How To Draw Manga: Giant Robots
ISBN: 4-7661-1255-5
Publisher: Graphic Sha 
Author: Hikaru Hayashi
Publication Date in English: August 2001
Series: How to Draw Manga, about a bazillion books by this point
Price: $19.95
Pagecount: 126
Color: No
Breasts: Yes, some
Short Impression: If you want to do Mazinger-style robots, this is the book
     for you.  A little Gundam/Eva stuff, and two pages on transforming.

     How To Draw Manga is the largest series of "how to draw" books for
manga/anime styling.  Hayashi is a veteran of the series, but I'll admit this
is the only place I've seen his name.
     The book has a very good table of contents, which largely makes up for
the lack of index.  The book is divided into three chunks: Basic Robot
Design, Combat Robots, and Female Robots.  Each section is shorter than the
one before it.
     The Basics cover a lot of ground, a combination of working from human
anatomy, simple machines and incorporating found objects and vehicle bits.
Most of the sample robots shown in this section are Mazinger-style, either
straight out of the 70s or modern updates of the Go Nagai design elements.
This section is really good for those looking to work with classic designs.
     The Combat Robots section focuses mostly on accessories, although the
few complete designs shown are more from the Gundam and Patlabor schools of
robots.  Lots and lots of weapons, both integrated and hand-held, are shown
here.  Some are serious/modern, while others are clearly Nagai-ish goofy
things.  Also includes some transportation accessories like hoverpods and
jetskates.  The two pages of transforming robots are in this section.
     Finally, the femmebot section starts with (usually) naked female models,
then shows multiple ways to adapt the form to robots.  Most of the advice
focuses on the "cubic/armored" type and the "mannequin/android" type.  The
first is better for Transformers, the second for cyborgs and human-sized
robots.  The point of this section is mostly to create sexy femmebots, rather
than warrior type.
     Overall, this is a good book for those looking to draw more classic
robots, although the basics section has useful info for structural elements.
The weapons gallery is also helpful for swiping from.