Melody is a name shared across unrelated properties on the Yomimono beat, and the most recent stories are a BE:FIRST performance of Koji Tamaki's song "Melody" on November 9, 2026, and a new Sanrio encyclopedia edition featuring My Melody released the same day. The Sanrio character My Melody also anchors a two-city Esther Bunny pop-up opening November 11 in Tokyo and December 25 in Osaka.
Yomimono stories carrying the name Melody do not describe one series. They cover the Koji Tamaki song "Melody," the Sanrio character My Melody, the anime Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, and a pair of games from Digital Melody, the developer behind Zombie Wrap Simulator: Grill the Dead.
The most recent item is a performance, not a release: BE:FIRST's JUNON sang Tamaki's 1996 song "Melody" on TBS's "CDTV Live! Live!" on November 9, 2026. The song is the insert theme for the film "RYUJI," in which JUNON plays Hiroshi opposite Yuya Yagira. The film opened October 30 and passed 120 million yen and 90,000 admissions in four days. The same day, Sanrio released three new editions in its KAWAII Encyclopedia series, including My Melody and Kuromi's Fashion Encyclopedia, joining two volumes released October 27.
My Melody merchandise runs through the autumn. A Baskin-Robbins campaign, MY MELODY ♡ KUROMI ICE CREAM MODE, runs November 1 to November 30, with the My Melody double cup from November 1 and the Kuromi cup held to November 16. The Esther Bunny and My Melody pop-up opens at Lumine EST Shinjuku on November 11 and at Lucua Ire in Osaka on December 25, with 17 venue-exclusive goods. My Melody and Kuromi also appear on a Gakken furoshiki and disaster preparedness book released around September 1, and a stop-motion My Melody & Kuromi series is nominated in the Kids: Animation category at the 2026 International Emmys, with winners announced November 23.
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch coverage is older and centers on merchandise. A Bubble Pitcher from the 2003 anime opened for pre-order June 12 at 4,950 yen, shipping in December 2026. Pop-up shops ran in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka from August through October, and animal pajama goods went on sale at eeo Store online from October 16, with in-store sales from November 27. Digital Melody's Zombie Wrap Simulator: Grill the Dead is planned for PC via Steam in 2027 with Japanese language support.
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JUNON of BE:FIRST covered Koji Tamaki's 1996 song "Melody" on TBS's "CDTV Live! Live!" on November 9. The song is the insert theme for the film "RYUJI," in which JUNON plays Hiroshi opposite Yuya Yagira. Released October 30, the film passed 120 million yen and 90,000 admissions in four days. The performance trended on X and drew emotional posts from viewers.