The latest collab news on anime, manga, games, voice actors, movies, and more!
The “GiGO Collaboration Café: QuizKnock 10th Anniversary,” celebrating the 10th anniversary of the intellectual entertainment group “QuizKnock,” will be held from September 12 to November 1, 2026. The café will feature drinks curated by the members and food items exclusive to the Ikebukuro location!
“Ink in Wonderland,” a mystery-solving event hosted by “Ink,” a four-member gaming commentary group affiliated with UUUM, will be held sequentially at the Umeda Sky Building and Tokyo Tower starting September 11, 2026.
A joint collaboration campaign between the TV anime *The Banned Mole* and the TV anime *Hozuki’s Coolheadedness*, titled “Mogura-yu On the Road & Investigation into a Vacation in the Living World at Nara Health Land II,” will be held from October 3 to November 3, 2026, at Nara Health Land and the Nara Plaza Hotel. This is the second installment following last year’s event; two newly drawn visuals have already been released, and details regarding the menu, merchandise, and more are scheduled to be announced in the future.
A special exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the anime “Detective Conan”—titled “30th Anniversary TV Anime ‘Detective Conan’ Exhibition”—will be held at the Nankai Broadcasting Honmachi Hall in Matsuyama from October 17 to November 8, 2026!
Pop-up stores for the anime “Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray” will open sequentially starting September 3, 2026, at Tower Records Shibuya, Fukuoka Parco, and Abeno Hoop. Newly illustrated merchandise featuring the “Let’s Go to the Rock Fest! ver.” will be available!
The “HELLO KITTY Autumn Picnic” dessert buffet, featuring the beloved “Hello Kitty” characters that have captivated people across generations, will be held at the Hilton Hiroshima from September 11 to November 8, 2026, exclusively on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
By Makoto Yoshimoto A collaboration café featuring *Liar! Goku-o-kun* and *Kashi Battle*, created by Makoto Kimoto, will be held at Charum Café (Ikebukuro) in Tokyo from August 26 to September 27, 2026, and at CAFE EPIC TALE (Nipponbashi) in Osaka from October 21 to November 15, 2026. In addition to collaboration menu items that will change between the first and second halves of the event, the café will feature collaboration merchandise using newly drawn illustrations, character-themed seating areas, coasters as an order bonus, and mini cards as a purchase bonus.
The “Aikatsu!” pop-up event “Sweet Restaurant” will be held sequentially at three Tree Village locations starting September 19, 2026. A total of eight types of limited-edition merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations will be available!
“Ichiban Kuji ONE PIECE – ‘The Island’s Song’ (Love Song) Resonating in the Sky” will go on sale in stages starting October 29, 2026. Based on the Sky Island arc, the lineup includes four MASTERLISE EXPIECE figures—Luffy, Nami, Montblanc Cricket, and Wapol—as well as an art board featuring “The Liar Norland” and a map of Jaya and Sky Island. The Last One prize is the “Golden Bell Tower,” which features a built-in projector mechanism.
A collaborative event between the TV anime “mono” and Minami-Alps City in Yamanashi Prefecture, titled “Gurutto Minami-Alps Town Tour,” will be held from September 5 to November 30, 2026. The event will feature a stamp rally, collaborative food items, merchandise, and cast events!
“The Shigure Ui Fan Book” by popular illustrator and VTuber Ui-sensei will be released on November 30, 2026! Shigure Ui’s seven-year journey is all in one volume!
Starting Friday, September 4, 2026, a wide variety of merchandise featuring brand-new original illustrations will be available!
To commemorate the broadcast of the final season of the TV anime *BLEACH: The Thousand-Year Blood War – The Tale of Calamity*, the pop-up event “BLEACH THE STORIES OF ICHIGO” will be held on the 6th floor of the Movida Building at Seibu Shibuya in Tokyo starting Friday, September 4, 2026! In addition to an exhibition tracing Ichigo Kurosaki’s journey, the event will feature a total of 19 merchandise items—including collectible pin badges, acrylic stands, and Zanpakuto name keychains—as well as a “clear bookmark” given as a purchase bonus for every 3,300 yen spent, and the “HARTi Photo” smart photo booth, where visitors can take photos with venue-exclusive frames.
The “Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World” × JR Central “Oshi-Tabi” collaboration event will run from September 25 to December 25, 2026. Exclusive voice dramas available only on board the Tokaido Shinkansen, special onboard gifts, and a total of 14 types of newly illustrated merchandise will be available!
“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).
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