Princess PreCure, is a 2015 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, and the twelfth installment to Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the tenth generation of Cures.

[2] The series' main topics are hopes and dreams, with the Cures' overall motifs being princesses, keys, and perfumes.

Eight years ago, a young girl named Haruka Haruno dreamed of becoming a Princess like the ones in fairy tales and picture books, but was bullied by her classmates in kindergarten because of it.

She later met a boy named Kanata, who gave her a strange charm while having her promise to never give up on her dreams.

One day, she encounters two fairies from the Hope Kingdom: Pafu and Aroma, who are being pursued by a strange man named Close.

Each also has alternate forms called Mode Elegant (モードエレガント, Mōdo Ereganto), in which they use their main attacks.

The Royal Fairies (ロイヤルフェアリー, Roiyaru Fearī) are a group of magical animals who serve the Prince of the Hope Kingdom, entrusted to find the Pretty Cures and educate them to be a real Princess.

After taking over Hope Kingdom, Dys Dark's forces are dispatched to Yumegahama to find the Dress Up Keys.

However, after Lock's act of treason and purification, Dys Dark loses Hope Kingdom's castle, with a revived Dyspear creating a new palace from thorns.

All the generals survive after Dyspear's defeat, with Close departing after fighting Cure Flora and Shut and Lock starting a new life in Yumegahama.

Close, Shut and Lock serve as Dyspear's elite subordinates and form a group called the Three Musketeers (三銃士, Sanjūshi).

They have the power to trap people's dreams in the Gate of Despair to create Zetsuborgs, whose appearance varies depending on which general summoned them.

The series was first trademarked by Toei on October 7, 2014 by the Japan Patent Office to be used in a variety of goods and merchandise and became public later that month.

[10] On November 28, 2014, the series's official teaser site opened, revealing its release date.

[16] To promote the anime, trailers were shown during the final four episodes of HappinessCharge PreCure!, featuring the transformation scenes of the main Cures.

Toei Animation Inc. licensed the series in select territories and began streaming in Crunchyroll on June 30, 2024.

[17] The main characters appeared in the movie Pretty Cure All Stars: Carnival of Spring♪, released on March 14, 2015.

The film consists of a cel-animated short, titled The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure (パンプキン王国のたからもの, Panpukin Ōkoku no Takaramono), and two fully CG animated shorts, titled Precure and Refi's Wonder Night!

and Cure Flora and the Mischievous Mirror (キュアフローラといたずらかがみ, Kyua Furōra to Itazura Kagami) respectively.

The second vocal album was released on November 11, 2015 with the title For My Dream along with the movie's official soundtrack.

Like other series before it, a manga adaptation by Futago Kamikita began serialization in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine from its March 2015 issue.

[21] Merchandise for the series was released by Bandai during its run, including watches, bags, transformation items and more.