The My Hero Academia TV anime 10th anniversary exhibition “OUR HERO” has unveiled its second key visual, adding four new characters, and confirmed production of life-size figures.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM will participate in the Aomori Nebuta Festival (Aug 2–7) with Mighty Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice floats, a new key visual, and local collabs.
Short anime “Rusuban,” based on Okuda Akiko’s manga from the collection Shinzou, opens for one week at Shinjuku K’s Cinema in Tokyo from August 1, 2026.
Kenji Iwaisawa’s ROCK’N ROLL MOUNTAIN studio is producing a short anime adaptation of Akiko Okuda’s “Rusuban” manga, set to screen for one week at K’s Cinema in Shinjuku from August 1.
A nonverbal live stage show based on Masashi Kishimoto’s NARUTO is coming to Kyoto’s historic Naniza theater from February to June 2027, blending acrobatics, projection mapping, and kabuki stage mecha
BS12 Twellv’s Sunday Anime Theater will broadcast Lupin III vs. Detective Conan THE MOVIE on July 12 and the TV special Detective Conan vs. Kaito Kid on July 26, both free nationwide.
Shin-Ei Animation celebrates 50 years with a free exhibition at Tokyo’s Suginami Animation Museum, running July 25 to November 29, 2026, featuring over 30 titles.
Bellemaison Net will launch a second wave of Detective Conan travel-themed merchandise on July 1, 2026, including bags, T-shirts, and acrylic keychains, with a free clear file set for qualifying purch
The Card Captor Sakura TaKaRaBaKo pop-up shop is back after roughly six months, opening in Osaka on July 3 and Nagoya on July 15, 2026, with a range of new products.
Bandai Namco Filmworks has revealed that the seventh film in Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 is titled Nijiiro no Rinne (Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation) and will open in Japanese theaters on October 30.
TOKYO ANIME NEXT, a brand-new anime event, is set for October 30–November 2, 2026 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, featuring screenings, exhibitions, workshops, and an orchestra concert.
Eleven embroidered can badge + butter biscuit sets inspired by Detective Conan go on sale at Japanese mass retailers in December 2026, priced at 396 yen (tax included).
To mark 40 years of Chibi Maruko-chan, a special limited event “Sakura Momoko Yumeiro Shoten” opens at Takashimaya Osaka on July 9–20, 2026, featuring 70+ new items and a photo spot.
TBS airs a 2-hour Professional Ranking special on June 22, 2026, revealing the top 100 Japanese anime songs as voted by 166 music professionals from around the world.
Demon Slayer teams up with Hakone Kowakien Yunessun for a limited-time event from July 18 to October 4, 2026, featuring themed baths, a special sauna experience, and an exclusive collab hotel room.
Movic has unveiled a steel andon lantern inspired by the Gekijouban Mononoke film trilogy, featuring paper-cut-style fusuma designs from all three chapters. Pre-orders open until 14 June 2026.
