The Love Live! franchise is active across multiple fronts in mid-2026, with a 15th anniversary merchandise campaign, a new Aqours exhibition, and a film for the Hasunosora sub-group in theaters.
Bandai's second wave of Love Live! 15th anniversary mini CD gashapon launched in June 2026, reproducing 20 past album covers including Snow halation and Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM as capsule toys with QR codes for streaming. The merchandise line continues a year-long anniversary push.
The Love Live! Sunshine!! sub-group Aqours announced an exhibition titled "Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours School Idol Activity Exhibition Dive into Sparkle" running from August 22 to September 29, 2026 in Tokyo. The event follows the release of Live2D avatar costumes in May and promises "new school idol activities" for the nine members, one year after their final all-nine-member live performance.
FURYU's F:NEX brand opened pre-orders on June 19, 2026 for three 1/7 scale figures of Kaho Hinoshita, Sayaka Murano, and Rurino Osawa from the Love Live! Hasunosora Girls' Academy School Idol Club movie, based on stage costumes from the song "Hikari no Naka de Hana Saite." A deluxe three-figure set is available, with shipments scheduled for March 2027. Separately, KDcolle opened pre-orders on June 8, 2026 for a Dia Kurosawa figure based on the LoveLive!Days 5th anniversary cover illustration, priced at 26,950 yen and scheduled for delivery in December 2026. The Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party film opened at #8 at the Japanese box office during its debut weekend in May 2026.
KDDI opened 'POP Culture Style IKEBUKURO' on July 3, 2026, a store blending anime culture with digital technology, featuring opening collaborations including pop-ups for Love Live! Series.
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Nippon TV Wands announced a venue advance event lottery for the Liella! no Chutorieraibu!! 2026 live at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY on August 1-2. The lottery offers limited goods with newly drawn illustrations and a 10-draw bonus. Online sales start August 1 at 8:00 AM, with after-sales later delivery from August 6.
VRChat Inc. announced it will sell Love Live! Sunshine!! Guilty Kiss related items on the VRChat official store, commemorating the streaming of the musical performance Guilty Kiss Musical Performance: Pitch-Black Wanted Ghost on November 22-23, 2026. The performance will be held locally and streamed on VRChat and SPWN.
KDDI opens 'POP Culture Style IKEBUKURO' on July 3, a new store blending anime culture with digital technology. Features include an AI virtual human greeter, emotion-detecting cameras, and an NFT stamp system. Opening collaborations include pop-ups for Love Live! Series and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun. The store is operated with Natasha, parent company of Natalie.
Bandai releases the second series of mini CD collections for the Love Live! 15th anniversary, reproducing past CDs as gashapon capsules. The lineup includes 20 types, such as Snow halation and Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM, with fold-out jacket art, removable discs, and QR codes for streaming. Release is scheduled for the fourth week of June 2026 at 500 yen each.
The Love Live! Sunshine!! franchise announced an exhibition event titled "Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours School Idol Activity Exhibition Dive into Sparkle" running from August 22 to September 29, 2026 in Tokyo. The event will showcase "new school idol activities" for the nine Aqours members, following the release of Live2D avatar costumes in May.
FURYU's F:NEX brand announced 1/7 scale figures of Kaho Hinoshita, Sayaka Murano, and Rurino Osawa from the Love Live! Hasunosora Girls' Academy School Idol Club movie. Pre-orders opened June 19, 2026, and close August 19, 2026. A deluxe three-figure set is also available. Shipments are scheduled for March 2027.
KDcolle opened pre-orders for the Dia Kurosawa LoveLive!Days 5th Anniversary ver. Figure on June 8, 2026. Priced at 26,950 yen, the 1/7 scale figure is based on Inatsu-sensei's cover illustration for the LoveLive!Days 5th anniversary issue and is scheduled for delivery in December 2026.
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc - debuted at #5 in its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, according to Kogyo Tsushin. The film sold about 89,000 tickets and earned 152,764,200 yen (about US$967,100) in its first three days. Jimmy Stone directed the film at studio 8-Bit, with Taku Iwasaki composing the music. Returning cast members include Yuichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba, Chiwa Saito as Maya Yotsuba, and Emiri Kato as Fumiya Kuroba. New cast additions include Daisuke Ono as Katsushige Shibata and Ai Kayano as Yuuka Tsukuba. LiSA performs the theme song "YES." Meanwhile, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie dropped from #1 to #2 in its third weekend, selling 341,000 tickets and earning 490,061,280 yen (about US$3.10 million). The film has sold a cumulative total of 4.31 million tickets and earned 5,945,505,120 yen (about US$37.63 million). Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi held at #3 in its fifth weekend, becoming the fourth consecutive film in the franchise to earn over 10 billion yen. The live-action Sakamoto Days film stayed at #4 in its second weekend. Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party opened at #8.