Merchandise brand きゃらON！ will exhibit at Comic Market 108 on Aug 15–16, offering 350+ products across 22 anime titles, including newly drawn artwork items and event-exclusive early sales.
To celebrate Hanakappa’s birthday on August 7, a special pop-up shop and café event runs at SHIBUYA109 in Tokyo and Osaka from August 21 to September 7.
Sunrise will livestream episode 1 of 71 titles back-to-back for 24 hours on YouTube and Bandai Channel from August 14–27, 2026, as part of its 50th Anniversary Project.
A digest version of director Katabuchi Sunao’s short anime “Fukufuku no Chizu” will screen at five AEON Cinema locations across Japan from August 7 to 20.
To celebrate the final chapter of Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199, a fan-vote campaign spanning the entire 2199–3199 series has launched, running until 4 September 2026.
The immersive volleyball exhibition “Haikyuu!! On the Court” opened in Tokyo on August 7, 2026, with voice actor Okamoto Nobuhiko achieving the ultra-rare “Libero” rank at the Gachi Receive Battle.
The Chiikawa Pocket (Chiipoke) smartphone app brought yukata-clad Chiikawa characters to Sendai’s Tanabata Festival 2026, with free novelty fans and limited-edition summer merchandise available throug
The sixth IDOLiSH7 “Harmony Lounge” collab cafe, “Luminous Palette Celebration,” runs at Animate Cafe Ikebukuro and Osaka Nipponbashi through 20 August 2026, featuring exclusive food, drinks, and good
DMM pictures is holding a student-only seminar and networking event on August 31, 2026, featuring voice actor Kamiya Hiroshi alongside a DMM anime producer.
Kingdom’s 20th-anniversary event “Kinkinkingdom” runs at SHIBUYA TSUTAYA 1F through August 11, 2026, featuring a life-size Wang Qi spear, 40 replica original artworks, exclusive merch, and free cool g
The official Kaiju No. 8 anime short “Narumi’s Week at Work” (Narumi no Heijitsu) has dropped a new trailer confirming a 4-episode run beginning September 5 on the TOHO animation YouTube channel.
MAPPA EXPO 15th Anniversary details its Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc, Attack on Titan The Final Season, and Jujutsu Kaisen exhibit zones. Tickets go on sale August 8.
The legendary racing anime Shin Seiki GPX Cyber Formula will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a major festival event on January 9, 2027, in Saitama, reuniting cast, staff, and theme song artists.
Shogakukan’s Sunday Webry manga app launches the Adachi Mitsuru Summer Festival 2026 on August 5, offering free access to Touch, H2, Cross Game, and more through August 23.
The “Meet Legendary Pokémon: Legend Research in Nihonbashi & Yaesu” event runs September 9 – November 29, 2026, featuring 100+ Pokémon, a paid puzzle hunt, and exclusive merchandise.
TV anime Chōjun! Chōjō Senpai, based on Numa Shun’s manga, premieres October 6, 2026 on Kantele-Fuji TV. A special advance screening with five cast members is set for September 8 in Tokyo.
