Yes! PreCure 5
Yes! PreCure 5 is a Japanese anime series and the fourth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries produced by Toei Animation, featuring the third generation of Cures. The series aired on TV Asahi between February 2007 and January 2008 and was followed by a sequel season, Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!, which made up the franchise's fifth installment and aired between February 2008 and January 2009. Both series were directed by Toshiaki Komura and written by Yoshimi Narita. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who would go on to work on the character designs for Smile PreCure! and Hugtto! PreCure. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014. A manga adaptation was serialized in Kodansha's monthly Nakayoshi magazine. The series has made use of butterflies as the main topic whilst GoGo!'s main topic is roses.
Story
Yes! PreCure 5
The original series started broadcasting on February 4, 2007, and ended on January 27, 2008, in Japan. Nozomi Yumehara, a regular middle school student, finds a magical book called the Dream Collet in the library and meets Coco, a creature from the Palmier Kingdom. Nozomi decides to help restore his world, which has been destroyed by an organization called Nightmare, by completing the Dream Collet and finding the 55 Pinkies to make any wish come true. By making her decision to help Coco, she proves she has the heart to be a Pretty Cure and is given her Pinky Catch from a pink butterfly letting her transform into Cure Dream. Meanwhile, the Nightmares are fighting the cures to steal the Dream Collet and defeat Pretty Cure. To help, she must choose a team of four other students to be Pretty Cure so that she may help protect the Dream Collet and save Nuts from his entrapment within. Together with Cure Rouge, Cure Lemonade, Cure Mint and Cure Aqua, they form the Pretty Cure Team.Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!
The next sequel Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! started its run on February 3, 2008. The Cure Rose Garden has always been concealed from human eye. Flora, the area's guardian, watches over it and ensures that the path to the secret area doesn't appear. However Eternal, an art organization known for amassing treasure and artwork from many worlds, is trying to get to the garden. To do this, they first invade the Palmier Kingdom and four other kingdoms. Flora senses the approaching a danger and sends a letter to the Pretty Cures. Their new mission is to find the four rulers that have fled from their kingdoms since they hold the Rose Garden Keys. To perform this mission, Nozomi and the others regain their ability to transform into PreCure Five. Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! features the debut of Milk's human form and her Pretty Cure ego, Milky Rose.Characters
Pretty Cures
;Nozomi Yumehara Cure Dream;Rin Natsuki Cure Rouge
;Urara Kasugano Cure Lemonade
;Komachi Akimoto Cure Mint
;Karen Minazuki Cure Aqua
Mascots
;Coco / Kouji Kokoda;Nuts / Natsu
;Milk Kurumi Mimino Milky Rose
;Syrup / Shiroh Amai
;Mailpo
Villains
Nightmare
Nightmare is an evil organization and main villains of the first series who are after the Dream Collect to wish to bring it to bring despair to the world.;Girinma
;Gamao
;Arachnea
;Bunbee
;Hadenya
;Bloody
;Kowaina
;Kawarino
;Desparaia
Eternal
Eternal is an evil art organization and main villains of "GoGo!" who steal art and treasure, and are searching for the Cure Rose Garden.;Scorp
;Nebatakos
;Yadokhan and Isohgin
;Shibiretta
;Mucardia
;Anacondy
;Boss
;Hoshiina
Cure Rose Garden
;FloraFour Rulers
In the sequel, the Kings and Queens of four Kingdoms hold the Rose Garden Keys. For this, Eternal attacks their Kingdoms and they flee. Once a ruler is found, he or she must stay in the Rose Pact for a certain amount of time to recover. After which, they can go back and restore the Kingdom destroyed. Each have a special power that benefits themselves and the team, and the rulers can communicate with their crowns. Together, all four open the door to the Cure Rose Garden.;King Donuts
;Queen Bavarois
;Princess Crepe
;King Montblanc
Cures' families
;Megumi Yumehara;Kazuyo Natsuki
;Yu Natsuki and Ai Natsuki
;Sakamoto
L'École des Cinq Lumières
L'École des Cinq Lumières is the junior high school the Cures attend.;Kaori Konno
;Miho Saitō, Eri Nakazawa, and Aki Yamamoto
;Mika Masuko
;Yoshimi Morita
;Mayu Kudō and Kanako Miyamoto
;Otaka
Media
Television series
Both series were directed by Toshiaki Komura. Yes! PreCure 5 in Japan on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and other ANN stations between February 4, 2007 and January 27, 2008. GoGo! aired between February 3, 2008 to January 25, 2009. Both series has four pieces of theme music: two opening and two ending themes.The opening theme for Yes! PreCure 5 is "PreCure 5, Smile Go Go!" performed by Mayu Kudo with the chorus performed by Young Fresh with Mayumi Gojo. The first 32 episodes' ending theme is "Kirakira-shichatte My True Love!" performed by Kanako Miyamoto. For the final 18 episodes, the ending theme was changed to "Ganbalance de Dance ~Yumemiri Kiseki-tachi~", performed by Miyamoto with the PreCure 5. This song was also used as the theme for the film adaptation Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom!. An insert song in the series titled "Tobikkiri! Yūki no Door" was performed by Mariya Ise as her character Urara Kasugano and was used in episodes 20 and 29.
The opening theme for GoGo! is "PreCure 5, Full Throttle Go Go!", performed by Kudou. The first ending theme, used for the first 29 episodes, is "Te to Te Tsunai de Heart mo Link!!" performed by Miyamoto with Young Fresh. The second ending "Ganbalance de Dance ~Kibō no Relay~" was used for the remaining 19 episodes of the series, and performed by the Cure Quartet, comprising Ise, Uechiyae, Kudou, and Miyamoto. Two insert songs were also used in the series, the first being "Twin Tail no Mahō" by Ise as Urara Kasugano in episodes 18 and 37, and the other "Ashita, Hana Saku. Egao, Saku." by the Cure Quartet, sung right before the ending theme played on episode 48.
Films
A film, based on the series, entitled Yes! Precure 5: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! premiered on theaters on November 10, 2007. The second movie titled Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets also premiered on theaters on November 8, 2008. The second film is directed by Tatsuya Nagamine.The heroines also appear in all Pretty Cure All Stars movies, starting with Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends☆the Collection of Miracles!, first Released on March 14, 2009.