20th Anniversary Congratulatory Message

The 20th Anniversary Congratulatory Message is a short scene that only appears at the beginning of the opening theme for Prism Hearts Precure for the whole season to honor the series twentieth year on the air. It features different Pretty Cures from earlier seasons to mark this occasion.

The order appears to be semi-random with tribute episodes often featuring the whole team (the only exceptions being Max Heart and Yes! 5 GoGo), and the Cures also appear to be animated by their respective seasons character designer. The Cure/Cures that will say the message for the coming week's episode is listed along with a summary and preview on TV Asahi's website.

List of Appearing Cures

Episode #	Cure
01	Cure Black
02	Cure Marine
03	Futari Wa Cures
04	Star☆Twinkle Cures
05	Cure Twinkle
06	Go! Princess Cures
07	Cure March
08	HUGtto Cures
09	Fresh Cures
10	Cure Sword
11	DokiDoki Cures
12	Heartcatch Cures
13	Cure Blossom
14	Cure Felice
15	Cure Parfait
16	Cure Miracle
17	Mahou Tsukai Cures
18	Delicious Party Cures
19	Yes! 5 Cures
20	Cure White
21	Cure Yell
22	Cure Star
23	Cure Fortune
24	Happiness Charge Cures
25	Suite Cures
26	Smile Cures
27	Dino Spirits Cures
28	Cure Echo
29	Cure Hope
30	Cure Muse
31	KiraKira A La Mode Cures
32	Sporty Cures
33	Tropical Rouge Cures
34	Cure Moonlight
35	Cyberverse Cures
36	Cure Scarlet
37	Cure Passion
38	Dark Precure
39	Shiny Luminous
40	Healin' GoodCures
41	Milky Rose
42	Cure Magical
43	Futari Wa Splash★Star Cures
44	Hirogaru Sky! Cures
45	Prism Hearts Cures
46	Cure Jaw
47	Cure Flora
48	Cure Happy
49	Pretty Cure All-Stars
50	Cure Light

Notes

Each group of Cures has their own special transition into the opening sequence:

• The Max Heart and Splash Star Cures float across the screen, leading to the opening.
• The Yes! Cures have red rose petals (blue in Milky Rose's case) blowing across the screen as their transition.
• The Fresh Cures have their Cure Sticks / Passion Harp and their attacks lead to the transition.
• The Heartcatch Cures have their transformation background and their respective flower flies past the screen, transitioning into the opening. In both Cure Moonlight and Dark Precure's case, she has a lot of close-ups and her passing by the screen leads to the opening.
• The Suite Cures strum the strings like they do at the beginning of their introductions and a musical note zooms in to start the opening after they say their speech.
• The Smile! Cures say part of their introduction phrase in their speech and strike poses similar to their ending poses. At the end, a Cure Decor shape flies in to transition to the opening.
• The Doki Doki! Cures pose like they do at the end of their transformations. They also make their respective symbols with their hands, which zooms into the opening.
• The Happiness Charge Cures show a PreCard before it transforms into a Prism Card, leading into the transition into the opening
• The Go! Princess Cures bow to the audience as the jewels in their crown shine bright as their transition into the opening
• The Mahou Tsukai Cures quickly take out their wands and perform a spell that causes their transition into the opening to occur
• The KiraKira A La Mode Cures create a special birthday cake using their Candy Rods which causes the transition into the opening
• The HUGtto! Cures are surprised by Hugtan before a crystal appears to transition into the opening
• The Star☆Twinkle Cures then draw a star with a Star Color Pen that shoots of into the opening
• The Healin' Good Cures call out to their partners as they become their Healing Stick, allowing them to create the transition into the opening
• The Cyberverse Cures soon catch a pixelated egg that began to glow before transitioning into the opening
• The Tropical Rouge Cures leap into the air before creating a splash effect that transitions into the opening
• The Sporty Cures give a thumbs up before blowing a whistle, which causes the screen to transition in a style similar to a crowd sign at a wrestling event.
• The Delicious Party Cures afterwards spot the Recipipis representing their main foods appear before thousands of them flood the screen, afterwhich they scatter as a transition into the opening.
• The Dino Spirits Cures take out a Kyoryupon and flip it like a coin, which transitions into the opening
• The Hirogaru Sky Cures take out their Sky Mirages and bring them together, causing a burst of feathers to cover the screen before transition into the opening
• The Prism Hearts Cures lift their Prism Changers into the air and cause the Prism Hearts symbol to fly towards the screen, creating the transition into the opening

Trivia

• Dark Precure is the only non-Cure character to appear in the congratulatory message, due to the theme of the episode in question revolving around the villains, while Cure Hope's appearance was meant to tie into the Prism Hearts movie. Alternatively, the Tropical Rouge and Hirogaru Sky's group messages are the only ones to appear in a different episode than their tribute episode. In the latter's case, it's likely due to said tribute being in Prism Hearts' main movie.
• It marks the first televised appearance of Cure Moforun due to some reported copyright issues that prevented her from fully appearing on-screen in HuPC37