Books & Magazines

Cover FeatureJurassic World For the first time in 32 years, since the August 1993 issue, dinosaurs are back in the cover feature of Monthly Hobby J...

Schools are a popular setting for illustrators and manga artists; however, current schools have changed dramatically from the time when they were s...

Featured FeatureMastering Water-Based Hobby Colors, the "Official Gunpla Paints"! GSI Creos' Water-Based Hobby Colors are one of the many water-bas...

Featured FeatureSpace Battleship Yamato: The Voyage of the Space Battleship Yamato In October 1974, the sensational TV animation "Space Battleship ...

Featured FeatureMastering Gunpla with Brush Painting This month's issue features "brush painting" for the first time in about a year!! But first, s...

Featured Article Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX is a hot topic among fans of all kinds, from veterans to newcomers. Eve...

Featured Article: Gundam 45th Anniversary The Future of Gundam and the Evolution of Gunpla 2025 marks the 45th anniversary of the birth of Gunpla!!...

A comprehensive feature on Armored Trooper VOTOMS, including examples from HJ Mechanics, is included in the third edition of the perpetual preserva...

Featured article: How to choose model tools Following on from the airbrush feature in the previous issue, "Monthly Hobby Japan May Issue," this iss...

Once again! Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY This is the 17th issue of Gundam Forward, a Gundam-only magazine that delivers the latest Gundam inform...

Featured article: New common sense for airbrushes 2025 In the past few years, the number of people taking up model making as a hobby has increased ...

  Blue Comet SPT Layzner is a robot anime that was broadcast on TV by Sunrise in 1985. It has remained popular with fans ever since it was first b...

This is the fourth installment of the permanent archive series, which compiles feature articles including examples from "HJ Mechanics" into one vol...

A few years ago, the demand for staying at home led to an increase in the number of people interested in model making. Among these, the popularity ...

Featured ArticleMobile Suit Z Gundam Mobile Suit Technology U.C.0087 On March 2, 1985, Mobile Suit Z Gundam was broadcast on TV as a sequel to Mobi...

A must-read for anyone who wants to 'stain' Gunpla! Mobile Suit Gundam plastic models, or Gunpla, have been on sale since 1980. Weathering is a fin...

The charm of watercolors, woven by a popular illustrator with 137,000 followers on Instagram This is a collection of works and illustrations by pop...

Using popular famous Japanese cars as the subject, this book explains everything from the basics to advanced aspects of car model making that even ...

A stunning collection of model examples featuring the machines from the movie "Cucuruz Doan's Island"!This is the new release in the familiar Gun...

Complete coverage of all mobile suits from the first season!! Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is now available in the Gundam Weapons s...

[Front Feature: Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Vengeance]●The completely new anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Vengeance is being exclusively di...

[Front Feature: 27th All Japan Orazaku Championship Winners & Complete Publication of Entries] ●You've been waiting for the next issue! The res...

Special supplement: Hobby Japan MEMORIAL 1990-2000s B5 size, 176 pages ☆Click here for the next issue (the next issue will be the Ora Zaku results ...

●Special supplement: Hobby Japan MEMORIAL 1980s, B5 size, full color, 176 pages ●Front feature:Gundam 45th anniversary x Hobby Japan 55th annivers...

[Front Feature: Gundam 45th Anniversary RG RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 Complete Guide]●2024 marks 45 years since the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam began ...

[Front feature: Brush painting is fun now!]●The first "brush painting" feature in seven years since 2017!●From the classic lacquer brush painting ...

[Featured article: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM: A tip you can use starting today! Gunpla building techniques] ●The film Mobile Suit Gundam SEE...

[Front Feature: Macross Valkyrie Modeling] ●It's been nine years since the launch of Macross Modellers, where plastic model makers join forces acr...

●Popular serial project “Nobuyuki Sakurai’s You Can Do This Much in 2 Days on the Weekend!” has been made into a book ●The popular serial project `...

- Thoroughly features "Aura Battler Dunbine" who still attracts many fans ●Sunrise robot anime “Aura Battler Dunbine” will celebrate its 40th anniv...

  Special Feature: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Mechanism of the Zeon Threat Mobile Suit Gundam" still attracts many fans. In-depth feature on the me...

[Opening feature: U.C.0093-0097 Mobile Suit Technology]-``Narrative Gundam C Equipment'' will be released in April as the latest item from the gun...

[Opening feature: Sunrise Robot Retsuden 80s]●The example project that shows off the charm of Sunrise robots other than the Gundam series in 3D is...

 The second volume of the Gundam Forward Archive is "Gundam SEED"! The second volume of the "Gundam Forward Archive," which picks up one content fr...

Written by Reiko Oba, a professional calligrapher and designer, this book will help you achieve "a Japanese taste in everyday space"! These fashion...

[Opening feature: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM]-The opening feature is the completely new sequel "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM" which will b...