A taste of how Precure is...

[RomanMack]

Well, I'm assuming alot of the fights are like this one, anyways... Just a 5-minute clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXLYuDPWqM

Lol. I mean, seriously. It's practically DBZ on how the fights are handled... Except the main characters are girls. And 4Kids was attempting to lisence it? Wow.

It's pretty physical for a shoujo.

[Fresh V]

....Holy crap. It's a shoujo DBZ.

I even saw someone turn Super Saiyan.

[Beat]

Forget "like" DBZ. That WAS DBZ, if DBZ had loli schoolgirls instead of musclebound monkeys based off of Journey to the West. The fighting, the rampant yelling, all that was missing was for someone to blurt out "It's over 9000!"

[firecrouch]

Yuh know, despite the fact "Sailor Moon" was such a big hit in the States, a lot of broadcasters are still weary of doing shoujo. "Cardcaptors" could've done well with the mainstream audience, but Nelvana screwed that over. 4Kids got two really good shoujo shows, but they're still 4Kids, and, well, the expected happened. They flopped.

The problem is that all these great shonen shows that get on Cartoon Network do well because they appeal to both boys and girls. Broadcasters aren't sure if there's a shoujo out there that can appeal to both genders. After seeing this clip, I can confidentally say that "Pretty Cure" might be the shoujo show to pull in great ratings while "Sailor Moon" is out of comission. Seriously, CN should consider having an extra hour to their Toonami block for girls like 4Kids does (I've thought for a while Toonami should start at 5:00 or 6:00 and end at 11:00 or 10:30). Except this hour wouldn't be headlined with tripe like "Bratz" and stuff that I'm done with like "Winx Club". It could be headlined with something cool like "Pretty Cure" snd some other shoujo. I know the "Full Moon" DVD releases are slow because Viz is still trying to get it on T.V. (even though it's not action, it's still good). How 'bout "Nanoha"? "Magic Kinght Rayearth"? Could "Tsubasa" be reasonably edited to fit within Toonami broadcasting standards?

[Anyone00]

Wow, Majin-Leno.

[Captain Highwind]

Ha ha

Their Spirit Bomb sux

4KIDS can keep it.

[firecrouch]

Ha ha

Their Spirit Bomb sux

4KIDS can keep it.

I seriously doubt 4Kids even has the show, or ever had it in the first place. I mean seriously, there's so many ways you can point out that 4Kids hasn't licensed "PreCure". I'll believe when I see a press release or something to that effect.

[Riza Hawkeye]

It's certainly been a long time since I've posted here...

I seriously doubt 4Kids even has the show, or ever had it in the first place. I mean seriously, there's so many ways you can point out that 4Kids hasn't licensed "PreCure". I'll believe when I see a press release or something to that effect.
They've had the license to "Pretty Cure" since Feb. 2006 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-24/4kids-licenses-pretty-cure). The clip was also from the "Pretty Cure: Splash Star" (the third season which is a spinoff), which 4Kids does not have; although they've done nothing but sit on the their "Pretty Cure" license since Kahn announced it.

[Beat]

Wasn't that the license that made everyone think Khan was a lolicon because of his comments on the series?

[RomanMack]

Wasn't that the license that made everyone think Khan was a lolicon because of his comments on the series?No. Even worse. Magical Doremi.


EDIT: Here's another clip I saw...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQ3pdDRG7k&mode=related&search=

I'll say one thing... This shoujo has alot more "fighting" than the usual ones you see.

[firecrouch]

It's certainly been a long time since I've posted here...

They've had the license to "Pretty Cure" since Feb. 2006 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-24/4kids-licenses-pretty-cure). The clip was also from the "Pretty Cure: Splash Star" (the third season which is a spinoff), which 4Kids does not have; although they've done nothing but sit on the their "Pretty Cure" license since Kahn announced it.

All that happened was that Al Kahn said at the Anime & Manga Panel at the New York Comic-Con that his company has acquired "Pretty Cure" and that it would be debuting on 4Kids.tv during the next winter/spring season. Were now in that T.V. season, and I haven't heard anything since. Nothing. No official word like a press release or a re-confirmation or a schedule whatsoever. Why would 4Kids sit on a show they haven't even used yet, that they haven't shown that they'll be using anytime soon, after two other big shoujo shows they acquired failed (and "PreCure" is bigger than "Tokyo Mew Mew" and at least as big as "Magical Doremi", or bigger), after they explained why they'll be focusing more on original and co-productions over licensed material, and after they're obviously pouring more resources into "Chaotic" (oh the pain!!!), "Viva Pinata", and "Yu-Gi-Oh" re-runs? It just doesn't add up. This is still just speculation though, so I might just contact 4Kids and/or Toei Animation when I have the time because I'm curious.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Wow... you know that might actually work for Toonami that is if 4kids alleged license never came to fruition.

[firecrouch]

Wow... you know that might actually work for Toonami that is if 4kids alleged license never came to fruition.

Hellz yeah! Maybe we should start a PreCure thread in the Toonami forum?

[Andrew T. Hingson]

I wouldn't go that far yet...

[Gokou Ruri]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXLYuDPWqM Why couldn't PPGZ at least have fights in that style? It'd fit a lot more.

[firecrouch]

I wouldn't go that far yet...

When's the best time? I've aleady mentioned PreCure in the "Shows You'd Like to See on Toonami" thread.

[RomanMack]

It's still very cutesy, though. Not sure if that'd fit Toonami. But who knows.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Well I don't know man.

Toonami hasn't aired a shoujo since Sailor Moon and the brief run of Card Captors. But if Miguzi is as dead as it looks to be then Precure might find it's way on to Toonami. It'd certainly be a change of pace.

[RomanMack]

I wouldn't mind if it replaced Pokemon or GX, anyways.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Shoujo first hour perhaps?

PPGZ + Precure could work.

Though IMO PPGZ doesn't have enough action (at least from what I've seen).

[RomanMack]

Ahh, I see. The way the seasons are made makes it kinda like Digimon.

The first two series added together add up to 96 episodes. While the clip I first showed ya'll, as Riza said, belongs to "Pretty Cure: Splash Star" which is the 3rd season and has a completely new cast.

There's also gonna be a 4th season, which looks like it'll replace the characters again. Ala Digimon, I soppose.

[Funkatron]

in terms of out of the ordinary Mahou Shoujo, nothing beats Mahou Shoujo lyrical Nanoha; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enddG9g_cFA

[Riza Hawkeye]

One thing I liked about "Pretty Cure" was a lot of the fighting is hand-to-hand, at least the first two seasons were like that, I haven't really watched "Splash Star". Nagisa and Honoka only used their special attacks (for the most part) to finish off the enemy. That being said, "Nanoha" still trumpts "PreCure".

Oh and the fourth season already started, it started Sunday.

[Dark Fact]

Maybe the reason why 4Kids hasn't put PreCure on is because of the One Piece fiasco. After 4Kids completely failed to make One Piece a hit and wound up turning the series into a farce instead, Toei is fearful of "lightning striking twice" with PreCure. It's a possibility that PreCure's license was yanked along with 4Kids if Toei even yanked the licenses to begin with.

Then again, I'm just spouting conspiracy theories here. We'll have to wait till the spring to see if that really is the case. :p

[firecrouch]

Maybe the reason why 4Kids hasn't put PreCure on is because of the One Piece fiasco. After 4Kids completely failed to make One Piece a hit and wound up turning the series into a farce instead, Toei is fearful of "lightning striking twice" with PreCure. It's a possibility that PreCure's license was yanked along with 4Kids if Toei even yanked the licenses to begin with.

Then again, I'm just spouting conspiracy theories here. We'll have to wait till the spring to see if that really is the case. :p

It's possible.

[Dark Fact]

If it is true that Toei yanked the license, the fans of PreCure can rejoice! Hopefully Toei can give the license to someone more capable of handling this property...like ADV or Viz Media...or even Bandai!

[Conan-san]

Maybe the reason why 4Kids hasn't put PreCure on is because of the One Piece fiasco. After 4Kids completely failed to make One Piece a hit and wound up turning the series into a farce instead, Toei is fearful of "lightning striking twice" with PreCure. It's a possibility that PreCure's license was yanked along with 4Kids if Toei even yanked the licenses to begin with.

Then again, I'm just spouting conspiracy theories here. We'll have to wait till the spring to see if that really is the case. :p Makes sence with Toei the us anime killers.

[Dark Fact]

The licenses for these anime properties are 5 years right? If the license for PreCure was in 2006, and it's still in effect, it would be in 2011 that the license will expire. I wonder if this means 4Kids will lose the Yu-Gi-Oh! license soon? They mentioned on 4KidsTV last saturday that their "movie" event involving episodes 22-24 of Yu-Gi-Oh! will be shown for the last time and never again. I can't see them doing this unless they're going to lose the license or they're being a bunch of jackasses who don't want to air the first season anymore.

[GWOtaku]

Okay, yeah, this is little girls fighting. I know. But, the fighting in this show is better than DBZ. Continuous fighting without constant analysis and dialogue? No comic relief antics interrupting the main event? Teamwork? In DBZ they don't know the meaning of the word.

Of course now I'm wondering how they get out of the jam they're in at the end of the video...

[RomanMack]

Lol, wow. I just saw another clip complete with a "veiw of the Earth being effected by an explosion" type scene.

[Conan-san]

They were aiming for something with Pre-cure...

Just not interely sure what it was.


There's also gonna be a 4th season, which looks like it'll replace the characters again. Ala Digimon, I soppose.And it's going to re-write the formula...

...

Uh Oh.

[Tea]

Hey, it's better than the usual shoujo alternative which involves a lot of dancing and chanting.

[Captain Highwind]

Hey, it's better than the usual shoujo alternative which involves a lot of dancing and chanting.

So the alternative is W.I.T.C.H.Ball Z?

Not alot of options here...

[Tea]

Yeah, you don't get that with mahou shoujo. :sweat:

[Conan-san]

Hey, it's better than the usual shoujo alternative which involves a lot of dancing and chanting.Except in the case of GaoGaiGar Nanoha

[Ojamajo_LimePie]

Teamwork? In DBZ they don't know the meaning of the word.

PreCure can't transform or perform their finishing attack without each other.

Another great thing about PreCure is that the individual fights don't drag on for multiple episodes; there are lots of smaller confrontations. The big finale battles last a couple of episodes, but we're not talking '5-minutes-on-Namek.'

[Gokou Ruri]

So the alternative is W.I.T.C.H.Ball Z?

Not alot of options here... Heroes either physically attack or they shoot magic attacks.

So I suppose not.