The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Amusement
The “Detective PreCure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets” × Namco Campaign will be held at Namco locations nationwide from September 18 to October 25, 2026. Show your movie ticket stub to receive a Namco-exclusive watermark postcard, and don’t miss the raffle for toys and crane game prizes!
Merchandise
From “My Hero Academia (HiroAka),” two new “Uruchuru POP SEAL” sticker sets featuring U.A. High School, pro heroes, and villains will be released in February 2027!
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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!
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Cygames presents the “Winners Lady” collaboration between the wildly popular training app game “Uma Musume: Pretty Derby” and Nakayama Racecourse on September 27, 2026. Two members of the Uma Musume cast will make a special appearance at the Sprinters’ Stakes commemorative photo session!
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A collaboration has been announced between the latest installment in the Pretty Cure series, *Detective Pretty Cure: The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets*, and Kappa Sushi. Newly drawn illustrations of all four main characters will be unveiled, and a campaign linked to the theater giveaway will begin on September 18, 2026!
Fashion
Collaboration items featuring “Miffy”—the globally beloved character created by Dutch children’s book illustrator Dick Bruna—and Shimamura will go on sale at Shimamura stores nationwide starting Saturday, September 5, 2026. Women’s sweatshirts, shoes, and bags are now available and proving very popular!
Fashion
Arm warmers featuring “mofusand,” the popular character who transforms into various forms, will go on sale nationwide at Avail stores and online starting September 5, 2026. All six designs, featuring the character embroidered on fluffy, brushed fabric, are now available and proving very popular!
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The 10th-anniversary exhibition for the TV anime *Conference on Blessings in This Wonderful World!*, titled “*Conference on Blessings in This Wonderful World!* Exhibition ~Cheerful~,” will be held from October 12 to October 31, 2026, at “AKIBA_SQUARE” on the 2nd floor of Akihabara UDX. The exhibition consists of 11 areas, including the “Isekai Reincarnation Area” and the “Explosive Magic Experience Area,” and will feature exclusive merchandise such as newly illustrated “Cheerful ver.” items and a Chun Chun Maru paper knife.
Merchandise
From “There’s No Way I Could Be a Girlfriend, No Way, No Way! (*Or was it possible!?)”, new merchandise featuring the character in a white dress will go on sale in November 2026!
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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.
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“Slime Crisis” and “Metal Slime Crisis”—collaboration products between “Dragon Quest” and “Blackbeard’s Crisis”—will go on sale starting Saturday, October 24, 2026, for 3,850 yen each. It’s a party game where you insert the Sword of Loto to launch the figurine—and it features over 10 different sound effects!
Merchandise
New merchandise from *Cardfight!! Vanguard*—including the “15th Anniversary Idol” and “PALE TONE series”—will go on general sale in November 2026!
Fashion
Apparel items from the TV anime “Pokémon” will go on sale sequentially at Don Quijote and Arita stores nationwide starting at 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2026. The lineup includes track jackets (3,299 yen, tax included) and track pants (2,529 yen, tax included) featuring eight Pokémon: Druddigon, Unown, Tamazara, Nuo, Mimikyu, Gengar, Blissey, and Snorlax.
Merchandise
New, specially illustrated merchandise from the anime “DIGIMON BEATBREAK” will be released in November 2026 as a C108 exclusive!
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The third installment of the “Blue Archive” 5th Anniversary Stamp Rally, titled “~A Gentle Autumn Breeze, Munching and Muddling: A Stroll Through Osaka♪~,” will be held in Osaka from September 11 to October 12, 2026. In addition to a digital stamp rally visiting eight locations—Tennoji, Shinsekai, Tsutenkaku, Nipponbashi, and Namba—the event will feature collaborative food items from Takoyaki Dōraku Wanaka and Cafe Dōbutsuen no Hashi, a total of 18 original merchandise items, and a collaboration with JR Tokai’s “Oshi Tabi” campaign.
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VTuber agency “Million Production” and Aeon are set to release Aeon-exclusive original merchandise starting Friday, September 18, 2026! Items featuring original “Princess”-themed illustrations—including acrylic stands, clear files, pin badges with AR photo frames, tapestries, and nail tips—will be available at participating “Aeon” and “Aeon Style” stores with Aeon Kids Republic sections in the Kanto, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kinki, and Chugoku-Shikoku regions.
