The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Four new prize items based on the TV anime “Magic Knight Rayearth,” adapted from the popular manga by CLAMP, are now available at amusement facilities and arcades nationwide. Starting in the third week of October, a total of 13 items—including “Pure Chasu” plush toys, multi-purpose pouches, and slippers—will be released sequentially!
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Bandai’s Gashapon “Cardcaptor Sakura: Marker Accessories 5” will go on sale in the fifth week of October 2026. This is the first time in the series that Sakura and her friends are featured in the lineup. The set includes a total of six designs—featuring characters in their costumes, as well as Sakura and Shaolan’s cherished teddy bears, all rendered in a plush-style design—for 300 yen per play (tax included).
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Naomi Tamura’s “Yuzurenai Negai,” which served as the opening theme for the 1994 version of the TV anime *Magic Knight Rayearth*, has been selected as the insert song for Episode 1 of the new series. Along with a comment from Naomi Tamura, the song is now available for digital download for the first time—30 years after its 1994 release!
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Pre-orders for the “Cardcaptor Sakura” Gashapon “SLEEP Mascot Charms” will begin on Gashapon Online at 11:00 AM on October 6, 2026! Inspired by an episode in the series where everyone falls asleep due to the power of the cards, all four designs—featuring Sakura, Tsukino, Shaolan, and Kero-chan sleeping on the moon or stars—will be available for 500 yen (tax included) per play.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up shop for the TV anime “Magic Knight Rayearth” will be held from October 28 to November 10, 2026, at the Ikebukuro Sukima Store, located in the underground central passageway of JR Ikebukuro Station, in front of the Central Ticket Gate! The shop will feature merchandise based on newly drawn “Aoharu”-themed illustrations, as well as pin badges, acrylic stands, and mini autograph cards. Additionally, customers will receive a postcard (4 designs total) with every purchase of new merchandise priced at 2,200 yen (tax included).
Merchandise
Three types of plush toys from xxxHOLiC will go on sale in February 2027! Yuko Ichihara and Kimihiro Kazugari’s black cat plushies, “Tapinyanko,” are here!
Manga, Magazines, Light Novels
Volume 6, the latest installment of “×××HOLiC: Return ” by the creative collective CLAMP, goes on sale November 6, 2026! A special edition with tarot cards is also available!
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To commemorate the anime broadcast of CLAMP’s *Magic Knight Rayearth*, the cover art from the early 1990s tankōbon editions is being reprinted as a full-length obi strip. Animeイト, Kinokuniya Bookstore, and Maruzen Junkudo Bookstore are also running a purchase promotion where customers can receive visual boards and illustration cards!
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café featuring “Magic Knight Rayearth” by the creative group “CLAMP” will open sequentially at three SMILE BASE CAFE locations (Nagoya Sakae, Shinsaibashi, and Ikebukuro) starting October 7, 2026. The menu will feature a wide variety of items illustrated specifically for this event with a “DINER” theme!
Manga, Magazines, Light Novels
Volume 5 of “×××HOLiC: Return (Rei),” by the creative collective “CLAMP” and currently serialized in Weekly Young Magazine, will be released on November 29, 2025!
Manga, Magazines, Light Novels
A story depicting Yuzuru Hanyu’s life so far and his future on the ice, marking the first-ever solo performance by a figure skater at the Tokyo Dome To commemorate the February 26, 2023, performance of “Yuzuru Hanyu ICE STORY 2023 GIFT at Tokyo Dome”—the first-ever solo figure skating performance at the Tokyo Dome—a picture book created in collaboration between Hanyu and the wildly popular creative collective CLAMP is set to be released!
