My Melody appears across four licensed collaborations and one awards nomination in the stories, spanning retail, food, fashion, publishing and television. The most recent is a two-city Esther Bunny and My Melody pop-up in Shinjuku from November 11, 2026 and Osaka from December 25.
My Melody's recent coverage is a run of licensed collaborations. The Esther Bunny and My Melody pop-up, titled After School Wonderland, opens at Lumine EST Shinjuku B1 on November 11, 2026 and moves to Lucua Ire 2F in Osaka from December 25. It pairs Ribbon Bunny with My Melody across the themes Dokidoki School Life and Fluffy Amusement Park, and sells 17 venue-exclusive goods items alongside photo spots.
Two weeks earlier, coverage turned to food and fashion. Baskin-Robbins runs MY MELODY and KUROMI ICE CREAM MODE from November 1 to November 30, 2026, with the My Melody double cup and original spoon charm from November 1 and the Kuromi version held to November 16. The same week, FRAY I.D released a seven-item collection pairing Hello Kitty, My Melody and My Sweet Piano with monochrome classical womenswear, limited to sanrio house shops and the official online store, at prices from 4,290 yen to 23,100 yen.
Away from merchandise, the My Melody and Kuromi stop-motion series is nominated in the Kids: Animation category at the 2026 International Emmys, with winners announced in New York City on November 23. The series also took Best Animation at Singapore's Asian Academy Creative Awards. In September, Gakken released a mook pairing a My Melody and Kuromi furoshiki with a disaster preparedness book supervised by Tomoya Takani, priced at 2,860 yen.
The throughline is a character licensed across unrelated product categories in a short window, with the retail stories tied to fixed store dates and the television story tied to an awards calendar.
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The Esther Bunny and My Melody collaboration pop-up "ESTHER BUNNY×My Melody POPUP STORE ~After School Wonderland~" opens at Lumine EST Shinjuku B1 in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and at Lucua Ire 2F in Osaka from Friday, December 25. It pairs Ribbon Bunny and My Melody across two themes, "Dokidoki School Life" and "Fluffy Amusement Park," and sells 17 venue-exclusive goods items alongside photo spots.
FRAY I.D and Sanrio characters will release a seven-item collaboration collection on October 29, limited to sanrio house shops and the official online store. The lineup pairs Hello Kitty, My Melody, and My Sweet Piano with FRAY I.D's monochrome classical womenswear: a frill cardigan, a satin lace dress, a quilted tote, a ribbon bag, a fur bucket hat, a hair band, and a plush charm. Prices run from 4,290 yen to 23,100 yen, tax included.