The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Merchandise featuring beautiful opening and ending illustrations from the anime *Kamiina Botan: When She’s Drunk, She’s Like a Lily* is scheduled to go on sale starting in November 2026!
From “Date A Live V,” new merchandise featuring the “Cow-Print Swimsuit”—an original illustration by Curtain Tamashii created exclusively for the Comiket 108 pre-release—will go on general sale in December 2026!
Newly illustrated “Yumeiro Bunny” merchandise from *The Vampire Next Door* will go on sale in December 2026! In addition to the C108 pre-release items, clear files will also be available.
Newly illustrated merchandise from *Love Live! Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club*—including the “Gyaru Uniform” version and the “Zodiac Signs” version—will be re-released in January 2027!
“Kill Me Baby” will release “pin badges” featuring scene designs, as well as “acrylic stands” of Yasuna Oribe, Sonya, and Agiri Kureori in December 2026!
New merchandise featuring original illustrations of Aya Tojo and Tsukasa Nishino from the anime *Ichigo 100%*, based on the manga by Mizuki Kawashita, will go on sale in December 2026!
New merchandise from the “Danganronpa” series—including “Kemocube” figures that can be stacked—will go on sale in February 2027! The lineup features all 24 characters, including Nagito Komaeda.
New, specially illustrated merchandise based on the “Exorcist” theme from the anime “Natsume’s Book of Friends,” which was first released as part of the Animate Fair, will go on general sale in mid-January 2026.
New ar-Unity products featuring ties inspired by Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross from *Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray* will go on sale in January 2027!
From *The New Prince of Tennis (Tenipuri)*, the Ani-Art series “Full-Graphic T-Shirts” will be re-released in January 2027! All 78 designs are making a comeback!
“Full-Graphic T-Shirts” from the “Ani-Art aqua label Series” based on “Rozen Maiden” will be restocked in mid-January 2027!
A collaborative “Travel Tumbler 500ml” from “Bocchi the Rock!” and home goods brand “KINTO” will go on sale in mid-January 2027!
“Ani-Art Full-Graphic T-Shirts” featuring Tsuruko Enoshima, Nagito Komachi, and Kogichi Ouma from the “Danganronpa” series will be re-released in January 2027!
“Kuroko’s Basketball × Karaoke no Tetsujin Vol. 5 ~Summer for You~” will be held at 10 locations nationwide from September 3 to October 18, 2026. The event will feature seven types of collaboration drinks and set menus showcasing newly drawn illustrations of the characters wearing aloha shirts, the sale of eight types of merchandise (including both new releases and reissues), and a challenge where participants can earn a free gift by scoring 96 points or higher on designated songs.
The Osaka venue of the “Steins;Gate ANIMATION 15th Anniversary EXHIBITION,” commemorating the 15th anniversary of the TV anime “Steins;Gate,” will be held at Rakubus Hall Abeno, 3rd Floor, from Saturday, October 3, 2026, through Sunday, October 18, (Sun) at Rakubus Hall Abeno, 3rd Floor. In an exhibition space packed with the essence of the Future Gadget Laboratory, visitors can enjoy displays of items such as the “Phone Microwave (Tentative Name)” and “Gelbana,” as well as brand-new photo spots. Additionally, limited-edition merchandise featuring original illustrations, along with admission and purchase bonuses, will be available.
The “Retro Flower Cafe,” a collaboration between the TV anime *Mob Psycho 100 III* and Collaboration Cafe Honpo, will be held at the Akihabara and Osaka Nipponbashi locations from September 18 to October 18, 2026. In addition to a total of 16 collaboration menu items featuring newly drawn illustrations adorned with flowers, original merchandise—including L-size bromides and coasters given with every order, as well as a total of 7 different types of original goods—will be available.
