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Mahō Tsukai Precure Staff, Characters, Story Briefly Listed (Update)

slated to premiere on February 7, 2016.

Fresh Pretty Cure, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!) is deg the characters.

The main characters are:

Cure Miracle/Mirai Asahina, a 13-year-old girl who's going into her second year of middle school. She loves anything interesting and is interested in many things. When she becomes a Precure she starts attending "Magic School."

Cure Magical/Riko, a 13-year-old girl who attends "Magic School." Though she's great at studying, she's not very good at magic. However, she aims to be a wonderful magic one day. She meets Mirai in the human world while searching for the powerful "Link Stone Emerald."

Mofurun, a stuffed animal that Mirai received from her grandmother as a child. Mofurun is very precious to Mirai, so she brings Mofurun with her everywhere. When Mirai and Riko become Precure, Mofurun gains the ability to talk and sense magical power. Mofurun ends sentences with "-mofu."

The story begins during the spring break before Mirai's second year of middle school, when Mirai witnesses a mysterious object fall in to the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for something. The two of them are wearing similar pendants.

Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands the "Link Stone Emerald." Batti creates a monster called a "Yokobaru" and drives them into a corner. Mirai, Riko, and Mofurun hands and speak the magic words "Cure-Up Rapapa!," their pendants glow, and they become the legendary Precure.

The currently-airing Precure (Pretty Cure) open on March 19, 2016.

The 2012-2013 Precure anime series Smile Precure! is being localized in English as Netflix on December 18.

Source: Yuyucow

Images © ABC, Toei Animation

Update: The official website updated with information on the series.