The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
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“Mashu ROOM Cap,” a capsule toy featuring a room cap that lets you mimic a mushroom just by wearing it, will go on sale sequentially at capsule toy vending machines nationwide starting September 28, 2026. There are four varieties in total—Benitengu, Shimeji, Poison, and Shiitake—and each play costs 300 yen (tax included).
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Bright Link is releasing “Wiggly Nose Lantern ZOO: Landmark Collection,” a capsule toy series featuring animals whose nose lanterns have grown so large that they’ve floated away. Scheduled to go on sale in January 2027, the lineup includes a total of six varieties, such as a shiba dog, a calico cat, and a hamster!
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The crew members from the wildly popular alien werewolf game “Among Us” are making their debut as “Marker Accessories” in Gashapon capsules. Gashapon Online plans to ship them around late January 2027. The lineup includes a total of 8 varieties, such as Red and Blue, and the Ghost figure is translucent!
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A capsule toy series called “Desktop Figures,” inspired by a scene from the movie *Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island*, will be released in stages starting in late September 2026. The series includes four types: a trinket box, a stamp stand, a smartphone stand, and a pen holder. Each play costs 500 yen.
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Takara Tomy Arts has released a capsule toy series titled “Sanrio Characters: Let Us Wash Your Back,” featuring characters like Bad Batsumaru and Pompompurin with bubbles on their heads and buckets in their hands. Scheduled for release in January 2027, the lineup features a total of five varieties, each featuring transparent parts that recreate hot water, bubbles, a bucket, and a chair!
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Bright Link is set to release the “Ebi FLY Clear Marker Collection,” a capsule toy featuring Ebi Fry equipped with wings and jets. Scheduled to go on sale in January 2027, the lineup features five types of Ebi Fry—Airplane, Wings, Dragon, Jet, and Butterfly—all depicted taking flight!
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The “Clear Mascot Charms”—capsule toys featuring San-X’s popular character “Rilakkuma”—will make a comeback around late October 2026. The lineup includes a total of five varieties, such as Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, and Kiiroitori, all in glossy, clear colors!
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The capsule toy “Aikatsu! Colorful Multi-Charm,” featuring the idols from “Aikatsu!” as mascots, is now available. Available at capsule vending machines nationwide starting in October 2026, the lineup features all five characters: Ichigo Hoshimiya, Aoi Kiriya, Ran Shibuki, Otome Arisugawa, and Yurika Todo!
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A re-release of “Marker Accessories 3”—capsule toys from Professor Nagano’s “Chikawa” series that can be attached to personal items as markers—has been announced. All five designs—including Chikawa, Hachiware, a rabbit, and a used bookstore—will make their return to Gashapon vending machines nationwide starting in October 2026!
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A capsule toy featuring San-X’s character “Ishiyowa-chan”—the “Ishiyowa-chan Fluffy Embroidered Pouch”—is scheduled to go on sale from IP4 around mid-October 2026 for 400 yen (tax included) per capsule! The lineup features five simple pouch designs, each approximately 130 mm in size, depicting Ishi-yowa-chan, Kouhen-chan, and Ishi-tsuyo-chan in fluffy sagara embroidery.
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A new line of Gashapon charm accessories featuring cows from throughout the “Harvest Moon” series is now available. The lineup includes all 6 types of cows from series titles released between 1996 and 2025, and pre-orders will begin on Gashapon Online at 5:00 PM on September 25!
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From Takara Tomy Arts’ new gacha series, “Pucharm,” glossy, clear figurine charms featuring characters from Disney’s *Big Hero 6* will go on sale starting the week of September 28, 2026. Each charm comes with a clear silicone band. The lineup includes all four Baymax variants (A–D), and the price is 400 yen (tax included) per play.
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A capsule toy featuring Don Quijote’s official characters, Donpen and Donko, called “Landmark Keychains,” will be available exclusively at Don Quijote starting in October 2026. The lineup includes a total of five designs, featuring three types of Donpen and two types of Donko wearing nightcaps, all with clear bodies!
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“Marker Accessories,” a capsule toy series based on the TV anime *Saiki Kusuo’s Ψ-Trouble*, will go on sale sequentially at capsule vending machines nationwide starting in the third week of September 2026. Featuring original SD designs exclusive to this product, the lineup includes all five characters—Saiki Kusuo, Nendo Riki, Kaito Shun, Terahashi Kokomi, and Kuboyasu Arien—at a price of 400 yen (tax included) per play.
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From “The Idolmaster Shiny Colors,” the “Chibi Gurumi Vol. 1” prize figures featuring the PJ: REFRAC7IONS unit costumes are scheduled to be available exclusively at Namco locations starting in November 2026. The lineup includes all five characters from “I’m a Cutie Finder”: Fuyuko Maeda, Tomoyoko Sonoda, Hana Suzuki, Nichika Nanakusa, and Tenka Osaki.
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From “Chiikawa” by Nagano, the “Chiikawa Fluffy Flocked Doll” capsule toys are coming soon. All four types—Chiikawa, Hachiware, the Rabbit, and the Flying Squirrel—transformed into fluffy flocked mascots, will go on sale starting in October 2026!
