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BanG Dream! POP UP STORE at Atre Akihabara Opens September 18!

The “BanG Dream! × Atre Akihabara POP UP STORE 2026” will be held from Friday, September 18, 2026, through Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the event space on the 2nd floor of Atre Akihabara 1.
In addition to the sale of merchandise such as the “REALIZED COSTUME ver.” from Yumegenda Myu-Type and the “Live Costume ver.” from BanG Dream! Hour Notes, there will be decorations both inside and outside the building, collaborative in-store broadcasts featuring songs from all five bands, and original coasters will be given away at participating shops.

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“The Manga ‘The Fate Rewinder’ Animate Fair Starts September 28!”

An Animate Fair for the manga *The Fate Rewinder* by Futa Kimura will be held starting September 28, 2026, at Animate’s Ikebukuro Main Store, Akihabara Store, Umeda Store, and 10 other locations nationwide!
Pre-release merchandise featuring illustrations from the original manga—such as collectible pin badges and acrylic cards—will be available, and customers who purchase eligible items will receive a free set of “postcards (6 varieties total)” as a bonus.

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“Death Game: Hyakki Yagyo” Pop-Up Store in Akihabara Opens September 26!

A pop-up store for the TV anime “Making a Living from Death Games” will be held from Saturday, September 26, 2026, through Monday, October 12, 2026 (a national holiday) on the 7th floor of the Akihabara Gamers Main Store and at the Gamers Online Shop!
The store will feature a lineup of pre-order items themed around the “Night Parade of a Hundred Demons,” including Inugami, Tanuki, and Nekomata acrylic keychains, large acrylic stands, and full-graphic T-shirts. There will also be a raffle open to customers for every 3,000 yen (tax included) spent, as well as purchase bonuses offering free photo cards.

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EXPO 2025 Pop-Up Store in Akihabara Opens September 18!

The “EXPO 2025 Official Pop-Up Store at Ecute Akihabara,” themed around “Myaku Myaku,” the official mascot of the Osaka-Kansai World Expo, will be held from September 18 to September 27, 2026, at “TOPPA!!! BASE AKIBA,” located inside the ticket gates at JR Akihabara Station, from September 18 to September 27, 2026. The store will feature “Myaku Myaku Studio” merchandise, including a full lineup of 20 postcards and 5 posters, store-exclusive gacha-gacha trading acrylic stands, and a “WithShot®” digital photo booth where visitors can take photos with “Myaku Myaku.”

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Blue Archive POP-UP STORE at Kotobukiya Opens September 17!

The “Blue Archive POP UP STORE 2026 in Kotobukiya,” a pop-up store for *Blue Archive -Blue Archive-*, will be held on the 1st floor of the Kotobukiya Akihabara Building from September 17 to October 4, 2026!
Featuring a “Blue Sea and White Shirt” theme, the store will offer newly drawn illustrations on BIG tapestries, BIG towels, BIG acrylic stands, and name key chains. For every 3,000 yen spent on eligible merchandise, customers will receive a free postcard (8 varieties total, distributed at random) as a purchase bonus.

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“Jobless Reincarnation” × “Cure Maid Cafe” Collaboration Starts in Akihabara on September 18!

A collaboration café for “Re:Zero—Starting Life in Another World: Chronicles of Echoes” will be held at Cure Maid Café in Akihabara from September 18 to October 4, 2026. The cafe will feature food and desserts inspired by Rudel and his friends, as well as a total of nine collaboration drinks. For every collaboration menu item purchased, customers will receive one limited-edition collaboration card.

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“Legend of the Galactic Heroes” Pop-Up Store in Akihabara Opens October 9!

The 2nd Anniversary POP-UP SHOP for *Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue Saga* at Kotobukiya will be held on the 2nd floor of the Kotobukiya Akihabara Building from Friday, October 9, 2026, through Sunday, October 25, 2026!
New merchandise, including large acrylic stands and an acrylic keychain collection featuring in-game illustrations, will be available for purchase at the venue. Additionally, there will be a giveaway of mini photo cards (10 varieties total) for every 1,000 yen (tax included) spent, venue-exclusive illustration cards, and a life-size panel display of Reinhard Yang.

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“ShaniMas: Parallel Corridor” Store Opens at Akihabara UDX on September 20!

The “Parallel Corridor” pop-up shop for *The Idolmaster Shiny Colors* will be held at the “UDX Gallery” on the 4th floor of Akihabara UDX from Sunday, September 20, 2026, through Sunday, September 27, 2026!
This event commemorates the debut of all characters in the “Parallel Collection” gacha series, which depicts the idols’ “alternative futures.” It will feature the sale of new merchandise featuring illustrations from the Parallel Collection cards, an exhibition of production comments and select rough sketches, and the distribution of the purchase bonus “4-Panel Illustration Card.”

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Galaxy Angel Store at Gamers Opens September 19!

A “Galaxy Angel” pop-up store commemorating Gamers’ 30th anniversary will be held from Saturday, September 19, 2026, through Sunday, October 4, 2026, at the Akihabara Gamers flagship store, seven other locations nationwide, and the Gamers Online Shop. The event will feature trading pin badges, acrylic stands, and B2 half-size tapestries featuring newly drawn illustrations of the Moon Angel Squad, as well as pre-order items such as Character Fine Graph and Rough Note. Additionally, there will be purchase bonuses including special bromides (12 varieties total), a meet-and-greet event with Ryoko Shintani, and a giveaway campaign for hand-signed color paper by Kanann, the character designer.

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Nijigaku POP-UP STORE at Volks Tokyo/Osaka Opens September 18!

A pop-up store for *Love Live! Nijigasaki Academy School Idol Club* will be held at Volks Akihabara Hobby Heaven 2 starting Friday, September 18, 2026, and at the Volks Osaka Showroom starting Saturday, October 10!
A total of 13 merchandise items—including Trading Heart pin badges, acrylic stands, and half-B2 tapestries—featuring newly drawn illustrations titled “Goddesses of Flowers” will be on sale. Additionally, a purchase bonus will be offered: customers will receive a postcard for every 3,000 yen (tax included) spent on eligible items.

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“You and Me: Complete Opposites” × Sanseido Bookstore: POP-UP STORE Opens September 12!

A pop-up store for the anime “You and Me: Complete Opposites,” based on the popular manga by Aga-zawa Kōcha, will be held from September 12 to September 27, 2026, at three Sanseido Bookstore locations and online. A total of 10 items will be available, including acrylic keychains and snow globe-style acrylic blocks. For every 3,000 yen (tax included) spent, customers will receive a postcard.

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“This Is the Best!” Anime 10th Anniversary Exhibition in Akihabara Starts October 12!

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.

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“Tensei Shitara Sura” Moon-Viewing Edition Release Celebration Fair at Animate Starts November 6!

The “Moon Viewing Ver. Release Commemoration Fair at Animate” for the TV anime *That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime* will be held from Friday, November 6, 2026, through Sunday, November 29, 2026, at Animate’s Ikebukuro Main Store and other participating locations, as well as through Animate’s online store! During the event period, for every 2,200 yen (tax included) spent on “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” merchandise, customers will receive one bonus postcard (8 varieties total). The lineup will also include “Moon Viewing Ver.” trading pin badges, B2 half-size tapestries, and acrylic stands, as well as “Dot Art Ver.” mini-character goods.

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High School D×D POP UP CORNER in Akihabara Starts September 18!

A POP UP CORNER for the TV anime “High School D×D HERO” will be held on the 1st floor of Kotobukiya Akihabara from Friday, September 18, 2026, through Sunday, September 27, 2026!
In addition to pin badges, acrylic cards, acrylic stands, and large acrylic keychains featuring newly drawn artwork, merchandise featuring original mini-character illustrations will also be available. A purchase bonus will be offered: for every 2,200 yen (tax included) spent on related merchandise, customers will receive one randomly selected illustration card (7 types total).

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Watatabe Wedding Dress Store in Akihabara Opens on September 12!

The TV anime “You Wicked Person Who Wants to Eat Me” POP-UP STORE will be held from Saturday, September 12, 2026, through Sunday, September 27, 2026, on the 7th floor of the Akihabara Gamers Main Store and at the Gamers Online Shop. New “Wedding Dress Ver.” merchandise featuring original illustrations will be on sale, and there will be a raffle for a chance to win an extra-large, approximately 30 cm acrylic figure, as well as purchase bonuses offering all 6 types of bromides.