The latest collab news on anime, manga, games, voice actors, movies, and more!
Collaboration Café
The 16th collaboration café between the VTuber group “Nijisanji” and Sweets Paradise will open sequentially at 10 locations nationwide starting October 2, 2026. Four members—Tsubasa Hanakago, Reo Kō, Isumi Shirose, and Yuno Shinomiya—appear in newly drawn illustrations, and two versions of the key visual—one featuring life-size characters and one featuring mini-characters—have been unveiled.
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
It has been announced that a solo exhibition by illustrator Renji Murata, titled “The Renji Murata Exhibition,” will be held. The exhibition will take place from September 17 to 27, 2026, at the EDITION88 flagship store in Gotanda, Tokyo, with free admission. Details about the exhibition are scheduled to be released on September 11!
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Introducing the “Freshly Baked Bread Day Mascot Marker Charms,” a capsule toy series that adds a cute touch to your everyday items. A total of 7 varieties, each shaped like freshly baked bread—including waffles, anpan, and keranpan—will be released sequentially starting in December 2026, priced at 300 yen per play!
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The “Sega Lucky Lottery Online: Fashion Witch Love and Berry,” where you can win prizes from the Sega-developed arcade game for girls “Fashion Witch ♥ Love and Berry (Love Berry),” goes on sale starting at 11:00 a.m. on August 31, 2026!
The lineup features six prize tiers—with every ticket guaranteed a prize—including Prize A “Tops” that recreate your dream outfits, “Plush Mascots” of Love, Berry, and Misha, and “Acrylic Magnets” featuring the Fashion Magic Card designs. The sale runs until 11:59 PM on October 16, 2026.
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The first round of theater-goer giveaways for *Gintama: The New Movie – The Great Yoshiwara Fire – * has been revealed, and it has been announced that they will consist of four different types of “Happy Upcoming Birthday, Gintoki!” color paper cards, newly illustrated by the animation directors of the *Gintama* anime series. These shikishi feature original illustrations celebrating Sakata Gintoki’s birthday on October 10. The *Ultra Blaze Edition* will be screened in theaters nationwide starting September 25, 2026.
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BelMaison’s first-ever original collection, inspired by the anime series *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*—specifically the *Phantom Blood*, *Battle Tendency*, and *Stardust Crusaders* arcs—will go on sale starting Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at the “Charamezon POP UP SHOP @ LUCUA South (Osaka).” The lineup includes 11 types of badges with designs that change depending on the viewing angle, 8 types of hotel-room-key-style keychains, and lenticular postcards. Layered acrylic keychains and trading cards are scheduled to be released in early October or later.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
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!
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
The “Detective Conan Q posket Miniature Collection” Gashapon series is set to go on sale starting in the fifth week of August 2026! Detective Conan makes its debut in this series, which features “Q posket” figures—originally exclusive to crane games—as boxed miniatures. The lineup includes all four characters: Conan Edogawa, Tooru Amuro, Shuichi Akai, and Kid the Phantom Thief, available for 500 yen (tax included) per play.
Collaboration Restaurant
The first-ever collaboration lunch between *Rakudai Ninja Rantarō*—created by Amagasaki-born artist “Amago Sōbei”—and the Miyako Hotel Amagasaki has been announced. The special set meal, “The Canteen Lady’s Special,” will be served at the Japanese restaurant Tsukunokuni starting October 2, 2026, and will come with exclusive original merchandise!
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store for “Chiikawa”—whose clumsy yet earnest way of life is truly endearing—will be held from Friday, September 11, 2026, through Sunday, September 27, at Taiyo no Hiroba on the 1st floor of the Future City Favore Main Building!
The lineup includes new items such as “layered-style socks” and jacquard hand towels featuring the rhinoceros beetle series mascots. As a special gift with purchase, customers will receive an original sticker and a POP UP STORE-exclusive shopping bag.
Merchandise
From “The New Prince of Tennis,” the “Puku Tsuya Bangle” featuring the wildly popular original illustration “With the Dress-Up Thread” will go on sale in November 2026!
Pop-up Store
A Gal Neko pop-up store will be held in four cities across Japan from September 4 to December 21, 2026. A wide variety of new merchandise will be available!
Pop-up Store
“Chiikawa Land,” the official shop for “Chiikawa”—a character whose clumsy yet earnest approach to life is truly endearing—will open for a limited time from Friday, September 11, 2026, to Monday, October 12 (a national holiday) at a special venue on the 2nd floor of Amu Plaza Oita!
The lineup will feature “Chikawa” merchandise such as GPSBOX’s “Yurayura Mokuba Figure Collection,” “Nonbiri DAYS Figure Collection,” and “PRISON FIGURE Collection,” as well as the “I’m a Little Tipsy” mascot and the “Hangover” mascot.
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A special program commemorating the 30th anniversary of the anime “Detective Conan,” based on the original work by Gosho Aoyama, will be streamed on the official YouTube channel starting at 6:30 p.m. on September 5, 2026. Featuring Kai and Yuka Kageyama, among others, the program will reveal the latest details on the two-hour special “The Murder Case of No. 30” all at once!
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A collaboration room stay package between the TV anime “To You in Full Bloom” and the Sunshine City Prince Hotel will be available from September 19 to December 19, 2026. Based on the theme of “Fall Outing Outfits,” the concept rooms feature newly illustrated artwork of Mizuki Ashiya, Izumi Sano, and Shuichi Nakatsu, and include four types of original amenities, such as acrylic stands and lunch totes.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
A new capsule toy series called “Sanrio Characters Monotone Mascots,” featuring Sanrio characters in monochrome colors, is coming soon. A total of five varieties, including Hello Kitty and Kuromi, will be released sequentially starting in September 2026 at capsule vending machines nationwide for 300 yen (tax included) per play!
Merchandise
The “Kurisu Makise 1/8 Scale Figure” from the game “STEINS;GATE,” originally released in 2010, is being reissued! Kotobukiya will re-release it in January 2027!
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
“Ichiban Kuji: Anime ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ 5th Anniversary FINAL!” will go on sale sequentially starting September 26, 2026, at FamilyMart stores and bookstores nationwide. The lineup includes MASTERLISE figures of Yuji Itadori (Prize A), Yuta Okkotsu (Prize B), and Satoru Gojo (Last One Prize), while Prize H features all characters from the 5th-anniversary visual as die-cut acrylic badges, totaling 28 varieties.
Pop-up Store
The “Morureto Gourmet” pop-up store featuring Maltese and Retriever characters will open on Monday, September 7, 2026, at the Calendarium on the 1st floor of Yurakucho Marui, and on Thursday, September 17, at the north side of Porta Plaza in Kyoto Porta. This is Marui’s first pop-up store featuring Molcheese and Retrievers working at a restaurant. The event will offer a wide variety of attractions, including event-exclusive merchandise—such as plush toys and mascots modeled after popular menu items like ramen and pudding—as well as purchase-bonus pin badges, clear cards for EPOS Card members, and even a photo session where you can take pictures with the two characters.
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The “Goddess of Victory: NIKKE” × Tokyo Dome City Attractions collaboration event, “Reclaim the Amusement Park, Commander!,” will be held from September 10 to October 18, 2026. In addition to three types of collaboration tickets that come with limited-edition giveaways and a mystery-solving rally kit, the event will feature five collaboration attractions with character voiceovers, merchandise, mini-games, and collaboration menus at 13 participating restaurants.
