BJD Publications

There is a hat by every physical copy I own that I can answer questions or provide images of. This is the page for publications by people and groups other than Volks. Volks specific publication info is here.

Gentaro Araki

Montparnasse

Andolrea-U-Noss (translation)

COMP-X 🎩

Published in 1999. There are no BJDs in this, but many figures and art. Araki is so skilled that I will forgive him for the depravity of what I had to see in this. Hide this one from your mom.

Mooks and Magazines

Dolly Dolly is published by Graphic-sha. Last issue (39) was published in 2019.

Dollybird is published by Hobby Japan. Some dolls have been exclusively sold through this magazine. This magazine is still publishing.

Dolly Japan is also published by Hobby Japan. There are 5 volumes (0-4). Last issue published in 2015.

U-noa Freak is also published by Hobby Japan. It includes fanmade patterns and tutorials for Unoa dolls. Three volumes were published.

Western magazines that featured BJD included Haute Doll, Dolls, Dollreader, and Fashion Doll Quarterly (FDQ). The main focus was rarely BJD, but they did appear. Both magazines have ceased publication.

Doujinshi

Voleur de Rose

Doujin magazine led by Yun Kouga. Includes patterns, illustrations, and photos. 3 volumes were published, last volume in 2006. Sewing patterns were included for the outfits, but must be enlarged 200%. I have not yet confirmed the patterns being included for the Vol 1 or 2 outfits.

Volume 1: Fashion 🎩

Yun Kouga illustrated the cover, along with a cute boy (Ritsuka?) illustration and 2 short comics. Kyon customized Ritsuka and Soubi are shown.

Images and photos of following outfits:

There are illustrations of dolls, a manga of an owner dressing up her two boys in many outfits, manga of a hamster making paper dolls.

Volume 2: Voyage 🎩

Images and photos of following outfits:

Full body photos of the Soubi and Ritsuka Kyon customized dolls are shown. They are 22 and 27cm dolls, not BJD.

Manga includes a story of 2 boy dolls interacting with their owner and a "doll essay" manga.

Volume 3: Phantasm 🎩

Scans of the manga have been uploaded by hors!

Images and photos of following outfits:

There is a photo essay and doll sketches by Yun Kouga.

Misc

Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan 🎩

An illustrated story about Aimee Major's trip to Glorious Nippon. Select pages are in color. Very cute and enjoyable, but not very long. The final chapter covers her visit to Tenshi no Sato in Kyoto. She has a map of TnS, describes her FCS order, her omukae ceremony, and her dinner with the Shigeta family.