My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 is streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of May 25, 2026, and the franchise continues to expand with new merchandise, including a 100cm Marin plush from Taito and a 1/6 scale figure from F:NEX. CloverWorks is also running a regional pop-up shop tour featuring the series.
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 arrived on Netflix in the U.S. on May 25, 2026, as part of a slate of eight titles added in May and June. The season has drawn critical attention: a detailed review from Sakuga Blog calls it a significant creative and technical upgrade over the first season. The improvement is traced to series director Keisuke Shinohara's growth, the addition of assistant series director Yusuke Yamamoto, and a healthier production environment at CloverWorks compared to the post-Wonder Egg Priority exhaustion that constrained season 1. The review also notes that animation producer Shouta Umehara stepped down to a production desk role, with Shou Someno taking over as producer.
The franchise's commercial presence has been steady through 2026. In June, a pop-up shop in Yokohama offered advance goods for My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 alongside ten other series. CloverWorks announced a regional POP UP SHOP 2026 tour starting in January, with stops in Hokkaido, Nagoya, and Kochi, selling merchandise for the series and displaying production materials. In July, the Season 2 Thank You Book ranked second in Amazon's Hobby Bestseller list for the Anime & Moe Goods category.
Merchandise continues to roll out. Furyu's F:NEX brand opened pre-orders for a 1/6 scale Marin Kitagawa figure in a knit dress, priced at 19,800 yen. Taito began reservations in August for a Dokyuuto brand extra-large plush of Marin in her school uniform, standing about 100cm tall and costing 66,000 yen. The plush's scale, shown against a seated adult model in the official visual, sets it apart from standard character merchandise.
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Taito is taking reservations for a Dokyuuto brand extra-large plush of My Dress-Up Darling heroine Marin Kitagawa in her school uniform. The plush stands about 100cm tall and costs 66,000 yen including tax. Reservations open August 14 at 11:00 on the TAITO GEAR&GOODS site and run through September 28.
Wonder Festival 2026 Summer, held July 26 at Makuhari Messe, featured a wide range of figures from Hololive talents, independent VTubers like Amami Luka, and original characters by popular illustrators. The event included garage kits, pre-sales, and original sculpts across many genres.
Dengeki Hobby Web ranked its Wonder Festival 2026 Summer breaking news reports by reposts, tallying 43 posts with 50 or more RPs as of July 27, 2026. Colored samples of 'Super Kaguya-hime!' figures led the list, with first reveals of 'Gundam SEED FREEDOM' and 'Patlabor' items drawing attention.
The Dengeki Hobby Web editorial department reconstructed the Amazon Hobby Bestseller Ranking for the "Anime & Moe Goods" category as of July 2, 2026. CloverWorks' "My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Thank You Book" placed second. The list also includes a Gunpla kit and a candy toy.
Furyu's F:NEX brand has opened pre-orders for a 1/6 scale figure of Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling in a knit dress. The figure features an original pose by Furyu with a mature smiling expression and detailed sculpting of the fabric texture. It is priced at 19,800 yen at Rakuten Books.
A limited-time pop-up shop, KyarAON! Mini Branch in Yokohama, opened at the Volks Yokohama Showroom on June 6, offering advance sales of newly drawn goods from 11 popular anime and game series including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and My Dress-Up Darling Season 2. The event runs through June 14.
CloverWorks announced a regional tour of its POP UP SHOP 2026 event, starting January 16 in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, followed by Nagoya in February and Kochi in March. The pop-up shops will sell merchandise for series including My Dress-Up Darling, Wind Breaker, Bocchi the Rock!, Spy × Family, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and others. Limited quantities of past release goods and books will also be available. Each venue will display reproduction artwork and production materials, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the studio's animation process. The tour begins at Ebetsu Tsutaya Books (January 16 to February 4), moves to TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Noritake in Nagoya (February 13 to March 2), and ends at Kochi Tsutaya Books (March 27 to April 13). Stock and exhibits may vary by location. The announcement was made on January 9, 2026.
A detailed production review from Sakuga Blog argues that My Dress-Up Darling season 2 represents a significant creative and technical upgrade over the first season. The piece traces the improvement to multiple factors: series director Keisuke Shinohara's growth into his role, the addition of assistant series director Yusuke Yamamoto (Nara) who brought a more eclectic comedic sensibility from Bocchi the Rock, and a healthier production environment at CloverWorks compared to the post-Wonder Egg Priority exhaustion that constrained season 1. The review highlights how the sequel broadens its depiction of cosplay and otaku culture, giving fuller treatment to in-universe fictional works and exploring more diverse perspectives including crossplay and age-related identity struggles. It notes that animation producer Shouta Umehara stepped down to a production desk role, allowing Shou Someno to take over as producer, which the review frames as a positive development for the team's long-term health. The piece singles out episodes directed by Nara and a return from Shin Wakabayashi as particular highlights, while also noting that the season's small-team approach to animation required careful management to avoid burnout.
Netflix announced on Tuesday that it will stream the re-edited film version of Yohei Kameyama's indie CG anime Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. starting June 1. The film, which opened in Japan on February 6 and earned over 151 million yen in its first three days, is a compilation of the 12-episode series with new content. It follows super human Chiharu (voiced by Momoka Terasawa) and cyborg Makina (Anna Nagase) who are sentenced to clean an interplanetary train as community service. Alongside this title, Netflix listed seven other anime beginning U.S. streaming in May and June: BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN and My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 on May 25; Assassination Classroom Season 2, Shangri-La Frontier Season 2, One Piece: Whole Cake Island 6 and 7, and Akane-banashi on June 1. The Milky☆Subway film is a follow-up to Kameyama's 2022 short Milky☆Highway, which started as a graduation project and has accumulated over 8.7 million views on YouTube. Kameyama directed, wrote, produced, and handled character designs, modeling, and animation mostly alone. A new version with added scenes, titled Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater, will screen in Japan starting June 12 in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.