ThePrecuremagical girl anime franchise will be continuing in 2022, with another series, titledDelicious Party Precure.
As usual, as we reach the end of the year, new trademarks from Toei Animation have been made public, revealing the names and logos for the nextPrecureseries before its official reveal.
2022Precureseries revealed asDelicious Party Precure, new logo
The usual trademark bot keeping track of trademarking in Japan revealed Toei Animation has trademarkedDelicious Party Precureon June 07, 2025. The trademark was made public on November 2.
The nextPrecureseason wasn’t officially announced yet, so we don’t have characters details or visuals yet. (The artwork above is fromTropical Rouge Precure). However, we’ll have some character names soon through merch like the usual transformation toy, before the official announcement.
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ThePrecureseries started in 2004 withFutari wa Purikyuaand ended up becoming a huge hit. It’s one of the most lucrative kids and toys-related franchises in Japan.Futari wa Precureis availableon Crunchyrollif you wanna discover the series' origin.
A new series has been released every year since, with varying quality when it comes to writing and animation, seeing each series' core staff is different.Delicious Party Precurewill be starting next Spring and it’ll be the 19th series.
Precurealso managed to adapt through the various trends in Japan, most notably by introducing iconic ending animation sequences where the characters are seen dancing and singing in CG. Adapting to the new idol-themed anime boom of the late 2000s.
The latest movie was just released in Japanese theaters on July 17, 2025, as well.Tropical-Rouge!Pretty Cure: TheSnow Princess and the Miraculous Ring.
As a side note, 2022 will also mark the 10th anniversary ofSmile Precure. It’s thePrecureseries most people nowadays are accustomed to outside Japan. Seeing it’s the first one that was brought over with the truncated, censored version “Glitter Force”.
Thankfully, nowPrecureis finally available in its original form on official streaming platforms, which stopped shunning kids anime. The current series,Tropical Rouge Precure, withFairouz Aivoicing protagonist Cure Summer, is available onCrunchyroll.
Personally speaking, I’m definitely looking forward to morePrecure, while keeping my head out for other kids anime. There is so much out there besidesPrecure, likeWaccha PriMagi, available on HIdive. It’s part of the Pretty Series (details here), which has a similar name toPrecurebut is completely unrelated. You could always ask me more on Twitter.
