The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
A collaboration between the shooting game *Gothic is a Magical Girl* and BLUE LEAF CAFÉ will take place at four locations—Sendai, Ueno, Nagoya, and Kyoto—starting November 21, 2026. The event will feature French toast exclusive to the Ueno location, new drinks, and a revival of last year’s lemonade!
To commemorate the second anniversary of the serialization of “Mao no Ichi,” a café event will be held at Animate Café Stand Hareza Ikebukuro starting November 6, 2026, and a pop-up fair will take place at Animate stores nationwide and on the Animate online store starting November 14. A cross-promotional campaign will also be held, featuring café menu items and merchandise featuring newly illustrated mini-charakter designs, special Munchinel cards (7 varieties total) available exclusively during the fair, and bonus coasters (10 varieties total) that can be obtained by visiting both the café and the pop-up fair.
The “Oni Ver. POP UP SHOP in OIOI” for the TV anime *Hanako-kun: The Boy Bound to the Earth 2* will be held at Shinjuku Marui Annex starting October 10, 2026, and at Namba Marui starting November 14! In addition to selling merchandise such as acrylic stands, B2 half-size tapestries, and trading pin badges featuring original “Oni Ver.” illustrations, there will also be a raffle where customers can win acrylic boards and postcards with every purchase.
The “Digimon Tamers 25th Anniversary Animate Fair” will be held starting November 14, 2026, at eight Animate locations nationwide, including the Animate Ikebukuro Main Store! In addition to the pre-release sale of new merchandise featuring original illustrations inspired by balloons, there will be an in-store campaign where customers receive postcards with the purchase of related merchandise, as well as a pre-order campaign on the Animate online store.
A “Literary Masters and the Alchemist” pop-up shop will be held at the Animate Shinjuku store from November 7 to November 29, 2026. Lots of new merchandise will be available!
The “TV Anime ‘Kamitsubaki City Under Construction’ × Gawako Animate Fair,” featuring the TV anime “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction” and illustrator Gawako, will be held starting November 14, 2026, at six Animate locations—including the Animate Ikebukuro Main Store—as well as through Animate’s online store! New merchandise featuring original illustrations based on the “Black Coord” concept will be available for pre-sale, and a special fair promotion will offer a “film-style illustration card” with every 1,100 yen (tax included) spent on related merchandise.
The “ΨCHIC DINER” collaboration café for the anime *Saiki Kusuo’s Ψ-Trouble* will be held at Charum Café in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, starting November 6, 2026, and at CAFE EPIC TALE in Nipponbashi, Osaka, starting December 9. Here’s a look at the merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations of the characters dressed as diner staff, as well as order-bonus coasters and character-themed seating areas.
A collaboration between “The Idolmaster SideM” and Sports Club Renaissance will take place at 49 locations nationwide starting October 22, 2026. The event will feature video workouts created by five ambassadors, in-facility voice messages, and collaboration tickets that come with merchandise!
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!
A light novel written by Wataru Tō and illustrated by Ponkan⑧ The 15th-anniversary mook for *My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected* (*OreGairu*), titled *My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected: Toki*, will be released by Shogakukan on Friday, September 18, 2026. To commemorate the series’ 15th anniversary and cumulative global sales exceeding 15 million copies, the book features never-before-seen early materials, in-depth interviews reflecting on the past, and celebratory columns themed around the number “15.” It is A4 size, 124 pages, and priced at 3,520 yen (tax included).
Gourmandises will release the “Multi-Ring Plus with Clear Carabiner,” a “Pokémon” smartphone accessory, in early November 2026.
The set includes four designs: Ditto, Yadon, Litten (Alola Form), and Umbreon, each priced at 1,848 yen (tax included). Pre-orders are being accepted at Anime Store.JP (Anist) until Sunday, September 6, 2026.
Capsule toys featuring the 2.5-dimensional idol group “Stupri”—titled “Stupri Landmark Accessories”—are coming soon. A total of five varieties, each featuring a clear, three-dimensional figure of one of the five members—including Riken and Satomi—are scheduled to go on sale sequentially at capsule vending machines nationwide starting in November 2026!
Bandai’s Gashapon series, “Pokémon: Grab and Connect Mascots 16,” will be released in October 2026. New additions include Blastoise and Blastoise (the evolved forms of Squirtle) and Slowbro (the evolved form of Slowpoke). The series will feature a total of 10 varieties across two versions—Ball Chain Ver. and Lobster Clasp Ver.—with each play costing 300 yen (tax included).
Square Enix’s “Choco Box Box Figure Collection”—a toy-in-candy series based on the wildly popular RPG *Dragon Quest*—will go on sale nationwide starting in November 2026 at the candy sections of major retailers and other locations. The lineup features a total of 12 different figures, including a secret figure!
SPYAIR’s best-of album “BEST OF ANIME,” featuring a collection of their anime theme songs, will be released on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Disc 1 features a total of 17 tracks, including “Last Moment,” the ending theme for “BLEACH.” The limited-edition production run (11,000 yen / tax included) comes in a digipak housed in a 7-inch three-sided box and includes a Blu-ray disc featuring live footage.
