Smile PreCure![4] (Japanese: スマイルプリキュア！, Hepburn: Sumairu PuriKyua!, lit. "Smile Pretty Cure!") is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures.[5] The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the head writer of Glass Fleet and Kamen Rider Kabuto. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on the character designs for Yes! PreCure 5. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014.[6] The series aired on All-Nippon News Network (ANN)'s TV Asahi network between February 5, 2012 and January 27, 2013, replacing Suite PreCure♪ in its initial timeslot, and is succeeded by DokiDoki! PreCure. A film was released in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2012. The series' main topic is fairy tales and happiness. A novel was released in 2016, which serves as a series epilogue taking place 10 years after the events of the anime.[7] The series was adapted into English by Saban Brands under the name Glitter Force[8] and was released as a Netflix exclusive outside of Asia and in multiple languages on December 18, 2015.[9] As of May 24, 2017, the Glitter Force trademark and the license was transferred to Toei Animation.[1] Hasbro currently owns the rights to the brand alongside other Saban Brands entertainment assets as of June 14, 2018.[10][11][12] It is the second series in the franchise to receive an English-dubbed adaptation following the original Pretty Cure series.