The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
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The “Chiikawa Bakery Advent Calendar” is now available, with an online pre-sale running from 6:00 PM on September 2, 2026, through 11:59 PM on September 6. Priced at 5,500 yen (tax included), the product features a Western-style box containing 24 small boxes, each hiding baked goods, tea bags, and all three types of limited-edition figurine ornaments—bread shaped like Santa hats. In-store sales will begin in late November.
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The “Let’s Make It Happen! Cheer Screening” of *Chikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island*—featuring automatically synchronized glow stick effects—will be held simultaneously at TOHO Cinemas in 7 theaters across 5 prefectures nationwide starting at 7:00 PM on September 23, 2026. This is a special screening where audience members can cheer aloud while using special glow sticks that change color in sync with the film. Tickets went on sale at midnight on September 2 via each theater’s website.
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A special collection featuring “Chiikawa” and “CITEN,” illustrated by Professor Nagano, will go on sale in stages starting Tuesday, September 15, 2026! A total of six items—two styles of satin and velour loungewear, a roll-up snap-closure tote bag, a padded laptop case, a mirror-equipped lip case keychain, and a mirror-equipped pouch—will be available at all CITEN stores, on the CITEN e-commerce site, at Chikawaland, and at Talking.
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Fujiya’s “Chiikawa Anime Lollipop Chocolates” will go on sale nationwide at convenience stores, supermarkets, and other retailers starting September 8, 2026. These are lollipop chocolates shaped like the faces of “Chiikawa” and “Hachiware,” and the packaging features a total of 12 designs—six each for the two characters—with a rabbit making an appearance as well.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for the “Magical Chikawa” magical girl series—featuring the beloved “Chikawa” characters, whose clumsy yet earnest approach to life is truly endearing—will be held at the Central Plaza on the 1st floor of Kochi Tsutaya Bookstore from Friday, September 11, 2026, through Monday, October 5!
The lineup includes the “Super Magical Chikawa GPSBOX Statuette Figure Collection (6 varieties total)” and the “Magical Chikawa GPSBOX Statuette Figure Collection (6 varieties total).” Both collections are designed so that purchasing a box guarantees you’ll receive all six varieties.
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Ichimasa Kamaboko will launch its “Chiikawa Sandwich Hanpen — Tuna Mayo Flavor” on September 1, 2026, in the processed seafood sections of supermarkets and drugstores nationwide. These bite-sized hanpen feature prints of the Chikawa characters’ faces, with a total of 8 different designs available. The suggested retail price is 216 yen (tax included), and they are filled with a tuna-mayo-flavored salad, making them ready to eat right out of the package.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for “Chiikawa”—whose characters are beloved for their endearing, clumsy yet earnest way of life—will be held at Lily Court on the 1st floor of Aeon Mall Naokata from Friday, September 11, 2026, through Monday, September 28!
The lineup includes new items such as “layered-style socks” and jacquard hand towels featuring the beetle series mascots. As a special gift with purchase, customers will receive an original sticker and a pop-up store-exclusive shopping bag.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for “Chiikawa”—whose clumsy yet earnest way of life is truly endearing—will be held from Friday, September 11, 2026, through Sunday, September 27, at Taiyo no Hiroba on the 1st floor of the Future City Favore Main Building!
The lineup includes new items such as “layered-style socks” and jacquard hand towels featuring the rhinoceros beetle series mascots. As a special gift with purchase, customers will receive an original sticker and a POP UP STORE-exclusive shopping bag.
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“Chiikawa Land,” the official shop for “Chiikawa”—a character whose clumsy yet earnest approach to life is truly endearing—will open for a limited time from Friday, September 11, 2026, to Monday, October 12 (a national holiday) at a special venue on the 2nd floor of Amu Plaza Oita!
The lineup will feature “Chikawa” merchandise such as GPSBOX’s “Yurayura Mokuba Figure Collection,” “Nonbiri DAYS Figure Collection,” and “PRISON FIGURE Collection,” as well as the “I’m a Little Tipsy” mascot and the “Hangover” mascot.
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The fourth set of theater-goer giveaways for the blockbuster hit “Chikawa: The Secret of Mermaid Island,” based on the original work by Nagano, has been unveiled. A total of four types of mini charm figures—featuring Shima Jiro, Hitoha, Futaba, and a siren—making their debut as theater-goer giveaways, will be distributed at random at theaters nationwide starting September 5, 2026!
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The highly popular bag and snack set featuring “Chiikawa (That Little Cute Thing)”—based on the original work by Nagano—and “Tokyo Banana” will be available for nationwide online purchase. Orders will begin on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. on the official online shop “Paku to Mog” and other retailers! A set featuring the latest “eco-bag”—which folds up for easy carrying—and an “8-piece Chikawa Banana Pudding Cake” pack is priced at 2,700 yen, and a set featuring a “Tote Bag” with a sturdy gusset, plus “Banana Pudding Cakes” and “Cookie Sandwiches,” will be available for 4,500 yen. The eco-bag will also be sold separately in stores.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for “Chikawa”—whose endearing, clumsy yet earnest way of life is truly admirable—will be held from Tuesday, September 8, 2026, through Wednesday, September 30, 2026, in the East-West Connecting Corridor on the 3rd floor of Granduo Kamata!
The lineup includes new items such as “layered-style socks” and jacquard hand towels featuring the beetle series mascots. As a special gift with purchase, customers will receive an original sticker and a POP-UP STORE exclusive shopping bag.
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A pop-up store for “Chiikawa”—whose characters are beloved for their endearing, clumsy yet earnest way of life—will be held from Friday, September 4, 2026, through Wednesday, September 23 (a national holiday) at Kaze no Hiroba on the 1st floor of Aeon Mall Kagoshima Bay!
The lineup will feature new items such as “layered-style socks” and jacquard hand towels featuring the rhinoceros beetle series mascots. Customers who make a purchase will receive an original sticker and a POP UP STORE-exclusive shopping bag as a special gift.
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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.
Merchandise
All eight varieties of the “Japonica Notebook Anime Chikawa” collaboration—featuring the long-running bestseller “Japonica Notebook,” first released in 1970, and the anime series “Chikawa”—are now being released sequentially starting in early July 2026 at stationery stores nationwide and other retailers!
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“Choco Sup Chikawa 2,” the second installment in the “Chikawa” series from Bandai’s “Choco Sup” line of food toys, will go on sale in November 2026. The product features pre-painted figures enclosed in two-tone, capsule-shaped semi-chocolate treats. The lineup consists of 14 varieties in total, including one secret variant, and the price is 350 yen (385 yen including tax).
