Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People is in its third weekend in Japanese theaters, ranked #5 after opening at #3 on September 18. The film has earned 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively and dropped from #3 to #5 in its third weekend with 117,562,850 yen.
Star Detective Precure! is Toei's 23rd Precure anime series, and its first theatrical release, Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People, opened in Japan on September 18. The film's opening drew more than 357,000 admissions and 440 million yen in three days, the highest opening total the Precure series has recorded.
The film's cast includes Akari Kito as Karin, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Alan, and Koki Uchiyama as Rain, with the comedy duo cotton voicing the Dame Dame creatures. Hanako Ueda directs and Yoshimi Narita writes the script. The film also brings together three Precure generations: Star Detective Precure!, You and Idol PreCure, and Wonderful PreCure. The film's ending theme is "FIRST PRISM" by Yuka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake, with an insert song "First Step" by Ami Ishii. The trailer revealed the Pochitan Miracle Light and Future Forms for Cure Mystique, Cure Eclair, and Cure Arcana.
Outside the film, the series ran a fan poll to guess Cure Eclair's secret identity before a July 19 reveal. A crossover with Detective Conan aired in late May and early June, followed by merchandise in June. A four-part Star Detective Precure! story in Street Fighter 6 begins December 17, with Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly appearing in the anime's art style. A bathhouse collaboration with Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA ran from October 1 to October 20 across 16 stores.
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The Star Detective Precure! film has sold 977,000 tickets and earned an estimated 1.24 billion yen in its first month, passing the 1.24 billion yen total of 2024's Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Dokidoki Game no Sekai de Daiboken! and becoming the franchise's highest-grossing standalone film. It opened in Japan on September 18 and ranked third in its opening weekend, selling 358,000 tickets for 446 million yen in three days.
The official website for Star Detective Precure! announced the anime will cross over with Ojamajo Doremi (Magical DoReMi) in its 39th episode on October 25. A collaboration visual and character visuals show the Star Detectives in Ojamajo Doremi-themed witch apprentice costumes. The Halloween-themed episode follows Star Detective Precure!'s story, which is set in 1999, the year the original Ojamajo Doremi anime premiered in Japan.
In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.
Movie Detective PreCure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets opened on September 18 and drew 440 million yen and more than 357,000 admissions in three days. New stills show Cure Idol, Cure Wink, and Cure KyunKyun from Kimi to Idol PreCure alongside Cure Wonderful, Cure Friendly, Cure Nyammy, and Cure Lillian from Wonderful PreCure. Satoru Toyama and Daifuku also appear and transform.
In its 10th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from No. 1 to No. 2 at the Japanese box office, selling 182,000 tickets and earning 280,160,700 yen from Friday to Sunday. Star Detective Precure! The Movie stayed at No. 3 in its second weekend, with 134,000 tickets and 174,435,520 yen, while Cosmic Princess Kaguya! dropped to No. 10.
The Star Detective Precure! movie opened at #3 in Japan, selling 358,000 tickets and earning 446 million yen in its first three days, then 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through September 23. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its ninth weekend, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned at #6.
CAPCOM will run an original four-part Star Detective Precure! story in Street Fighter 6's Battlehub starting December 17. The Precure team investigates a destroyed arcade machine in part one, and Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly appear in the anime's art style. The collaboration adds avatar items and illustration fliers at tie-in events, CAPCOM stores, and Precure Pretty Store locations across Japan. No international release has been announced.
Gokurakuyu Holdings is running a collaboration between the Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA bathhouse chain and the film Detective Precure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets, scheduled from October 1 to October 20. The tie-in uses newly drawn illustrations of four Detective Pretty Cure members, including Cure Arcana and Cure Eclair, who appear in their movie-only Future Form. Merchandise includes a muffler towel that costs 1,100 yen on top of the admission fee, a random trading sento key acrylic carabiner at 1,100 yen, trading can badges at 550 yen, acrylic stands at 1,980 yen each, acrylic hair clips at 990 yen each, flake stickers at 1,100 yen per eight-sheet pack, and a clear file set at 1,100 yen. Buyers get a mini illustration card for every 2,000 yen of goods purchased. The menu runs the widest, from Anna's Hanamaru Naruto Ramen at 1,650 yen to Ruruka's Chicken Steak Plate at 2,200 yen.
Hikari Senga, who plays Cure Answer in "Detective Precure!," appeared as a guest on the 100th broadcast of "SHIBUYA ANIME BASE." The episode featured a special on the film "Detective Precure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets," which opened in theaters the same day. Senga said she cried watching the completed film despite already knowing its content, and discussed her path to winning the role while still a newcomer.
Cure Answer from Detective Precure! will appear as a special commissioner on the September 18 broadcast of Detective! Knight Scoop on ABC TV in Kansai. On the show she meets the senior detectives and is asked about Master Kanpei's gags; she says she does not know them, so Kanpei teaches her one. A one-week catch-up stream runs on TVer after the broadcast, while other regions, including TOKYO MX on Sundays, air the episode several weeks later.
The staff for the Star Detective Precure! film, subtitled The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People, released two trailers and a new still on Sunday. One trailer and the still bring together the Precure girls from Star Detective Precure!, You and Idol Precure, and Wonderful Precure! The other trailer focuses on the Star Detective Precure! cast. The film opens in Japan on September 18.
The Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA bathhouse group is running a Detective Precure! collaboration from October 1 to 20, 2026, across 16 stores. The campaign ties into the film "Eiga Detective Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to 2-ri no Himitsu," which opens September 18. Newly drawn illustrations show the four Precure in their movie-limited Future Form, including Cure Eclair and Cure Arcana, who were absent from the previous collab. Visitors can pay an extra 1,100 yen on admission for a random towel from eight designs. Goods include acrylic stands, clear files, and hair clips, with a random mini illustration card for every 2,000 yen spent in stores. Eleven menu items are offered, each order including a coaster, and ordering four items earns an extra coaster. Five themed baths rotate by store and date. A quiz test with a clear card prize, an X campaign, and a high-five greeting event at RAKU SPA Tsurumi on October 17 round out the program.
The staff for the Star Detective Precure! film presented a trailer for the Pochitan Miracle Light and revealed future forms for Cure Mystique, Cure Eclair, and Cure Arcana. The film opens in Japan on September 18. It features original characters voiced by Akari Kito, Nobunaga Shimazaki, and Koki Uchiyama, with guest appearances by the comedy duo cotton.
The staff for Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People announced that Jinji Nishimura and Kyon from the comedy duo cotton will voice the Dame Dame creatures. The film opens in Japan on September 18, with Hanako Ueda directing and Yoshimi Narita writing the script.
The staff for Star Detective Precure!, the 23rd main Precure anime, revealed Sunday a new ending theme song and character visuals. The theme, "Itsuka Wakaru ☆ Kitto Aeru," is performed by Akane Kumada and Yūka Masui. The staff also unveiled visuals for new Star Kiraring forms of Cure Answer, Cure Mystic, Cure Eclair, and Cure Arcana, plus a Future Form visual for Cure Answer in the upcoming film.
The staff for the Star Detective Precure! film announced the cast for three film-original characters in a new video on Sunday. Akari Kito voices Karin, a 14-year-old girl who holds the key to the story. Nobunaga Shimazaki voices Alan, a fairy who watches over Karin, and Koki Uchiyama voices Rain, a fairy who requests the Detective Precures' help. The film opens in Japan on September 18.
Toei Animation Museum Channel will premiere past PreCure works for two consecutive weeks starting August 9. Each week offers a free double feature: the Suite PreCure film with the first episode of You and Idol PreCure♪, then the Maho Girls PreCure! film with the first episode of Wonderful PreCure!. Archives stay up one week.
Video Research released Japanese animation TV rankings for July 13-19, 2026. Sazae-san topped the list with a 5.9% household rating in the Kanto region. Detective Conan and Chibi Maruko-chan followed at 4.6% and 4.2% respectively. A Kingdom special earned 7.0% but was not part of the regular animation chart.
The staff for the Star Detective Precure! film revealed the main trailer, staff members, and the ending theme song "FIRST PRISM" by Yūka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake. The film also features an insert song "First Step" by Ami Ishii. The film opens in Japan on September 18.
The Star Detective Precure! anime is running a fan poll to guess Cure Eclair's secret identity before her July 19 reveal. Four candidates appear in episodes from June 14 to July 12. Voting is open online and at physical locations in Japan.
Following crossover episodes that aired on May 31 and June 6, the Precure franchise has announced a line of Star Detective Precure! x Detective Conan merchandise. Items include acrylic stands, pins, coasters, a t-shirt, and a towel, available from June 23 at Precure Pretty Stores and via Premium Bandai preorder until June 30.
Detective Conan and Star Detective Precure! will air crossover episodes in late May and early June. The Star Detective Precure! episode featuring characters from Detective Conan airs on May 31. In that episode, an art piece is stolen, and protagonists Anna and Mikuru encounter Conan Edogawa, Ran Mouri, and Kogoro Mouri while they visit Makoto Mirai Town. The group tracks down the Phantom Thieves together. The Detective Conan episode featuring Cure Answer airs on June 6. In that episode, a string of jewel robberies occurs in Beika Town. Ayumi becomes excited because the situation reminds her of a Precure plot, and she hopes to meet a Precure if the thieves appear. The Junior Detective League is assigned to guard a jewelry store that is rumored to be the thieves' next target. They capture the thieves, but Ayumi then feels uneasy. The crossover was announced on Sunday. This is the first time these two series have crossed over on screen.