Star Detective Pretty Cure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and The Pair’s Secret

2026 1h 11m JA

AnimationActionAdventureComedyFamily

Synopsis

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When mysterious creatures known as Damedame begin causing trouble, young detective Anna and her friends are called upon to investigate a strange new phenomenon: valuable objects marked with an X suddenly stop working. Their investigation takes an unexpected turn when a fairy named Rain asks them to protect a girl named Karin from the Damedame. Rain leads the detectives to Karin’s beautiful, dreamlike garden, where they meet Karin and Alan, a fairy who watches over her. As Anna and her friends grow closer to Karin and begin uncovering the garden’s secrets, the Damedame suddenly appear there as well. What are the mysterious Damedame, and what secret lies hidden within Karin’s garden?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hikari Senga
Anna Akechi / Cure Answer (voice)
Kaede Hondo
Mikuru Kobayashi / Cure Mystique (voice)
Nao Toyama
Luluka Moria / Cure Arcana / Cure Arcana Shadow (voice)
Ikumi Hasegawa
Kurea Howa / Cure Eclair (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Jett-senpai (voice)
Emiri Kato
Pochitan (voice)
Hina Youmiya
Mashutan (voice)
Karin Isobe
Shushutan (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hanako Ueda
Writers: Yoshimi Narita
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Pretty Cure Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hanako Ueda, shot by Takumi Arai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Hikari Senga and Kaede Hondo and Nao Toyama carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt41494821 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hanako Ueda directs. Takumi Arai behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3Part of the "Pretty Cure Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Hanako Ueda, shot by Takumi Arai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Hikari Senga and Kaede Hondo and Nao Toyama carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt41494821 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 14 themes, including "hero", "detective", "superhero", "fairy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Takumi Arai
Runtime: 71 min · 1h 11m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Star Detective Pretty Cure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and The Pair’s Secret (2026)

Part of

Pretty Cure Movie Collection

Pretty Cure (プリキュアシリーズ, Purikyua Shirīzu, lit. "Pretty Cure Series"), also known as PreCure (プリキュア, Purikyua) and PC, is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK, and Toei Animation. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls known as Pretty Cures who battle against evil forces. Starting in February 2004 with Futari wa Pretty Cure, the franchise has seen many anime series, spanning over 1000 episodes to date, as well as spawning movies, manga, toys, and video games. Its most recent iteration, Star Detective Pretty Cure!, began airing in February 2026 as part of TV Asahi's Sunday morning children's television block. To date, three series have received English adaptations.

Also by

Hanako Ueda

Production companies

Who made it

Toei Animation
JP

Key crew

Original ConceptIzumi Todo
Character DesignerEmiko Miyamoto
MusicErika Fukasawa
MusicMisaki Umase
Art DirectionRisa Fujii
Color DesignerSatoshi Takezawa
Script SupervisorYoshimi Narita

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

hero
detective
superhero
fairy
villain
time travel
female protagonist
heroine
precure
supervillain
anime
based on tv series
henshin heroes
magical girl

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical2026-11-19

Also known as

International titles

Eiga Meitantei PrecureJP
映画名探偵プリキュア！JP
Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and a Secret PairUS
Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of the TwoJP

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