Sony Music Entertainment began order-based sales of 4th Anniversary Goods for VEE virtual talents Anew Uparu and Luminous Sweet at the VEE Official Shop. Each acrylic diorama stand, priced at 4,500 yen, includes a bonus sticker using new illustration by Kutori Panya. Orders run through September 6.
The first paid expansion pass content for Poko A Pokemon, titled Bubble Bubble Undersea Town, has been released. Players use the new move Dive to enter the sea, visit the undersea town, and develop it by completing requests. The free Ver.2.0.0 update adds Dive, new items, and customization options.
The Pokemon Company released the first paid downloadable content for the Nintendo Switch 2 game Poko A Pokemon on August 5. The expansion, titled Bubbly Deep-Sea Town, is part of the Poko A Pokemon Expansion Pass, which costs 4,400 yen. The content adds an underwater town that players can explore using the new move Dive, introduced in a free update also released on August 5. In the DLC, players meet the sea lion Pokemon Popplio and work to restore a waterlogged, ruined town. The underwater environment includes new Habitat entries, water-type Pokemon such as Corsola, and light-emitting furniture for the pitch-black Deep Sea area. Players can also build floating structures using Block Floats. The free update Ver.2.0.0 adds the move Dive, which allows the protagonist Ditto to stay submerged indefinitely, as well as new settings to reduce motion sickness. To access the DLC, players must complete the request 'Further Raise the Environment Level!' in Don Yori Beach Town and learn Dive. Wave 2 is scheduled for winter 2026, and Wave 3 for 2027.
Crunchyroll announced the English dub cast for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, with Cristina Vee, Marwa Elda, Abi Kumar, and Yussef Benelbar leading the voice cast. The first two dubbed episodes will stream on July 18. The anime, directed by Abel Góngora at Science SARU with Naoko Yamada as chief director, premiered in Japan on July 4.
Aniplex of America revealed the English dub cast and a same-day English dub for Grow Up Show -Sunflower Circus- during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday. The anime premieres July 4 in Japan and streams on Crunchyroll as it airs.