The mobile puzzle game Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star continues to add new gacha cards and events, while the anime's fourth and final season is in production.
Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star, the official smartphone puzzle game published by KADOKAWA, has been receiving regular content updates since June 2026. The game launched a pickup gacha called Dream Parade on June 1, featuring MEMcho and Aqua in special costumes newly drawn for the game, with card illustrations supervised by Kanna Hirayama, the character designer and chief animation director for the TV anime. That gacha ran through June 16.
On June 16, KADOKAWA began the Rainy Drops pickup gacha, adding Akane Kurokawa and Ruby in newly drawn special costumes. A Like Pass grants Akane's costume, and a new event Idol Step started June 17. On July 1, the Raindrops Part 2 pickup gacha added newly drawn cards of Kana Arima and Ai with a rainy-season motif, again supervised by Hirayama. A new event, Cafe Chocolat, began July 2.
Beyond the mobile game, the franchise is building toward its fourth and final anime season, which is in production. A separate round-up from Anime Feminist examined how Oshi no Ko uses real-life tragedy to depict harassment and reality TV culture, though no further details about the anime's release window or staff were provided in these stories.
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ROUND1 announced a collaboration with Oshi no Ko running from July 24 to October 25, 2026, at stores across Japan. The campaign includes themed menus, crane game prizes, a collaboration room at the Ikebukuro store, bowling score displays, and exclusive goods sold at four locations.
The official puzzle game Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star launched a new pickup gacha, Raindrops Part 2, on July 1, adding newly drawn cards of Kana Arima and Ai with a rainy-season motif. The illustrations were supervised by Hirayama Kanna, character designer and chief animation director for the TV anime. A new event, Cafe Chocolat, begins July 2.
KADOKAWA began the pickup gacha [Rainy Drops] on June 16 in the smartphone puzzle game Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star. Part 1 features ★★★[Rainy Drops] Akane Kurokawa and ★★[Rainy Drops] Ruby in newly drawn special costumes. A Like Pass grants Akane's costume, and a new event Idol Step starts June 17.
KADOKAWA launched the second round of the pickup gacha "Dream Parade" in the official puzzle game "Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star" on June 1. The event runs through June 16 and features ★★★[Dream Parade] MEMcho and ★★[Dream Parade] Aqua in special costumes newly drawn for the game, with card illustrations supervised by anime character designer Kanna Hirayama.
Anime Feminist's weekly round-up for 11-17 March 2026 covers multiple stories. The lead piece examines how Oshi no Ko uses real-life tragedy to depict harassment and reality TV culture. A separate report from Unseen Japan details a sexual assault controversy involving manga publisher Shogakukan, where a victim spoke out about the company's handling of a creator who was arrested in 2020, had his manga canceled, and was rehired under a new name in 2022 before a settlement was reached. Shogakukan announced on March 2 that it would set up a third-party committee to investigate MangaONE's hiring processes. Other items include the news that Mega Man voice actor Spencer Diskin will not return for the game Dual Override because Capcom refused to make the project unionized, a retrospective on the anime Mayonaka Punch, a survey finding 62.6% of unmarried Japanese under 30 do not want children, and an interview with Charithra Chandran about backlash over her casting as Vivi in Netflix's One Piece Season 2.