Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Prétear

Due to her father's remarriage, robust 16-year-old Himeno Awayuki moves into a large mansion with a beautiful garden—the quintessential dream house for any girl her age. However, much to Himeno's disappointment, her new stepfamily doesn't really seem to like her, as her stepmother often occupies herself with her father, her younger stepsister Mawata ignores her, and her other stepsister—the equally aged Mayune—tries to prank her at every opportunity.

But Himeno doesn't have time to dwell into thoughts of hopelessness—her new life has now become involved with a group of seven magical boys known as the Leafe Knights, after they ask her to become a magical princess who can borrow their powers! Although Himeno accepts their request and becomes the Prétear, she feels doubtful in her abilities to protect the world and its Leafe, the source of energy for all life. Will Himeno be able to find happiness among her new family and also save the Earth from the enemy, the Princess of Disaster?

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Hayate Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Awayuki, Himeno Main

Yoshida, Sayuri Japanese

Sasame Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Takako Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Shin Supporting

Nakanishi, Tamaki Japanese

Awayuki, Mawata Supporting

Kanda, Akemi Japanese

Kei Supporting

Naruse, Makoto Japanese

Mannen Supporting

Uechi, Aki Japanese

Goh Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Awayuki, Mayune Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Haruta, Katsunori Producer, Executive Producer

Fukura, Kei Producer

Ide, Mie Assistant Producer

Satou, Junichi Director, Storyboard, Original Creator

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Mar 10, 2024

Akumahime66

Recommended

This underrated show was one of my favorite shoujo anime when I was 13 and I still really love it ! its abit like a magical girl take on fairytales to a degree what I really liked is this anime does not really follow the typical magical girl formula I feel it stands out on its own and it has more depth to it than what you would expect , the characters are all pretty likeable and go through development Himeno and Hayate have the classic tsundere thing going on mainly with Hayate who starts off really cold be he warms up to her and ... falls in love with her its pretty much expected but I really liked watching their relationship grow,and its explained why he puts on a cold act later on which makes his personality understandable, the designs are very nice with attractive male characters for the classic bishie lovers like me animation is good for its time this was 2001 when computer animation was still a new thing I got nothing bad to say about it. Music is good I always adored the opening song. This anime has romance, comedy and drama some parts have made me close to crying ! so if you are into that sort of thing this should be the show for you. thankfully it has a very satisfying ending, which left me happy despite the sad parts. I would recommend this to anyone that likes a good shoujo romance anime and magical girls. yes giving it a 10 since I felt it did a great job at what its meant for. I did not find anything I disliked.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Mar 16, 2021

okamikotori

Mixed Feelings

So I am a big fan of magical girl shows and when I wanted to watch a somewhat shorter show, I landed on this one. It's short, it's sweet, it's a magical girl anime: I enjoyed myself.

But seriously guys, the main conflict of this show is beyond stupid.

STORY

So the story... In my opinion, the show moves through it's story beats relatively well and it doesn't try to be too complicated or sophisticated.

Which,, might be what's the problem here. The conflict in this show is SO melodramatic and #firstworldproblems , it's just plain funny. I wanted Himeno to roast the main villain for her ridiculous ... motivation so badly, but alas, the plot took itself seriously.

If you are above the age of 14, you probably can't take this story too seriously.

It is very much a magical girl show centered around the romance, so if that isn't your thing, then I'd stay away.

Some of the humour is a bit outdated. Some of it was still funny and a few jokes were a bit yikes (mostly centered around Tanaka, the butler, who isn't against the idea of one of the girls falling in love with him, apparently), but most of it just fall flat to me.

The theming is a bit lackluster in my opinion. So it's based on Snow White,, but only in the sense that her father remarries rich and her new family member don't treat her right sometimes; her father isn't dead or anything. Which, as a setting, I liked surprisingly well, but then you have this whole Leife deal, which brings in a more "everything is alive and connected" type of theming, but it doesn't really do that much with that either? Like I said, this show is mostly about who will become whose boyfriend by the end lol

ART

I REALLY love Himeno's general design and transformations, it's just really iconic. Her hair looks really bright in the pictures on this website, but her hair is such a beautiful soft orange in the show...

Her transformations are very dated and it's not something you'd see nowadays, but that's what I really love about it. It's also more pastel instead of the BRIGHT colours you'd see in say Tokyo Mew Mew a few years later. One thing I really liked about the character designs are her LONG legs

The transformation sequence itself isn't bad, but not my favourite.

SOUND

The opening is really good, I listen to it pretty often haha. It's honestly one of the reasons why I wanted to watch this show.

didn't notice the OST that much, but I did really like some of the voice acting, Himeno's VA in particular. She has a very soothing voice.

CHARACTER

Himeno is a very stereotypical main character. Eats a lot, loud, is physically ridiculously strong, but very sweet on the inside, ect. ect. But I do think it was executed well enough. I liked her and the way she treats the younger characters in the show.

Anyobdy else notice that Hayate is just EXACTLY like Tamahome from Fushigi Yuugi? lol

I liked the male characters in this show, I liked their dynamic with Himeno and their designs. Some of them get development, which is good. I liked the younger characters a lot, I think they were very cute!

This show has that one magical girl cliche that was really prevalent around this time, which is good character turns evil~ ooohh,,- I have yet to see this executed well honestly... Like,, brainwashing is fine, but I specifically mean this trope where they are jealous or something and that is their motivation for turning evil haha

ENJOYMENT

Yeah, I enjoyed myself. It wasn't exceptional, but I hadn't really expected it to be that way either. I think it was the perfect length and it had some definite merits (designs and the opening) But i don't think you should watch this if you aren't into shows from this era or into magical girl shows

OVERALL

It's a real 6/10 for me. If it had a better conflict I would have liked it way better, but it's not too long so it's watchable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 11, 2013

tuff2baunicorn

Not Recommended

As a high schooler with little experience watching anime, but plenty of enthusiasm, I jumped at the chance to buy Pretear when I found the series in the bargain bin at Best Buy. If I could go back in time and warn myself against this total waste of money I would. This series belongs in the bargain bin for sure, not in a DVD player.

Even as a 16 year old, when my tastes were far less developed, I was disappointed with this show. The characters are shallow, the plot is pointless and the stakes are very low. It tries to pull at your heart strings ... without investing you emotionally in the characters.

The protagonist and main love interest are both fairly unlikable. In fact all the characters are very one dimensional. It was very difficult to finish watching Pretear and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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