The Reborn! franchise has no new anime or manga installments in active production, but it is receiving a wave of official merchandise events and lotteries in 2026, including a pop-up shop and an Ichiban Kuji lottery, while its creator Akira Amano is collaborating on a new manga project for a different magazine.
Reborn! remains a dormant franchise in terms of new story content, but 2026 has brought a surge of official merchandise activity. Bandai Spirits launched an Ichiban Kuji online lottery on May 19, 2026, offering MASTERLISE figures of five main characters, Vongola Rings, and a storage case. The next day, a pop-up shop was announced for Shinjuku Marui Annex, running from May 30 to June 16, 2026, featuring STAR ver. goods with seven characters in Y2K-style outfits and a lottery with acrylic figures and mini charms.
A retrospective published by Anime News Network on May 19, 2026, examined the series' legacy more than a decade after its 2012 conclusion. The piece highlighted the ambivalence among long-time fans toward a series that was a Weekly Shonen Jump staple and an early Crunchyroll simulcast, but whose legacy is complicated by its genre identity crisis and structural problems. The retrospective balanced affection for the cast with frustration at the series' tonal shifts and uneven pacing.
Meanwhile, Reborn! creator Akira Amano has joined a new project outside the franchise. On May 15, 2026, Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics launched the manga Horo-Beat, a collaboration that brings together Amano, Duel Masters creator Shigenobu Matsumoto, and The Irregular at Magic High School author Tsutomu Satou. Amano provides the original character designs for the series, which is described as a thrilling tag-team battle manga featuring yokai and humans fighting together. The first chapter ran 66 pages.
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A pop-up shop for Katekyo Hitman Reborn! will run at Shinjuku Marui Annex from May 30 to June 16, 2026. The shop sells STAR ver. goods featuring seven characters in Y2K-style outfits, plus a lottery with large acrylic figures and mini charms as prizes.
A new retrospective by Jairus Taylor at Anime News Network revisits Akira Amano's Reborn! manga and anime, examining how the series' tonal shifts and uneven pacing hold up more than a decade after its 2012 conclusion. The piece balances affection for the cast with frustration at the series' structural problems.
Bandai Spirits launched a new Ichiban Kuji online lottery for Katekyo Hitman Reborn on May 19, 2026. Prizes include MASTERLISE figures of Tsunayoshi Sawada, Hayato Gokudera, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kyoya Hibari, and Mukuro Rokudo, plus Vongola Rings and a storage case. Tickets are 850 yen each.
Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine launched a new manga titled Horo-Beat on Friday, May 15. The first chapter runs 66 pages. The project brings together creators from three major franchises. Duel Masters creator Shigenobu Matsumoto is credited with the original work and handles storyboard composition. The Irregular at Magic High School light novel author Tsutomu Satou is cooperating on the scenario. Reborn! creator Akira Amano provides the original character designs. Akira Tsuruta is drawing the manga. The story is described as a "thrilling tag-team battle" manga featuring yokai and humans fighting together. It centers on Jin Narumi, a second-year middle school student who can see monsters, yokai, devils, and ghosts. He visits his friend Hinata at her temple every morning, which is overrun by these creatures. Hinata cannot see them and does not take Jin's concerns seriously. When a giant yokai attacks them, Hinata is knocked unconscious and Jin is near death. Hinata's temple cat Leo transforms into a raiju beast, and Jin teams up with Leo to defeat the yokai and save Hinata.