The manga series Cosmos is ongoing, with Volume 9 released in June 2026 and a cross-promotion with The Apothecary Diaries underway.
The manga series Cosmos has been active in June 2026, with two distinct events shaping its current status. Volume 9 was released, and a bookstore fair running from June 18, 2026, offers collaboration illustration cards featuring characters from Cosmos and The Apothecary Diaries. The cards are drawn by the opposite series' artist: Ryohei Tamura draws Maomao and Jinshi, and Minoshi Kurata draws Rin and Mizumori. The promotion ties the two Sunday GX series together through artist swaps.
In a separate development, the Beneath the Tangles Readers Corner column for June 9, 2026, included Cosmos among six manga volumes covered. The column did not express disappointment with Cosmos, unlike its criticism of Imaginary Vol. 2, which it said had lost its imaginative spark and relied on out-of-place fanservice. The column praised Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards Vol. 9 for its action-packed conclusion to a major arc.
An unrelated Nvidia product also named Cosmos was released on June 1, 2026, as a suite of physical AI foundation models for robotics and autonomous driving. That announcement has no connection to the manga series.
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Jun 18
Granzella announced the PC version of R-Type Tactics I·II Cosmos will release on June 19, 2026, in Japan and June 18 in North America and Europe. The game is a remake of the fleet battle simulations R-Type Tactics and R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate, originally released in 2007 and 2009. It features updated graphics, new missions, and over 150 total missions. The PC version is distributed by NIS America on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com, priced at 6,380 yen. To mark the release, Granzella published a new trailer and made public three gift passwords that grant in-game resources: Solmonadium, Aetherium, and Bydorgen. The game previously launched on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PS4 in March 2026. A soundtrack for the game will appear on music streaming services starting June 19, with 32 tracks priced at 1,500 to 1,528 yen for the full album.
Jun 15
A bookstore fair starting June 18, 2026 offers newly drawn collaboration illustration cards featuring characters from The Apothecary Diaries and COSMOS. Customers who buy Volume 22 of The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Imperial Palace Puzzle Solving Notebook or Volume 9 of COSMOS at participating stores receive a card. The cards are drawn by the opposite series' artist: Ryohei Tamura draws Maomao and Jinshi, and Minoshi Kurata draws Rin and Mizumori.
Jun 14
Game Spark's weekly roundup for June 14-20, 2026, lists notable new game releases across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. Highlights include The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales on June 18-19, Pokemon Champions on June 17, and EA Sports UFC 6 on June 20.
Jun 9
Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner for June 9, 2026, covers six manga volumes, including the first extra-long volume of Ai Yazawa's classic shoujo I'm No Angel, along with new releases of Hirayasumi, Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life, Cosmos, Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards, and Imaginary. The column expresses disappointment with Imaginary Vol. 2, noting that the series has lost its imaginative spark and relies on out-of-place fanservice, while praising Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards Vol. 9 for its action-packed conclusion to a major arc.
Jun 2
Nvidia announced Cosmos 3, a suite of physical AI foundation models for robotics and autonomous driving, on June 1, 2026. The suite includes five open models, with the image generation model Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image and the video generation model Cosmos3-Super-Image2Video both ranking as the top-performing open models in third-party tests.