Toei dropped two trailers for Eiga Meitantei Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to Futari no Himitsu over the weekend, and the first one is the reason this is news: it puts the current Star Detective Precure! team on screen with the You and Idol Precure and Wonderful Precure! casts. Three generations, one film, opening September 18, 2026 in Japan.
Quick answer
Eiga Meitantei Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to Futari no Himitsu (*Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People*) opens in Japan on September 18, 2026. Hanako Ueda directs from a script by Yoshimi Narita, with Emiko Miyamoto as character designer and chief animation director. The first of two new trailers unites heroines from Star Detective Precure!, You and Idol Precure and Wonderful Precure!; the second focuses on the current team. SenpaiRanks tracks the 51-episode Meitantei Precure! TV series at 6.78 adjusted.
The crossover
Precure films have run crossover roll-calls for well over a decade, but the assembly here is tighter than the old All Stars format — three consecutive seasons rather than the full franchise roster, which gives each team actual screen time instead of a cameo lineup. The first trailer debuts a new still of all three casts together; the second sticks to the Star Detective cast and the film's own mystery.
New characters get voices too: Akari Kito as Karin, a 14-year-old girl, with Nobunaga Shimazaki and Koki Uchiyama as the fairies Alan and Rain. The comedy duo cotton voice creatures called "Dame Dame."
Behind the camera
Ueda directs, Narita scripts. Music is Erika Fukasawa and Misaki Umase; Yuka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake perform the ending theme "FIRST PRISM," and Ami Ishii sings the insert song "First Step." Supporting the visual side: art director Risa Fujii, color key artist Satoshi Takezawa, compositing DP Takumi Arai, production manager Hirotaka Naota.
Calendar slot
September 18 is a mid-month Japanese theatrical slot with no international date announced — standard for a Precure film, which historically reaches other territories through festival and streaming windows rather than a wide release.
For everything else landing this season, the fall 2026 premiere calendar and what to watch this fall are the two lists to work from. If long-running franchise anime is your thing, Saint Seiya's watch order and ranking covers a very different one, and Eat-Man: The Over Order is the other revival project worth a look.
Per SenpaiRanks, the current Meitantei Precure! TV run sits at 6.78 adjusted — mid-tier for the franchise. Rate it on the show page if you are actually watching; kids' franchise anime is chronically under-voted, which is exactly the kind of gap anime-native ratings should close.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When does the Star Detective Precure! film release?
A: September 18, 2026 in Japanese theaters. No international date has been announced.
Q: Which Precure teams are in the film?
A: Star Detective Precure!, You and Idol Precure and Wonderful Precure!
Q: Who directs the Star Detective Precure! movie?
A: Hanako Ueda, from a script by Yoshimi Narita, with character designs by Emiko Miyamoto.
Q: What are the Star Detective Precure! film's theme songs?
A: Yuka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake perform the ending "FIRST PRISM"; Ami Ishii sings the insert song "First Step."
Q: Who voices the new characters?
A: Akari Kito as Karin, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Alan and Koki Uchiyama as Rain, with comedy duo cotton as the "Dame Dame" creatures.