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AVIOT has opened pre-orders for the TE-Q3R-NPS, a true wireless earphone collaboration with New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT, featuring an original angel-themed design and over 250 newly recorded voice lines across ten voice modes. Pre-orders opened on August 21, 2026.
Team Entertainment launches a new Kujico online lottery for Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! Season 2, featuring newly drawn RPG-themed merchandise including a design acrylic stand, B2 tapestry, acrylic keychains, and can badges.
Sendai PARCO2 celebrates its 10th anniversary with BLUE GIANT×PARCO2 10th Anniversary JAZZ&ART EXPERIENCE, a collaboration with the Sendai-set jazz manga Blue Giant running September 4-23, 2026, featuring an art exhibition, limited novelties and merchandise, an author signing event, a movie revival screening with a talk show, and a free jazz live tied to the Jozenji Street Jazz Festival.
Borderlands 4's second paid Story Pack, "FL4K and the Last Resort," launches September 10, 2026, introducing the new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker alongside Bounty Pack 5, "Amara and the Vile Shadows," and a 10-level cap increase.
CODE VEIN II's expansion DLC "Mask of Idris" arrives September 9, 2026, alongside a new trailer recapping the main story so far.
DMM GAMES is celebrating the 5.5th anniversary of Umamusume: Pretty Derby with a campaign running from August 24 to September 4, 2026, featuring up to 100% DMM point back by lottery, a 10% point back campaign for everyone, and Play Missions offering up to 10,000 DMM points.
Toei Animation's new visual novel Expelled from Paradise -The Stellar Angel-, set after the 2014 film, is coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam on November 26, 2026. The official site has opened with a teaser trailer, synopsis, and character profiles, and pre-orders are now open.
Ahead of Japan's September 3 "Gummi Day," FamilyMart is releasing five gummy candies built around different textures — from a shatteringly crisp chilled pineapple treat to a two-layer melon soda float — in limited quantities starting August 25, 2026.
From September 2 to 8, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's 4th floor Kotokoto Stage 41 hosts "Just enough, always me.", a fall fashion event featuring RIELLE RICHE, mallow blue, SY UNITED ARROWS, and quūi, with brands making their Hankyu and Kansai debuts.
A new trading card wafer snack celebrating the 20th anniversary of the TV anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya goes on sale at Animate stores nationwide on October 18, 2026, with pre-orders opening August 21.
SEASCAPE TERRACE DINING at Hilton Tokyo Odaiba is holding a wellness-themed lunch and dinner buffet from September 14 to November 15, 2026, its first autumn fair since this summer's renewal, featuring a signature domestic wagyu roast, seasonal salmon and kamasu dishes, and Shine Muscat sweets.
hololive production, operated by COVER Corporation, is holding the nationwide traveling exhibition "hololive Grand Reception ～An Invitation Filled with Gratitude～," opening at TOKYO DREAM PARK in Tokyo's Ariake district on October 10, 2026, with talent-hosted photo experiences, an audio guide, and exclusive merchandise, before continuing on to Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.