Pretty Cure Max Heart

Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Haato) premiered on February 6, 2005. The series is a sequel to the original Futari wa Pretty Cure. A third protagonist, Hikari Kujou, is introduced. She is probably a stranger from the Garden of Light, and is also the "Life" of the Queen. Hikari takes the appearance of a young girl, and has lost the abilities and memories from being the Queen. However, she might regain these by discovering 12 fairies called "Heartiel." On the other hand, remnants of the Dusk Zone are protecting a mysterious boy suspected to be the "Life" of the Dark King. In order to revive the Queen, Cure Black and Cure White fight new enemies. Hikari transforms to Shiny Luminous and backs them up in battle. The 47-episode series ended on January 29, 2006. Two movies set in the Max Heart continuity have been released in Japan. The first, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart:The Movie (Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Haato) premiered April 16, 2005. In the movie, the creatures Round, Square, Marquis, Oval, Heart, Pear and Triliant who reside in the Garden of Hope (Kibou no Sono) have called in Pretty Cure to save their world from a witch from the Dark Zone who wants to take the Garden of Hope's Diamond Line, which consists of several pieces of jewelry worn by the Queen of Hope on her birthday. These jewels, if fallen in the wrong hands, will cause the Garden of Hope to become unbalanced, thereby causing everything else to become destroyed and enabling the restoration of the Dark King. The second movie, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky (Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Haato 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi) premiered December 10, 2005.