The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
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Two types of merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations from the TV anime “Aono Hako” will go on sale sequentially at FamilyMart starting at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2026. The items include the Polashot Collection (550 yen, tax included), featuring Chika Kano in sportswear, and trading acrylic keychains (880 yen, tax included); both sets come in a total of five varieties.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
All five types of “Connecting Acrylic Charms” from the TV anime “Ao no Hako” will be released sequentially starting October 7, 2026, exclusively at Aeon Fantasy’s cashless capsule toy machine “Kapuebo.” The five designs—Daiki Inomata, Chinatsu Kano, Hina Chono, Tadashi Kasahara, and Shobu Moriya—are available for 390 yen (tax included) per play. You can connect your favorite characters together, and a social media campaign is currently underway where you can win a complete set.
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A collaboration campaign between the TV anime “Ao no Hako” Season 2 and the karaoke chain Big Echo will be held from September 29 to November 16, 2026, at five locations in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi, and Osaka, featuring an exhibition of stills from the anime. For a limited time of seven days starting October 4—the day the anime premieres—customers who make an advance online reservation and spend at least 1,000 yen (tax included) per person on karaoke will receive a non-commercial official poster.
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The collaboration project between the TV anime “Ao no Hako” and JR Central, titled “JR Central × Ao no Hako: The Desire to Meet Accelerates,” will be held as a “favorite character travel” event from December 4, 2026, to January 17, 2027. A key visual featuring Chika Kano standing on a train platform has been unveiled on the special website, and details about the collaboration will be updated periodically.
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A collaboration campaign between the TV anime *Ao no Hako* and the GiGO Group will begin on October 3, 2026. In addition to the sale of 14 types of collaboration merchandise featuring the newly drawn illustration “Youth Paint ★ Palette,” the campaign will also include prizes for crane games, *Ao no Hako*-themed grilled snacks, and drinks with free gifts.
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The main visual and main promotional video for Season 2 of the TV anime *Ao no Hako*, along with the artists for the opening and ending theme songs, were unveiled on August 26, 2026. The opening theme has been confirmed as “The Color of Your Flower” by aiko, and the ending theme as “blue in” by Elsewhere Kikō. The series will begin airing on October 4 on a network of 28 TBS-affiliated stations nationwide.
Manga, Magazines, Light Novels
Volume 27, the latest volume of the wildly popular manga *Aono Hako*—which concluded in Issue 33 of *Weekly Shonen Jump*, released on July 13—will go on sale on October 2, 2026!
