The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
News
Collaboration items featuring Sanrio characters and the “Nikkorino” character brand will go on sale sequentially starting August 28, 2026, exclusively at 7-Eleven stores nationwide. The lineup includes a total of six types of plush mascots and pouches!
Fashion
New “Monchhichi” merchandise in collaboration with “Avail,” a casual brand operated by the Shimamura Group, will go on sale nationwide starting August 29, 2026. In addition to new fashion accessories such as bag charms and keychains, the lineup features a wide range of daily necessities—from memory foam cushions, storage boxes, and bath mats to women’s pajamas and loungewear—starting at 770 yen (tax included)!
News
MAN WITH A MISSION’s new song “Issen” has been selected as the official promotional song for Capcom’s sword-fighting action game *Onimusha: Way of the Sword*! TV commercials will begin airing on August 28!
Collaboration Café
The “The Promised Neverland” 10th Anniversary × Princess Cafe collaboration is currently running to great acclaim at Café Theater Terrace on the 4th floor of the Sunshine City Cultural Hall Building in Tokyo through September 11! Here’s a look at the full lineup of 12 collaboration menu items and the café’s interior!
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
An exhibition event titled “10th Anniversary: Will You Marry Me?” celebrating the 10th anniversary of *Stand My Heroes* will be held in the Ikebukuro area from September 4 to September 6, 2026. The event will feature “Choose Your Own! Three Wedding Vows Cards,” which visitors can receive by playing digital content, as well as life-size standees featuring the 10th-anniversary visuals at wedding-themed booths. Specific venue details and admission information will be announced on August 31.
Pop-up Store
A limited-time shop featuring San-X’s popular character “Ishiyowa-chan”—the “Ishiyowa-chan POP-UP SHOP ~Monotone Mood~”—will be held at 17 Rilakkuma stores nationwide starting Saturday, August 29, 2026! The event will feature a variety of highlights, including POP-UP exclusive merchandise such as the “hanging plush” with its cute large polka-dot ribbon and the heart-shaped “marker charm,” a “mini drawstring pouch” given as a free gift to the first customers who make a purchase of 3,300 yen or more (tax included), as well as a photo session where you can take a picture with Ishiyowa-chan—there’s plenty to see and do.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up shop for the TV anime “Yomi no Tsugai” will be held on the 7th floor of Shinjuku Marui Annex from Friday, August 28, 2026, through Sunday, September 6!
The lineup will feature new original merchandise, including collection cards, pins, acrylic stands, and rubber desk mats based on the newly illustrated “Morning Routine” theme. There will also be a giveaway where customers receive a bromide for every 3,000 yen (tax included) spent, as well as a raffle for a chance to win an extra-large acrylic figure.
News
As part of the “Chiikawa Yaki” fall limited-edition lineup, three varieties—Flying Squirrel (sweet potato), Chestnut Manju (chestnut with skin), and Sea Otter (pumpkin)—will go on sale sequentially starting August 31, 2026. Each item is priced at 350 yen (tax included). The Yokohama World Porters and Nagoya PARCO locations will rotate the offerings weekly, while the AEON Mall Makuhari Shintoshin location will sell all three varieties continuously through November 26.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store featuring Sanrio’s popular character “Pokkyokuten,” in collaboration with Munyu Gurumi Patio, will be held from Friday, August 28, 2026, through Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the wagon area beneath Staircase G on Tokyo Character Street in Tokyo Station Ichiban-gai!
A wide variety of items will be available, including “Munyu Gurumi” figures themed around public bathhouses, sauna hat mascots, glow-in-the-dark mascots, trading pin badges, and public bath-style acrylic keychain sets. For every 3,300 yen (tax included) spent, customers will receive one random visual card as a gift.
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
To commemorate the publication of the special edition of *Schweigen*, the “Special Edition Publication Commemorative Exhibition: Usamaru Furuya—*Schweigen* / “Afterglow -Restlicht-” will be held from August 29 to September 27, 2026, at Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo, and from October 10 to October 21 at Seaside Studio CASO in Osaka. The exhibition will feature the complete collection of previously unreleased original artwork from the final chapters of *Schweigen*—a full-color redrawing of *Lychee☆Hikari Club* that took approximately four years to complete—as well as the premiere of the new work *Residual Light -Restlicht-*. A single ticket grants admission to both exhibitions.
Merchandise
A new item, “Momoka’s Jacket”—a faithful reproduction of the jacket worn by Momoka Kawaragi in *Girls Band Cry*—will go on sale in December 2026!
Pop-up Store
The anime “Jujutsu Kaisen” POP-UP STORE ~Death March: Part 1~ will open sequentially at Ikebukuro PARCO starting August 27, 2026, and at Grand Front Osaka starting September 18. New merchandise featuring original illustrations from the Season 3 opening sequence will be available!
Pop-up Store
The pop-up store for the movie *Zombieland Saga: Yumeginga Paradise* is currently open to great acclaim at the Hakata Marui 7th-floor event space from August 22 to August 30, 2026. A total of nine different merchandise items and bonus postcards are available!
Fashion
Popular Disney characters such as “Minnie Mouse,” “Daisy Duck,” and “Clarice” are teaming up with Avail (Avail). Leopard-print collaboration merchandise will go on sale nationwide starting August 22, 2026.
News
“Puppet Sunsun,” a character from the puppet kingdom of “Tuhock,” is teaming up with McDonald’s for a Happy Meal promotion launching nationwide on August 28, 2026. A set of four McDonald’s-exclusive stickers will be available for the first time!
Pop-up Store
The “Tsutaya Books GODZILLA POP UP SHOP,” a large-scale pop-up store celebrating the release of the movie “Godzilla -0.0,” has been a hit at MORIOKA TSUTAYA since August 21, 2026!
