It has been revealed that Toshiyuki Toyonaga will be appearing in "Witchy Pretty Cure! ~MIRAI DAYS~", the sequel to the 13th installment of the popular anime "PreCure" series, "Maho Girls PreCure!" Toyonaga will play the mysterious man, Aille.
Toyonaga commented, "It has been decided that I will be joining the cast as a new character from this production! I am really happy to be given the opportunity to appear in 'Maho Girls PreCure!'...!! How will I interact with the grown-up Mirai and the others? I hope everyone will look forward to it♪"
It was also announced that a party will be held after the broadcast of "Maho Girls PreCure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~". Details will be announced in the future. It was also announced that a pop-up store will open at PickUp Ranking Shibuya Chikamichi.
As a new project to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the "PreCure" series, the series is producing "adult" anime so that the main audience at the time of broadcast, children aged 3 to 6, can continue to enjoy the series. As part of this, "Kibou no Chikara ~Otona PreCure '23~", which depicts the grown-up version of Nozomi Yumehara and her friends from the 4th and 5th series "Yes! PreCure 5" and "Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!", which were broadcast from February 2007 to January 2009, was broadcast on NHK Educational TV from October to December 2023. The sequel to "Maho Girls PreCure!" will also be broadcast as part of the same project.
"Witchy Pretty Cure!" aired from February 2016 to January 2017. The catchphrase was "Two time periods (futures) are now connected with the magical words 'Cure Up Rapapa!'" and the story was set in the magical world and the Nasimahou world (human world), depicting Asahina Mirai, Izayoi Riko, and Hanaumi Kotoha transforming into the "legendary magical girls" PreCure and doing great things.
In the sequel, Mirai is a university student in the non-magic world, Riko has returned to the magical world and is now a teacher at a magic school, while Kotoha is watching over the world from afar, and they will have to face their own pasts and futures. It has been announced that Takahashi Rie, Horie Yui, Hayami Saori, and Saito Ayaka will be reprising their roles. The series will be broadcast on ABC TV/TV Asahi's late-night anime slot "ANiMAZiNG!!!" from 2 a.m. on January 11, 2025.
