Pop Team Epic is a four-panel manga by Bukubu Okawa that has run in Takeshobo's Manga Life WIN, now Takecomi!, since August 2014. The series is active across licensing, merchandising, and a Roblox catalog entry, with a coffee collaboration set to launch in September 2026 and a figure due in January 2027.
Pop Team Epic's recent activity is less about new manga chapters than about extending the characters into licensing and product deals. King Records put the series into the Roblox license catalog on September 9, 2026, letting Roblox creators plan, build, and apply to publish games and experiential content using the manga's characters and world. That listing is described as a new form of IP use beyond manga and anime development, and the timing (noon on September 9) is the earliest specific move in this run of stories.
Product deals follow. OK COFFEE began selling an original blend and goods based on the series on its EC site from September 25, 2026, with drip packs, a latte base, bottle coffee, mugs, acrylic coasters, and an acrylic muddler under the theme "We Mixed Two People Who Are Dangerous When Mixed." Then Ember Toys opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a Chibi Creature soft vinyl figure of Popuko and Pipi Mi, priced at 15,840 yen and set for release on January 31, 2027. The set recreates the scene where Pipi Mi saves Popuko, with Popuko at roughly 10 centimeters and Pipi Mi at roughly 8.5 centimeters.
On the reading side, the manga's publishing home, Takecomi!, marks its first anniversary on October 17, 2026. Pop Team Epic runs free for 24 hours that day as part of a rotating schedule of four anime-adapted titles. The stories confirm the manga has been serialized in Takeshobo's Manga Life WIN, now Takecomi!, since August 2014.
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Takeshobo's web comic site TakeComi! turns one on Saturday, October 17, 2026, and the publisher is marking it with a free-reading campaign. Four anime-adapted titles run free for 24 hours each on a rotating daily schedule: Pop Team Epic on October 17, Made in Abyss on October 18, Gushing over Magical Girls on October 19, and Story of a Small Senior in My Company on October 20. An annual reader ranking also lands October 17.
Ember Toys has opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a Chibi Creature soft vinyl figure of Popuko and Pipi Mi from Pop Team Epic, priced at 15,840 yen and scheduled for release on January 31, 2027. The set recreates the scene where Pipi Mi saves Popuko, with Popuko at roughly 10 centimeters, Pipi Mi at roughly 8.5 centimeters, and both at about 19 centimeters in combined length.
Original blend coffee and goods based on Bukubu Okawa's four-panel manga Pop Team Epic go on sale on the OK COFFEE EC site starting September 25, 2026. The project pairs an Indonesian and Colombian bean blend with drip packs, a latte base, bottle coffee, two mugs, acrylic coasters, and an acrylic muddler. The theme is "We Mixed Two People Who Are Dangerous When Mixed."
King Records launched Pop Team Epic into the Roblox license catalog at noon on September 9. The registration lets Roblox creators plan, build, and apply to publish games and experiential content using the manga's characters and world. Bkub Okawa's four-panel manga has run in Takeshobo's Manga Life WIN, now Takecomi!, since August 2014. The listing is positioned as a new form of IP use beyond manga and anime development.