The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
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)”!
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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“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!
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
The “Shigeo Shuichi Original Art Exhibition: From the Mountain Passes to the Future,” which spotlights the three works *Initial D*, *MF Ghost*, and *Subaru and the Comet*, will be held from October 24 to December 27, 2026, at the Masuda Manga Museum in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. Precious original artwork and color illustrations spanning approximately 30 years of the “Legend of the Fastest on Public Roads” will be unveiled all at once, and the event will also feature postcard-style visual tickets, a stamp rally, a collaboration café, and original merchandise.
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café featuring “Sakehiyo Radio” and Asobibakuro Usagi will be held at two locations—in Nakano, Tokyo, and Hiroshima—from October 2 to December 29, 2026. Drinks inspired by the two radio hosts and menu items themed around “explorers” will be featured, with the lineup rotating between the first and second halves of the event. Additionally, on November 15 and 16, the two hosts will serve as staff members at the Tokyo location for a special in-store event.
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The second collaboration event for the TV anime “The Young Lord Who’s Good at Running Away,” titled “Yoisa! Suwa Tour 2026,” will be held in the Suwa area of Nagano Prefecture from Friday, November 6, 2026, through Sunday, December 20, 2026. A digital stamp rally featuring 11 locations, including Suwa Taisha Shrine, will be available!
Manga, Magazines, Light Novels
Volume 25, the latest installment of the wildly popular manga *Akane Banashi* by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Umagami—currently serialized in *Weekly Shonen Jump*—will go on sale on December 4, 2026!
Pop-up Store
The “The Legend of Zelda” Animate Fair is set to take place starting October 2, 2026, at Animate stores nationwide and on the Animate online store! For every 5,500 yen (tax included) spent on related merchandise, you’ll receive a bookmark set featuring *Breath of the Wild* and *Tears of the Kingdom*. Additionally, original merchandise—including an aurora acrylic stand, a character badge collection, and fabric goods—will go on sale on October 2, and Navi die-cut stickers will be distributed when you check in via the Nintendo Store app.
Merchandise
From the “Danganronpa Series” (Danron), a new line of stickers called “Uruchuru POP SEAL”—featuring cute, plump 3D designs—will be released in December 2026!
Pop-up Store
“Haikyu!! Exciting Culture Festival POP UP SHOP by Production I.G” will be held sequentially starting October 23, 2026, at four locations nationwide: Shinjuku Marui Annex, Namba Marui, Morela Gifu, and Sumark Isesaki! In addition to new merchandise—such as connectable acrylic stands featuring newly drawn visuals of the characters enjoying the cultural festival and the “Exciting Cultural Festival” lottery—there will also be postcard giveaways for every 2,200 yen (tax included) spent, as well as photo spots with standee panels!
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
The Shizuoka leg of the “All Super Sentai Exhibition,” a commemorative exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the “Super Sentai” series, is set to open on December 26, 2026, at the Shimizu Cultural Center Marinaut in Shizuoka City. The exhibition will feature approximately 500 items, including props and costumes actually used in filming, offering a retrospective of the series spanning the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras!
Collaboration Café
The full menu of 13 items and merchandise for the “Raven Blade Cafe in TreeVillage,” a collaboration cafe based on the TV anime *Attack on Titan*, have been revealed. The cafe will be held at TreeVillage in Tokyo starting October 10, 2026, and in Osaka and Hakata starting December 19, 2026. For each menu item ordered, customers will receive one of six original coasters, and for every 3,300 yen spent on eligible merchandise, they will receive one of five stickers. Merchandise will also be available for purchase online starting at 12:00 PM on October 10.
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The second collaboration between the TV drama “Delicious School Lunches Season 4” and Iwatsuka Confectionery’s “Kinako Mochi” has been announced. A “Pineapple-Flavored Kinako Mochi,” inspired by the show’s setting in Okinawa, will be available for a limited time, and “Kinako Mochi” will also be released in limited-edition collaboration packaging. From October 1 to December 20, 2026, a campaign will be held where customers who submit receipts for eligible products via LINE will have a chance to win prizes—including a script autographed by Hayato Ichihara—with a total of 235 winners.
