one of the eventual additional Cures coincidentally sharing the name of "Cure Beat", prompted them to hold out on coming clean until towards the end of the season. They also apologized for deceiving people and clarified that they wouldn't created any fake leaks for the following season, Smile Pretty Cure!.
- A widespread misconception alleges that the fake Cures was created and distributed by Toei Animation staff, intended as a means of purposely misleading fans in response to Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight being spoiled during the broadcast of Heartcatch! through the spread of leaks. However, this notion is completely false due to the aforementioned reasoning, as well as the fake Cure designs not being present in any official artbooks or magazines pertaining to Suite Pretty Cure♪.