The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café based on Hoshino Biru’s manga *It’s Okay to Be Cuter* will be held at Harajuku emo café from October 15 to November 3, 2026, featuring six food items and six drinks inspired by Kenzaki and Manaka. We’ll also introduce merchandise featuring illustrations of the characters in maid outfits, as well as coasters given as a bonus with orders and illustrated cards available as a reservation bonus.
Collaboration Café
A collaboration between Shiro Manta, the manga artist behind *The Story of a Junior Annoyed by Their Senior*, and Latte Pocket has been announced. Starting October 20, 2026, the Harajuku location will feature three types of collaborative 3D latte art and four limited-edition collaboration merchandise items. Plus, customers who order latte art will receive a free sticker!
Collaboration Café
San-X’s first “Mame Goma” collaboration café will open on October 16, 2026, at “MILK MILK MILK!” on the 2nd floor of Laforet Harajuku. Limited-edition menu items, original merchandise, and free postcards featuring characters like Sakura Goma and Shima Goma will be available!
Pop-up Store
A pop-up event for Shaft’s official online shop, “Shaft Ten,” will be held at Harajuku ACG_Labo from October 30 to November 11, 2026! In addition to an exhibition of production materials from *Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl* and *Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgis Night*, as well as original merchandise from the *Monogatari* series and other titles, a signing session with director Yasuomi Umezu will be held on October 31.
Pop-up Store
As the first installment of the collaboration campaign between the TV anime “The Apothecary’s Musings” and the skincare brand “REJURAN COSMETICS,” a pop-up event will be held at @cosme TOKYO starting October 14, 2026! The event will feature a mystery-solving game on the 2nd floor, as well as six types of limited-edition collaboration products—each with purchase bonuses such as original cards for solving the mystery, and limited-edition pouches, acrylic stands, and headbands.
Pop-up Store
The fifth installment of the “Attack on Titan” × Sanrio Characters collaboration pop-up shop will open at the Kiddyland Omokado Store on October 23, 2026, and at venues in Osaka, Aichi, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, as well as on the online store “Animaru!”, starting October 30! Items on sale will include mascot costumes, the “Style-Up Mascot” Hello Kitty, large acrylic stands, canvas boards, and a web-exclusive metallic pin badge set.
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café featuring the five-member dance and vocal group “STARGLOW” and Tower Records Café will be held at the Omotesando location starting November 12, 2026, and at the Osaka Station City location starting November 18, to commemorate the release of their first album, *Aurora*. The event will feature food, desserts, and drinks produced by the five members, as well as special order bonuses such as replica message cards and ticket-style cards with autographs. Advance tickets went on general sale on October 3 at 8:00 PM.
Pop-up Store
NCT 127’s 7th album To celebrate the release of “BLINGY,” the pop-up event “NEO LOST&FOUND CENTER @TOKYO” will be held from October 16 to November 1, 2026, at “D’PARTMENT” on the 4th floor of “Harakado” in Tokyu Plaza Harajuku! In addition to exhibits that capture the world of “BLINGY,” the event will feature pop-up-exclusive merchandise such as windbreakers and utility bags, venue-exclusive random toys (20 varieties total) available for purchase via the “NCT STORE” app, and mascot keychains available only through pre-orders.
Collaboration Café
A limited-time café stand and merchandise shop for the TV anime “Shirotan” will be held at Emo Store in Harajuku from October 9 to October 31, 2026. Limited-edition merchandise featuring newly drawn illustrations with a “kindergarten” theme will be available, along with three original drinks (850 yen each) inspired by Shirotan and friends. Customers will receive a free promotional coaster with each drink purchased.
Collaboration Café
The collaboration menu and newly illustrated merchandise for the “SWEET HALLOWEEN CAFE at Share CAFE”—a collaboration with the TV anime *Candy Caries*—have been unveiled, and reservations for visits will begin at 6:00 PM on October 2, 2026. Merchandise featuring Ame and Kariés in Halloween costumes will go on sale starting October 16 at the Share CAFE Harakado branch and the Anique Shop, and customers will receive an original coaster (9 varieties total) with each menu item ordered.
Collaboration Café
The “WE ARE HERO HOLICS” themed café based on the anime *My Hero Academia* will open in Tokyo, Aichi, and Hokkaido on October 16, 2026, and in Osaka on October 22. The menu will feature hero-themed box pizzas and donuts, along with merchandise featuring newly illustrated mini-character designs!
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To commemorate the 2nd anniversary of “Chiikawa Bakery” in Harajuku and Omotesando on October 29, 2026, the “2nd Anniversary Celebration” will be held starting October 15. New merchandise will be available, including a set of eight mascot items featuring the Chikawa characters as cornet pastries and tea tins. Customers who spend 3,300 yen or more (tax included) will receive an original 2nd-anniversary mat and pin badge, and will also receive an original 2nd-anniversary coaster with each takeout drink purchased.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up event celebrating the 55th anniversary of the “Lupin the Third” anime series, titled “TV Animation LUPIN THE THIRD 55th ANNIVERSARY × ZOZOTOWN POP-UP,” will be held from October 6 to October 18, 2026, on the 5th floor of Laforet Harajuku at “MAKE THE STAGE” on the 5th floor of Laforet Harajuku!
The event will feature newly illustrated 55th-anniversary merchandise, ZOZOTOWN collaboration products, and collaboration items by artist JUN INAGAWA. Pre-orders for Character Fine Graphs will be accepted, and there will also be a lottery sale for original artwork by JUN INAGAWA.
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To commemorate the 14th anniversary of the “ONE PIECE Straw Hat Store,” the “Harakado Shokudo” collaboration—featuring 11 restaurants on the 5th and 6th floors of Tokyu Plaza Harajuku’s “Harakado”—will be held from October 3 to October 25, 2026. For every collaboration menu item inspired by the Straw Hat Pirates that you purchase, you’ll receive an “Umbrella Charm” featuring the 14th-anniversary artwork. If you bring the exchange voucher to the Straw Hat Store Harajuku, you’ll also receive charms featuring the other five characters.
Pop-up Store
A pop-up shop for Keiko Shibata’s popular picture book *The Bread Thief*—titled “The Bread Thief POP UP SHOP in KIDDY LAND”—will be held from October 2 to November 1, 2026, at two KIDDY LAND locations: the Harajuku Store and the Osaka Umeda Store! Merchandise from the Secret Collection—including acrylic stands, TV-shaped magnets, die-cut pass cases, mugs, and Jetstream and Kurutoga pens—will be available, and customers who spend 2,500 yen or more (tax included) will receive an original pin badge as a gift.
Collaboration Café
The “SWEET HALLOWEEN CAFE at Share CAFE,” a collaboration café for the TV anime “Candy Caries,” will be held from October 16 to October 31, 2026, at the Share CAFE Harakado branch in Tokyu Plaza Harajuku Harakado. Newly drawn illustrations featuring Ame and the Kariés characters in Halloween costumes will be on display, and details on the limited-edition collaboration menu and merchandise will be announced at a later date.
