The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
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The first installment of the “Uma Musume: Pretty Derby” × Suntory Vending Machine collaboration campaign will run from September 15 to October 28, 2026. 1,000 winners will receive a brand-new, original T-shirt, and everyone is guaranteed to receive in-game items and limited-edition smartphone wallpapers!
Collaboration Café
The “Rose Tea Parlor” collaboration café for *The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls* will open at four SMILE BASE CAFE locations starting October 1, 2026, beginning with the Nagoya Sakae branch. A total of 13 collaboration menu items and 6 types of merchandise, themed around “Rose Tea Parlor”—featuring a rose-patterned dress—and the newly illustrated “Crescent Princess,” will be available. Random coasters will be given as a bonus with food and drink orders, and random postcards will be provided upon payment.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
The “Suikoden II” capsule toy series, “Suikoden II Assortment Collection,” will go on sale sequentially at capsule toy vending machines nationwide starting in the third week of September 2026. The lineup includes 3 types of figures featuring the protagonist of II and Jowei, as well as 7 types of acrylic stands featuring Victor and others!
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The “Hoshifuru Summer Song” collaboration campaign between *Honkai: Star Rail* and Karaoke Manekineko will take place at Karaoke Manekineko locations nationwide starting at 1:00 PM on September 10, 2026. The campaign will feature a total of 8 collaboration drinks and 2 food items, as well as merchandise such as CD-style foil-stamped coasters, photo cards, and CD-jacket-style acrylic keychains available as order bonuses. Additionally, a singing campaign will be held where players can receive wallpaper images by singing eligible songs.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
The “Kirby” capsule toy series, “Pupupu’s Candy Shop Mascot Charms,” will go on sale at capsule vending machines nationwide starting in the fourth week of September 2026. These mascot charms, featuring icing cookie designs based on artwork from “Pupupu’s Candy Shop,” come in a total of six varieties: two types of Kirby, Waddle Dee, Waddle Doo, King Dedede, and Meta Knight. The price is 300 yen per play (tax included).
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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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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!
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.
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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.
Lottery / Prizes / Gacha
Bandai’s Gashapon series, “Pokémon: Grab and Connect Mascots 16,” will be released in October 2026. New additions include Blastoise and Blastoise (the evolved forms of Squirtle) and Slowbro (the evolved form of Slowpoke). The series will feature a total of 10 varieties across two versions—Ball Chain Ver. and Lobster Clasp Ver.—with each play costing 300 yen (tax included).
Pop-up Store
To commemorate the 9th anniversary of the Japanese release of the smartphone app game *Azur Lane*, the “*Azur Lane* POP-UP SHOP at SHIBUYA TSUTAYA, 6th Floor, IP Bookstore” will be held from Saturday, September 12, 2026, through Wednesday, October 7, 2026!
In addition to the sale of nine new merchandise items featuring original illustrations—including acrylic stands, B2 tapestries, and large towels—the event will also feature the distribution of a plastic card for every 3,300 yen (tax included) spent, as well as an exhibition of two painted figure prototypes.
Collaboration Café
Ahead of the revival event for “Gakuen Idolmaster” × Chugai Grace Café, the three new food items previously listed as “COMING SOON” have been unveiled as “1st Year, Class 1: Best Friends’ Hearty Curry,” “1st Year, Class 2: Unbeatable Omelet Pilaf,” and “3rd Year, Class 1: Memorial Plate.” Additionally, visuals for three new merchandise items—including an acrylic collection stand—have been unveiled, along with details on a receipt campaign in collaboration with Hatsuboshi Store. The event will be held on the 7th floor of Shibuya Modi from September 3 to September 27, 2026.
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A collaboration event between “The Idolmaster SideM” and Seibuen Amusement Park, titled “Super!! Retro Rose Party,” will be held from October 30 to December 1, 2026. Idols from 315 Production, dressed in Showa-era retro costumes, will make an appearance alongside autumn roses. On October 31, November 1, and November 22, the “Super!! Retro Rose ‘Special’ Party” will be held, featuring appearances by the cast, and a joint stamp rally with Tokyo Joypolis will also take place.
Pop-up Store
A “POP UP SHOP” featuring “Tōnyan-dashi” (the swordmen from the popular game “Touken Ranbu ONLINE” transformed into cats) in collaboration with Atre will be held starting Friday, September 4, 2026, at Atre’s “Chant de l’Herbe” Ebisu store, Ueno Store, Kawasaki Store, and 11 other locations. “Travel Ver.” merchandise previously sold in Akihabara will be available, featuring a total of 8 designs: Mikazuki Munechika, Shoryu Kagemitsu, Kashu Kiyomitsu, Oogurikara, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Sasanuki, Unsei, and Unji. The lineup ranges from clear files starting at 550 yen to large acrylic character stands priced at 7,700 yen. The event dates and available merchandise vary by store.
Pop-up Store
The “POP UP SHOP” for *Bunny Garden 2* is set to open on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at Karupop on the 4th floor of AKIBA Cultures ZONE in Akihabara! Merchandise such as oversized acrylic stands, tapestries, and curtains featuring newly drawn illustrations of Kana, Rin, Miuka, Erisa, Kurone, and Runa will be on sale. Additionally, a prize drawing for an A3 poster will be held, with one entry granted for every 2,000 yen (tax included) spent.
