Ultra acosta! 2026 Photo Roundup Turns to Madoka Magica Cosplay
A 24,000-attendee event with an all-night aquarium shoot and a cosplay doujin market gives these characters a live audience while Madoka Magica's theatrical anime and Detective Pretty Cure! are still drawing attention this year.
Reporting from 1 source: Inside.
The cosplay event Ultra acosta!2026 ran from September 4 to 6, 2026 at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, drawing 24,000 participants over three days. An Inside roundup highlights eight cosplayers, among them Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Cure Arcana Shadow from Detective Pretty Cure!, plus Honkai: Star Rail, Fate/Grand Order, Wuthering Waves, and Chainsaw Man.
The event ran as a super-expanded version of acosta!, with the opening night held after closing at Sunshine Aquarium on reserved access, photography that is normally not possible. Fountain Plaza hosted the stage event CDEF, where teams performed dance routines in cosplay, and September 5 added the cosplay doujin sales event and flea market acosta! Marche. The closing day was rainy throughout.
- Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica): cosplayer Kurehakuku
- Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica): cosplayer Nimo Mizuumi
- Cure Arcana Shadow (Detective Pretty Cure!): cosplayer Mira Minato
- Aglaea (Honkai: Star Rail): cosplayer Rime Shisetsu
- Hiei (Honkai: Star Rail): cosplayer Maruringo
- Light Koyanskaya (Fate/Grand Order): cosplayer Neo Kuromori
- Carlotta (Wuthering Waves): cosplayer YOA -YOA-
- Angel Devil (Chainsaw Man): cosplayer Kohaku Usagi
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.