Premium Bandai has opened pre-orders for the Love Live! Nijigasaki School Idol Club TV anime solo costume plushies, featuring all 12 members plus Yuu Takasaki in a jersey. Priced at ¥4,620, shipping D
The PUKUMARU squishy mini-pouch series launches Sanrio Characters designs featuring Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, and six more fan favourites, available online and in stores from July 2026.
Haikyuu!! teams up with Nihon Hyakkaten for a local-food collab event running 12 July–7 August 2026, featuring region-inspired chilli oils, butter sandwiches, and exclusive goods.
Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro has been dropping mysterious apple illustrations and a red ribbon video on X, sparking fan speculation of a Hello Kitty collaboration.
Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s 1993 classic anime film “Jubei Ninpucho” (Ninja Scroll) is getting its first-ever nationwide 4K theatrical screening in Japan, running for two weeks from September 4, 2026.
Health tech brand TANITA teams up with BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War for a voice-guided body composition scale and 27-design 3D pedometer, available for pre-order until August 3.
Crunchyroll has unveiled the English dub cast and crew for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten anime, with Ryan Negrón and Jill Harris leading the lineup.
Shuichi Shigeno’s Initial D is collaborating with legendary mapo tofu restaurant Chen Mapo Tofu, with limited-time menu items running August 1 to October 31 across Japan.
Volume 1 of the manga Kyoto Kamigamo, Kamikakushi no Iinazuke, drawn by Mochitsuki Haruka and based on Yatani Tsumugu’s novel, went on sale July 13.
Human-shaped bottle holders inspired by the uniforms of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam are now available for pre-order, with shipping planned for October 2026.
Chinese-produced anime “Zijin Imperial Cat Guard” is set for a Japanese broadcast in October 2026, with a teaser PV and full Japanese dub cast revealed, led by Nozomu Ura as Soubi.
The TV anime “Tetsuryō! Meet with Tetsudō Musume” is set for an October 2026 premiere. A second key visual, PV, character visuals, and the ending theme “Watashi Mirai-sen” have been unveiled.
The 1987 theatrical film Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle will broadcast on TOKYO MX1 on Sunday, July 19, 2026, from 20:00 to 20:50.
Crunchyroll has announced worldwide streaming rights (excluding Japan and China) for the Psyren anime debuting in October and The Eternal Fool’s Words of Wisdom launching in January 2027.
Kadokawa has announced a TV anime adaptation of Enma Akiyama’s manga Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi., revealing a teaser visual and the main production staff.
Yukira’s new rom-com manga “Otona-tachi ni wa Zutto Naisho da ze” kicked off in Bessatsu Friend’s August 2026 issue, on sale July 13, with a center-color debut chapter.
