The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Pop-up Store
The “Love Live! Sunshine!! POP UP SHOP” is set to take place on the 7th floor of Yurakucho Marui from October 17 to November 3, 2026! Merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations of the Aqours members wearing fairy-themed costumes will be on sale, and product details and purchase bonuses will be announced at a later date.
Collaboration Café
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the GiGO Collaboration Cafe Akihabara Building 3, a collaboration cafe with the Love Live! series will be held from November 21, 2026, to April 11, 2027. The first installment features the Nijigasaki Academy School Idol Club. Newly drawn illustrations of the members wearing the GiGO Collaboration Cafe uniforms have been unveiled, and a survey is currently underway asking which menu items fans would like to see brought back during the event period.
Pop-up Store
The “Fly High! Haikyu!! National Tour POP-UP STORE ~Second Lap~” for “Haikyu!!” is set to kick off on October 24, 2026, at Aeon Mall Kawaguchi Maekawa! As the second leg of the “Run Wild!! National Tour Pop-Up Store,” which toured all 47 prefectures, this “Second Lap” will feature a wide range of related items—including merchandise featuring newly drawn artwork—and will tour all 47 prefectures sequentially, starting with Iwate, Gifu, and Wakayama.
Collaboration Café
The “Slayer Cafe & POP UP SHOP,” a collaboration event based on the TV anime “Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance,” will be held at the Tree Village Yokohama location from October 10 to November 4, 2026, and and at the Osaka and Hakata locations from November 21 to December 3. The event will feature a collaboration menu and newly illustrated merchandise themed around a café run by the Demon Hunters. Customers who order from the menu will receive an original coaster, and those who purchase merchandise will receive a bonus bromide.
News
The “YOASOBI × ROUND1 Collaboration Campaign,” commemorating YOASOBI’s dome and stadium tour “YOASOBI Super Planet,” will take place at all ROUND1 locations starting at 10:00 a.m. on October 9, 2026. The campaign will run until January 11, 2027, and will be held simultaneously in Japan and the U.S. Details of the campaign will be announced at a later date.
Collaboration Café
The “WE ARE HERO HOLICS” themed café based on the anime *My Hero Academia* will open in Tokyo, Aichi, and Hokkaido on October 16, 2026, and in Osaka on October 22. The menu will feature hero-themed box pizzas and donuts, along with merchandise featuring newly illustrated mini-character designs!
Merchandise
New amie products, including the Stella Photo Sparkle and Cheer Card Collections, will be released in January 2027 from “18TRIP (Eito-ri)”!
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café between the new rhythm game “BanG Dream! Our Notes” and Sweets Paradise will open sequentially at nine locations nationwide starting November 2, 2026. Newly drawn illustrations themed around Sweets Paradise’s desserts have been revealed, and the menu and merchandise will be announced at a later date!
Pop-up Store
The “Kapibara-san” pop-up tour, “Kapibara-san POP-UP: Nationwide Tour & Tote-Tote Shop,” is set to kick off in Tokyo on October 30, 2026! The tour will visit five cities—Tokyo, Sendai, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Nagoya—and is scheduled to return to Tokyo around late March 2027. The locations of each venue and event details will be announced at a later date.
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The “ONE PIECE × Namco Campaign 2026” will be held from November 20, 2026, to January 11, 2027, at Namco locations nationwide and on Namco Online Crane, and featuring Namco-exclusive prizes: a DXF posing figure of the Cursed Prince “Loki” and a “ONE PIECE Logo Light.” You can also obtain Namco-exclusive two-layer sheets (8 varieties total) using redemption tickets received for every 500 yen inserted into eligible crane games.
Merchandise
New merchandise featuring an original bunny outfit and the “Flat-Chested Girls” series from the TV anime *Lord Canaan Is, After All, a Pushover* will go on general sale in November 2026.
Pop-up Store
A “Identity V” pop-up shop will be held sequentially starting October 15, 2026, at Hands stores in Shibuya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Shinsaibashi! The first phase will feature a “Halloween”-themed “Night Festival Vol. 2,” and the second phase will feature new merchandise from “Identity V Kindergarten ~Naptime~” Vol. 2, available for pre-sale. Customers who purchase eligible merchandise will also receive a Cheki-style photo card as a bonus.
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“OPERATION TOKAIDO,” a collaboration between “New Mobile Report Gundam W” and JR Central’s “Oshi-Tabi” campaign, will begin on October 20, 2026. Exclusive in-train voice messages on the Tokaido Shinkansen, metallic cards, wallpapers featuring the six stations served by the Nozomi, and collaboration merchandise will be available!
Pop-up Store
The “Literary Masters: Stray Dogs × h.NAOTO” “Escape Game” exhibition will kick off at Shibuya Moddy on October 10, 2026, and tour five venues—including Aomori, Yamaguchi, Hakata, and Namba! The event will feature merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations of collaboration outfits designed by h.NAOTO’s designer, Naoto Hirooka, inspired by “Escape Game,” as well as a raffle where customers can win original prizes with their purchases.
Merchandise
Official merchandise for the game “Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica: Magia Exedra (MadoDora)” will be re-released by Bell House starting in November 2026!
Collaboration Café
The sixth installment of “Touken Cat Cafe,” a collaboration between “Touken Ranbu ONLINE” and Collaboration Cafe Honpo, featuring the sword gentlemen transformed into cats in “Touken Ranbu: Touken Cat Gentlemen,” will be held at the Akihabara and Osaka Nipponbashi locations from October 23 to November 15, 2026. The event will feature “cat-themed” drinks inspired by 10 swordmen—including Atsufuji Shiro and Tsurumaru Kuninaga—as well as cat-themed food and desserts. New merchandise will be on sale, and panels displaying original illustrations will be on display. Reservations open on October 2 at 12:00 PM.
