Chibi nui osuwari mascot merchandise continues to ship across multiple franchises, with Bandai Namco Nui's ChibiDeco brand set for advance sale at Animate Girls Festival 2026 on November 7 and 8. The 81 Produce 45th anniversary Chibi Nui Sitting Mascot series has 14 male voice actors lined up but no release date, price, or sales method announced.
The chibi nui osuwari mascot format covers small seated plush figures sold under several brand names. Bandai Namco Nui opened the ChibiDeco special site on October 1, 2026, with 13 types across three categories. The ChibiDeco lineup is set for advance sale at Animate Girls Festival 2026 on November 7 and 8, with general sales undated.
The 81 Produce 45th anniversary Chibi Nui Sitting Mascot series, announced August 10, 2026, features 14 male voice actors from the 81PRODUCE 45th Birthday LIVE event, including Takuya Eguchi and Soma Saito. Each plush is about 10.5 cm tall. Release date, price, and sales method for that series are not yet announced.
Other lines use the same scale. Bandai's Mini Mini Chibi Plush Mascots Mobile Suit Gundam, a six-type random assortment at 1,100 yen each, opened pre-orders on September 15, 2026 through Premium Bandai Store and ships at random from February 2027. On the figure side, the second volume of the Cardcaptor Sakura Chibi Gurumi prize figure series arrives from September 8, 2026 with six types, and Ember Toys opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a Chibi Creature soft vinyl figure of Popuko and Pipi Mi from Pop Team Epic, priced at 15,840 yen and scheduled for January 31, 2027.
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SUNCONNECTION released a mini camera under its ChibiGEAR brand, the third product in the series. The body weighs about 36g and carries a SONY CMOS sensor with shooting up to 4K, dual cameras, a 1.97-inch IPS display, 21 filters, an audio recording function, an auxiliary light, and a USB Type-C port. It supports microSD cards up to 128GB, sold separately, and comes in blue and yellow.
A Happy Kuji line marking 40 years of Momoko Sakura's Chibi Maruko-chan goes on sale November 7 at 850 yen per draw, sold at Seven-Eleven, Ito-Yokado, Youme Town, Lawson, Lawson 100, Ministop, bookstores, hobby shops, and Happy Kuji Online. Prizes include a "Maruko's Room" figure recreating the messy room from the volume 10 chapter "Today Is Home Visit Day," a 10-type figure collection, and a Volume 1 cover figure as the Last Prize.
Sunny Side Up will release a Happy Kuji line for Chibi Maruko-chan on Saturday, November 7, 2026, marking 40 years since the original manga began serialization. Each draw costs 850 yen including tax, and the lineup has nine prize ranks plus a Last Prize. The Special Prize is a roughly 21cm figure of Maruko's cluttered room from the chapter "Today Is Home Visit Day" in volume 10, down to her expression and the onomatopoeia behind her. The A Prize is a 10-type Figure Collection, roughly 5.5 to 8.7cm tall, with characters on pedestals bearing their dialogue. The Last Prize reproduces the cover of manga volume 1 as a figure about 17.5cm tall. Middle ranks include tote bags with title-page art, melamine cups and plates, rubber mascot keyholders, flat pouches, mini towels, a can collection, and sticker sets themed around Class 3-4.
The TV anime "The Reincarnated Great Saint Hides That She Is a Saint" gets a Blu-ray BOX on March 26, 2027, priced at 26,400 yen. The set includes an outer case newly drawn by original illustrator chibi, an SS novel newly written by original author Touya, an illustration card, a special booklet, a soundtrack CD, audio commentary, clean opening and ending, a PV and CM collection, and six can badges. Animate handles sales.
Ember Toys has opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a Chibi Creature soft vinyl figure of Popuko and Pipi Mi from Pop Team Epic, priced at 15,840 yen and scheduled for release on January 31, 2027. The set recreates the scene where Pipi Mi saves Popuko, with Popuko at roughly 10 centimeters, Pipi Mi at roughly 8.5 centimeters, and both at about 19 centimeters in combined length.
Bandai Namco Nui opened the special site for ChibiDeco, its new plush accessory brand, on October 1. The lineup has 13 types: three keychain plushies (cat gray, dog black, rabbit marble beige) at 2,420 yen, four ponchos (rabbit gray, cat brown, wolf gray, bee) at 1,430 yen, and six Kigurumi Touch (junpaku, shikkoku, cookie, lilac, sky blue, galaxy) at 2,860 yen, all tax included.
Kadokawa Store has opened preorders for Unnamed Memory Archives -chibi art works-, an A4 art book collecting illustrations by chibi, the illustrator of the Unnamed Memory novels. The 128-page volume ships December 17, 2026, priced at 5,500 yen with tax. It includes newly drawn illustrations and a new short story by author Kuji Furumiya. Purchasers receive a postcard with a newly written short story by Furumiya.
Bandai's shop nui Premium Bandai Store opened pre-orders on September 15, 2026 for Mini Mini Chibi Plush Mascots Mobile Suit Gundam, a set of six roughly 6-centimeter plush heads with hook keychains. The lineup is the RX-78-2 Gundam, MS-065 Char's Custom Zaku II, MS-06 Zaku II, and Haro in green, orange, and pink. Each item costs 1,100 yen and ships at random from February 2027.
The A Tale of the Secret Saint anime will debut October 3 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Sun TV, with AT-X following October 5. Kikunosuke Toya joins the cast as Curtis Bannister, captain of the 13th Knight Brigade. The series was delayed from April to October to improve the work.
The second volume of the Chibi Gurumi prize figure series from 'Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc' will arrive sequentially from September 8, 2026. The lineup includes three Sakura Kinomoto costumes, Tomoyo Daidouji, Syaoran Li, and Yue, for six types total, each about 11 cm tall.
Toho will host a Godzilla-themed booth at Tokyo Toy Show 2026, held August 29-30 at Tokyo Big Sight. The booth features a large statue and diorama from the upcoming film Godzilla-0.0, early displays of original merchandise, a Chibi Godzilla greeting for middle school students and younger, and giveaways tied to Toho's official membership service.
Bandai Namco Nui announced the 81 Produce 45th anniversary Chibi Nui Sitting Mascot series on August 10, 2026. The lineup features 14 male voice actors from the 81PRODUCE 45th Birthday LIVE event, including Takuya Eguchi and Soma Saito. Each plush is about 10.5 cm tall. Release date, price, and sales method are not yet announced.
Anime News Network published a five-part roundup of Tanabata greetings from across the anime, manga, and video game industries on July 7, 2026. The collection includes wishes and illustrations from official accounts for series such as Bungo Stray Dogs, Detective Conan, My Hero Academia, Sakamoto Days, Doraemon, Chibi Maruko-chan, Hell's Paradise, and Dragon Quest. Video game franchises like Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, and Like a Dragon also participated, alongside creators including Hideo Kojima, Yuki Kaji, and Shoko Nakagawa. Several series tied their posts to new releases: the second season of Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers premiered on July 7, My Happy Marriage released a special Tanabata illustration and announced a three-episode special for 2026, and My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked began airing on July 8. The roundup also features greetings from manga titles like Chiikawa, MARRIAGETOXIN, and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, as well as from studios Tatsunoko Production and Square Enix.
Embrace Toys has opened pre-orders for two new Chibi Creature sofubi figures: Original Getter Robo 1 from Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo in its New York Final Battle damaged form, and Dynazenon from SSSS.DYNAZENON. Both are available on Amazon Japan, with Getter Robo 1 priced at 10,780 yen and Dynazenon at a lower price, shipping in September 2026.
A pop-up shop selling collaboration merchandise for Chibi Maruko-chan and Crayon Shin-chan will open at Tokyo Solamachi from June 4 to June 21, 2026. The shop, called Okiraku Shoten, will carry stationery, household goods, and event-exclusive items, with a photo spot and a lottery prize for purchases over 2000 yen.
Hikaru Utada released the performance video of 'Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-' from the May 11 broadcast of TBS's 'CDTV Live! Live!' on her official YouTube channel. The video is available in full length for four weeks. The song is a special arrangement made for that broadcast. The video trended high on X on the day of broadcast.