HeartCatch PreCure! (ハートキャッチプリキュア!, Hātokyatchi PuriKyua!), or HeartCatch Pretty Cure! is a Japanese anime series and the seventh installment in the Pretty Cure metaseries by Izumi Todo, featuring the fifth generation of Cures. Produced by Toei Animation, the series is directed by Tatsuya Nagamine and written by Takashi Yamada. Official character designs were done by Yoshihiko Umakoshi. The series premiered on February 7, 2010 on TV Asahi's ANN network, following Fresh Pretty Cure!, and ended on January 30, 2011, where it was followed by Suite PreCure.
The series has three topics: the first - and foremost - is the language of flowers, of which most episodes contain at least one reference; the second is fashion, which is referenced in Tsubomi joining the fashion club; the third - and final - is music, as all of the Cures' attacks are named after musical terms and it also contains some music-themed episodes. In fact, the cure's main motifs are related to flowers, nature, and music, which are all prominent in the naming of numerous characters and items, as well as in the main storyline.
