Star Twinkle Pretty Cure (Japanese: スター☆トゥインクルプリキュア, Hepburn: Sutā Touinkuru Purikyua, stylized as Star☆Twinkle PreCure) is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the sixteenth installment in the Pretty Cure franchise, and the last series released in the Heisei period.[1] and the sixteenth installment of the franchise, featuring the fourteenth generation of Cures. It is directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto (One Piece Film: Gold) and written by Isao Murayama. The series aired on all ANN stations in Japan from February 3, 2019, to January 26, 2020, succeeding HUG! PreCure in its initial time slot.[2] It was then succeeded by Healin' Good Pretty Cure on February 2, 2020. The series' main topics are imagination and diversity, with outer space, constellations and singing being the Cures' main motifs.[3]