MORE STAR*TWINKLE DETAILS

Faraway from Earth is a planet called "Starry Sky World" and in the center of it is a holy ground called the "Star Palace", which contains the "12 Star Princesses of Constellations" who protect the balance of the whole universe...
But one day, someone attacked and the princesses turned themselves into "12 Princess Star Colour Pens" and scattered themselves across the universe!
If this situation continues, the stars will disappear, meaning Earth and the whole universe will be swallowed by darkness...!

"When the stars' light are lost, the legendary warriors or Pretty Cures will rise together with the Twinkle Book in hand to regain the brilliance again."
Lala says she is searching for the Pretty Cures along with Fuwa in hope that the legend the princesses conveyed will make the universe go back to how it was before.

But then Kappard, a Knot Raider who wishes to control the universe, appeared and attacked Fuwa...

One week left until Star*Twinkle premières and my arterial pressure is already ramped up by the rentrée to University... so we've luckily found some more info about the series ;) We now have a pic and name of a cadre (Yaaaay, our first Knot Raider!), as well as the titles of February's episodes:

1. (2/3): "Glitterific~☆ Shining in Space, Cure Star Is Born!" (Première; time to set up everyone and everything)


2. (2/10): "A Friend From Outer Space✰ Cure Milky Is Born!" (Lala gets her powers)


3. (2/17): "The Pretty Cures Are Disbanding!? Search for Power of the Star Princesses✰" (The quest begins)


4. (2/24): "Ciao! A Shining Smile✰ Cure Soleil Is Born!" (First Elena-Soleil focus episode, also she gets her powers)

And here's the first Knot Raider, Kappard:

Oui, he's an ikemen kappa (the first kind of youkai I got to know, thanks to Prisoner of Azkaban and the Fantastic Beasts book - arigato gozaimashita Rowling-sensei!)... Reminds me of the merman from The Shape of Water, but given a bishieness upgrade, doesn't he?
So maybe the Knot Raiders will have a youkai theme, maybe a theme centering around humanoid creatures in general from both eastern and western lore (and why not some from outside Eurasia?).

• A Star Colour Pen (スターカラーペン): is a an item that the Cures can use to transform. A pen appears before those they deem worthy of the Pretty Cure powers if they emit a strong emotion. They can also serve as a collectable item, known as Princess Star Colour Pen (プリンセススターカラーペン). There are 12 of them, each represent a Star Princess of the 12 zodiac signs, with each pen holding a mysterious power.

I want the Aquarius one for my birthday this year (31st of Jan, if you do not remember)...

Star Princesses

• Gotta Catch 'Em All: The girls have to collect the Star Color Pens to free the princesses trapped inside of them.
• Sealed Good in a Can: Each princess is sealed within a Star Color Pen.
• Western Zodiac: There are twelve of them, one for each zodiac symbol.

And let us not forget my guesses on powers and see if they are correct (a zodiac-themed season in canon is just the icing on the cake, isn't it?)

Here are my guesses on their powers, based upon their hairstyles and costumes:

• Aries: redhead, DEFINITELY fire powers
• Taurus: rosehead, most likely with enthralling rose-scent powers
• Gemini: teal identical twins, most likely with Doppelgänger Spin powers (could also bestow ambidexterity?)
• Cancer: romantic-looking, girly greenhead (lunacy?)
• Leo: regal, crowned cyanhead with an 80s mane - ie AOI F-ING TATEGAMI?! (They could retcon her to be cusp-born, with both Leo and Virgo attributes!) - powers most likely to be light manipulation and glamour
• Virgo: angelic light-pink rosehead, most likely lie detection (maybe also enhanced senses?)
• Libra: blonde who looks like Urara Kasugano, holding two soaring astral drops - DEFINITELY telekinesis
• Scorpio: Titian-haired, mysterious, turns her back to the viewer (and those sultry bare shoulderblades...) - most likely enhanced stealth and-or a dark glamour (to contrast Leo's light glamour)
• Sagittarius: lilac-haired markswoman with bow, mauve rose in her head makes her resemble Milky Rose; bares her midriff and wears bandages to protect her arms -already signs of someone adventurous - most likely enhanced marksmanship (maybe also enhanced sense of orientation)?
• Capricorn: fuchsia rosehead, holding heart in her hands and hearts for earrings (emotional control, when Capris are the ones in the zodiac least known for being emotional? Sounds like irony... right?)
• Aquarius: Prussian blüe (as expected by Yours Truly) with long flowing hair (looks like Reira Yakushiji) holding an urn with shooting stars - most likely ice powers (LET IT GO, LET IT GO... *****)
• Pisces: rosehead mermaid wearing a lot of pearls and corals and seashells - most likely the powers of turning into a merperson form (think Diluvian Forms in Siren the Drowning), waterbending, and realistic illusion

For now, it appears that the Taurus princess will be the first one to debut... a bit out of season, but still...

Also, it appears like Fuwa, the pet du jour, will have a dozen zodiac forms - I luv Aquarius Fuwa being a slime (and my own sun sign looking as always sterling in blue), Pisces being a mer-Fuwa, Gemini having mini-Fuwas for ears... awwww... Aries Fuwa also looks like the fluffiest red sheep you could picture yourselves, right?