Hirogaru Sky! Precure

Hirogaru Sky! Precure is airing as a 20th anniversary series for the Pretty Cure franchise, and has so far been delivering well on the hype on which it was built upon.

Starring our first blue “leader” cure, as well as the first male main team cure and adult cure, Hirogaru sky is certainly breaking past the barriers of what most fans would expect from a season of this show. Going with the theme of soaring high into endless expanse above, this show takes the audience on an unforgettable adventure between the worlds of Skyland and Earth as the cures fight monsters threatening to ruin the peace ... of their lovely city.

If I had to give one major criticism to this season, it would be that the monsters are among the more generic types for pretty cure, just being a manifestation of “Undergu energy” as opposed to Heartcatch’s use of negative human emotions or Go! Princess’ use of dreams being sealed away.

As for the characters, so far I am personally loving their development and interactions, with the show having already taken great care in creating situations and conflicts to which the audience can relate with on some level, and connect with the main cast.

Overall, I would definitely recommend picking this one up if you’re a fan of Precure already, or even if you’re a newcomer struggling to decide which season to begin with!

Hirogaru Sky is a wonderful Hopepunk series. A mix of magical girl transformations, tokusatsu battles and craziness, shojo manga emotion, slice-of-life, a bit of Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, and even some Iyashikei, all rolled into one! The youngest viewers love the color and cuteness, but the grown-up themes may fly over their heads, while appealing to adults.

Toei has a habit of breaking character stereotypes, and this year is no exception. The lead Cure, Sora (blue), is focused on heroism, athleticism, and constant training. Mashiro's forte is her strength and dedication to kindness- usually the lead Cure's role.

Ageha, as an 18-year-old Cure who ... is training to be a nursery-school teacher. She brings adult perspectives and skills to the team, and her child-handling abilities come in handy when kids are in danger and need to be evacuated. Her main themes are excitement and protection, and she adds a lot of fun to the series.

Tsubasa / Cure Wing is the first boy who's a full member of a team. Thankfully they avoid the savior/love interest trope while still giving him a boy's personality. Toei went above and beyond to create a role model for boys who shows he can work alongside girls, making use of his strengths while valuing theirs.

Kabaton, the first villain general, is a fat purple pig who initially uses a toxic farting attack.Unusual for a cartoon villain, he quickly learns not to underestimate the Cures and never makes the same mistake twice. He may be questionable as a credible villain at first.

Another standout is the background and incidental music. They change the battle themes and other music regularly. If possible, listen with good earbuds, headphones, etc because a lot of the layers won't be heard otherwise.

Hirogaru Sky's a good entry point for the Precure metaseries- each season has its own themes and strengths. So far it's a good all-rounder and being the newest, it's one of the easier ones to access.

Soaring Sky Pretty Cure the 20th Anniversary Season , and the 20th Season of the Precure franchise as a whole , this was a surprisingly good Season for a Anniversary Season, its pretty great from a animation standpoint , and a Character standpoint , the problems are the lack of good villains or really anything good from past seasons , Cure Sky a good main character , Cure Prism a good secondary character, Cure Wing the first male Cure also fits in really well , Cure Butterfly the first 18 years old Cure is also here ... , there also a spoiler Cure for the last one but I won't ruined that for ya

Soaring Sky Pretty Cure is a right direction for Precure , the lack of good villains is a minus for me , and the lack of Edge from Past season really irks me in that regard

Hope Wonderful Pretty Cure fix that