Star Detective Precure! Movie Reveals Crossover Trailer With Two Earlier Teams

The staff behind Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People (Eiga Meitantei Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to Futari no Himitsu) released two new trailers and a still on Sunday.

The first trailer and still bring together the heroines of Star Detective Precure!, You and Idol Precure♪ and Wonderful Precure! The second trailer focuses on the Star Detective Precure! cast.

The film opens in Japan on September 18. It adapts Star Detective Precure!, the Precure franchise’s 23rd main anime entry.

The story starts as the Detective Precures investigate the “X Mark Incident.” A fairy named Rain asks for their help and guides them to the beautiful “Karin’s Garden,” which tiny creatures called “Dame Dame” are overrunning.

As the team investigates these creatures, they uncover a secret hidden in the garden.

The film’s original characters and their voice actors are:

• Akari Kitō as Karin, a 14-year-old girl who holds the story’s key
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Alan, a fairy who watches over Karin
• Kōki Uchiyama as Rain, the fairy seeking the Detective Precures’ help

Jinji Nishimura and Kyon, members of the comedy duo cotton, join as guest cast. They voice Dame Dame creatures, which place X marks on things to render them unusable and unable to move.

The film’s main staff includes:

• Director Hanako Ueda, an episode director on You and Idol Precure♪, Summer Time Rendering and My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Scriptwriter Yoshimi Narita, whose film credits include Eiga HappinessCharge PreCure! Ningyō no Kuni no Ballerina, Eiga Precure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi and Eiga Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Yuki no Princess to Kiseki no Yubiwa!
• Composer Erika Fukasawa, whose credits include Eiga Kimi to Idol Precure♪ Omatase! Kimi ni Todokeru Kirakkilive!
• Composer Misaki Umase, whose credits include You and Idol Precure♪
• Character designer and chief animation director Emiko Miyamoto, whose credits include Eiga Precure All Stars F and original character design for Precure Super Stars!

Additional staff members are:

• Art director Risa Fujii
• Color key artist Satoshi Takezawa
• Compositing director of photography Takumi Arai
• Production manager Hirotaka Naota

Yūka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake sing the film’s ending theme, “FIRST PRISM.” Ami Ishii performs its insert song, “First Step.”

The television anime premiered February 1 at 8:30 a.m. JST on ABC TV, TV Asahi and their affiliated channels.

Crunchyroll streams the series in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and CIS.

The series follows Anna Akechi, a second-year middle school student living in Makoto Mirai Town. On her birthday, her “companion fairy,” Pochitan, appears, and she travels from 2027 back to 1999.

In Makoto Mirai Town in 1999, Anna meets Mikuru Kobayashi, another second-year middle school student who hopes to become a great detective.

The girls witness trouble caused by the Phantom Thieves, who steal people’s treasured belongings. They transform into great Precure detectives, using deduction to protect people’s smiles.

The anime’s cast includes:

• Hikari Senga as Cure Answer/Anna Akechi
• Kaede Hondo as Cure Mystic/Mikuru Kobayashi
• Nao Tōyama as Cure Arcana Shadow/Ruruka Moria
• Emiri Katō as Pochitan
• Hina Yomiya as Mashtan
• Yūki Kaji as Jet Senpai

Ami Ishii sings the opening theme, “Heart ni Hint! Meitantei Precure!” (Hint In My Heart! Star Detective Precure!). Akane Kumada and Yūka Masui sing the ending theme, “Naze? Nazo?! ANSWER” (Why? Mystery?! ANSWER).