The Gunpla release schedule for 2025 is somewhat rough so far, despite a new Gundam anime debuting. Although we’re getting some GQuuuuuuX models, release dates for retail models are scattered. The ...

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 ...

Bandai Spirits revealed numerous new Gunpla and other model kits based on Gundam series characters. These Gunpla kits will be gradually available for sale to the public in Japan in Q4 2024, so we’ll ...

Perfect Grade Gunpla showcase all the best aspects of Bandai’s model-building experience. They’re flagship sets with a ton of parts and all sorts of gimmicks to discover. Each of these requires a ...

Often called 'Japan's Star Wars,' the Gundam franchise has inspired fans worldwide for 40+ years with its groundbreaking mechas, rich universe, and complex characters. Alongside the shows and movies, ...

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 ...

On the hottest days of summer 2021, I was looking for a good hobby to pass the time in the great indoors, preferably something that didn’t require me to stare at another screen. I’d long been Gunpla ...

As of this year, the total lifetime sales of Gunpla, or Gundam plastic model kits, has reached the monumental figure of 500 million units. To give some context to that figure, if you were to line up ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Overwatch 2 is back with another anime crossover, and this time it's one that is sure to be nostalgic for anime fans who grew up in the early 2000s: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of fandom. For years, anyone with a smartphone in Japan has been able to play an assortment of mobile ...

The battles are set to take place at the “Gundam Factory Yokohama” from March 6th to the 13th, encouraging fans of the mech franchise to bring their Gundam plastic models to the event, have them ...

Xavier Lim, equipped with a laptop and notepad, stares at a wall of plastic model kits in a glass case. The Bandai employee who normally works on the importation and exportation of Gundam models has ...