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New Bocchi the Rock! merchandise featuring original illustrations of the band members in retro outfits goes on sale August 15, 2026, and Animate stores nationwide will run a bonus fair through September 6 that rewards qualifying purchases with one of five bookmark designs.
Photomatic self-photo booths mark Bonobono's 40th manga anniversary and 10th anime anniversary with new frames, including a collaboration with QuizKnock, at 20 locations across Japan from August 17.
New merchandise for the TV anime Corrector Yui, featuring original illustrations by manga artist Kumiko Saiki, is now available at eeo Store online and, starting August 13, at Anime Culture Center by eeo, including can badges, acrylic cards, acrylic stands, and a canvas board.
A special collaboration between DARTSLIVE and the TV anime BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War launches on August 20, 2026, featuring a collaboration darts game, exclusive digital content, and a limited Live Effect for players at participating stores.
DAZBEE released the new single "Goodnight, Lucy" on August 11, 2026, the artist's first new song since the 2025 full album "Nostalzia." Composed by issey, the Alternative Pop track explores obsession and identity through images of duplication and the doppelganger, arriving alongside a new music video.
The 1988 horror adventure game Onryō Senki (PC-8801mkIISR Version) has launched on Nintendo Switch as the 111th title in the EGG Console retro game series, priced at ¥880.
To mark 18 years since launch, the MMORPG Elemental Knights R has opened the Soukai Festival, giving early access to a new underwater map and shrine, a boss battle arena, and login bonuses, alongside a comeback campaign for players returning after a long break.
TAIMATSU's cultural experience brand FUJI JAPAN has opened a new location in Nara, inviting visitors to choose their own blade and handle and craft an original knife by hand, inside the same building as knife specialty shop MUSASHI JAPAN Nara.
Ahead of its August 13 opening at Matsuya Ginza, voice actors Romi Park and Yume Miyamoto toured the Fullmetal Alchemist × Daemons of the Shadow Realm Exhibition and shared their favorite displays, exhibition-only merchandise, and messages for fans, as the touring show marks Fullmetal Alchemist's 25th and Daemons of the Shadow Realm's 5th anniversary.
Genshin Impact is exhibiting at Comic Market 108 at Tokyo Big Sight on August 15-16, 2026, with a Snezhnaya-themed booth featuring a special stage, a large-scale display, and novelties available only at the event.
A new lineup of four TV anime Goodbye, Lara merchandise items — trading acrylic cards, a desktop acrylic perpetual calendar, mugs, and BIG acrylic stands — is now open for pre-order at the anime and manga goods shop AMNIBUS.
Grand Castella is reviving its popular Whole Chestnut Montblanc Castella for a limited run from August 15 to September 30, 2026, as the Taiwan-born castella brand celebrates its 5th anniversary in Japan.