AN OFFICIAL
MONSTER HUNTER
COMMUNITY

★How do you express your hobbies and interest? (Where is your platform? How frequently do you partake?)

I participate in my hobby every day! I might not be working with my hands all the time, but at least once a day, I’m thinking of some new concept or design, so I consider it an everyday activity. Even while I’m playing Monster Hunter, I often catch myself thinking things like, “So this monster has this style of scales,” or “This area would make such a great background!” The amount of time it takes to create the actual pieces depends on their size, but on average, it takes about 3-7 days.

★What Pulled You Into Monster Hunter (and which title you started with, if you please!)

I started with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, but I can’t remember what it was that actually got me hooked to the series…I only remember my mother buying the game for me when we stopped by the Ito-Yokado department store on my way home from school one day. I’m so grateful to her for that.

★Main Weapons

Switch Axe, Hunting Horn, Dual Blades

★Your Favorite Monsters

Rajang, Event Quest Greatest Jagras, Dalamadur, Amatsu

★Your Most Memorable Hunts Thus Far (Solo, Multiplayer, Squads, etc.)

I’ve had nothing but memorable hunts since I started playing, but if I had to choose one, I’d say the recently-updated Rajang in Iceborne. I get endless goosebumps seeing its remastered model on a big screen TV, with all the visually stimulating details in its musculature and fur. Of course, it bopped me the first time I saw one!

★How long have you been making Monster Hunter related creations?

I started in 2011, so this is my 9th year!

★The finer points of your works

While I’m working on any depiction of a monster, I have in mind an image of its mode of life. Though monsters may all seem the same, I think they must have different physical traits and mentalities, much like humans do, and the kinds of battles they’ve endured would depend upon their age and personality; they may have endured a number of turf wars or life-and-death struggles with hunters, and I try to convey those experiences in the scarring of their flesh, scales, and horns. Technically, I’m very particular in my use of watercolors, so I take utmost care in the textures created by my brush strokes and how the colors blend, since these are effects that are unique to the medium.

★A creation that has left a deep impression on you

“All of them!” is what I would like to say, but there is one piece that I was given the pleasure of creating for Appreciation Fest 2018, “When the Sapphire Star Shines”. Mr. Moteyama from the Monster Hunter Official Fanclub contacted me with the request: “We want you to make a big one!” which allowed me the privilege of taking on the epic challenge of a B1 size (728mm x 1189mm) canvas. It was so much fun drawing and painting on such large paper, and I barely finished by the deadline! It was a unique occasions where I felt like the project was so fun that I never wanted to stop working on it!

★Your next planned project

There are way too many subjects that I want to depict, and that makes it difficult to decide what’s next! If anyone has any requests, please feel free to contact me, I would love to hear them!

An extracurricular that I dedicated my youthful life to!

★How do you express your hobbies and interest? (Where is your platform? How frequently do you partake?)

Hello! I’m Shibainu Oimo!
I create monster figure diorama pieces for interior decoration.
I introduce my pieces on my YouTube channel, “Shibainu Oimo,” which I use to show recordings of the diorama creation process.
When it comes to figures, there’s always the thought of how they look lined up on a shelf, but I found myself wondering how else could be used to decorate a space, and so that’s how I began designing decorative dioramas, recreating the fields which these monsters inhabit!
Besides creating these dioramas, I also draw light-hearted pictures of monster too.

★What Pulled You Into Monster Hunter (and which title you started with, if you please!)

Out of the blue one day, my sibling came home carrying a Wii and a copy of Monster Hunter 3, and this was how I first came to know about the series.
We could play the Arena together in split screen mode, and I remember we would be up late at night, trying our hardest, over and over, to beat Barroth before time ran out.
Barroth’s attack was terrifying, so I would use the Heavy Bowgun to attack from long range… Thinking back on it now, it’s no wonder I took so long to beat it…

★Main Weapons

Bow, Long Sword

★Your Favorite Monsters

Lagiacrus, Zinogre, Mizutsune, Amatsu

★Your Most Memorable Hunts Thus Far (Solo, Multiplayer, Squads, etc.)

I went on a Shagaru Magala hunt as a 4-player party, but first one, then two members backed out, leaving only two of us in the party.
It was a grueling battle, and we were down to our last few potions…I didn’t think we had a chance to clear it, but somehow we just barely beat the clock and cleared the hunt.
We returned to the Gathering Hub after, we sat our characters together and chatted about the battle. “That was a close one!” “I was down to my last potion!” Having such a happy conversation after the struggle we put in is a very fond memory for me.

★How long have you been making Monster Hunter related creations?

I started creating decorative dioramas in 2018, making this my third year.

★The finer points of your works

I devote a lot of effort to faithfully recreating scenes; the areas the monsters pass through, their distinct scenery, the harvesting points, and all the gimmicky little details are things I pay special attention to.
I also use actual materials such as stones, plantlife, and dirt to give the scenes realistic expression.
I record as I create them, so I also do my best to record from a number of interesting angles.

★A creation that has left a deep impression on you

My re-creation of Zinogre in the Misty Peaks area. It’s been viewed and praised by a number of people, but familiarizing myself with using different materials and applying new techniques for the work are the parts that stick with me most.
I feel it was my most fulfilling piece, from both a creator’s and an observer’s perspective.

★Your next planned project

In addition to the field scenery, I want to try adding endemic life and a turf war to a diorama…
There are so many other things I want to create as well, so I’m more than happy to have fun and take my time making any and all works!

A world of wonder that stirs my ambition for creation and design!

★How do you express your hobbies and interest? (Where is your platform? How frequently do you partake?)

We’re the Monster Hunter Dancers (MHD)!
Members:
– Hiroaki
– Hiroshi
– RAM
– Taisuke
– Monhan Mask Man
– Yuusuke
We do all sorts of Monster Hunter activities, from complete gesture recreations on Youtube, Twitter, and so on, thinking up dances based on MH monster BGMs, and streaming games live at Taisuke’s cafe, COATL!
We also occassionally perform on stage as well!

★What Pulled You Into Monster Hunter (and which title you started with, if you please!)

A member of the dance team we were on at the time invited us to try out Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and that was our first time!

★Main Weapons

Mainly long sword and great sword!

★Your Favorite Monsters

The Valstrax! I would have been so happy if it had been added to Iceborne.

★Your Most Memorable Hunts Thus Far (Solo, Multiplayer, Squads, etc.)

The MHW:Iceborne Eastern Japan Championship that took place November 24th, 2019!
The quest was “The True Tyrant,” and we really gave it our all on the day of the match. (Even more so than when we danced at Kyocera Dome, haha)
We didn’t place very well, but it was a super-intense and exciting experience!

★How long have you been making Monster Hunter related creations?

Roughly two years now!

★The finer points of your works

We really strive to accurately portray the movements of all the characters, such as the monster and cat movements.
We also really paid attention to the details in weapons we made (haha).
Further, we make sure not to detract from the wonderful original tracks in Monster Hunter when we do our arrangements for the dances (apologies for the liberties we’ve already taken! m(__)m)
Lastly, we give our all to show our love and appreciation in every hunt we set out on!

★A creation that has left a deep impression on you

I always think back on the video of our recreation of the Meowscular Chef! We even made the actual platters!
Thankfully we got so many views on Twitter that we finally got a taste of what “going viral” felt like, lol

★Your next planned project

We were thinking to make a “dance-along to the Alatreon BGM!”

To us, Monster Hunter is a fun, passionate, and life-fulfilling piece of entertainment!

★How do you express your hobbies and interest? (Where is your platform? How frequently do you partake?)

I play Monster Hunter everyday, and post illustrations on Twitter as a hobby☆
I do all of my drawings on the Nintendo 3DS☆
I do pictures and comics of Monster Hunter subjects and memes that everyone online enjoys, so check out my account between hunts, if you have the time☆

★What Pulled You Into Monster Hunter (and which title you started with, if you please!)

I’m pretty sure the first Monster Hunter game I played was 『MHP2G』☆
I’d turn it on whenever I found the time to, call me a true-blue monster hunter☆
I’d get so excited every time my hunter rank went up and new quests were added, I couldn’t stop playing☆

★Main Weapons

In past installments, I mainly used Great Sword, Long Sword, Dual Blade, Insect Glaive, Bow, and Heavy Bowgun, but starting in MHW, I’ve been using Long Sword, Dual Blades, Lance, Light Bowgun, and Heavy Bowgun☆

★Your Favorite Monsters

All of the monsters have their own unique characteristics, and I love them all☆
I have especially fond memories of the last bosses and the flagship monsters☆

★Your Most Memorable Hunts Thus Far (Solo, Multiplayer, Squads, etc.)

The level 140 Guild Quest, the Special Permit Quest, and the collaboration monsters on multi-play difficulty☆
More recently, being able to battle the Fatalis from Iceborne with friends and Twitter followers has been a blast as well☆
The feeling of accomplishment whenever I clear a difficult quest is amazing, I love both co-op and single play☆

★How long have you been making Monster Hunter related creations?

I started shortly before MHW was released, so I’ve been at this for roughly 3 years now☆
I’m so grateful for all of the feedback I’ve received ever since☆

★The finer points of your works

I just draw whatever catches my interest, so I don’t know if I have any “finer points” to it, but I take great joy in learning that people who see my creations enjoy them just as much as I enjoy creating them☆

★A creation that has left a deep impression on you

It has to be an illustration I did for the MHXX first anniversary celebration when I had just started out☆
I was a newbie to Twitter, so the massive amount of “likes” that it got made me so happy, and though I didn’t know it at the time, I even got a reply from the MHXX producer. I was beyond surprised that one of the creators of the actual monsters in MH was also on Twitter☆
Another that comes to mind is Millsy-chan, the barmaid who appears in MHXX. She’s my favorite character in the series, so making that piece also left a lasting impression on me☆

★Your next planned project

Monster Hunter Rise is set to release this year, so I hope to play and draw lots of it☆

Wowza! To me, Monster Hunter is like another precious world☆