The latest anime, manga, game, voice actor and movie collab news from Japan.
Original Art Exhibition / Exhibition
A 15th-anniversary museum celebrating Izumi Tsubaki’s manga *Monthly Girl’s Nozaki-kun* will be held as a mini-museum at Omiya Marui in Saitama and Shinjuku Marui Men in Tokyo. The Omiya venue will open on November 13, 2026, and the Shinjuku venue—the final stop on the tour—will open on December 11. Admission is free!
Pop-up Store
The “Junji Ito POP UP STORE ‘Zankyo’,” themed around the world of Junji Ito’s works, will be held on the 5th floor of the Hands Omiya store from October 20 to November 24, 2026! Limited-edition merchandise will be available, including T-shirts and sweatshirts featuring special illustrations drawn by Junji Ito exclusively for Hakaba Gallery, as well as the Tomie mascot, the “Most Terrifying All-Star” lamp, and blind-box pin badges. An event-exclusive sticker will also be given out with every purchase of 5,000 yen or more (tax included).
Pop-up Store
A pop-up store featuring Sanrio’s popular characters “Cinnamoroll” and “Cinnamo Angels”—“Cinnamoroll & Cinnamo Angels POP-UP STORE in Loft”—will open on October 8, 2026, starting at Umeda Loft and Moyuku Sapporo Loft, and will subsequently be held at 15 Loft locations nationwide! The theme is “Ice Cream,” and the lineup features a wide variety of event-exclusive merchandise in various designs, including T-shirts, tote bags, acrylic keychains, and random pin badges.
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The “Colors of Japan, Nanairo Biyori” collaboration between IDOLiSH7 and Japanese department stores will begin on October 9, 2026. Collaboration food items and merchandise featuring IDOLiSH7 in modern Japanese-style outfits will be available, and limited-edition postcards will be given as a purchase bonus!
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A collaboration campaign between the TV anime “Ranma ½” and the Yokohama-style ramen chain Ikakuya will take place starting Friday, October 16, 2026, at 10 locations in Tokyo and elsewhere. Four types of collaboration ramen inspired by the characters and four types of Calpis juice will be available, and customers will receive one of 16 different coasters with each order.
Collaboration Café
To commemorate the 4th anniversary of the 2.5-dimensional vocal group “AMPTAKxCOLORS,” the collaboration café “AMPTAKxCOLORS 4th Anniversary Café in Sweets Paradise” will be held at nine Sweets Paradise locations starting October 2, 2026. Featuring newly drawn mini-character illustrations in colorful patterned jackets, the event will offer collaboration menu items supervised by the members, special 4th-anniversary desserts, and original cards where you can choose your favorite design.
Collaboration Café
A collaboration café between the new rhythm game “BanG Dream! Our Notes” and Sweets Paradise will open sequentially at nine locations nationwide starting November 2, 2026. Newly drawn illustrations themed around Sweets Paradise’s desserts have been revealed, and the menu and merchandise will be announced at a later date!
Pop-up Store
A limited-time pop-up store celebrating the 30th anniversary of Tamagotchi, titled “Everyone, Gather Round! The Tamagotchi Store,” will be held from Friday, September 4, 2026, to Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at the special event space on the 2nd floor of Arche Omiya in Saitama. Featuring the event-exclusive “Original Tamagotchi: Celebrating 30 Years!”—a transparent homage to the original Tamagotchi—along with a wide variety of merchandise featuring 30th-anniversary artwork, the store will also offer free gifts based on the total purchase amount.
