Naturally, a series as long-running (and constantly dubbed) as this one has global appeal.
The West
- Smile PreCure!: While Cure March was decently popular in Japan, she is the most popular character among kids who watched the Glitter Force dub.
- Doki Doki! PreCure: Cure Ace was hated by many viewers in Japan after she was revealed to be a new character named Aguri and not Regina as most people predicted, which caused so much backlash that merchandise sales for the franchise dropped. Among viewers of Glitter Force Doki Doki, she is the most popular member. Cure Diamond also seems to be pretty with viewers of that dub as well, to the point where her Cure Doll is Amazon's top pick for Glitter Force.
- HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! was one of the least popular seasons in Japan because of viewers being confused by the mix-and-match themes of the show, the show having a Romantic Plot Tumor and because of Yo Kai Watch taking away a big chunk of Pretty Cure viewers, as it was the new hit anime at the time. In Western countries, it's more well-received by older fans, to the point where some clips subbed in English of the series on YouTube have almost a million views.
- While Go! Princess Pretty Cure was the second worst-performing season in Japan note , it's one of the most popular seasons among Western fans (second to only Heart Catch Pretty Cure in popularity) because of its good writing and interesting premise.
- HuGtto! Pretty Cure: Emiru Aisaki and Ruru Amour were two of the show's most popular characters in Japan, but they weren't as popular as Hana Nono was. In western countries, Emiru and Ruru are the most popular characters from this particular incarnation of the franchise among older viewers, with many Western fanfictions and fanarts based on Hugtto being about these two.
- Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure:
- The series didn't perform as well as its predecessor Hugtto! did in Japan, but among Western fans of Pretty Cure, this series is well-loved, with many Westerners calling it their favorite Pretty Cure series.
- Cure Cosmo is popular in Japan, but she's even more popular outside of Japan, with many Western fans saying that she's their favorite cure from this incarnation. Also, during Yuni's first official birthday celebration, many Western fans gave birthday messages in English to her and drew fanart using the Japanese hashtag for her birthday. In addition, one of the first results for Pretty Cure on Google is "Pretty Cure Yuni".
- While Japan never really got over Splash Star replacing the first cast, the season has over time become Vindicated by History in the west, due to the show Growing the Beard and eventually bringing back the Good Old Fisticuffs that were initially removed, with some considering it an Even Better Sequel.
- Heartcatch, while still a franchise favorite back in Japan, lead to a huge Newbie Boom in the West, and lead to a huge boost of fans worldwide, especially in America and France (in France's case, it helps that the Non-Serial Movie is set in Paris).
- While Go! Princess Pretty Cure helped Win Back the Crowd back in Japan after the divisive (even by the franchise's standards) HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!, much of its fans were overseas, who gushed over beautifully animated fight scenes. Ironically afterwards, while the next two seasons were just as popular back home, they suffered a large case of Tough Act to Follow outside, mainly due to the decreased action and toned down fights (especially in the latter season), among other problems.
- Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure didn't perform as well as its predecessor HuGtto! Pretty Cure did in Japan, but among Western fans, this season is well-loved, with many Westerners calling it their favorite Pretty Cure series.
Specific countries
- While the franchise is obviously huge back in its native Japan, the franchise quite possibly rivals Dragon Ball, Lupin III and Jojos Bizarre Adventure in most popular anime franchises ever in Italy (especially Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Fresh Pretty Cure!, in contrast to other parts of the world, which see the former as a Contested Sequel, and the latter being Overshadowed By Heartcatch), where even RAI (Italy's State Broadcaster, and notorious for screwing over many animated series for live-action, which makes this especially notable) offered to partner with Toei's Europe division for dubbing all future seasons of Pretty Cure into Italian and help with sales. Unfortunately, after Saban Brands bought the worldwide rights to the franchise, RAI was unable to pick up the Italian rights past Heartcatch. Fortunately, one of the terrestrial broadcasters picked up the rights to Smile Pretty Cure! (albeit still labeled as GlitterForce), and it was probably the first country to get the show Free-to-Air after being on Netflix, showing the enduring popularity for the franchise there.
- Fresh Pretty Cure! is big in Italy, to the point where there are more videos of the Italian dub of the show than there are of the original Japanese version of the show.
- Futari wa Pretty Cure: The first two seasons remain beloved in Canada (where the show had a sadly short-lived but well-loved English dub), Australia and the U.K. In the latter country, the show became the flagship program for the otherwise barely watched and now sadly-defunct Pop Girl
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Asia
- A fledgling fandom is developing in China (of all places) due to iQiyi acquiring the rights to the show for that country of a billion people. Someone even made a guide to Pretty Cure in China for Western fans. No word if any Pretty Cure episodes have been Banned in China, but that possibility wouldn't be surprising.
- The series was also huge in Taiwan and Hong Kong as the result of Twins' cover of the theme song becoming a Breakaway Pop Hit.
- Doki Doki is also the most popular series in Taiwan, to the point where the top-selling Pretty Cure items on Taobao (China's answer to eBay or Amazon) are all from that series.
