PreZine - The Unofficial Precure Fanzine!

[curelore]

Aaaaaand HapCha is complete!! :,) I didn't quite cry at the end of it, but I came very, very close a couple of times!!

Some thoughts from the last episodes: I feel a little bad for people who wanted Princess, Honey, or Fortune to have more screentime in the final fight, but the full team's fight against Red on the "Red Planet" (I feel like we should just say Mars) was soooooo cool!!! I think that this director is fond of having cool fights against the villain where all the Cures are beating them up while a catchy song of them singing plays, because that was one of the moments that I really liked at the end of Heartcatch, too. Additionally, I love the way that Megumi and Seiji's arc wrapped up. Their confrontation, as well as the one before it that included Princess, Honey, and Fortune was really cool--it showed just how great of a character Seiji is and how important he is to all of them, and I like that a male character was able to shine in that way instead of being relegated as an unimportant side character. If all of the seasons that had hamfisted male love interests treated them like how Seiji was treated by the narrative instead, I think that I would generally hate the Precure romantic subplots waaaaay less (I am looking directly at you, Fresh!!)

Some overall thoughts: I genuinely did not think that I would enjoy HapCha so much!!! I think that it's going to be among my top seasons (although it's currently not very hard to get into that club lol) even though I was worried throughout some parts about how they would handle Megumi's crush on Blue. Ultimately, I think it was handled extremely well, and I'm really impressed as I think that that's a tricky thing to do considering the touchy subject matter!! Additionally, the designs for both the Cures and some of the items in the season have really grown on me (I ordered the Prechan Mirror, each Cure's Precards, and the Honey Baton after all, lol)!!

The only thing that I can say genuinely disappointed me was the designs or attacks used by some of the international Cures, as I think they were (at least in some cases) culturally appropriative or racially insensitive, but at the very least, I think those instances were kept to a relatively small part of the season. I also wasn't a fan of the 5 or 6 episode stretch where they got the Innocent Forms, but that's a relatively minor nitpick. I'm honestly really interested to hear what people generally hated about the season, because the thing that I would think could be most easily criticized hasn't been mentioned when people bring up their distaste of the season. If anyone has anything they'd like to add about what they didn't like, please lmk, as I'm super curious!

[prezine]

I'll tell you exactly why I hate it, even though I really liked it up to a certain point. Spoilers ahead for those who haven't watched it—my thoughts are too long to fit into a simple reply. I'm not too well-versed on tumblr, so hopefully the "keep reading" thing will hide the spoilers for anyone who doesn't want to see.

Hime has, hands down, my favorite arc in the show. She starts as a coward, struggles with that and her inferiority complex for a while, slowly grows in confidence (both in herself and in the belief that she actually is worth being loved by her friends), and struggles with her guilt over releasing the baddies and her entire kingdom suffering for it.

She has a wonderful episode where she and the girls infiltrate her kingdom, despite not being ready to journey there, because they're supporting her in her endeavor to leave a gift for her mom on (I believe) Mother's Day. I might be wrong about the specifics but I do fondly recall the tactical espionage action™ episode.

And then, in episode 44. after they've finally beaten the decoy final boss and everything can start getting a resolution, Hime gets... literally like two jpgs showing her hugging her mom and then we cut immediately to "Oh no, Megumi is so sad"

The entire show had led up to what should have been a wonderful, emotional reunion scene with Hime and her parents, and it just got sidelined so Megumi could take center stage, which she continued to do for the rest of the season.

So yeah, it soured the whole experience for me. Which is a shame, because there was a lot to like about the season. It just so happens that one of the things I liked most about it got completely shafted.

[curestardust]

by Sugimoto Miho (precure animator)

[prezine]

These girls are too adorable!

[prezine]

Five things I love in a magical girl show:

Well-choreographed action

2. Dark magical girls

3. Redeemed villains

4. When the transformation sequence gets skipped

5. When normal people get to see the transformation sequence

Tell me yours!

[strawbunnydoesart]

🎀Precure art study today!!🎀 (if you want to practice more fun poses, I highly suggest drawing things from stuff you love! makes it all more fun)

here is the photo used for reference! ⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎

[prezine]

One of my favorite girls! There'll be an article about Cure Flora in the fanzine I'm organizing—can't wait to talk all about her!

[prezine]

Announcing: PreZine, a fanzine for the Precure series!

Hello, tumblr!

I don't wanna waste anyone's time, so I'll cut to the chase: I'm trying to put together a Precure fanzine with community contribution. You can find a submission form here, with plenty of detail about what I'm looking for. If you want more detail, keep reading.

My name's Nick, and I'm a huge fan of the Precure series. Each season varies in quality—there are some I love almost completely, some that disappointed me immensely, and a lot somewhere in between. I've watched on my own, introduced friends and family to the show, have the soundtracks on my phone to listen to, I've bought figures and other merch while visiting Japan... I like it a lot.

I've never actually interacted much with the fandom, though. I'm awkward when it comes to joining new communities, and tend to lurk more than I actively contribute. Recently, though, I had an idea. See, I love analyzing things I like. And things I don't like. And Precure is full of both of those things. I've also been mildly interested in webzine culture and the idea of creating some of my own. The writing is fun, and I've wanted to get better at layout work, so doing a little Precure fanzine could be quite a lot of fun!

But... it's not really "interacting" with the community if I'm just writing my own thoughts and throwing them at you, telling you to read them. I'd rather get folks involved! Details can be found further down, but the gist of what I'm doing here is that I want to gather volunteers for a free fanzine I'll be publishing. It might wind up being a single issue, or keep going for some time—we'll just have to see how things go. The zine will be freely available and not behind a paywall, but I will have a ko-fi set up to take donations. Proceeds will go towards paying contributors first, before I touch any part of them. I don't expect a high volume of donations or anything, but whatever I do get I want to go towards the continued success of the project, and that means making an attempt to fairly compensate those who contribute.

To that end, any contribution—whether it be an article, piece of visual media (art, cosplay, etc.), or something else I decide would be a good fit—will provisionally be worth $50. If we get enough donations on Ko-fi to fully pay those tabs, then they will be fully paid. If we get less, then each month I'll divvy up the money based on percentages of contribution, up until (hopefully) all contributors are fully paid.

To be clear, once again: the zine will be completely free, and I have no budget for this at the moment, so any and all payment will be dependent on folks donating us money. I strongly desire to pay every contributor, but at the time being it's best to view this as a volunteer passion project with payment as a distant possibility.

Now, what are we looking for? Well, all of the information below will also be found on the linked form for submission pitches, but...

Articles

I've already written first drafts of two articles, which I've linked as samples down below. What you write doesn't have to be in the same style or vein as mine, but at least that can give you a bit of an idea of what's guaranteed to be included already. Currently, what I'm looking for specifically are:

Characters that have influenced you

Musical analysis

Original Precure fiction

If you have ideas for things not on this list, you can also pitch those within the form.

Visual Media

I have no art at the moment. As this is a zine about a property I do not own, I am absolutely going to avoid using official art. I can decorate with other images I have the rights to, but to give it that actual Precure aesthetic, having visual media submissions would help a lot.

For the time being, I'm looking for:

Drawings

Cosplay photos

As with the articles, you can also pitch stuff not on this list.

Graphic Design

This isn't on the form, but if you've got any graphic design experience... well, you can see by looking at our Twitter or the avatar for this blog that graphic design isn't my passion. I think I do okay when it comes to layouts, but covers/avatars/timeline pics... not so much. PM me, here or on Twitter, if you wanna take a crack at addressing any of our graphic design needs. You will be compensated for your time in the same way as all other contributors.

So, if you're interested in contributing, here is the submission form once again. You can also check out my two samples, found here. They will be edited, so this isn't their final form, but they are roughly what I'm contributing in terms of writing.

And lastly, our Ko-fi can be found here.

If you have any questions I haven't addressed here or in the form, ask away!