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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The television anime of the light novel series Reborn as a Space Mercenary will open with rock band FLOW's "Unstoppable" and close with metal band ASTERISM's "My Way." The series premieres in October on Tokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, and Chukyo TV, and will stream on Crunchyroll.
A collaboration event between the TV anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Namjatown will run at the Tokyo venue from July 17, 2026, and in Fukuoka from September 18. The event marks the anime's 20th anniversary with new cat-ear illustrations, mini-games, themed food, and original merchandise featuring 15 characters.
Good Smile Company announced a Nendoroid of Rokudo Mukuro's 10 years later version from the TV anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. The figure includes a trident, a mist owl named Mukuro, three expression parts, and a background sheet. It releases in December 2026 for 7,200 yen.
A Katekyo Hitman Reborn! pop-up store will run from July 3 to July 15, 2026, at two Tokyo-area Ito Yokado locations. The event features newly drawn Cutlery ver. illustrations of the Vongola Family and Varia, plus chibi character advance sale goods. Purchase bonuses include random postcards and box-exclusive can badges.
The TV anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn! is collaborating with karaoke chain Manekineko from June 25 to August 11, 2026, celebrating the anime's 20th anniversary. Newly drawn pirate-themed illustrations of the Vongola Family and Varia members appear on limited merchandise and collaboration drinks, including acrylic stands, can badges, photo cards, clear posters, and sticker sets.
Seven Seas Entertainment announced three new releases: audiobooks for Fluffy Café in Another World and Reborn as an Assassin's Apprentice on July 16, and a Skip and Loafer manga box set collecting volumes 1-5 in December 2026.
A collaboration event between Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Namjatown will run from July 17 to August 16 at Namjatown in Tokyo and from September 18 to October 18 at Bandai Namco Cross Store Hakata. The event includes original merchandise, mini-games, food, and a newly drawn full-body illustration plus 15 mini character illustrations.
Good Smile Company and Orange Rouge are releasing a POP UP PARADE SP two-figure set of Sawada Tsunayoshi and Reborn from the TV anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. The set, scheduled for November 2026, stands approximately 240mm tall and includes Dying Will flame effects. Tsuna is sculpted in Hyper Dying Will Mode with translucent flame effects, and Reborn is included as a companion figure.
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.