The Official Complete Books (オフィシャルコンプリートブック )? are a series of guidebooks for Pretty Cure published by Gakken Marketing. They are magazine books, so-called mooks, that stay on shelves longer and are sturdier than magazines. They are comparable to the Memory Books that are included with Blu-ray or DVD Boxes, and to the Animage Special Edition magazines. Unlike Animage, the focus is mostly on a series, not the movies.
The first Official Complete Book was about Smile Pretty Cure!. Since then, every year a mook is brought out after a season concluded. Pretty Cure series older than Smile have not received a guidebook.
Contents[]
All entries follow a similar structure. The mook includes a poster. It begins with promotional or merchandise art in full colour, art from posters or from the calendars. These are usually done by the character designer themselves, but can also be the character designer of the movie. A character profile collection follows, with every character shown in a colour, even minor characters that only appeared in one episode[1]. Each Cure has 4 pages dedicated to them, showing off their design, all their costume changes within the series, the civilian forms and the outfits they wore. [2]
Animage Special Editions always have behind the scenes information and the thoughts of the directors and character designer, but the Official Complete Books keep the character descriptions very simple and do not include trivia.
Furthermore, the mooks have an episode and a movie guide that list the contents and the staff of the episode or movie, with pictures from the anime. Then some series specific art or special information is shown off, such as eye catches and end cards. The mook concludes with long interviews with the voice actresses of the Cures, and sometimes voice actors of mascots, villains and other important characters give their short thoughts as well. Then follows a series of interviews with the show director(s), the writer, the character designer, the producer, and sometimes other staff like CG or movie directors.
Many mooks also have a page where the main staff (not only the series spanning staff, also various animation directors, episode directors and episode script writers) drew on a large canvas, giving their signatures, small doodles and congratulation or thank you messages.
List of Official Complete Books[]
Smile Pretty Cure! Official Complete Book[]
- Main Page: Smile Pretty Cure! Official Complete Book
- ISBN: 978-4-05-606959-4
- Release Date: March 16, 2013
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 96
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1860695900
Doki Doki! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-610409-7
- Release Date: March 15, 2014
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861040900
Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-610764-7
- Release Date: March 14, 2015
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861076400
Go! Princess Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-610993-1
- Release Date: March 19, 2016
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861099300
Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611179-8
- Release Date: March 18, 2017
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861117900
KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611342-6
- Release Date: March 17, 2018
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861134200
HUGtto! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- Main Page: HUGtto! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611471-3
- Release Date: April 22, 2019
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1861147100
Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- Main Page: Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure Official Complete Book
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611578-9
- Release Date: May 21, 2020
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/2061157800
Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611615-1
- Release Date: April 30, 2021
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/2061161500
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]
- Main Page: Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book
- ISBN: 978-4-05-611663-2
- Release Date: June 21, 2022
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/2061166300
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]

- ISBN: 978-4-05-802018-0
- Release Date: April 24, 2023
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/2080201800
Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book[]

- Main Page: Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure Official Complete Book
- ISBN:
- Release Date: June 24, 2024
- Format: Mook
- Size: A4
- Number of pages: 100
- Product link: https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17879613/?variantId=17879613
Notes and References[]
- The HUGtto! mook was delayed for a month and the Star☆Twinkle mook was delayed for two months.