Plastic models of characters from the popular TV animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam," known in Japan as "GUNPLA," (Gundam Plastic Models) were a social phenomenon among young people back in the 1980 ...

LY Corp., the operator of internet portal Yahoo! Japan, has announced a ban on the resale of new "Gunpla" and other popular snap-together plastic model kits at prices exceeding retail prices for a cer ...

Three new HG Gunpla models from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury appeared in hobby shops in Japan. The models are: CEK-077 Beguir-Pente, CEK-040 Beguir-Beu, and MSJ-121 Demi Trainer. Since ...

TOKYO -- Japanese toymaker Bandai Namco has begun recycling materials used in its Gunpla plastic models, an effort to raise fans' awareness of Gunpla -- plastic models based on the Mobile Suit Gundam ...

Gunpla(GUNdam PLAstic model kit) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Successive models of RX-78-2 Gundam are on display at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010, from the first ever Gunpla to the latest "RG ...

Bandai is opening a new museum dedicated to its Mobile Suit Gundam plastic model kits on September 2, 2025 in Shizuoka, Japan. The museum will not only allow visitors to learn about everything Gunpla, ...

the giant robots of Gundam. Four decades after the sci-fi anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" debuted on Japanese television, plastic models lifted from the saga are as popular as ever. Toymaker Bandai ...

With Gundam Calibarn, there will actually be two variants of it appearing in Gundam Breaker 4. One is the standard X-EX01 Gundam Calibarn Gunpla from The Witch from Mercury season two. The other is a ...

Mobile Suit Gundam remains one of the most beloved anime franchises focusing on mech suits in Japan and worldwide. Thanks in part to the popularity of The Witch From Mercury, the hottest merchandise ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...