A lottery-only, four-figure sofubi by an artist known for Japanese-style work shows the Ultraman kaiju art line is being positioned at collectors who follow the artist rather than the character, with quantity capped and no first-come ordering.
A three-company collaboration is opening a new die-cast figure line with a licensed Getter Robo property, which puts Getter Robo Armageddon designs into a die-cast format at a premium price point.
The figure turns a contest-winning illustration into a retail product, giving the Sakura Miku costume line a place in the G.S.Collection scale series.
The production itself is the story: a licensed character blue rendered in gosu by two Arita kilns, one handling 3D-printed modeling and the other the sometsuke painting, priced and capped at a level that treats the game character as a porcelain subject rather than merchandise.
Six years after the first collection, Peanuts licensing keeps moving into adult stationery at price points well above ordinary notebook shelves, and the October split turns one announcement into two retail moments.
The second round shifts the collaboration from a single spring drop into a recurring line, and the advance LINE reservation window for opening days shows the first installment moved enough traffic that the stores are managing entry this time.
It is the second installment of the illustrator collaboration, built around an original A3 Magician-themed illustration that puts the series characters in outfits different from their usual ones.
AttendMe is pitching SHIGLIA's mechanism to IP holders as a way to add a digital layer to physical merchandise, and the expo booth is aimed at the licensing and retail side rather than at fans directly.
The tie-up runs on two anniversaries at once (Hands' 50th and the Shinjuku Store's 30th), and it puts a Sanrio character in a general merchandise retailer's stores rather than a character shop, with a visit event that requires an app membership or a purchase to enter.
Anique is using a department store exhibition slot to push its own KINOKOS plush format into Taiwan, with Blue Lock as one of eight properties anchoring the booth.
The event leans on workshop seats capped at eight per session and a purchase bonus of blind can badges, so the goods lineup and the reservation window are what will decide how the two-week run actually goes.
The lottery's top prizes pull their costumes from the 2026 Golden Week GOLD WEEK illustrations, so the merchandise line follows the game's seasonal event schedule rather than a standalone theme.
Identity V's Japanese merchandising keeps widening past its stage and anime spinoffs into jewelry, and MAYLA is treating the game's Survivor and Hunter cast as a single collectible set rather than splitting them by faction.
Sanrio is spreading its characters across a bathhouse chain's menu, baths, and goods rather than a retail floor, using locations that already draw repeat local traffic.
The crossover puts a 1988 Gundam film on Lee's archival denim silhouettes and sells it through a limited preorder window, keeping the franchise's merchandise line running on nostalgia for the Amuro and Char rivalry rather than on any new animation.
Nijigen no Mori is taking its goods and park information off Awaji Island into the Chugoku region for two days, which gives fans there a local look at the park without making the trip.
Tengen Uzui's figure sells on the same promise as his arc: a wide range of motion and enough accessories that buyers can pose the fight with Gyutaro and Daki themselves.
The merchandise lands while the franchise's rollout is still widening: a live-action film opened in theaters on August 7, 2026, after the 2024 theatrical film and second TV season, with the manga past 60 million copies in circulation.
The goods run on seasonal framing rather than a new anime announcement, which is how a long-running Sakura property stays in front of buyers between productions.
The skirt is the latest piece from a licensed apparel line that keeps working the same seam, turning a long-running NHK anime and its December 2024 film into small runs of class-color goods.
The prices and the limited quantities put the line in collectible adult-accessory territory rather than the usual character merchandise, which is where Miffy licensing has been heading.
Monchhichi is a 1974 Sekiguchi plush with more than 70 million units sold across over 30 countries, and this apparel drop puts the character on wearables rather than the plush shelf.
A free walk-through build across three floors, on a numbered-ticket system rather than advance applications, is Sanrio testing how far a character event can carry foot traffic in Shibuya without a ticket draw up front.
After mojojojo took the Japan Character Award 2026 New Face Award, Banpresto's small-format kuji puts the hand-sewn characters in reach at 550 yen per draw rather than at plush retail prices.