"Star Wars" returns to "Pia"! The second issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia," revived as a magazine after 15 years, unveils today a new "Star Wars" cover illustration by Masamichi Oikawa after approximately 21 years!!
The second issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia" will be released on May 15, featuring a new "Star Wars" cover illustration by Masamichi Oikawa, the first in about 21 years. This is notable as a new endeavor for the information magazine "Pia," which was revived after 15 years.
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Title: "Star Wars" returns to "Pia"! The second issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia," revived as a magazine after 15 years, unveils today a new "Star Wars" cover illustration by Masamichi Oikawa after approximately 21 years!
The cover illustration for the latest work "The Mandalorian & Grogu" is released today.
The latest theatrical film "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu" is featured as a cover illustration. On the other side of the double cover, SUPER BEAVER, celebrating their 20th anniversary, appears. The main feature is "Music" and "Life" heard from the screen!
Pia Corporation (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Hiroshi Yanai) launched "Tobu! Pia" in April 2026, a new monthly entertainment information magazine that follows the lineage of the information magazine "Pia," connecting the immediate overview of paper to the digital Pia app and web. It is a new media that connects accidental encounters with entertainment generated by turning pages to detailed digital information and ticket purchases. The second issue, the May issue, will be released on Friday, May 15.
Adorning the cover of the May issue is the latest theatrical film "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu," the first new Star Wars film in 7 years, to be released on Friday, May 22. Masamichi Oikawa, an illustrator who has long worked on the covers of the information magazine "Pia," newly drew this for the current issue. It has been 21 years since Oikawa's "Star Wars" cover illustration appeared in "Pia."
Oikawa has drawn a total of 11 "Star Wars" works as covers for "Pia" magazine over 22 years, from the July 15, 1983 issue (No. 189) with "Return of the Jedi" to the July 7, 2005 issue (No. 1108) with "Revenge of the Sith." In this issue, along with the unveiling of this new cover illustration, Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that have graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will also be introduced in the magazine.
In addition, in conjunction with the release of this magazine, a collaboration project will be carried out within Ion Cinema Ebina (Kanagawa Prefecture), known as "Japan's first cineplex."
◆ "Tobu! Pia" official page: https://lp.p.pia.jp/tobupia/
◎ 22 years, 11 works. "Star Wars" drawn by "Pia" magazine, this is the 12th work.
Masamichi Oikawa, an illustrator who has long worked on the covers of the information magazine "Pia." Oikawa has continued to draw "Pia" cover illustrations for over 35 years and was certified by Guinness World Records in 2007 for "the longest career as a cover illustrator for the same magazine." Even after the launch of the "Pia" app in 2018, he continues to announce new works monthly as digital covers.
In the second revived issue, the May issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia," Oikawa newly drew a cover illustration on the theme of "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu," the latest theatrical film in the "Star Wars" series after 7 years.
Oikawa has drawn a total of 11 "Star Wars" works as covers for "Pia" magazine, from the July 15, 1983 issue of "Star Wars Episode 6 / Return of the Jedi" to the July 7, 2005 issue of "Star Wars Episode 3 / Revenge of the Sith." In this issue, along with the unveiling of this new cover illustration, Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that have graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will also be introduced in the magazine.
The content is enjoyable for both readers who know the past covers and those who are encountering "Pia" and "Star Wars" for the first time.
Masamichi Oikawa's cover illustrations for "Pia" magazine, which has continued to record the entertainment of the era. In this issue, we will look back at its trajectory.
Masamichi Oikawa drew "Star Wars" as a cover for "Pia" magazine. To the 11 works from 1983 to 2005, a 12th work has now been added as the cover for the May issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia."
From the pages of the May issue of monthly "Tobu! Pia." Masamichi Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will be introduced in this issue along with the new work. It is a book that both "Pia" readers and "Star Wars" fans can enjoy.
◆ Masamichi Oikawa's "Star Wars" works that adorned the covers of "Pia" magazine from 1983 to 2005
(From top left)
- July 15, 1983 issue (No. 189) "Star Wars / Return of the Jedi (Episode 6)"
- August 3, 1993 issue (No. 518) Director George Lucas (at the time)
- May 19, 1997 issue (No. 705) "Star Wars" Original Trilogy Special Edition Revival Release
- May 24, 1999 issue (No. 805) "Star Wars / Phantom Menace (Episode 1)"
- June 21, 1999 issue (No. 809) Padmé Amidala / Queen Amidala
- August 9, 1999 issue (No. 816) George Lu
Title: "Star Wars" returns to "Pia"! The second issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia," revived as a magazine after 15 years, unveils today a new "Star Wars" cover illustration by Masamichi Oikawa after approximately 21 years!
The cover illustration for the latest work "The Mandalorian & Grogu" is released today.
The latest theatrical film "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu" is featured as a cover illustration. On the other side of the double cover, SUPER BEAVER, celebrating their 20th anniversary, appears. The main feature is "Music" and "Life" heard from the screen!
Pia Corporation (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Hiroshi Yanai) launched "Tobu! Pia" in April 2026, a new monthly entertainment information magazine that follows the lineage of the information magazine "Pia," connecting the immediate overview of paper to the digital Pia app and web. It is a new media that connects accidental encounters with entertainment generated by turning pages to detailed digital information and ticket purchases. The second issue, the May issue, will be released on Friday, May 15.
Adorning the cover of the May issue is the latest theatrical film "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu," the first new Star Wars film in 7 years, to be released on Friday, May 22. Masamichi Oikawa, an illustrator who has long worked on the covers of the information magazine "Pia," newly drew this for the current issue. It has been 21 years since Oikawa's "Star Wars" cover illustration appeared in "Pia."
Oikawa has drawn a total of 11 "Star Wars" works as covers for "Pia" magazine over 22 years, from the July 15, 1983 issue (No. 189) with "Return of the Jedi" to the July 7, 2005 issue (No. 1108) with "Revenge of the Sith." In this issue, along with the unveiling of this new cover illustration, Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that have graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will also be introduced in the magazine.
In addition, in conjunction with the release of this magazine, a collaboration project will be carried out within Ion Cinema Ebina (Kanagawa Prefecture), known as "Japan's first cineplex."
◆ "Tobu! Pia" official page: https://lp.p.pia.jp/tobupia/
◎ 22 years, 11 works. "Star Wars" drawn by "Pia" magazine, this is the 12th work.
Masamichi Oikawa, an illustrator who has long worked on the covers of the information magazine "Pia." Oikawa has continued to draw "Pia" cover illustrations for over 35 years and was certified by Guinness World Records in 2007 for "the longest career as a cover illustrator for the same magazine." Even after the launch of the "Pia" app in 2018, he continues to announce new works monthly as digital covers.
In the second revived issue, the May issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia," Oikawa newly drew a cover illustration on the theme of "Star Wars / The Mandalorian & Grogu," the latest theatrical film in the "Star Wars" series after 7 years.
Oikawa has drawn a total of 11 "Star Wars" works as covers for "Pia" magazine, from the July 15, 1983 issue of "Star Wars Episode 6 / Return of the Jedi" to the July 7, 2005 issue of "Star Wars Episode 3 / Revenge of the Sith." In this issue, along with the unveiling of this new cover illustration, Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that have graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will also be introduced in the magazine.
The content is enjoyable for both readers who know the past covers and those who are encountering "Pia" and "Star Wars" for the first time.
Masamichi Oikawa's cover illustrations for "Pia" magazine, which has continued to record the entertainment of the era. In this issue, we will look back at its trajectory.
Masamichi Oikawa drew "Star Wars" as a cover for "Pia" magazine. To the 11 works from 1983 to 2005, a 12th work has now been added as the cover for the May issue of the monthly magazine "Tobu! Pia."
From the pages of the May issue of monthly "Tobu! Pia." Masamichi Oikawa's "Star Wars" illustrations that graced the covers of "Pia" magazine in the past will be introduced in this issue along with the new work. It is a book that both "Pia" readers and "Star Wars" fans can enjoy.
◆ Masamichi Oikawa's "Star Wars" works that adorned the covers of "Pia" magazine from 1983 to 2005
(From top left)
- July 15, 1983 issue (No. 189) "Star Wars / Return of the Jedi (Episode 6)"
- August 3, 1993 issue (No. 518) Director George Lucas (at the time)
- May 19, 1997 issue (No. 705) "Star Wars" Original Trilogy Special Edition Revival Release
- May 24, 1999 issue (No. 805) "Star Wars / Phantom Menace (Episode 1)"
- June 21, 1999 issue (No. 809) Padmé Amidala / Queen Amidala
- August 9, 1999 issue (No. 816) George Lu