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“Glitter Force” Season 2 Hits Netflix On 8/26/2016

Written By Samantha Ferreira July 25, 2016

PreCure fans, I feel your pain.

Earlier today, Netflix revealed that Saban’s Glitter Force will receive a second season. The new batch of episdoes will make their début on the platform on August 26.

Glitter Force is an adaptation of magical girl series Smile PreCure!. According to Saban, the show will run for 40-episodes, with each episode being 22 minutes long.

The first season of Glitter Force included the show’s first 20 episodes.

Smile Precure! originally debuted on Japanese TV in 2012. The series, which ran for 48 episodes, was directed by Takashi Otsuka at Toei Animation. Shoji Yonemura (Parasyte -the maxim-, Glass Fleet) handled series composition, while Toshie Kawamurs (Karneval, Yes! Precure 5) provided character designs.

Glitter Force‘s first season hit Netflix on December 18. The original Pretty Cure is currently streaming in its entirety on Crunchyroll.

Netflix released a promo video for the series last year, which you can check out below:

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): glitter force, netflix, saban, smile precure

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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