Ado is preparing a cover-song tour and a cover album for late 2026 and 2027, while her fan club runs paid member-only concerts at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium on October 24 and 25, 2026.
The Ado stories describe two parallel tracks. The first is the concert business. Paid-member-only shows are set for October 24 and 25, 2026 at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, tied to the official fan site Ado no Dokidoki Himitsu Kichi, with tickets issued through the TixPlus app, face-recognition entry, and an official resale window through TixPlus Trade from October 9 to October 13. The second track looks further out. Ado no Utattemita Tour 2027 opens January 10, 2027 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, the date she marks 10 years as an utaite, and runs six shows in three cities: Tokyo on January 10 and 11, Osaka's Asue Arena Osaka on January 30 and 31, and Aichi's Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall 1 on February 27 and 28. A members-only lottery opened October 20, 2026.
The tour sits alongside a cover album, Ado no Utattemita Album Sono 2, dated December 23 in the tour story. Both put her cover-singer roots at the center of the next cycle rather than the Uta and Sho vocal work. The Yoyogi dates are the near-term live activity, and the 2027 tour is the announced follow-through.
Merchandising runs on a separate calendar. Bandai's Lifestyle Division released Bikkura Tamago Ado, a mascot-included bath additive, from Friday, October 23, 2026 at drugstores, mass retailers, toy stores and electronics retailers nationwide. Each 715 yen bag (650 yen before tax) holds one of five rings modeled on music video characters: Usseewa, Readymade, Gira Gira, Asura-chan and Secret, with the type not selectable. The additive turns bathwater light blue with a floral scent. The product places the music video characters on a drugstore item rather than a collector's shelf.
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The Pokemon Company will release the Hadou Seeker expansion pack for the Pokemon Card Game MEGA on November 27, 2026. The set features Mega Evolution Pokemon with Z in their names: Mega Lucario Z ex, Mega Garchomp Z ex, and Mega Absol Z ex. Other revealed cards include Scovillain, Drampa, Vibrava, Sigilyph ex, and Meloetta, plus the Supporter Korrina's Conviction. Packs hold five cards and cost 200 yen.
The third entry in Earnestcore Craft's original mech girl line, rosado Project, is now up for preorder at Rakuten Books. The RS-03 Hoshika Rose 1/10 scale complete action figure carries a reference price of 12,650 yen with tax and a Rakuten Books sale price of 12,010 yen with tax. Accessories include three face parts, seven sets of interchangeable hands, a harp-type weapon, three swords, a harp stool, joint spares, a gaze adjustment tool, and a dedicated base with a storage gimmick.
Paradox Interactive announced on October 21 that Willpower, a new DLC for the sci-fi grand strategy game Stellaris, launches November 23 on PC via Steam, GOG.com, and the Microsoft Store. The DLC adds an Ideology system: a set of values that spreads across borders through various facilities and means, and can erode other nations or a player's own from within.
KADOKAWA will run a Red Dragon Hoodie themed online kuji for Delicious in Dungeon on the Kujibikido service from 12:00 on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Newly drawn mini-character art of Laios, Marcille, Chilchuck, Senshi, and Izutsumi appears across five prize tiers: a choose-your-design die-cut cushion, two T-shirts, acrylic stand figures, acrylic keychains, and tin badges.
Sana Natori will appear as a conversation partner in Soshi Haraguchi's first book, Theory of Destruction, announced October 19. KADOKAWA publishes the 176-page essay on Monday, December 21, priced at 1,870 yen. The book poses questions and answers about destruction in creation across five chapters, and includes conversations with Kikuo, Snail's House, and Ken Washizaki alongside Natori.
YouTuber group Comdot released a video of their impressions of Kohei Kadowaki's animated film 'We Are Aliens.' Comdot, five childhood friends, discuss how they related to the film's depiction of trouble between elementary schoolers Tsubasa and Akitaro. Kadowaki, who directed the film as his first feature-length animated work, said he would watch the video in real time. The film won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Anime News Network reports that the Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Witch on the Holy Night films unveiled a collaboration illustration on Wednesday. The art pairs Madoka Kaname with Aoko Aozaki. A large banner hangs at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo from October 17 to 29, and B5 flyers went out at the theater and at the Machi Asobi event in Tokushima on October 17 and 18. Fans who submit photos of both tickets can win one of 100 posters.
Ado will hold "Ado no Utattemita Tour 2027," opening January 10, 2027 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, the date she marks 10 years as an utaite. The tour runs 6 shows in 3 cities: Tokyo on January 10 and 11, Osaka's Asue Arena Osaka on January 30 and 31, and Aichi's Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall 1 on February 27 and 28. A members-only lottery opens October 20, 2026.
Joyever Studio is developing Adopt Me Please, a horror simulation game for PC via Steam with Japanese support. Players run Tomoshibi Shelter, housing stray animals and finding adopters by day. Some animals are not animals: mimics hide among the arrivals, and by night the player must verify new intakes and send any mimic to the countermeasure team before it mutates. A trailer and playtest sign-up are live.
Bandai's Lifestyle Division is releasing Bikkura Tamago Ado, a mascot-included bath additive, from Friday, October 23, 2026 at drugstores, mass retailers, toy stores and electronics retailers nationwide. Each bag costs 715 yen (650 yen before tax) and holds one of five rings modeled on music video characters: Usseewa, Readymade, Gira Gira, Asura-chan and Secret. The type is not selectable. The additive turns bathwater light blue with a floral scent.
Kohei Kadowaki and NOTHING NEW's We Are Aliens won the Anima't Award for best feature-length film at the 59th Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia. It is the first Japanese film to take the award since Yuta Murano's Seven Days War six years ago; Makoto Shinkai's your name. won in 2016 and Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai in 2018. Kadowaki, who turned 30 on October 14, is the youngest Japanese director to win it.
Viz Media announced its summer 2027 slate on X on Friday: a 25-volume Kamisama Kiss complete box set with a double-sided poster and 32-page mini artbook, Yukinobu Tatsu's Dandadan Official Character Guide with 22 pages of new manga, Hideo Kojima's hardcover The Gifted Gene, first volumes of Ei Yamano's Someone Hertz and Kyo Tanimoto's Under Doctor, a Jujutsu Kaisen coloring book with 80 pages of Gege Akutami art, and Mariana's Diabo a Quatro comic.
Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko imprint announced Friday that Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant novel series is resuming. Volume 2 will take more time, so the imprint will publish part of the manuscript on Kakuyomu on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST. Kadokawa published volume 1 in September 2019 with illustrations by Hidari.
SpringGuild released a free demo of Shadow Mate ~The Little Dragon and the Compatible One~ on Steam on October 15, 2026. The 3D horror action adventure follows Cynthia, a girl carrying the parasitic life form Belial, through a collapsed research facility. The demo is not the opening of the main story but a separate slice for the world and combat, including Belial-powered attacks and dragon transformation. The game joins Steam Next Fest October 19 to 26.
Kadokawa has opened pre-orders for Nino Nakano and Miku Nakano plastic models in its KADOKAWA PLASTIC MODEL SERIES, tied to the TV special anime The Quintessential Quintuplets. Both are assembly kits about 165mm tall with molded and pre-painted color, three facial expression parts each, and optional parts such as a school bag and smartphone. Kadostore orders include a bonus expression part, and Nino's listing also has a special set. The Kadostore deadline is November 25, 2026.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning 562,647,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. The live-action Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days. The fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened at #5 with 267,301,400 yen.
A new-costume Homura Akemi figure from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising is joining the BUZZmod. action figure line. Preorders are open at Aniplex Online and other retailers. The 1/12 scale figure stands about 135mm, includes five expression parts, hand parts, a crossed-leg part, and a stand, and is scheduled for release in July 2027 at 12,000 yen.
CCMC Corp. released the 2D puzzle game ReGLOSS: CROSS for PC via Steam on Thursday, October 15, 2026, under holo Indie, the derivative game brand of hololive production. The game was developed by yado and costs 490 yen including tax. It supports Japanese and English and is a single-player title. Players direct the movement of five hololive ReGLOSS members, Otonose Kanade, Ichijou Ririka, Juufuutei Raden, Todoroki Hajime, and Hiodoshi Ao, who travel in straight lines, and arrange their routes so pairs reunite. The game holds 70 puzzles split across five normal stages and three extra stages. Later stages add gimmicks including warps and signs, and the difficulty rises as those mechanics appear. The members appear in chibi proportions, and the puzzle screens use arranged background music. yado wrote that streams and live footage of the five members encouraged the developer during production, and that tutorials and an official strategy site were prepared for ease of play.
The Young Ace editorial department apologized for using Ieri Komen's character designs without permission in Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of Rokakoen's Pitch-Black Infatuation. The department said it asked Kadokawa Horror Bunko about using designs for Rumi Sasaki and Yukiyoshi Aoyama, received a vague reply, and proceeded anyway. After the first volume shipped on August 4, Komen found two more characters and a background location had also been used.
Hasegawa revealed a completed sample of its 1:72 scale Su-33 Flanker-D "Shadows" kit on October 14. The aircraft is the Su-33 of the 44th Squadron flown by Lux Lunae, an ace unit of the Sotoan Republic, which is hostile to the protagonist side's Central Usean Federation in ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE. Release is scheduled for around December 16, 2026 at 5,500 yen.
TV Tokyo announced Project Rasengan on October 10, 2026 at New York Comic Con, a global initiative covering anime, manga, games, and trading cards for the Naruto franchise. The centerpiece is Naruto: Shadow Rising, a new manga written and illustrated by original creator Masashi Kishimoto. A brief announcement video showed an early glimpse, with further details due at the franchise's Jump Festa 2027 presentation on December 19 and 20, 2026. The project also includes Naruto x Ninku, a four-episode crossover anime with Ninku, the Koji Kiriyama ninja manga Kishimoto has said influenced Naruto. Both creators supervise all episodes. Studio Pierrot produces, with Noriyuki Abe directing and Tetsuya Nishio as character designer and chief animation director. Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the smartphone game Naruto Mobile worldwide, and BANDAI CARD GAMES will launch the NARUTO Card Game with a simultaneous worldwide release in June 2027, preceded by trial sessions and limited products from February 2027.
FREEing has opened pre-orders for a re-release of the 1/4 scale Homura Akemi Bunny Ears Ver. figure, originally released in December 2021. The figure is drawn from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- and wears an original-design dress with bunny ears. The companion Madoka Kaname Bunny Ears Ver. is also available for pre-order at 33,000 yen, with orders closing October 14 and shipping set for January 2027.
Marvel detailed its Kadokawa partnership at a New York Comic Con panel on October 11, and the five manga launched on Kadokawa's KadoComi site in Japan the following day. Iron Man and Spider-Man lead the slate, alongside Deadpool, Spider-Gwen, and Venom. Marvel's C.B. Cebulski and Kadokawa editors Kenta Matsui and Naofumi Mashino attended. Each title's first chapter opens with a free preview.
A Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond pop-up store will run inside MAGNET by SHIBUYA109 from Saturday, October 24, 2026 to Tuesday, November 3. Organizer HOFU Co., Ltd. says the venue will sell new goods and host exhibits. Buyers get one random illustration card per 1,000 yen spent, and those spending 3,000 yen or more in one transaction can make an original can badge.
At the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, Masashi Kishimoto was announced as the writer and artist of a new manga in the Naruto franchise. A teaser video showed a possible title, read by sources as Shadow Rising Naruto or Naruto: Shadow Rising, and Anime Corner reports it as NARUTO: SHADOW RISING with Kishimoto set to draw the project. The panel grouped the manga with three other confirmed initiatives out of eight planned for 2027 through 2029 under the banner PROJECT RASENGAN: a four-episode Naruto and Ninku crossover anime, a NARUTO Card Game releasing in June 2027, and a new mobile game. More details are planned for Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20. Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, and Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, attended as special guests.
Romankey's UMS004 Super-Posable Female Body Mia Brown Skin Ver. is a 1/12 scale action figure standing about 158mm tall, made from PVC, POM, PC and ABS. It ships with a figure body, a long neck part, three sets of foot parts, interchangeable lower-limb and hand parts, a bodysuit and a stand. It is priced at 8,800 yen with tax and is scheduled for release in November 2026, handled only by AmiAmi.
Another Angle Games moved Shadow of the Road from November 12, 2026 to March 10, 2027. The tactical RPG is set in Japan during the Boshin War and mixes magic with machinery, with players leading a party against yokai and steampunk-style mechanical enemies. The developer says the extra time goes to polishing combat and refining progression. It is planned for PC via Steam, GOG.com, and the Epic Games Store. New trailers and world-setting information will keep coming.
Dong-geun Joo, creator of the webtoon All of Us Are Dead, spoke with Anime News Network after appearing at the Korean Culture Center Los Angeles on September 11 for an event on Korean webtoons. Joo said he deliberately avoided The Walking Dead while drawing the series and stayed out of the Netflix adaptation, which he treats as a separate work. He is now working on Adonai.
In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.
At the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby Show, held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 2 to 4, 2026, Kadokawa displayed the test shot of its 1/48 Arbalest plastic model from Full Metal Panic!. The ARX-7 kit is the second entry in the Kadokawa Plastic Model Series and is accepting preorders for a February 2027 release. Kadokawa plans further refinement of the sculpt and surface treatment.
Paradox Interactive announced two content creator packs for Cities: Skylines, both priced at $5.99 and set for October 28 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Mansions & Manors comes from creator Feindbold and covers wealthy low-density mansion districts. Holiday Getaways comes from creator Tomas13TO and includes 30 resort and vacation facility types. An in-game radio station, Blueprint Beats Radio, adds 16 lo-fi, chillhop, and downtempo tracks for $3.99.
Ado will hold paid-member-only concerts on October 24 and October 25, 2026 at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, tied to her official fan site Ado no Dokidoki Himitsu Kichi. Tickets are issued through the TixPlus app and go on sale to members. The two dates adopt face-recognition entry, and holders who can no longer attend are directed to the official resale service TixPlus Trade from October 9 to October 13.
The Trump administration said on October 8, 2026 that the Department of Labor will not accept or process new PERM labor certification applications from eight companies: Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini. Vice President J.D. Vance announced the suspension at a White House press conference alongside Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling. Microsoft disputed the government's account of its foreign worker hiring.
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027, the companies announced at New York Comic Con. Showings will be offered in Japanese audio with English subtitles and in an English dub. Tickets go on sale December 11 at online sellers and participating theater box offices. The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion. Yukihiro Miyamoto directed it, and the returning staff includes chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, original character designer Ume Aoki, animation character designer Junichiro Taniguchi and composer Yuki Kajiura. The animation studio is SHAFT. Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction performs the theme song Kanata. In Japan the film opened on August 28, 2026 with IMAX screenings the same day, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
Paradox Interactive announced the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Cities: Skylines on October 8. It launches October 29 as Cities: Skylines - Expanded Edition, priced at 6,890 yen with tax included, and ships with 10 DLC expansion and content packs such as After Dark, Snowfall and Green Cities. Tantalus Media, which handled past console versions, is porting it.
Kadokawa released Volume 1 of Sora Urumi's manga Kokoro Make Cosmetica on October 7, 2026, under the Kadocomi Original label. The series runs on Kadocomi and follows Suzu, a high school girl who becomes the magical girl Cosmetica. Nijisanji VTuber Tomoe Shirayuki provided an obi comment reading, "This one volume is an ally of cuteness." Store bonuses are offered at Gamers, Toranoana, and Melonbooks while supplies last.
MAYLA has opened pre-orders for its Puella Magi Madoka Magica Iconic Ear Objects Complete Set, with colors tied to Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko Sakura, offered as pierced or clip-on earrings in three patterns each. Designs use the Soul Gem motif or MAYLA's own interpretation of each character, and each purchase includes four limited postcards and a collaboration box.
MAYLA has reopened pre-orders for its Puella Magi Madoka Magica Iconic Story Ring Objet set, priced at 18,700 yen with shipping at 600 yen. The rings come in the colors of Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, Sayaka Miki and Kyoko Sakura, with Soul Gem, ribbon and costume motifs, plus a Kyubey symbol ring in the Madoka color. Stacking colors is suggested for combinations.
Rik Godwin, lead writer and associate narrative director at Ubisoft Bordeaux, said on social media that he has spent the past few months working on Beyond Good and Evil 2 in a support and consultant role. He has worked on Assassin's Creed Shadows and the Ghost Recon series. Ubisoft Montpellier leads development of the project, which continues after 18 years.
Adobe's official program CREATOR KITCHEN supported by Adobe opened Season 3 on Monday, September 28, 2026. Kondo Haruki returns alongside Ishiyama Renge, following Season 2. The first episode turns hand-drawn rough sketches into mascots and explores where Adobe Firefly fits into actual work, with a participatory project in which viewers turn their own illustrations into mascots.
Paradox Interactive released the free Crozier update, version 1.20.0, for the PC version of Crusader Kings III on September 30, alongside the expansion DLC "By God Alone." The update adds a Spiritual Fulfillment system that ties stress to how closely a character follows doctrine, plus Personal Creed, a set of personal rules separate from a religion's universal tenets. The DLC expands Christianity and adds the Antipope system.
Acacia's Magical Girl Norin Village, a magical girl suspense game set for release this year on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, has cast Kana Hanaiwa as Aoba Kira. Kira is a girl locked in the village's underground dungeon for a long time, forgotten by everyone, without developed reason or language and said to be in a mental state like an infant, while carrying strong murderous intent and dangerous magic.
Aniplex announced on September 27 that Magical Girl Sorana☆Magica ~Our Fates, Our Futures~, a new original series within Puella Magi Madoka Magica Magia Exedra, opens on October 4. The announcement came as the game marked its 1.5th anniversary. A new five-star Kioku for protagonist Nagihoshi Sorana will be given away. The 1.5th anniversary also brings an Exedra Quest release and a limited Akemi Homura Kioku.
Mega Hobby EXPO 2026 ran September 26 at AKIBA SQUARE in Akihabara UDX, hosted by MegaHouse with 13 companies taking part under the theme F-DASH. MegaHouse showed ten items, including a Chō Kaguya-hime! Lookup Tsukimi Yachiyo for late May 2027, a Nami Portrait.Of.Pirates for 2027, and a 08th MS Team B-Style Aina Sahalin. Krenel showed Uma Musume and Madoka Magica pieces. Many are release date TBD.
Kadokawa unveiled the second teaser key visual and second teaser video for Sentenced to Be a Hero -Game of the GODDESS-, a smartphone game for Android and iOS developed by VIC GAME STUDIOS. Light novel author Rocket Shokai supervises the original scenario. Returning anime cast include Yohei Azakami, Mayu Iizuka, Shizuka Ishigami, and Shun Horie. New original characters are Miyu Tomita as Noi Marjella and Fuka Izumi as Lisabella.
The 157th issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh G magazine launched the manga adaptation of Seiji Ebisu's novel Bishōjo shika Inai Seitokai no Gidai ga Itsumo Ore na Ken on Monday, with Tarara drawing the manga. Kadokawa published the novel in April 2025 with illustrations by Fuwari. The story follows Minamisawa Academy student council president Yurina Himesaki and a council whose members each privately seek romantic advice about the same boy.
The Paradox Live franchise announced a new team, ILLGATOR, for its "4th Season" story arc. The team is voiced by Yū Serizawa as Meno Azumi, Hiiro Ishibashi as Noah, and Hayato Dojima as Akito Yofune. A music video for their song "Daru." (Lazy) is streaming, and the team will perform at Animate Girls Festival 2026 on November 7.
The Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden anime announced four more cast members: Saeko Kamijo as Essera Blanket, Hitomi Ueda as Raffine Silver, Azusa Tadokoro as Riculvitar Silver, and Ayaka Ohashi as Lilimi Silver. The Silver family roles join Reliared Silver, voiced by Rina Hidaka. The series premieres October 6 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS, runs two consecutive cours, and streams on HIDIVE, ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT.
Kadokawa announced Friday that Shinya Murata has launched a new manga, Shinoblade, with artist Daichi Matsuse in the Manga BAR e-manga magazine, run by Kadokawa and Kakao Piccoma. Murata writes and storyboards; Matsuse draws. The story follows the strongest female ninja, who lived in Hattori Hanzo's shadow, and wakes in another world at the moment she dies.
The Star Detective Precure! movie opened at #3 in Japan, selling 358,000 tickets and earning 446 million yen in its first three days, then 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through September 23. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its ninth weekend, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned at #6.