Hime appears as a character in the Gridman Universe franchise, featured in new illustrations for an office-style popup event in July 2026, and is also the title character of the Netflix film Super Kaguya Hime!, which ended its theatrical run in June 2026 after earning over 2.5 billion yen.
Hime is a character in the Gridman Universe franchise, appearing alongside Rikka Takarada, Akane Shinjo, Yume Minami, Borr, and Mujina in newly drawn illustrations for the Gridman Universe Office Style POPUP event. The popup, announced by QINOCOP, is held at Shinjuku Marui Men from July 11 to July 26, 2026, and features the characters in office lady outfits. Goods include life-sized tapestries, acrylic stands, and business card holders, with purchase bonuses for attendees.
Hime is also the title character of the Netflix original animated film Super Kaguya Hime!, a modern adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter set in a virtual space called Tsukuyomi. The film ended its initial theatrical run on June 18, 2026, after four months, during which it drew over 1.2 million viewers and earned more than 2.5 billion yen at the box office. Revival screenings in enhanced formats including MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Atmos begin September 18, 2026. The film's deluxe limited edition Blu-ray sold out its initial 100,000-unit allocation and received a second reservation window for another 100,000 units.
Super Kaguya Hime! has also expanded into merchandise collaborations, including a fashion line with WEGO releasing July 10, 2026, and Nendoroid figures of Kaguya, Sakayori Iroha, and Tsukimi Yachiyo announced at Good Smile Fest 2026. The film's success has been attributed in part to a targeted social media strategy, as detailed by publicity producer Misaki Hashimoto.
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Avail will begin selling Gyugyutto Acrylic Keychain Part 2 and Gyugyutto Mini Stand Part 2 for Cho Kaguyahime! on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 12:00. The keychains cost 748 yen each and the mini stands 660 yen each, both tax included. Sales run at select Avail stores, excluding the Matsumori store, and at the Avail official online store from the same time. Each product name is limited to one per person.
C4 Connect's free-to-play training RPG Houchishoujo will run a collaboration with the manga and anime There's a Hole in the Student Council! from noon on October 27 to 23:59 on November 16. Mutsu Komaro and Kotobuki Hisako arrive as limited gacha characters in fantasy costumes, while Terui Arisu is distributed free. The collab PV is out, and a TV commercial tied to the anime is set to air from October 31.
Black onyX, the pro-gamer group in the anime film Cho Kaguya-hime!, will appear by video at anan AWARD 2026, the magazine's annual award for figures who define the era. The ceremony runs Saturday, November 14 from 13:30 and streams on anan's official YouTube channel. Actor Akari Takashi, soccer player Ayase Ueda, and jockey Ryusei Sakai join the second round of announced performers. The group's specific award will be revealed on the day.
Twin Engine announced on October 20 that the revival screenings of Chou Kaguya-hime! will close at all theaters on November 5, the same day the HELLO! MOVIE secondary audio commentary track ends. The film does not stop there. Second-run screenings begin November 6 at new theaters in the standard format, bringing back the "Fanatic Omatsuri Girl" cheering uchiwa fans as an admission bonus and playing the "Reply" music video after the feature. A one-week 4DX and ULTRA 4DX encore run also starts November 6 and ends November 12, with paper clips returning as the bonus and the "ray Chou Kaguya-hime! Version" music video attached. A reworked effects mix called "Gently Kind 4DX" will run at some theaters, with intense shaking suppressed for children and viewers prone to motion sickness. Before that, from October 23 to October 29, the sixth admission bonus is a set of six random "ray Chou Kaguya-hime! Version" scene photo postcards. Cumulative box office has passed 3.4 billion yen.
The sixth visitor bonus for Chō Kaguya-hime! is a second set of scene photo postcards tied to the "ray" music video intro, given to ticket holders from October 23 through October 29, with 4DX, SCREENX, and ULTRA 4DX screenings eligible. The revival run that began September 18 ends November 5, along with the HELLO! MOVIE audio commentary. Second-run screenings start November 6, and a one-week 4DX and ULTRA 4DX encore runs through November 12.
Trippy and Don't Disturb jointly developed a streaming system for AI characters, used to unveil AI Tamahime during VTuber Inuyama Tamaki's 8th anniversary stream on September 22, 2026. The system supports solo AI character streams and real-time co-appearances with a streamer. Under Inuyama Tamaki's supervision, Trippy handled AI and character development while Don't Disturb drove the project.
At Machi Asobi vol.31 in Tokushima on October 17, Anna Nagase and Studio Colorido animation producer Kazuma Momohara discussed Cho Kaguya-hime!. The Netflix film topped Netflix Japan's daily movie top 10 the day after its January debut, then opened in 19 theaters for a planned week in February and ran four months, ending in June. A special-format revival began September 18.
HIMEHINA ended the world tour "LIFETIME is BUBBLIN" at SGC Hall Ariake in Tokyo on the 4th, with a finale of about three hours 20 minutes and 43 acts before 5,000 people. The tour ran since last November across 7 venues in Japan plus Taipei, Seoul, and San Jose, with an all-song cover event the day before. The duo announced a Nippon Budokan live for July 13, 2027.
Himeko released the psychological horror novel Kyoufu Yawa: Dai Ni Ya on Steam on October 14, 2026, priced at 500 yen with a 20 percent launch discount to 400 yen through October 29. The game follows a freelance occult writer who hears three ghost stories in an old coffee shop on a rainy night in the 1990s. Play time runs about two to two and a half hours.
PANORA, MyDearest, STYLY and Hashilus will run a joint booth, Cutting-Edge! XR Hiroba in Machi★Asobi, on October 17-18 at Amico in Tokushima. The booth is free and includes STYLY's location-based entertainment content, Hashilus's Hello! PokoPii! XR experience, a tutorial area for the Chou Kaguya-hime! Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival world in VRChat, and MyDearest's The Exit 8 VR and Crowbar Climber.
COUNTDOWN JAPAN 26/27 announced its first batch of 97 artists on Wednesday, October 14. Netflix film 'Cho Kaguya-hime!' will appear with sound producer TAKU INOUE as 'TAKU INOUE × Cho Kaguya-hime!' on December 29 at Makuhari Messe. The five-day festival runs December 26, 27, and 29 through 31, spread across 4 stages with 179 acts scheduled.
Masako Watanabe, a manga creator who worked in shojo and josei for decades, died on October 3 at 12:38 a.m. JST, according to her X account. She was 97. Born in Tokyo on May 16, 1929, she debuted in 1952 with the story "Suama-chan" and launched the Himegoto manga in 2020, at 91. She won the 16th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1971 for Glass no Shiro.
Cho Kaguya-hime!, the Netflix animated film directed by Kiyotaka Yamashita, is streaming only on Netflix, where it began streaming on January 22, 2026. None of the major Japanese services surveyed, including DMM TV, U-NEXT, Amazon Prime Video, Lemino, d Anime Store, Hulu, Disney+, ABEMA, FOD, TELASA and TVer, carry it. TSUTAYA DISCAS offers the film as a DVD home-delivery rental.
The stage play "'HUNTER×HUNTER' THE STAGE 4 Part 1" released its main visual and full cast for the Chimera Ant arc. Rento Nishiyama plays Gon and Niina Akutsu plays Killua, with Ryūji Satō as Meruem and Yumi Wakatsuki as Neferpitou. The Tokyo run is January 23 to February 7, 2027; Kyoto runs February 13 to 21, 2027.
Hiroya Oku, the manga author known for GANTZ, stated on his official X account on October 12 that he will retire with Kairoki Hime, the manga he currently serializes in Big Comic Superior. He had called it his retirement work in earlier posts, on February 4 and May 28. Kairoki Hime has volumes 1 and 2 on sale. Oku said he will draw both Kairoki Hime and GANTZ:E through to the end.
Bandai Spirits will reissue the Ichiban Kuji Hunter x Hunter Chimera Ant (2) line starting November 14, 2026. The lottery covers six MASTERLISE figures from Meruem to Shaiapouf and Monta, plus rubber collections, stationery, and phone straps. The Last One prize is a roughly one-meter Gon growth version figure. Each draw costs 790 yen including tax.
Gohgo, who writes, composes, and directs the total stage production for the virtual artist duo HIMEHINA at Studio LaRa, told PANORA in an interview that he handled Nico Nico Cho Party stage direction from 2012 to 2016. He said viewers of HIMEHINA's October 4 grand finale compared its glass-break staging to a 2015 Cho Party moment he made with an MMD team.
Bandai Candy Division will release hololive Deforme Collection Vol.4 on October 12, 2026 at 825 yen per set, tax included. The fourth wave of pre-painted deformed figures carries eight types: AZKi of Generation 0, Ookami Mio of Generation 2, Himemori Luna of Generation 4, and Takane Lui of Secret Society holoX, plus the mascots Kaitakusha, Subatomo in large and small sizes, Luna Knight, and Ganmo, Tsukune, and Tsumire. Each set includes one piece of soda flavor gum.
Figures of Kaguya, Sakiyori Iroha, and Tsukimi Yachiyo from the film Choukaguya-hime! are available for preorder on AmiAmi. The Collab Live Ver. figures recreate the scene performing the in-film song Ex-Otogibanashi. Wonderful Works is developing the non-scale painted figures, each with a dedicated base and a head height of about 170mm. Each costs 6,600 yen including tax, with release scheduled for April 2027.
HIMEHINA LIVE 2027 "BUDOKAN (tentative)" is set for July 13, 2027 at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with Tanaka Hime and Suzuki Hina performing. Lottery applications for the FC Fastest Advance and the Celebratory HimeHina Budokan LoChike Fastest Advance run from October 4 to October 18, 2026, with results on October 23. Tickets are 11,000 yen, up to four per application.
The sixth issue of the gravure mook PARADE is on sale now, priced at 1,980 yen including tax. It runs A4 and 96 pages from Shogakukan, released October 1, 2026. Hinano Himeno, leader of the idol group #Mooove!, takes the front cover. Rina Koike, who has appeared in Kamen Rider Kiva and Ultraman Ginga S, takes the back cover. Maikichi of Super Space Sheriff Gavan: Infinity appears in the pages.
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.
Virtual artist unit HIMEHINA will hold a solo concert at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Tuesday, July 13, 2027, the unit and its studio Studio LaRa announced on October 4, 2026, at the finale of the HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 "LIFETIME is BUBBLIN" at SGC HALL ARIAKE. Doors open at 16:30 and the show starts at 17:30. General reserved seats cost 11,000 yen including tax, and all seats are reserved. The fastest advance lottery for fan club members and the general public opened on Sunday, October 4 at 21:00 and runs through Sunday, October 18 at 23:59, with results on Friday, October 23. Applications allow up to four tickets, with no age restriction and tickets required for ages 6 and up. Upgrade tickets for reserved-seat buyers will be announced later in fan club and general versions. The unit set the Budokan goal in August 2023.
Anko Chochin's Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, the manga adaptation of Hyuganatsu's novel series, will end in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum's next issue on October 28, the magazine's November issue announced. The manga launched in the magazine in December 2024, and Ichijinsha published the second compiled volume on April 30. It follows Kinuko, a part-time college lecturer in weaving and Japanese studies living at Tamamayu Shrine.
Studio LaRa will run a collaboration cafe called "HIMEHINA Bubblin' Memories POP DINER" on the 8th floor of the SHIBUYA109 Shibuya store from Thursday, October 1, 2026 to Monday, October 19, 2026, with hours of 10:00 to 21:00. The cafe is themed on the HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 "LIFETIME is BUBBLIN," and the menu follows the tour's cities: San Jose Burger HIME and San Jose Burger HINA, Seoul-style Yakisoba, and Taipei Pineapple Pancake at 1,300 yen each, plus Fukuoka Amaou Soda and four other drinks at 1,000 yen each. Goods using newly drawn illustrations include Mini Character Acrylic Stands at 770 yen, Die-cut Aurora Stickers at 660 yen, and Clear Pouches at 2,200 yen, capped at two of each type per transaction. Digital numbered tickets are scheduled for distribution at the venue from October 1 to October 5, 2026.
Studio LaRa announced on Friday that HIMEHINA Official Trading Card Vol.2 'The World of Parallels' will go on sale at the HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 GRAND FINALE 2Days, held October 3 and October 4, 2026 at SGC HALL ARIAKE, and on the official EC site HIMEHINA MART. The set follows Vol.1 'Bubblin x Bubblin,' released in November 2025, and carries 80 card designs covering past, present, future, and parallel worlds. One pack costs 600 yen including tax and holds seven random cards, split across SSR (8 types), SR (12 types), R (19 types), UC (20 types), and C (21 types). Ultra-rare Genesis cards with foil stamping and handwritten signatures return from the first volume, and the No.1 'Kessen' card used as the main visual gets a Serial Numbered Card limited to 10 of each. Buyers at the tour venue who purchase 10 or more packs receive one Live Venue Limited Promo Card. Reservations on HIMEHINA MART are open, with cards scheduled to ship in late October.
Aniplex held a media briefing at Tokyo Game Show 2026 for Fate/EXTRA Record, the full remake of Fate/EXTRA, and confirmed a January 28, 2027 release on PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. Development is handled by Meteorise, with TYPE-MOON studio BB on the planning side. The battle system moves away from the original's rock-paper-scissors format to deck-building command battles built on Action Points, with Attack, Guard, and Skill cards, Chain Marks that trigger a no-cost Extra Attack, and Code Cast support from the Master. The scenario follows the original, including its iconic lines, while the graphics and system are rebuilt for what the staff call a modern JRPG rather than a remaster. Players pick Saber, Archer, or Caster as a partner Servant, three Servants were detailed at the session, and the game ships with nine supported languages. Character voices remain Japanese only. A playable demo is running at the Aniplex booth.
The first episode of the information program "Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival INFO" revealed the VR Tsukuyomi World and 3D models of Sakayori Iroha and Tsukimi Yachiyo. The tutorial area opens on VRChat at midnight on Friday, September 25, and the free live "Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival ~Mecha Uma Pancake Party~" runs December 26 at 21:00 on the film's official YouTube and VRChat.
The revival run of Choukaguya-hime! restarts Friday, September 18 with new premium formats, including Ultra 4DX, which fuses 4DX motion seats with the three-screen ScreenX projection system. The film ran about four months in theaters and passed 2.7 billion yen at the box office. The author visited the final adjustment site and watched an advance Ultra 4DX screening while staff, including Twin Engine, finished the master.
Vertex Force, an original anime directed by Kazuhiro Takamura, revealed a second promotional video and its theme song artists. ClariS performs the opening theme "Synchro Blue" and Hashimero performs the ending theme "Emerald." Two cast additions were announced: Kazuki Ura as Alan and Nana Mizuki as EDVA. The anime debuts October 3 at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, and streams on U-NEXT and other services in Japan.
Bushiroad Creative opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for PalVerse Hololive vol.2, the second set of its deformed trading figure line. The lineup is Hoshimachi Suisei, Yuzuki Choco, Ozora Subaru, Himemori Luna, and Shishiro Botan. Each figure stands about 90mm and is made of PVC. The box is listed at 7,260 yen including tax, with a scheduled release on March 12, 2027.
Twin Engine announced on September 11 that Cho Kaguya Meshi, the first official spinoff of the anime film Cho Kaguya-hime, has begun serialization on the web manga label Bibibi Comic. Episode 1, subtitled Yoake no Nami Tsuyudaku Gyoku, follows Kaguya and Sakayori Iroha, and the first meal Kaguya eats after regaining her sense of taste is gyudon.
The third Steam Anime Game Festival opened September 8 on Steam, organized by Neverland Entertainment and running through September 14. More than 600 anime-style games take part. Discounted titles include Naki Sakebu Gan, Enki, and Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban. Demos and playtests cover Creator Chronicle, Yousai Eiyuuden, Ensei Guild, Valkyrie Iteration: Pocket Raising Sim Shoujo Mecha Pilot Hen, and Seimei! Uchuu! Restaurant!. Indie picks include Shinbansha Shepherd, Jigoku Fukuu Till Hell Is Empty, Yuusha Party wa Zenmetsu Shimashita, and Sleepover.
Twin Engine released a video on September 4 in which Kaguya and Ayaha explain the special formats for the Chō Kaguya Hime! revival screening, which begins September 18. The revival runs MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, ULTRA 4DX, Dolby Atmos, and the regular version. The video shows SCREENX preview images for the first time.
Aniplex announced during Sony's September 3 State of Play livestream that Fate/EXTRA Record, the full remake of the 2010 PlayStation Portable dungeon RPG Fate/EXTRA, will launch on January 28, 2027. The game will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The new trailer showed gameplay, battle scenes, cutscenes, and a surprise appearance by Arcueid Brunestud, the main heroine of TYPE-MOON's visual novel Tsukihime. The release date follows a series of delays that pushed the game from an initial 2025 window to spring 2026, and then to an indefinite postponement after Bandai Namco Entertainment withdrew as publisher by mutual agreement with Notes, TYPE-MOON's corporate arm. Aniplex subsequently took over publishing. The game was originally announced in July 2020, marking the 10th anniversary of the original Fate/EXTRA. Kazuya Nino, the game's director and planner, left TYPE-MOON studio BB for personal reasons and health concerns, with Arco Wada returning as character designer. A physical Limited Edition and a Digital Deluxe Edition were also detailed.
Idol VTuber group Quintet holds its solo mini live 'Ever After' on September 6, 2026 at BUZZ music LABO Shinjuku in Tokyo. Six merchandise items go on sale at the venue, including newly drawn acrylic stands, check-style cards, random can badges, and a limited-quantity birthday long-sleeve T-shirt for Momosaki Milk, whose birthday falls on September 22. A talk session follows the performance.
The movie Super Kaguya-hime! teams with British pub chain HUB for a collaboration running September 18 to October 4 at eight stores. The menu carries six character drinks, four alcoholic and two non-alcoholic, plus three food items. Each collab menu order earns one random silver metal ticket from eight designs. Character stand panels differ by store, and goods include lanterns, happi coats, keychains, and metal displays. Reservations open September 8 at 14:00.
The movie 'Super Kaguya-hime!' will hold a collaboration with British-style pub chain HUB from Friday, September 18, 2026, to Sunday, October 4, 2026. Limited collaboration drinks and food will be offered, along with limited goods including a sparkling metal display. The event runs at 7 locations nationwide.
RE:MOMENT STORE began selling on August 25 the Shinsen-KASSEN-Weapon Charms based on the VR weapons from the anime film Ultra Kaguya-hime!. All 6 types are available, priced at 1,980 yen each, with orders accepted until September 27. The metal charms replicate weapons from the virtual game Shinsen-KASSEN-, including Kaguya's rocket-launcher hammer and Ayaha's shoulder keyboard.
Twin Engine announced on August 19 that stage greetings for the revival screenings of Super Kaguya-hime! will take place on September 20 at three theaters. Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase, Saori Hayami, and director Seigo Yamashita will reunite for five shows, their first gathering since February.
Hamster Corporation will release Console Archives Little Princess: Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime 2 for Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 on August 20, 2026. The game, priced at 1,500 yen, is a revival of Nippon Ichi Software's 1999 musical RPG for the original PlayStation. It is set 12 years after the previous game, Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime, and follows Kururu, the daughter of Cornet and Prince Ferdinand, as she travels the Maru Kingdom in search of her ideal prince. The battle system has been overhauled from the predecessor, with command-based combat where special moves consume HP and partner dolls use the in-game currency Inochium. Filling the Gratitude Gauge through doll attacks enables a powerful Reward attack. Defeated monsters can join the party as dolls, and equipping them boosts stats. The Console Archives series aims to faithfully reproduce classics on modern hardware, including features like button and screen customization and save/load anywhere. The previous game in the series is also available for the same platforms.
Fahrenheit 213 announced a closed battle beta test for its action RPG Tsurugihime, the first playable opportunity for the game. Signups run from August 17 to August 23, with 100 testers selected worldwide. The test runs from August 25 to September 6 and features a five-minute survival battle mode.
Virtual artist unit HIMEHINA will release its third cover album, 'Himehina Utamita San,' on Wednesday, December 23, 2026. The announcement came at the Tokyo return performance of the 'HIMEHINA WORLD Tour 2026 'LIFETIME is BUBBLIN'' at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo on August 11. The album follows 'Himehina Utamita Ni' from November 2023, making it the first cover album in about three years. It includes 10 tracks spanning Vocaloid, J-POP, and VTuber-origin songs, such as Giga's 'Beyond the way,' tuki.'s 'Bansanka,' Houshou Marine's 'Bishoujo Muzai♡Pirates,' and Hoshimachi Suisei's 'Bibideba.' Tracks 2 and 8 remain undisclosed and will be announced sequentially. Pre-orders for the first press limited edition are open at the official EC site 'HIMEHINA MART.' The deluxe edition, priced at 8,800 yen, includes a Himehina Flocked Mascot and a jacket illustration sticker in a digipak. The regular edition, priced at 3,850 yen, includes the sticker as a first press bonus. Studio LaRa, a Brave group company, handles the release.
Hiroya Oku, creator of Gantz, Inuyashiki, and GIGANT, said in an interview with Courrier Japon that he plans to retire after finishing his current manga Kanrekihime. He cited a lack of energy and stamina for drawing as the reason, calling the series his end-of-life preparation.
Gravity Game Arise revealed the final 12 titles for JALECO ARCADE COLLECTION Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, completing the full 32-game lineup. The standout is Chimera Beast, a bio-shooter canceled in 1993 after location tests, now revived for home consoles after over 30 years. Both volumes launch in fiscal 2026 for PC, Switch, and PS5.
Dengeki Hobby Web ranked its Wonder Festival 2026 Summer breaking news reports by reposts, tallying 43 posts with 50 or more RPs as of July 27, 2026. Colored samples of 'Super Kaguya-hime!' figures led the list, with first reveals of 'Gundam SEED FREEDOM' and 'Patlabor' items drawing attention.
Twin Engine launched the web manga label Bibibi Comic on August 7 with 31 titles, including Chou Kaguya Meshi!, an official spinoff of the film Chou Kaguya-hime! set ten years after the movie. The spinoff is written by Teruya based on a plot by director Yamashita. A commemorative issue is on sale at bookstores.
Gravity Game Arise announced the final 12 titles for Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 on August 6, 2026, completing the full 32-title lineup. The most notable addition is Chimera Beast, a side-scrolling shooter that never received a commercial release and appears here for the first time. In the game, the player evolves their body by eating enemies, with the evolution path changing based on which prey is consumed. Vol. 1 gains six titles: P-47 ACES, a 1995 shooter featuring real fighter planes; 64th Street, a 1991 belt-scrolling action game set in 1930s Chicago; Best Bout Boxing, a 1990 versus boxing game; Baltrilick, a 1986 sci-fi tank action game; Pinbo, a 1984 video pinball game; and Chameleon, a 1983 fixed-screen action game. Vol. 2 adds Big Run, a 1989 3D racing game; Psychic 5, a 1987 exploration action game; Second Earth Gratia, a 1996 sci-fi shooter; Chimera Beast; Exerizer, a 1987 sequel-like title to Exerion; and Kick Off, a 1988 arcade soccer game. Both volumes are planned for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, with release dates and prices to be announced. A playable demo will be available at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13 on August 8, 2026, where attendees can receive a half-cut sticker.
The September issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace Magazine announced on Tuesday that ADELTA's Oe game will receive a manga adaptation by Medamayaki titled Oe: Ariake-hen, debuting in the October issue. The game follows a detective investigating an actress's island funeral. ADELTA released the complete edition in April 2025.
A website opened on Tuesday to announce Animmersive Live: Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime, an immersive musical show based on Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE film. The show runs from October 20 to November 15 at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives in Tokyo. It is a spinoff story set five years after the original film.