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Time to open the final Village Vanguard Luck Bag of 2026, the magical girl Red Lucky Bag

• Master Blaster
  Jan 22, 2026
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Another year, another assortment of weird cushions…

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• (fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • magical girls • New Year's • shopping • Village Vanguard)

New service lets you get calls from anime magical girls to say goodnight and that they love you

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2025

PreCure offer encouragement and praise for a monthly price.

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• (anime • apps • magical girls • manga • phone • PreCure • Pretty Cure • telephone • weird • You and Idol Pretty Cure)

Tokyo government makes a magical girl anime video about the dark side of contract scams【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2025

Magical girl contract goes very, very wrong in public service ad.

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• (anime • crazy • crime • funny • magical girls • manga • PSA • video)

For-adults PreCure anime could be on the way this year, trademark filing suggests

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2023

Adult PreCure’23 Power of Hope could be the for-grown-ups version of the magical girl anime that veteran fans have been waiting for.

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• Japan
• (anime • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure • Toei Animation)

Cute desserts, release! Card Captor Sakura collab cafe unseals tasty cakes and goods this Winter

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 20, 2021

Satisfy your inner Kero-chan and stuff yourself with sparkly Sakura-style sweets!

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• (anime • cafes • Card Captor Sakura • Card Captor Sakura Clear Card Arc • cute • food • magical girls • themed restaurants)

“Magical girl’s tears” inspires new fashion and accessories collection

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2021

Channel your inner heroine with Japan’s Department of Magic.

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• (accessories • anime • COK • cosplay • cute • fashion • Felissimo • jewellery • jewelry • Magical girl • magical girls)

Anime-style magical Girl dessert buffet at Tokyo Disney Sea hotel is full of sparkly sweetness

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 29, 2021

Grab your transformation wands and get ready to kick butt…by eating a bunch of adorable sweets!

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• (anime • buffet • COK • cute • food • Hilton Tokyo Bay • hotels • magical girls • sweets • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea)

We use makeup from Japanese kids’ anime Tropical-Rouge! PreCure on our adult faces【Photos】

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 26, 2021

Will we look as glamorous as Cure Summer if we use the products in the show?

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• (anime • beauty • COK • cosmetics • cute • fashion • kids • magical girls • makeup • PreCure • Pretty Cure • SNJO • Tropical-Rouge! PreCure)

For the not-so-low cost of US$1,300 you can own almost every Pretty Cure collector’s badge set

• Ingrid Tsai
  Aug 31, 2020

Emissary of Light, Cure… Badge!!!

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• Japan
• (anime • badges • collector's item • crazy • expensive • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure)

Home workout fun: Get in shape with Creamy Mami magical girl anime exercise videos

• Oona McGee
  May 8, 2020

“Creamy exercises” with a Japanese CG pop idol makes “butt training” and “punch time” fun.

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• Japan
• (1980s • 80s • Akemi Takada • anime • Creamy Mami • exercise • magical girls • manga • videos • workout)

Pretty Cure fans stoked to see four Pretty Cure characters represented on Tokyo 2020 merchandise

• Dale Roll
  Oct 10, 2019

Unlike the other franchises picked to be Tokyo Olympics spokescharacters, Pretty Cure is represented by many characters!

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• Japan
• (anime • Hugtto Pretty Cure • magical girls • merchandise • Olympics • Pretty Cure • Tokyo 2020 • Tokyo 2020 Olympics)

Children’s anime PreCure features magical girl actually giving birth to a child in series finale

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 31, 2019

Hugtto! PreCure’s final episode has aired, and only truly draws to a close after we see the protagonist as an adult screaming in labor pain.

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• (anime • childbirth • Hugtto Pretty Cure • magical girls • mothers • Parenting • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • weird)

4-year old wows Twitter with perfect pixel portrayals of Pretty Cure anime magical girls

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 6, 2018

The future looks bright for this budding artist, who made over 50 of the core PreCure cast out of acrylic beads.

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• (anime • awesome • beads • crafts • cute • kids • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure)

Adult PreCure fans learn anime game for little girls can be emotionally devastating for grown-ups

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2018

Dialogue in new Nintendo Switch video game is just fine for little kids, but “a form of harassment” for older fans.

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• (anime • funny • magical girls • nintendo switch • otaku • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • video games)

Miss Universe Japan debuts Sailor Moon ninja transformation dress as national costume for 2018

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2018

Yuumi Kato thrills audience at pre-broadcast event by transforming from sexy ninja to magical warrior Sailor Moon in seconds.

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• (anime • beautiful women • beauty • beauty pageant • Kodo Nishimura • magical girls • Miss Universe • Sailor Moon • Yuumi Kato)

Video highlights some of the disturbing Pretty Cure live show bloopers

• Master Blaster
  Sep 17, 2018

Given the massive number of live shows this franchise has put on, it’s no surprise they don’t always go off without a hitch.

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• (anime • funny • magical girls • Pretty Cure • show • video • weid • YouTuber)

Pretty Cure’s latest movie clip stars 55 sparkly magical girls from the anime franchise【Video】

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 7, 2018

The latest movie from Toei Animation’s PreCure series showcases every single magical heroine from the series’ 14-year run. Let’s get dancing!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • kids • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure • video)

Japan’s most popular anime series for little girls inspires sexy lingerie line for grown-up fans

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2018

Pretty Cure is here to cure monotony in lingerie design with bra and pantie sets for Cure Black and Cure White.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • fashion • lingerie • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure • Super Groupies)

Popular anime declares “Boys can be princesses too,” prompts apology from Japanese resort hotel

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2018

Pretty Cure encourages boys who feel like it to wear dresses and be princesses, hotel apologizes for not being progressive enough.

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• Japan
• (anime • gender • hotels • Huggto! PreCure • LGBT • magical girls • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • travel)

Pretty Cure fan reveals cost of purchasing every DVD and CD of the anime series, and it’s a lot

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2018

Which do you think costs more, the most expensive taco in the world or the entire video and musical anthology of magical girl anime franchise Pretty Cure?

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • awesome • CD • CDs • crazy • magical girls • otaku • Pretty Cure)

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  3. Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
  4. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  5. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  6. Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
  7. Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  8. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
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  8. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  6. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  7. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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