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Maho Girls Precure! Reveals New Opening, Ending Theme Songs' Artists

The official website of the Maho Girls Precure! (Mahō Tsukai Precure!) television anime series revealed the new opening and ending theme song artists for the anime's latter half.

The new opening theme song is titled "Dokkin ♢ Mahō Tsukai Precure! Part 2." Rie Kitagawa once again performed the song, and Yukinojo Mori once again wrote the song's lyrics. The new ending theme song is titled "Mahō Ara Dōmo." Cast members Rie Takahashi, Yui Horie, and Saori Hayami performed the song, and Hyadain (Kenichi Maeyamada) scored the song. Both songs will debut in the show on July 3, and the CD single for both songs will ship on August 10.

Maho Girls Precure! is the 13th and newest Precure (Pretty Cure) television anime series. It premiered in Japan on February 7. A manga adaptation debuted in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on February 3.

The anime stars:

Rie Takahashi (Seiyu's Life!'s Futaba, School-Live!'s Miki) as Cure Miracle/Mirai Asahina, a 13-year-old girl who's going into her second year of middle school. She loves anything interesting and is interested in many things. When she becomes a Precure she starts attending "Magic School."

Yui Horie (Miss Monochrome's title character, Magi - The Kingdom of Magic's Yamraiha) as Cure Magical/Riko, a 13-year-old girl who attends "Magic School." Although she's great at studying, she's not very good at magic. However, she aims to be a wonderful magic user one day. She meets Mirai in the human world while searching for the powerful "Link Stone Emerald."

Saori Hayami (Snow White With the Red Hair's Shirayuki, Owarimonogatari's Yotsugi Ononoki) as Cure Felice/Ha-chan, the third Precure. Her introductory catchphrase as she transforms will be "Blessings on all life! Cure Felice!" and she will fight using the Flower Echo Wand.

Ayaka Saito (Jewelpet's Ruby, Fruits Basket's Momiji) as Mofurun, a stuffed animal that Mirai received from her grandmother as a child. Mofurun is very precious to Mirai, so she brings Mofurun with her everywhere. When Mirai and Riko become Precure, Mofurun gains the ability to talk and sense magical power. Mofurun ends sentences with "-mofu."

Isao Murayama (Majin Bone, Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana) is handling series composition and Masato Mitsuka (episode director for Smile Precure!, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!) is directing. Emiko Miyamoto (episode animation director for Fresh Pretty Cure, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!) designed the characters.

The story begins during the spring break before Mirai's second year of middle school, when Mirai witnesses a mysterious object fall in to the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for something. The two of them are wearing similar pendants.

Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic user Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands the "Link Stone Emerald." Batti creates a monster called a "Yokobaru" and drives them into a corner. Mirai, Riko, and Mofurun join hands and speak the magic words "Cure-Up Rapapa!," their pendants glow, and they become the legendary Precure.

The previous series, Go! Princess Precure, premiered in February 2015. The Eiga Go! Princess Precure Go! Go!! Gōka 3-bon Date!!! film opened in Japan last October. The Eiga Precure All Stars Minna de Utau♪ Kiseki no Mahō! (Precure All Stars The Movie: Everyone Sing♪ Miraculous Magic!) film opened on March 19.

The 2012-2013 Precure anime series Smile Precure was localized in English as Glitter Force, and the first 20 episodes debuted on Netflix last December.

Source: Animate Times