Key is the publisher-brand behind Heaven Burns Red, which reran all three Angel Beats! collaboration events on October 2, 2026. On October 19, 2026, Visual Arts and Key announced that Jun Maeda has pharyngeal cancer and has chosen palliative care, and that his share of the Heaven Burns Red main story is complete through the end of Chapter 6.
Key's most recent activity runs through Heaven Burns Red rather than through a new standalone title. Wright Flyer Studios and Key started a limited-time rerun of all three Heaven Burns Red and Angel Beats! collaboration story events on Friday, October 2, 2026, bringing back the collaboration gacha, converting all seven previously released collaboration SS Styles into SS with balance adjustments, and running campaigns that offer a ticket for a chosen SS Style, up to 100 free gacha pulls, and up to 4,500 Quartz. The rerun is the only game-side news in the cluster.
Seventeen days later, Visual Arts and its brand Key announced that Jun Maeda has pharyngeal cancer. The announcement says Maeda felt discomfort in his throat in early spring 2026 and swelling and pain in summer, then received a diagnosis after detailed examinations. After weighing his condition and treatment prospects, he chose not to undergo aggressive treatment and instead receive care centered on palliative care so he could conserve his strength and continue creative work. He is hospitalized.
The same announcement sets the limit of his remaining output. Key says Maeda has completed his share of the Heaven Burns Red main story through the conclusion of Chapter 6, including lyrics and music for the first half of Chapter 6, and that further scenario and song work may not be possible as the illness progresses. A planned long-term YouTube music project has been changed to finishing existing songs for release in sequence. The Angel Beats! rerun that began on October 2 predates the disclosure; the two stories are the whole of Key's coverage here, and neither connects the rerun to Maeda's condition.
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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.
Leaks around Sony's PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's Xbox, code-named Helix, put both consoles well above US$1,000. Leaker KeplerL2 claims PS6 memory alone costs about US$680, and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirmed Helix will run from US$1,200 to US$1,800. Component contracts run until at least 2028, and developers are already lined up to make games for both machines.
Part Time Monkey released Jono, a free 2D jump action game on PC via Steam, on October 5. Only one player can play at a time: a turn lasts until one minute passes or the player fails five times. Waiting players watch together and chat. A Reddit post on October 23 with gameplay data drew over 1,000 upvotes. More than 100 players have logged 10 hours or more.
Square Enix opened a teaser site on October 21 for "Keybound Blowler," a typing game for up to four players inside Final Fantasy XIV's Manderville Gold Saucer. A Final Fantasy VII Remake series crossover stage runs from around 17:00 on October 28 until maintenance for Patch 8.0. Players earn Manderville Gold Saucer Credit to trade for glamour gear, mounts and emotes, including a Minion: Barret and two orchestrion rolls. Gamepads and software keyboards cannot be used.
Jono, a free side-scrolling action game from Finnish studio Part Time Monkey, released on Steam on October 5. Players worldwide share one character and queue for turns of one minute each, then pass control to the next person. Losing five lives also ends a turn. Since release, more than 1,000 players have participated and over 72,000 rooms have been cleared toward a goal of 1 million.
Yoakelabo showed a demo of Yoru no Namae at Steam Next Fest. The novel game is set in an arcade in a regional city and follows two girls absorbed in arcade music games, tied together by a communication notebook kept inside the game center. The protagonist returns to uncover the truth of an incident at the arcade, reuniting with an arcade friend after 10 years. .THi (Hiroshi Takeyasu) and TAG contributed BGM, and a Sound Room plays some tracks in high quality.
Shueisha Games released a Steam demo for the adventure game Hon to Kagi no Kisetsu on October 20, 2026, the opening day of Steam Next Fest. The demo contains all of Chapter 1, titled "913." Developer iMel is handling the game, which is planned for release this winter on Nintendo Switch and Steam. Hon to Kagi no Kisetsu adapts Honobu Yonezawa's novel of the same name, published by Shueisha Bunko. It follows Jiro Horikawa and Shimon Matsukura, two high school boys on the library committee who take on mysteries that arrive in their ordinary lives. In Chapter 1, senior student Mari Uragami asks the pair to open an "unopenable safe" left behind by her late grandfather, and the grandfather's words serve as the clue. The game uses illustrations and full voice acting throughout, and in some scenes the player solves the mystery directly as Horikawa. Kazuki Ura voices Horikawa, Yuichiro Umehara voices Matsukura, and Arisa Sakuraba voices Uragami.
Visual Arts and its brand Key announced on October 19, 2026 that Jun Maeda has been diagnosed with pharyngeal cancer. Maeda felt discomfort in his throat in early spring 2026 and swelling and pain in summer, then received a diagnosis after detailed examinations at a medical institution. The announcement states that, after weighing his condition and treatment prospects, Maeda chose not to undergo aggressive treatment and instead receive care centered on palliative care so he could conserve his strength and continue creative work. He is hospitalized. Key says Maeda has completed his share of the Heaven Burns Red main story through the conclusion of Chapter 6, including lyrics and music for the first half of Chapter 6, and that further scenario and song work may not be possible as the illness progresses. A planned long-term YouTube music project has been changed to finishing existing songs for release in sequence.
taskey announced Midnight Toybox on October 19, 2026, a turn-based horror board game for PC via Steam, with a demo released the same day and a full release planned for early December 2026 at an undecided price. The game is set in a child's room at midnight, where the player is the night's newcomer, dragged into a death game by modified toys. All pieces on the board look identical, but some are infantry and some are bombers. The player wins by taking three of the opponent's infantry, by making the opponent take three of the player's bombers, or by advancing an infantry piece to the far end of the opponent's territory. Because a piece's identity stays unknown until it is taken, reading the opponent's intent is the core of play. Tactic cards add special movement, card stealing, and the ability to count an acquired piece as two. Midnight Toybox is the first title in taskey's game business, developed and published by its horror label Rabidbit Games.
Hooded Horse and Balancing Monkey Games have released Beyond These Stars, a sci-fi city builder set on the back of a giant space whale named Kiwa. It is out on Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store at 2,980 yen, with a 20 percent launch sale running two weeks and PC Game Pass support. Players manage the Peeps, secure resources from Kiwa, and reconcile the whale's demands with their own.
RTA in Japan announced on October 18 the accepted and backup games for its winter event, which will run from December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo. The lineup spans 90 titles, from recent releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill f, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders to older games including Doom 64, Clock Tower 2, Shadowgate and Tengai Makyou ZERO. Nintendo titles are back in number after a summer 2025 event with no Nintendo games accepted, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess HD, Pokemon Sword and Metroid Prime Remastered on the list. The unusual categories carry the attention: Super Mario 64 gets a blindfolded 9-star run, Donkey Kong 64 gets a 0.0% low-percentage attempt, The Legend of Zelda 1 gets a swordless first quest, Resident Evil Village gets a VR mode run without glitches, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii gets a four-runner race. The detailed schedule is set for October 25.
Comikey licensed Mato Kauta's The Wolf King's Bride manga and released the first five chapters digitally, with new chapters every Friday. Kauta serialized the title in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine from 2009 to 2018; it ran 19 volumes and had no previous English release. Comikey had said in August it would release several Hakusensha shojo titles in English digitally and teased an image that included this manga.
Waku Waku Games has opened a Steam store page for Eldia no Meikyu, a dungeon exploration RPG in development by Turkey. Turkey is the creator of Witchroid Vania: Mahou Shoujo no Fushigi na Bouken, a Metroidvania-style action game with a Very Positive rating across all Steam reviews. Set on the Eldia Islands, the game follows players exploring dungeons with companions to pursue the mystery of a curse. It is planned for release on Steam.
Alliance Arts announced on October 16 that the planned public demo release for PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK, scheduled for October 19 ahead of the game's December 8 launch on Steam, has been cancelled. Instead, the developer will hold a closed online trial with participants chosen by lottery from applicants on the official Discord. The company gives two reasons: it judged that proper handling and management of posting and streaming restrictions would be difficult under its current operational structure, and it is concerned that works imitating or reproducing the game's expressions and content using AI or similar tools could appear before launch based on the demo's content. The game is a Russian roulette drinking survival title set in the hell bar Pandemonium, where players face the alcohol demon Fam Sûr, who calls the protagonist Darling and loves the player enough to want to kill them.
Hot Toys Japan will hold "Stitch Party! by Hot Toys at SHIBUYA TSUTAYA" on the first floor of SHIBUYA TSUTAYA from October 20 to November 16, 2026, with free admission. The event centers on Stitch redesigned as characters from Toy Story, Mickey & Friends, and Marvel. Cosbi trading figures and plush keychains go on advance sale, and buyers spending 5,000 yen or more receive an original shopper bag while supplies last.
Kotaro Uchikoshi announced on October 15 the establishment of CRASH KEYS Inc., a new company whose catchphrase is "There are doors that only a broken key can open." On his own X account the day before, the Zero Escape and AI: The Somnium Files director said a game his staff worked on for about a year and a half was canceled, and that he is seeking work requests and investment.
Kotaro Uchikoshi, the writer behind the Zero Escape series and AI: The Somnium Files, announced on October 15, 2026, that he established a new company called Crash Keys in March 2025. The studio is named after a fictional organization in Zero Escape and is headquartered in the Miyamasuzaka Building in Shibuya, Tokyo, the same building as Izanagi Games. Uchikoshi is representative director. Crash Keys will pursue original projects using his experience, with game development in planning, direction, and scenario writing, plus video and anime work in composition, original concept, and script. The company is seeking investment partners. Uchikoshi said he had planned to reveal the company in 2027 with a new game he and his team had worked on for about a year and a half, but the game was cancelled, so he announced early. The Crash Keys website lists members including Akira Mine and scriptwriter Muri Sasaki, plus two encrypted biographies and the phrases RHIZOME-9 and a Virtue's Last Reward line.
A new SMAK! figure designs Mickey Mouse through the MORRIS worldview, Dengeki Hobby Web reports. SMAK! is the Sekiguchi and Medicom Toy artistic Monchhichi project featuring Kaori Hinata, releasing irregularly. The doll uses the M-size body and a built-in plastic joint called Pokipoki for posing. It stands about 27 cm, is manufactured by Sekiguchi and sold by Medicom Toy, lists at 22,000 yen with tax, and is scheduled for November 2026 at Medicom Toy direct shops and online.
Automaton's 103rd weekly game article roundup collects seven stories. Pukey Goddess Shot Trick, a Russian roulette drinking game with a demon named Fam Suul, launches December 8. WonderPaws confirmed Japanese language support. Backrooms: Project Mapping, a four-player co-op mapping game, was announced. Airsoft Online began a free beta test. Dave the Diver's final DLC crosses over with Subnautica 2. Arknights: Endfield showed "Rhodes." Japanese Ramen Simulator hits early access October 9.
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.
Golden Slumbers is crowdfunding "The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Story," a companion book to the documentary of the same name, through November 2, 2026. The book runs over 200 pages and covers the 1982 8-bit PC's history, developer contributions, the ZX Spectrum Next, and 48 representative games. The 30,000 pound goal was reached in 98 minutes; pledges stand at 73,314 pounds.
Bandai opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for SD Gundam Head Keychain vol. 2, sold as a nine-piece box at 12,870 yen including tax. The keychains keep the light-up gimmick and run on two LR41 batteries, which are included. The box holds six types, shipped in a closed-box specification. The release date is October 31, 2026.
Alliance Arts announced on October 9 at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase that its PC game PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK will be released on December 8, 2026, priced at 666 yen including tax. The title is a Russian roulette drinking survival game set in a hellish bar called Pandemonium, where players face the alcohol demon Fam Soule, voiced by Nanahira, who loves the protagonist enough to want to kill them. Players pick one shot glass from several with different alcohol content and toast repeatedly, aiming to get the demon drunk until she spills everything. Drinking raises intoxication and lets players break the rules with drunken tricks. A free demo covering roughly the first 20 minutes arrives on Steam from October 19, and the game joins Steam Next Fest, which starts October 20. The Steam wishlist count passed 500,000 on September 29, 2026. Supported languages are Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese.
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed released on the Nintendo Store on October 8, 2026. It adds high-resolution visuals, an improved frame rate, and mouse controls using Joy-Con 2. Players who own the Switch version can carry save data over with a free update on the Switch 2 console. The game costs 5,170 yen with tax included.
Wright Flyer Studios and Key started a limited-time rerun of all three Heaven Burns Red and Angel Beats! collaboration story events on Friday, October 2, 2026. The collaboration gacha returns, all seven previously released collaboration SS Styles become SS <Resonance> with balance adjustments, and campaigns offer a ticket for a chosen SS Style, up to 100 free gacha pulls, and up to 4,500 Quartz.
ASCII is showing the Republic of Gamers Falchion Ace 75 HE Gaming Keyboard at TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 in LIFORK AKIHABARA II on October 10. The keyboard uses ROG's own ROG HFX V2X magnetic switches, and rapid trigger and sensitivity settings can be changed with physical switches and a wheel rather than through software. A multifunction button and touch panel handle lighting and custom commands on the board itself.
Composer Aiobahn +81 warned on X on October 4, 2026 that a third party registered an unauthorized version of "DEMON'S SHOT," the theme song for the drinking survival game PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK, on YouTube Music. He asked listeners to avoid playing the song on the app for a while. The upload is a pitch-lowered edit running about 4 minutes 5 seconds, roughly 10 seconds shorter than the official track, which is 4 minutes 15 seconds and was posted September 29, 2026 with DEMONDICE in the credits. The official page is registered by Avex Live Creative, while the fake carries a DistroKid distribution label. The official MV, released September 30, 2026, passed 4 million views within five days and reached 7th on the YouTube Music Japan Trending chart. PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK is set for a Steam release in fall or winter 2026 and has passed 500,000 wishlist registrations as of October.
The Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Low-profile Tenkeyless 8KHz will be among the gaming gadgets on display at TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 in LIFORK AKIHABARA II on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 13:00 to 17:30. Admission is free. The keyboard has a thinnest point of 19.5mm, supports rapid trigger, carries a multi-function digital dial with dedicated control buttons, and runs an 8KHz polling rate.
The full version of Idle Monkey Theorem, developed by Ozymandias, releases on Steam on September 23 at 18:00. The game adapts the infinite monkey theorem into a clicker format where players place monkeys and watch them type toward completing all of Shakespeare's works. Typed characters fill in the plays, and the work builds Inspiration Points for upgrades. The full version adds five modes: Hardcore, Typing, Idle, Roguelite, and Zen.
The 2D action RPG The Book of Prosperity from Hong Kong solo developer SingKeys was exhibited at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026 on October 3 and 4. The game, which SingKeys has developed alone for 7 years alongside a day job, follows a student named Cyrus who is pulled into a parallel world ruled by an organization called The Circle. Two demo units offered 15-minute story play and a BATTLE ONLY time attack mode.
Bethesda is selling a Fallout Limited Edition Nuclear Keycard Replica through its online store Bethesda gear (US) for $34.99. The item is modeled on the Nuclear Missile Key Card from Fallout 76 and is limited to 5,000 units worldwide, each engraved with an individual serial number. It measures 140mm by 75mm and has an antique finish with enamel processing on a nickel base.
FURYU announced that a 1/7 scale figure of Famille Sûl, the yandere demon from the drinking survival game PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK, is in planning under the company's F:NEX figure brand. The product page is live on FURYU HOBBY MALL and shows an uncolored sculpt that includes her ear-like hairstyle, alcohol, the pitch-black inside of her mouth, and her tail. It is described as a made-to-order product, but price, release timing, and specifications have not been revealed. Separately, character goods for the title sold out immediately after going on sale on Alliance Arts' official BOOTH, a fact the announcement cites as evidence of the character's popularity. The game's full-version theme song, DEMON'S SHOT by Aiobahn +81, was released on September 30. PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK is scheduled for release on PC via Steam in fall or winter 2026. The price is undecided.
Alliance Arts released the music video for "DEMON'S SHOT (feat. DEMONDICE)" on September 30, the theme song for its drinking survival game PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK. The track went up on services including Apple Music and Spotify the same day. Aiobahn +81 composed and arranged the song, with lyrics and featured vocals by DEMONDICE. Until now the only audio was the April 2026 trailer, where the song sat under dialogue and sound effects. Aiobahn +81 said in a statement that "DEMON'S SHOT" was first meant to be part of the game's soundtrack before he realized it would be released as an original song, adding that he polished it for half a year. The game has passed 400,000 Steam wishlist registrations ahead of a fall/winter 2026 release window on PC. The heroine is the yandere demon Femme Soeur, voiced by Nanahira, with art direction and character design by odyk.
Visual Arts announced on September 28, 2026 that its Key brand will release Summer Pockets Sunnyside Stories on December 18. The visual novel adapts "Summer Pockets Short Stories: In the Summer's Dazzling Light," a project published on the Summer Pockets official website in 2018, and adds new material. It is an omnibus of 16 episodes set on Torishirojima, the island from Summer Pockets, and most episodes can be read in any order. The deluxe edition costs 10,780 yen, the standard edition 3,960 yen, and the download edition 2,970 yen, all tax included. Character design is credited to Na-Ga, Fumuyun, Izumi Tsubasu, and Yuunon Nagayama. Yuu Niijima, Kai, and Hasama, who worked on Summer Pockets, wrote the scenarios. Konomi Suzuki sings the new opening theme, "Luster piece," with lyrics by Niijima and composition and arrangement by Shuhei Ohashi.
Bandai Spirits is releasing an S.H.Figuarts Monkey D. Luffy figure based on his appearance at the time of entering the New World, priced at 4,400 yen with tax. A separate optional parts set, 4,950 yen with tax, adds Gomu Gomu no Fire Fist and Conqueror's Haki effects plus alternate hair and face parts. Both are scheduled for April 2027 and take reservations at general retail stores on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
THREEPPY stores nationwide will carry a Retro Mickey design series based on Disney's Mickey & Friends, released in two waves. The first wave arrives from mid-September 2026 with 39 items, including stationery, flake stickers, clear storage boxes, half blankets, drink bottles, and makeup brushes. The second wave follows from late October with 46 miscellaneous goods, among them glass dispensers, glasses, bowls, PC bags, gadget pouches, aprons, and leisure sheets.
Developer Luckey Faraday said he rebuilt the "Hijacked" map from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 so it runs natively inside Minecraft, with GPT-6 Astra instructed to rewrite the whole project in Java as a Fabric mod covering the map, collision, bots, navmesh, weapons and rendering. A posted video shows the map running full-screen at around 45fps. Faraday said many issues remain.
Banpresto released "Banpresto Kuji PREMIUM One Piece -Monkey D. Luffy-" on September 19, a premium kuji priced at 10,000 yen per draw including tax. The lineup is 30cm large-size Luffy figures in three color variations. Banpresto describes each figure as conveying Luffy's dignity as he aims to become the Pirate King. Details are on the official website.
THQ Nordic released Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed for mobile devices in September 2026. The iOS version arrived on September 16 and the Android version followed on September 17, after technical issues delayed the second release by a day. Both versions sell for 2,000 yen. The game is a remaster of the 2010 Wii title Disney Epic Mickey: Mickey Mouse and the Magic Brush, and it follows Mickey Mouse through Wasteland, a setting populated by forgotten Disney characters. Players use a magic brush to paint footholds or erase parts of the environment. The mobile port adds touch controls, with a virtual pad at the bottom of the screen and gauges moved to the top, and the brush actions were readjusted for phones. It also supports dashing, sprinting, and ground pounding. THQ Nordic Japan handled the mobile release.
GIZMART closed its joint project with Keychron on September 14, and the split keyboard Keychron Orca echo passed 700 million yen. Final support totaled 704,681,824 yen from 26,165 backers, the highest figure for any GIZMART project. The campaign opened on June 19 and ran about three months, with the milestone reached during a YouTube live stream on the final day.
Strong Monkey Games is distributing a demo of DEAD SPIN on Steam. The dark roguelite deckbuilder is set in a casino of death, where players spin a slot machine to build score. Symbols run to more than 130 types, chips past 150, and trinkets past 20. The single-player campaign has 8 enemies with their own decks and tricks. PvP and an endless mode are supported. No release date is set, and Japanese display is supported.
Banpresto will release "Banpresto Kuji PREMIUM One Piece -Monkey D. Luffy-" on September 19. The premium kuji offers a large 30cm Luffy figure in three coloring variations, priced at 10,000 yen tax included per draw. Each figure depicts Luffy as he aims to become the Pirate King. Details are available on the official website.
Fumoffu no Omise began selling a Ducky and hololive collaboration keycap set and mousepad featuring the twin VTubers FUWAMOCO on September 10. The keycap set has 132 keys in ANSI layout, PBT material, dye-sublimation legends, and costs 7,980 yen. The 800x350x3mm mousepad has stitched edges and costs 6,980 yen. Both use a pink and blue design with new illustrations by Mitarashi Neko.
Capcom will release Shigoto Neko x Capcom Characters Rubber Keyholders on September 25, a set of ten designs drawn by Shigoto Neko illustrator Kumamine, with Capcom characters depicted as cats. Merchandise and online sales run 550 yen each; capsule toy versions run 400 yen each, with capsule releases at Capsule Lab stores from late September. Capcom's merchandise booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17 to 21, will hold early sales.
Lionsgate is partnering with Toei Animation as its new U.S. distribution partner for anime projects, beginning with the Monkey Quest film in 2027. The company will be considered for future co-productions with Toei. The film, a 2D-3D hybrid loosely based on Journey to the West, is in post-production and aiming for a 2027 release. Charades will distribute the film worldwide outside the U.S.
Ryuz Office held a September 2 seminar on game advertising creative. President Ryuta Konuma argued advertising's role is creating and updating memories rather than persuading consumers, citing a 2.5x gap between creative's measured 49 percent sales contribution and the 19 percent marketers perceive. The PUKEY GODDESS SHOT TRICK case study showed how context analysis, an INDIE Live Expo announcement, and key visual design produced millions of X impressions and about 300,000 wishlist registrations.
Snoozy Kazoo announced on August 22 that Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart is delayed from September 17 to 2027. The studio said the September date was set out of necessity, to release before its funds ran out, and it had been cutting characters and features to make that deadline. Turnip Boy series sales performed better than expected, so the studio no longer needs to rush and plans to restore cut content.
Publisher Hooded Horse announced on August 21 that Balancing Monkey Games' sci-fi city-builder Beyond These Stars launches October 15, with Japan getting it October 16 due to time zone differences. Players build a city on the back of Kiwa, a giant whale traveling through space, balancing the Peeps' needs against the whale's mood. The game supports Japanese display and is available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Microsoft Store, plus PC Game Pass. A demo is on Steam.
AttendMe Inc. has opened orders for MELOKEY, an NFC-enabled CD-shaped acrylic keychain made with 27 VTubers. Tapping a smartphone to the keychain opens the VTuber's playlist, which updates each time the VTuber posts a new song. A first-press edition adds an NFC card with a hidden purchaser-only message, limited to 1,000 sets across all VTubers.
AMERICAN HOLIC is releasing a retro-cute Mickey & Friends apparel collection on August 7, 2026, at stores nationwide and online. The 8-item lineup includes tote bags, cable knit polos, vintage-style T-shirts, a denim shirt, a drawstring bag, and character face charms. An early sale runs August 5-16 at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store.