The debut of the latest entry in this franchise with Tropical-Rouge! Precure got underway on February 28th, 2021. The folks at Crunchyroll are streaming the series right from the start with new episodes out every week. They’re also doing some promotion for it with new clips from the episodes, including this bit from the sixth episode where The Tropical club gets queen lessons!
The series is directed by Yutaka Tsuchida with Masahiro Yokotani working on script supervision. Yukiko Nakatani is on board for the character designs.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Ai Fairouz as Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer, a first-year middle school student whose personality is as bright as the sun.
- Yumiri Hanamori as Sango Suzumura/Cure Coral, a first-year middle school student who loves cute things.
- Yui Ishikawa as Minori Ichinose/Cure Papaya, a second-year middle school student who loves to read books.
- Asami Seto as Asuka Takizawa/Cure Flamingo, a third-year middle school student who has great reflexes and a strong sense of justice.
- Rina Hidaka as Laura, a young mermaid girl from the mermaid country of Grand Ocean.
- Aimi Tanaka as Kururun, an ocean fairy from Grand Ocean.
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Plot Concept: The anime centers on Manatsu, who moves from a small island to Tokyo and starts middle school. On the day she moves she meets a mermaid girl named Laura who is looking for the “legendary warriors” the Precures. Laura’s hometown, the mermaid country of Grand Ocean, has been attacked by the “postponement witch,” who has stole the country’s “determination power.”