Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ (Japanese: 映画 プリキュアオールスターズ 春のカーニバル♪, Hepburn: Eiga Purikyua Ōru Sutāzu: Haru no Kānibaru♪) is a 2015 Japanese animatedactionfantasy film based on the Pretty Cure franchise created by Izumi Todo. The film is directed by Junji Shimizu, written by Mio Inoue, and produced by Toei Animation. The film was released in Japan on March 14, 2015.[2]
While waiting to go shopping, Minami compliments Haruka's singing, but Kirara freaks her out as she mentions a singing exam. Then, the Pretty Cures receive an invitation to a Spring Carnival taking place in the musical kingdom of Harmonia. At the same time, two devious criminals Odoren and Utaen captured the kingdom. As they arrive, Go! Princess PreCure team introduce themselves to the HappinessCharge PreCure! team: Megumi, Hime, Yūko and Iona, whom are surprised by the new Cures. Posing as the royals, Odoren asks the Pretty Cures to perform on stage to show their appreciation for the fairies, which puts more pressure on Haruka.
As each of the Pretty Cures perform, Odoren and his partner Utaen secretly capture their fairies and steal their transformation items. Near the end of the carnival, Odoren, having obtained everyone's items, seals them away in a chest so they can no longer transform. However, Haruka, believing in the power of song, sings alongside Minami and Kirara, awakening Dress Up Keys that frees the locked away items.
Working together, the Cures fight off Odoren's minions and free the captured royal family, who reveal the festival was meant to appease a dragon who guards over Harmonia. Enraged by the festival being interrupted, the kingdom's deity dragon awakens and unleashes its anger upon the kingdom. However, by using the keys formed from their song, the Go! Princess team, with the power of all the Cures to transform into the "Primevera Elegant Mode", and uses the "Pretty Cure Rainbow Tornado" to calm down the dragon. With royal family's gratitude and the deity's request, the Go! Princess team takes the stage, while Odoren and Utaen ends up as the kingdom's janitors.
Haruka, Minami and Kirara heads back to school, though Haruka is more determined to sing and ace the exam.
In November 2014, it was announced that the next Pretty Cure All Stars film was in the works, with Junji Shimizu directing the film, with Mio Inoue providing the screenplay, and Yasuharu Takanashi providing the musical score.[2][3]
The film features two version of the theme song, titled "Ima koko kara" (イマココカラ, lit. "Starting From Here"). The first version, sung by the voice actresses of Pretty Cure All Stars is used as an insert song for the film, while Japanese girl groupMorning Musume sung the second version, which was used for the ending.[4][5]
Release
The film was released in theaters in Japan on March 14, 2015.[2]
References
^"映画プリキュアオールスターズ 春のカーニバル♪" ["Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2015.
