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British-style pub HUB has revealed the full collaboration menu and original goods lineup for its "Cocktail Party" collaboration with TV anime Mr. Osomatsu, running October 9 to 25, 2026, at its Ikebukuro, Shimbashi, Nagoya, and Osaka locations.
Bushiroad Creative launches the Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance Kuji Road Order ver. lottery on Kuji Road ONLINE, featuring newly drawn illustrations of the characters in cool maid outfits, starting September 25, 2026.
GRAND CHARIOT Hokuto Shichisei 135°, the official luxury villa of Awaji Island's Nijigen no Mori anime park, is offering a limited-time Naruto VIP Tour Plan from February 11 to 23, 2027, with reservations opening September 25.
New NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE merchandise featuring original illustrations goes on early sale from September 30 to October 18, 2026, at select Animega x Sofmap and Bic Camera stores in Akihabara, Kobe, Ikebukuro, and Abeno, plus the +Akiba☆Sofmap online store.
PROOF has unveiled a 1/7 scale figure of Centi in her Mighty Holiday outfit from the popular mobile game GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, with pre-orders opening September 28, 2026 through the FAN+Life online shop and hobby retailers nationwide.
Niche fragrance shop NOSE SHOP will hold a pop-up at Hankyu Umeda Main Store from September 30 to October 6, 2026, featuring bestselling scents, the Kansai debut of US brand Commodity, and its signature Perfume Gacha feature.
A new lineup of NU: Carnival goods featuring 2024 birthday illustrations goes on sale at Animate from December 19, 2026, alongside a fair at Animate stores nationwide, Animate mail order, and animate International Online Store offering garland card bonuses.
From December 15, 2026 to February 28, 2027, OMO3 Kyoto Toji, OMO5 Kyoto Sanjo, and OMO5 Kyoto Gion are running a "New Year Fortune Morning Prayer" program that pairs an early-morning visit to a nearby temple or shrine — guided by an OMO Ranger — with pre-visit purification rituals and fortune-themed food and drink built around each hotel's own theme of warding off bad luck, winning fortune, or family harmony.
MegaHouse launches its new WALLSTAR ONE PIECE collectible figure series, designed to be displayed right inside the blister packaging. The first two releases, Monkey D. Luffy Gear 5 and Roronoa Zoro, are available for pre-order at Amiami, priced at ¥2,970 each (tax included), with release scheduled for late February 2027.
A high-grade "Racing Miku SPA2025 Ver." figure, featuring dynamic posing and large wings, is scheduled to roll out at GiGO Group stores nationwide (excluding some locations) as a store-exclusive prize starting October 3, 2026.
AmiAmi, a major hobby online retailer, is now offering MegaHouse's Ultimate Article Return of Ultraman completed figure, currently available in limited distribution including through AmiAmi. The approximately 400mm-tall figure features built-in light and sound gimmicks with LED illumination, voice clips, and BGM from the series.
Legs Co., Ltd.'s Anymy Kuji lottery brand welcomes the anime Rilakkuma for the first time, with plush prizes recreating outfits from the show alongside blankets, pouches, keychains, and can badges, on sale nationwide from October 9, 2026.