The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Takara Tomy Arts has released a capsule toy series titled “Sanrio Characters: Let Us Wash Your Back,” featuring characters like Bad Batsumaru and Pompompurin with bubbles on their heads and buckets in their hands. Scheduled for release in January 2027, the lineup features a total of five varieties, each featuring transparent parts that recreate hot water, bubbles, a bucket, and a chair!
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!
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Bright Link is set to release the “Ebi FLY Clear Marker Collection,” a capsule toy featuring Ebi Fry equipped with wings and jets. Scheduled to go on sale in January 2027, the lineup features five types of Ebi Fry—Airplane, Wings, Dragon, Jet, and Butterfly—all depicted taking flight!
Merchandise
From *Hanako-kun: The Earthbound Boy*, the plump and squishy “Cherigem Sticker” will go on sale in January 2027!
Merchandise
“Ani-Art Full-Graphic T-Shirts” featuring Tsuruko Enoshima, Nagito Komachi, and Kogichi Ouma from the “Danganronpa” series will be re-released in January 2027!
Merchandise
A collaborative “Travel Tumbler 500ml” from “Bocchi the Rock!” and home goods brand “KINTO” will go on sale in mid-January 2027!
Merchandise
“Full-Graphic T-Shirts” from the “Ani-Art aqua label Series” based on “Rozen Maiden” will be restocked in mid-January 2027!
News
A collaboration event between “The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls” and Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, titled “Cinderella Marine Symphony♪,” is set to take place starting January 9, 2027. Special stage performances featuring the cast will also be held on January 16 and February 14!
Merchandise
From *The New Prince of Tennis (Tenipuri)*, the Ani-Art series “Full-Graphic T-Shirts” will be re-released in January 2027! All 78 designs are making a comeback!
Merchandise
“Card Soft Cookies,” a collaboration food toy featuring the anime series “Rilakkuma” and “Haikyū!!,” will go on sale at retail stores nationwide starting in January 2027. The set includes a total of 24 varieties of clear cards and metallic plastic cards featuring Rilakkuma and friends alongside characters like Shōyō Hinata and Tobio Kageyama!
Merchandise
Newly illustrated “Sisterhood” merchandise featuring a loungewear theme from *Blue Archive* will go on general sale in January 2027!
New Anime
The manga *Oishinbo* is set to air as the TV anime *New Oishinbo* in 2027. Three main cast members—including Yohei Azagami, who plays Shiro Yamaoka—have been revealed, along with a teaser visual and a super teaser PV. A special video will also premiere on September 25 at 8:00 p.m.!
Pop-up Store
To commemorate the premiere of the third season of the TV anime “The Apothecary’s Musings,” the “POP UP SHOP presented by TOHO animation” will be held sequentially at three venues—Shibuya Moddy, Kobe Marui, and Hakata Marui—starting October 10, 2026! Original merchandise, including acrylic stands, collectible pin badges, and cushion totes, will be on sale, and purchase bonuses will also be available.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for the special collaboration between the anime series “Rilakkuma” and “Haikyu!!”—titled “Rilakkuma × Haikyu!!”—will tour Base Yard Tokyo locations in five cities across Japan—Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima—starting November 20, 2026! The first lineup of 13 items—including acrylic stands, random-design mats, and pin badges—has been unveiled, along with a collaboration lottery set for release on January 23, 2027, and card-shaped soft cookies scheduled for release in January 2027!
Pop-up Store
The “hololive production official pop-up shop,” which will tour five locations nationwide—Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Sapporo—is set to kick off on October 3, 2026, at PACKS in Ikebukuro, Tokyo! The event will feature new original merchandise featuring newly drawn bus guide artwork, region-exclusive items, venue-exclusive giveaways, and special content such as life-size panels and photo spots for taking pictures with plushies!
Merchandise
New ar-Unity products featuring ties inspired by Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross from *Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray* will go on sale in January 2027!
