Chiba Police Team With Urban Legend Dissolution Center for TGS2026 Clear File
The collaboration is the first between Urban Legend Dissolution Center and a public administrative body, suggesting the game's theme of debunking false information resonates with official efforts to combat online misinformation.
Key Facts
- Shueisha Games announced a collaboration between Urban Legend Dissolution Center and the Chiba Prefectural Police, the game's first with a government agency.
- Limited clear files will be distributed to the first 400 visitors each day at the police booth during Tokyo Game Show 2026 public days, September 19 to September 21.
- The clear file features new art by Hafuhafu Oden, director of the Hakaba Bunko team, showing the Chiba Prefectural Police mascot Seapock in a dissolution pose.
- A collaboration video promoting awareness of false and misleading information online will be shown on digital signage at the police booth, with release details pending.
- Shueisha Games' Osamichi Mori stated on X that a police officer who played and cleared the game initiated the collaboration.
Reporting from 2 sources: GameBusiness.jp, Inside.
Shueisha Games announced a collaboration between Urban Legend Dissolution Center and the Chiba Prefectural Police, aimed at raising awareness about false and misleading information online. This marks the first collaboration between the game and a government agency. To mark the partnership, limited clear files will be given to the first 400 visitors each day at the police booth during the public days of Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 19 to September 21 at Makuhari Messe. The clear file features newly drawn art by Hafuhafu Oden, director of the development team Hakaba Bunko, showing the Chiba Prefectural Police mascot Seapock in a dissolution pose with pixel art. The police booth will also display a collaboration video on digital signage, with a release date to be announced later. Shueisha Games' Osamichi Mori said on X that someone within the police played the game, cleared it, and became a fan, which led to the collaboration. He also recounted his reaction of surprise upon learning the police were involved. The giveaway will take place at the police booth in Makuhari Messe Halls 9-11, with details on the Chiba Prefectural Police website.
- Inside and GameBusiness.jp both quote Shueisha Games' Osamichi Mori on X, with slightly different name renderings: Inside calls him Osamichi Mori, GameBusiness.jp calls him Michiharu Mori.
- Mori's reaction to learning the police were involved: "Huh? The police? The real one? Is that okay? Because that's that and that's that, right?" per Inside, and "Huh? The police? For real? Is that okay? Because that thing is that thing and that thing, right?" per GameBusiness.jp.
- The clear file giveaway runs during TGS2026's public days only, September 19 to September 21, though the full event runs September 17 to September 21 at Makuhari Messe.
- GameBusiness.jp lists Urban Legend Dissolution Center on Switch at 3,056 yen and notes the manga "Urban Legend Dissolution Center Parallel File 3" (Young Jump Comics DIGITAL) at 792 yen, with prices and availability as of article publication.
- Distribution details appear on the "Event Information" page of the Chiba Prefectural Police website.
- Other plans, including the collaboration video's release, are scheduled for announcement later on the official Shueisha Games X account.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.