Saban Promoting Smile Precure! As "Glitter Force" • Anime UK News

Over two years have passed since the conclusion of Toei Animation’s Smile PreCure!, the ninth television anime in their Pretty Cure magical girl franchise, but it looks like preperations may be underway for the series’ overseas debut.

WorldScreen’s programming guide for the entertainent company Saban Brands (Digimon, Power Rangers) has revealed a listing for Glitter Force, a girls’ action series depicting artwork from the Smile PreCure! franchise. The series is currently listing as containing forty 22-minute long episodes, which is slightly less than the fourty-eight episodes of the original series. At the time of writing, Saban Brands have yet to announce an acquisition of the PreCure! brand.

The franchise’s twelth and latest instalment, Go! Princess PreCure, is currently being broadcast in Japan.

Source (via AnimeNewsNetwork)

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