
As a commander from the Bad End Kingdom, Wolfrun uses his powers to make the nearby townsfolk fall in despair while revealing his intention to gather an ideal amount of negative energy from humans to resurrect his master, Pierrot. And then, in another part of town, Candy is being chased by an anthropomorphic wolf named Wolfrun. While checking out the library after class, Miyuki stumbles across a portal that takes her to a magical library. At school, Miyuki struggles while introducing herself to her class when her classmate Akane Hino helps her break the ice. Transcription: " Tanjō! Egao Manten Kyua Happī!!" ( Japanese: 誕生!笑顔まんてんキュアハッピー!!)Ī new transfer student named Miyuki Hoshizora encounters a Märchenland pixie named Candy while on her way for her first day at school, noticing Candy left a pink book behind. "An Exciting Beginning" / "She's Born! The Perfect Smile, Cure Happy!!" Saban Netflix English title / Japanese translated title In Japan, a Blu-ray box set by Marvelous AQL and TC Entertainment was released on October 26, 2012, in the same fashion as Suite PreCure. The series was made available in home media. The theme song is "Glitter Force", performed by Blush, who also perform the insert songs before the closing credits that use footage of the girls in various computer animated dance sequences. The dub, which was produced by Studiopolis, features changes to the character's names, terminology, catchphrases, and music. This version consists of 40 episodes, the first twenty of which were released on Netflix on December 18, 2015, and the second season on August 26, 2016. The series was adapted by Saban Brands under its SCG Characters unit, under the name Glitter Force and was released as a Netflix original series outside of Asia and in multiple languages.

The series was well-received, placing regularly in Japan's weekly top ten anime shows broadcast. All of the songs are composed by Hideaki Takatori. For the first 24 episodes, the ending theme is "Yay! Yay! Yay!" ( イェイ!イェイ!イェイ!, Yei! Yei! Yei! ) by Hitomi Yoshida, whilst the ending theme for episodes 25-48 is "Mankai * Smile!" ( 満開*スマイル!, Mankai*Sumairu!, Full Bloom * Smile!) by Yoshida. The opening theme is "Let's go! Smile PreCure!" ( Let's go!スマイルプリキュア!, Retsu gō! Sumairu Purikyua) by Aya Ikeda.

The original Japanese version aired in TV Asahi in Japan from Februto Janufor 48 episodes, replacing Suite PreCure in its initial timeslot, and was succeeded by DokiDoki! PreCure. It follows Miyuki Hoshizora and her friends as she helps Candy gather all the Cure Décor and stop the Bad End Kingdom from giving the whole world the "Worst Ending". Smile PreCure! is the ninth installment of the Pretty Cure anime television series produced by Toei Animation.
