The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
From Sunstar Stationery’s “Stecho☆” total stationery series, “MarshmallowPop” water-activated mini stickers featuring new Sanrio character designs are now on sale. The set includes all six designs—Hello Kitty, My Melody, Hangyodon, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll, and Kuromi—and each is priced at 550 yen (tax included). Orders are now being accepted on “Anime Store.JP,” the online store for the collaboration café.
The “Ensemble Stars!!” Fortune Latte collaboration will be held from September 14 to December 31, 2026, at the café corners of the Bandai Namco Cross Store locations in Osaka Umeda and Hakata. Featuring the cat-ear illustrations that debuted during the Nanja Town collaboration this past March, this menu allows customers to choose any two of the 56 idols to have printed on their latte. With a total of 3,080 possible combinations, each latte is priced at 690 yen (tax included).
The third season of the TV anime “Ranma ½,” based on Rumiko Takahashi’s classic martial arts romantic comedy, will air on Nippon TV starting October 3, 2026, every Saturday at 12:55 a.m. In addition to being broadcast nationwide on the Nippon TV network, the series will be available exclusively on Netflix immediately following each broadcast. With the addition of new characters debuting in Season 3, the chaotic fighting romance comedy featuring Ranma, Akane, and the rest of the cast is set to pick up even more steam.
The anime “Dragon Ball Super: Bills,” with Akira Toriyama serving as original creator, story writer, and character designer, will air nationwide on the Fuji TV network starting at 11:15 p.m. on October 11, 2026. Along with this announcement, the “Super Opening” visual and “Super Opening” trailer have been released, and it has been confirmed that the opening theme song will be “Onogami” by Megatera Zero, while the ending theme will be “Perfect Peki” by Vickeblanka.
A collaboration event between Hagi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the TV anime *Gintama*, titled “Gintama Calendar: Sometimes It’s Good to Look Back,” will be held at various locations throughout Hagi City from October 1 to December 31, 2026. The event will feature collaboration menus at eight local restaurants, collaboration lodging packages at four facilities, a stamp rally visiting six locations, and a birthday event for Gintoki Sakata, among other activities.
Halloween-themed Pokémon merchandise titled “Pokémon Magic Hour Illusion!” will go on sale at Pokémon Centers starting September 12, 2026. The lineup includes a total of 28 items, such as a cake stand and a changing acrylic stand featuring the main artwork depicting a forest of candy transformed by Zoroark’s Illusion, as well as plush toys dressed in Halloween costumes. Pre-sales will begin at 10:00 a.m. on September 10 at the Pokémon Center Online.
A pop-up shop for the TV anime “Licorice Recoil” will be held at Shinjuku Marui Men starting November 14, 2026, and at Machida Modie starting December 4. A newly drawn illustration featuring a tweed fabric design based on the “poncho style” concept has been unveiled.
Merchandise for the second part of *The Final Movement: Sound! Euphonium*, based on the novel by Ayano Takeda, will go on sale at theaters screening the film starting September 11, 2026. The lineup includes 11 Kyoto Animation original merchandise items, such as illustration boards featuring newly drawn artwork and Aurora Big pin badges.
The 2018 film *Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE* will be re-released for a limited time starting December 25, 2026, at 30 theaters nationwide to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime series. A trailer for the re-release has also been released, and the list of participating theaters can be found on the official website’s theater listings page.
The key visual for the TV anime *Hotaru no Yomeiri*, based on the manga by Tachibana Orekō, has been unveiled, and it has been confirmed that the series will begin airing on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 11:30 p.m. on the Fuji TV network’s Noitamina block nationwide. Lynn will voice Satoko Kirigaya, Koki Uchiyama will voice Shinpei Goto, Kento Ito will voice Kotaro Ogawa, and Kenjiro Tsuda will voice Saegusa. Animation production will be handled by david production.
It has been announced that the second season of the TV anime “Black Clover,” based on the manga by Yuki Tabata, will begin airing on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 11:00 PM on the TV Tokyo network and other channels. It has also been confirmed that the series will be available for early streaming on Anime Times, Lemino, U-NEXT, and Anime Houdai, and three pre-broadcast special programs are scheduled to air starting September 12.
The TV anime “Sergeant Keroro☆,” based on the manga by Kannon Yoshizaki, will begin airing on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. on the TV Tokyo network of six stations. Makoto Koichi will voice Sergeant Keroro, and ahead of the broadcast, a special preview screening of Episodes 1 and 2 will be held at United Cinemas Toyosu on Saturday, September 26.
A collaboration between the idol group “=LOVE” and Hot Pepper Beauty has been announced, and a new web commercial titled “~Let’s Become Our Loving Selves Together?~” has been available since September 9, 2026. Set to the song “Super Express: On the Run” as background music, the commercial depicts the members’ journey from the green room to the stage, and a campaign exclusive to X has also been announced.
A collaboration with Lawson to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the theatrical release of *Panda! Panda!* will begin on October 8, 2026, in the book sections of Lawson stores nationwide. The collaboration will feature original merchandise with a blue color scheme and original stickers with the Lawson logo.
The second collaboration between Zetteria and Narumiya Characters will begin on September 16, 2026, at all 270 Zetteria locations nationwide. With the purchase of a “Waku Waku Set,” customers will receive a random set of original, newly drawn puffy stickers featuring Nakamura-kun and Berie-chan.
New merchandise for the anime *Baki-do* will go on sale at participating Don Quijote stores starting September 26, 2026. The lineup will feature items showcasing newly drawn illustrations of Baki, Hanayama, and Katsumi wearing traditional Japanese kimono, and customers will receive one bonus card for every 2,000 yen (tax included) spent on related merchandise.
