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Holo
Holo is a character from the Spice and Wolf series, featured in new merchandise and referenced in the hololive Dreams game, which has surpassed 1 million pre-registrations.
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Jun 8
Holo, the wolf deity from the Spice and Wolf series, is the subject of a new merchandise line from Kadost. An acrylic stick incense holder shaped like Holo and a set of apple-cinnamon-patchouli incense sticks are available for preorder until June 16, 2026, with a release scheduled for late September 2026. Each item costs 2,750 yen. The incense holder is part of the Ani-Scent line for Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf.
Separately, the hololive Dreams smartphone game, which features over 50 talents from the Hololive agency, surpassed 1 million pre-registrations as of May 30, 2026. The milestone unlocked dot sunglasses for all talents and revealed a second area, Megasphere, themed around games and casinos. A snack product tied to the game launched June 2, 2026, with original stickers of talents in live costumes.
Holo Hokey, a VR air hockey game from Holo Indie, was released June 2, 2026, priced at 500 yen. The game allows players to become a Hololive VTuber and includes three modes, character-specific special abilities, and 80 challenge stages. The review notes the game offers a rare opportunity to interact with Hololive members in virtual space.
Key facts
- New merchandise
- Kadost is accepting reservations for an acrylic stick incense holder featuring Holo and apple-cinnamon-patchouli incense sticks, each costing 2,750 yen. ↗
- Preorder deadline
- Reservations close June 16, 2026, with release scheduled for late September 2026. ↗
- hololive Dreams pre-registrations
- Pre-registrations for hololive Dreams passed 1 million as of May 30, 2026. ↗
- hololive Dreams rewards
- Milestone rewards include dot sunglasses for all 54 talents and a second area, Megasphere, themed around games and casinos. ↗
- hololive Dreams snack
- A snack product tied to hololive Dreams launched June 2, 2026, featuring original stickers of over 50 talents in live costumes across three volumes. ↗
- Holo Hokey release
- Holo Hokey, a VR air hockey game from Holo Indie, released June 2, 2026, priced at 500 yen with three modes and 80 challenge stages. ↗
Timeline
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2d ago
Cover Corporation announced on July 10, 2026, that the after-screening of the hololive Production all-members live event "hololive 7th fes. Ridin' on Dreams," originally held in March 2026, will be shown at theaters across Japan over four days. The screenings are scheduled for August 29 and 30, and September 5 and 6, 2026, with each day dedicated to one of the event's four stages. Tickets are priced at 4,500 yen for a regular ticket and 5,200 yen for a ticket including a set of silver tape and confetti stickers. A lottery system via Lawson Ticket runs in two rounds, starting July 10, followed by general and theater sales. Each screening will include an exclusive comment video from two talents: for Stage 1, Tsunomaki Watame and FUWAMOCO; Stage 2, Shishiro Botan and Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame; Stage 3, Kikirara Vivi and Pavolia Reine; Stage 4, Todoroki Hajime and Kaela Kovalskia. Attendees may use penlights and cheer vocally, but recording and photography are prohibited. All visitors receive a clear postcard featuring the event's key visual. Original goods will also be sold at the theaters.
5d ago
Amazon Kindle has launched a large-scale sale offering up to 50% points back on select Kadokawa manga titles, running from July 7 through July 13 for the Kadokawa campaign and until July 23 for the Summer Super Point Fair. The promotion coincides with Amazon Prime Day and covers dozens of series, including Delicious in Dungeon, Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon, Nichijou, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5: Mementos Mission, and Gunslinger Girl. For Delicious in Dungeon, all 14 volumes (excluding volume 10) are eligible; buying the full set costs 10,742 yen and yields 5,012 yen in points. The Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: Adventurer's Bible Complete Edition and Ryoko Kui's sketchbook Daydream Hour are also included. The Persona manga adaptations are similarly discounted: all 11 volumes of Persona 3 cost 6,897 yen with 3,454 points back, all 13 volumes of Persona 4 cost 8,173 yen with 4,092 points back, and all 3 volumes of Persona 5: Mementos Mission cost 2,057 yen with 1,029 points back. Other notable titles in the sale include Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Today's Menu for the Emiya Family, A Bride's Story, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Erased, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, and The Eminence in Shadow.
6d ago
Tokyopop announced five new manga licenses during its Anime Expo panel on Sunday, including omnibus editions of How I Attended an All Guy's Mixer, a Hololive comic, and three other titles spanning romance, fantasy, and comedy.
Jul 3
Cover Corporation and QualiArts have announced the worldwide release of Hololive Dreams, the first official smartphone game for the Hololive VTuber group, on July 23, 2026. The game is a rhythm & RPG set in a theme park where players build facilities for over 50 Hololive talents. It includes a rhythm game with over 150 songs at launch, including solo, unit, and cover tracks, as well as an original story and a create-beatmap function. A Steam version is also planned, with a wishlist now available. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchases. The release date was revealed during a special YouTube program on July 3. Pre-registrations have already exceeded 1.3 million, triggering milestone rewards such as gacha tickets and cosmetic items. A special event themed around the game is scheduled for October 2026 to celebrate Hololive's 9th anniversary.
Jul 3
Cover announced on July 3 that the smartphone rhythm and RPG game Hololive Dreams will launch worldwide on July 23, 2026. A Steam version was also revealed, with wishlisting open and a later release date to be announced. The game features classic rhythm gameplay with Hololive music videos and live footage as backgrounds, an original story set on a deserted island, and park-building mechanics.
Jun 30
CCMC, a subsidiary of Cover Corp, announced the opening of the Steam store page for HoloTrials: Case Covered, a free mystery adventure game developed by VTAC Games under the holo Indie fan game brand. The game is set in a parallel world where hololive English talents from Myth and Council/Promise are reimagined as high school students. Players take the role of student detective Watson Amelia, investigating a campus incident that leads to a courtroom battle to clear Gawr Gura, the prime suspect. The game combines visual novel text with side-scrolling exploration and point-and-click evidence collection. Courtroom segments require players to find contradictions in testimonies and present correct evidence. The art style uses lineless 2D sprites with full animation. HoloTrials: Case Covered will release for free on Steam on September 10, 2026 at 12:00 JST. The store page went live on June 30, 2026. The game supports English language only.
Jun 30
Links International is shipping the HYTE tokidoki x hololive English -Advent- Y70 mid-tower PC case from late June 2026 onward. The case is sold exclusively through Surugaya for 52,580 yen. It features a pillar-less panoramic tempered glass design with tokidoki-style Advent character art, a dual-chamber interior, and a vertical GPU mount via a PCIe 4.0 riser cable. The model does not include the touch-panel LCD found on the Y70 Touch.
Jun 28
AmiAmi, the Japanese hobby goods retailer, will sponsor the hololive English 4th Concert -Serendipity- in Los Angeles this July. The company will also exhibit at Anime Expo 2026, selling official concert merchandise at its booth and hosting a Wishing Wall event where fans can leave messages alongside those from hololive English talents.
Jun 24
CCMC Corp. announced a major update for the roguelike game Holo Dungeon: Hakui Koyori and Hollow Live in Hongsha Tower, releasing on June 25, 2026. The update adds three new dungeons, including the highest-difficulty Sakura Shrine's Mugen Cave, which introduces a turn limit and bans brought-in items. A new Chemical Launcher System extends the Decorate System to ranged attacks. Six new Hollows based on Hololive talents Koseki Bijou, Shishiro Botan, Momosuzu Nene, Fuwawa Abyssgard, Mococo Abyssgard, and Kobo Kanaeru join the enemy roster, each with unique special skills. An Enemy Info feature lets players view Hollow abilities in-game. English language support, requested by many players, is also implemented. Other additions include new armor and accessories, arranged dungeon theme songs, line-of-sight display on the map, and various balance adjustments. The game, developed by VELUX STUDIO, entered Early Access on Steam on January 30, 2026, and is sold under the holo Indie fan game brand. The update brings the total dungeon count to 10.
Jun 19
Hololive's fan game brand holo Indie switched from year-round applications to a seasonal system with three periods per year on May 1. Cover Corporation's Takayuki Hatano and Kikuo Saga explained the change in an interview at BitSummit PUNCH, citing application volume outpacing system capacity. Total downloads have exceeded 3 million since launch.
Jun 17
COVER Corporation and NoonX will host a "hololive Spring Travel Diary" pop-up store at Big City Mall Hsinchu in Taiwan from July 1 to August 9, 2026. The event features six talents, exclusive merchandise, a lucky draw machine, a card gacha machine, a photo booth, and a Tokyo Sakura Photo Wall.
Jun 16
CyberAgent began sales of 'hololive Dreams Snack vol.3 Savory Salt Flavor' on June 16. The snack packs randomly include one of 20 game-original illustration stickers featuring talents from the smartphone game 'hololive Dreams.' It is sold at FamilyMart, Animate, and online, with a giveaway campaign for a complete sticker set.
Jun 9
CyberAgent released the hololive Dreams Snack vol. 2 Umashio Flavor on June 9. Each bag randomly includes a game original illustration sticker of one of 16 hololive production talents, including Ayame Ookami, Pekora Usada, Marine Houshou, and IRyS. The snack is sold at FamilyMart, Animate, HMV, and other stores for 253 yen.
Jun 8
Kadost is accepting reservations for two new Ani-Scent items from Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf: an acrylic stick incense holder featuring Holo and a line of incense sticks with an apple-cinnamon-patchouli scent. The holder costs 2,750 yen and the incense, which includes a simple holder, costs the same. Reservations close June 16, 2026, with release scheduled for late September 2026.
Jun 2
Holo Indie released Holo Hokey, a VR air hockey game where players become a Hololive VTuber. Priced at 500 yen, the game offers three modes, character-specific special abilities, and 80 challenge stages. The review notes the game provides a rare opportunity to interact with Hololive members in virtual space.
Jun 1
CyberAgent is releasing a snack product tied to hololive's first smartphone game, hololive Dreams. The snack comes in three volumes, each containing original stickers of the talents in their live costumes. Over 50 hololive talents are featured across the three volumes. The snacks go on sale starting June 2.
May 30
Cover Corp and QualiArts announced that pre-registrations for the first official hololive smartphone game, hololive Dreams, have passed 1 million. Milestone rewards include dot sunglasses for all 54 talents. A second area, Megasphere, themed around games and casinos, will launch alongside the previously announced Harmony Garden. Additional pre-registration rewards and a JR Tokai collaboration were also revealed.