Anime and Game Accounts Share Halloween Costumes and Icons for 2026
Anime and game accounts posted Halloween art and messages on October 31, 2026, collected in a roundup that spans Gundam, Frieren, Doraemon, Chibi Maruko-chan and Pokemon.
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Why it matters
For a date that produces dozens of posts, Halloween 2026 carried almost no news, and the little that surfaced came attached to an existing release schedule: DAN DA DAN's 2027 season and November 4 volume, Pokemon Sleep's icon giveaway.
Key Facts
- Anime and game accounts posted Halloween art and messages on October 31, 2026.
- Sega allowed employees to work in costume for Halloween day, including Elizabeth from Persona 3, Shadow from the Sonic series and Basilio from Metaphor: ReFantazio.
- Pokemon Sleep offered Eevee (Halloween), Misdreavus and Mismagius icons.
- Hyakusho Kizoku posted its Halloween message on October 30.
DAN DA DAN's post confirmed a third television season for 2027 and volume 26 on November 4. Sega let employees work in costume for the day, including Elizabeth from Persona 3 and Basilio from Metaphor: ReFantazio. Pokemon Sleep offered Eevee, Misdreavus and Mismagius icons.
Sega was not the only game account in costume. RGG Studio put Kazuma Kiryu through four outfits for the day, and the Okami account dressed Amaterasu and called it a disguise. Manga accounts posted too: Hyakusho Kizoku went out on October 30, and the Itoko no Onee-chan ni Amaechau? account used a Halloween succubus illustration. Most of the remaining entries are a single image with no text beyond a greeting.
- Armored Trooper Votoms: Die Graue Hexe, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: three images grouped under one entry
- Chibi Maruko-chan: image posted to X
- DAN DA DAN: third television season in 2027; volume 26 on sale November 4
- Doraemon: image posted to X
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: image posted to X
- Gosho Aoyama Museum: image posted to X
- Hyakusho Kizoku: post dated October 30
- Itoko no Onee-chan ni Amaechau?: Halloween succubus illustration, volume 6 on sale
- Like a Dragon: Kazuma Kiryu in a four-part costume series
- Okami: Amaterasu in costume
- Penguin Box (Odekake Kozame): image posted to X
- Pokemon Sleep: Eevee (Halloween), Misdreavus and Mismagius icons
- Rui (Usagi no Tsumori no Katatsumuri): two cosplay posts, one dated October 28
- Sega: staff allowed to work in costume for the day only
- Sega spot-the-difference: puzzle with three differences to find
- Ami Shibata (Papuwa)
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Sources
- Anime News Network Happy Halloween 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part III