About These Animes: SMILE PRECURE: "Smile PreCure!, released outside Japan as Glitter Force, is a 2012 Japanese anime series by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure television franchise. Characters are; Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace, Reika Aoki/Cure Beauty, Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy, Nao Midorikawa/Cure March, Akane Hino/Cure Sunny." PONYO: "During a forbidden excursion to the surface world, a goldfish princess (Yuria Nara) becomes more and more human after befriending a village boy. Including the voices from; nozomi ohashi (Karen), tomoko yamaguchi (Lisa), yuria nara (Ponyo), And many more." SAILOR MOON: Sailor Moon is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes. Characters are Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon, Minako Aino/Sailor Venus, Rei Hino/Sailor Mars, Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask, Makoto Kino/ Sailor Jupiter." KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE: "Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Studio Ghibli. It was written, produced and directed by Hayao Miyazaki as an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. Some voices featured are Minami Takayama (Kiki, Ursula), Rei Sakuma (Jiji), Kappei Yamaguchi (Tombo), and many more." MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO: Two sisters encounter a mythical forest sprite and its woodland companions when they move to rural Japan. Characters voiced by Noriko Hidaka (Satsuki Kusakabe), Chika Sakamoto (Mei Kusakabe), Shigesato Itoi (Tatsuo Kusakabe), Hitoshi Takagi (Totoro), and many more." POKEMON: "The franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo. The franchise now spans video games, trading card games, animated television shows and movies, comic books, and toys. Pokémon is the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's Mario franchise.[5] The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006.[6] Cumulative sales of the video games (including home console games, such as Hey You, Pikachu! for the Nintendo 64) have reached more than 200 million copies.[7] In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. Pokémon USA Inc. (now The Pokémon Company International), a subsidiary of Japan's Pokémon Co., now oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia.[8] As of 2013, the Pokémon media franchise has grossed revenues of ¥4 trillion worldwide[9] (equivalent to US$37.76 billion). The brand earned $2 billion in 2014 alone.[10] In 2016, the companies plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary sense the release of Pokemon Red and Green include a Super Bowl ad during the 50th Super Bowl, re-releases of Pokemon Red, blue and Yellow, and the release of the fame Pokemon Go.[11]"
