Bandai Namco Filmworks will release the Blu-ray Limited Special Edition, Blu-ray Standard Edition, and DVD of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Blue Sea on September 25, 2026. The film opened in theaters in February 2026, and the limited edition includes a serial code for the Demon Lord and Dragon Founding Chronicle app.
MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2026 runs October 9-12 in Tokyo's Tennozu area for its fifth edition. The live program, announced at an August 31 media briefing, opens with Tetsuya Komuro and Rintaro Fuse's one-night installation, continues with a Nujabes tribute stage curated by the Tribe label from Hydeout Productions, and closes with New Balance Day. The festival is organized by the MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL executive committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Bandai Namco Filmworks streamed a teaser for Nijiiro no Rinne, the seventh film in the Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 project, using Akira Fuse's "Ai Yo Sono Hi Made" from the 1980 Be Forever Yamato film. The film opens in Japan on October 30.
Manga UP! Global launched the English version of Repeated Vice: I Refuse to Be Important Enough to Die on Wednesday. The manga follows a young noble who discovers he is a minor villain in an RPG world and tries to avoid his predetermined death. The series debuted in Japan in April 2025.