Last week, it was announced that the popular manga series SPYxFAMILY would receive an anime adaptation by Wit Studio and CloverWorks in 2022. Animate locations across Japan will be celebrating this amazing news with a special SPYxFAMILY anime-themed fair from November 27 until December 12, 2021. Certain goods will also be available online!

Written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo, SPYxFAMILY has been running in Shonen Jump+ since 2019. With over 11 million copies in circulation, it has been growing more and more popular over the past two years, with volume six recently becoming the series’ second consecutive volume to debut at number one on Oricon’s weekly list of best-selling manga. SPYxFAMILY tells the story of a spy who must ‘build a family’ to complete a mission, not realizing that the girl he adopts as his daughter and the woman he agrees to fake marry are a mind reader and an assassin. 

Merchandise

Clear Folder (3 varieties): ¥440 each (Tax Included) 

Acrylic Keychain (3 varieties): ¥715 each (Tax Included) 

Acrylic Stand (3 varieties): ¥1,650 each (Tax Included) 

Tote Bag: ¥1,980 (Tax Included) 

For every ¥1,000 spent on SPYxFAMILY goods during the event, visitors will receive a random clear bookmark (3 varieties). A bonus illustration of Loid, Yor, and Anya will also be gifted as a bonus. 

Are you excited for the upcoming anime adaptation?

(C)遠藤達哉／集英社・SPY×FAMILY製作委員会

New ‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ merchandise has been announced for ‘Animate Girls Festival 2021,’ which will be held on November 6 and November 7 2021. 

Bonus Present: Randomly Selected Original Book Marker (25 Designs) 

Lineup

‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ Acrylic Stand (9 Types) ¥1,320 (Tax Incl.)

‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ Trading Can Badges (Randomly Selected / 9 Designs): ¥440 (Tax Incl.) *These are trading items so you cannot pick the design

‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ Trading Can Badges Mini Chara Ver. (Randomly Selected / 9 Designs): ¥440 (Tax Incl.) *These are trading items so you cannot pick the design

‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ Trading Acrylic Stand Mini Chara Ver. (16 Designs): ¥660 (Tax Incl.) *These are trading items so you cannot pick the design

‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ Trading Metallic Postcard (10 Designs): ¥440 (Tax Incl.)　

The new ‘Yowamushi Pedal: GLORY LINE’ merchandise displayed at ‘Animate Girls Festival 2021’ featured a ‘BIRTHDAY FLOWERS’ theme and all-new character illustrations.  In addition to being sold at the event, pre-orders have also been opened on the Chugai Mining Contents Online Webstore ‘Chugaionline.’ If you’re a ‘Yowamushi Pedal’ fan then don’t miss out!

©Watanabe Kou (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal 04 Production Committee

In July 2021, sprout unveiled details about a new 2D mixed-media franchise called Tokyo Color Sonic!! Featuring eight characters split into groups of two, each is played by a talented voice actor, and the story sees the boys promoting Japanese music to a global audience. On November 6 and November 7 at the Ikebukuro Sunshine City Animate location, the Animate Girls Festival will feature decorations from the series, and starting November 13 the ‘Tokyo Color Sonic!! Animate Fair ~Begin on buddy~’ event will begin, featuring tons of new goods! The winning team from Tokyo Color Sonic will be announced during a special vocal drama airing on the official series YouTube channel on November 7, 2021. 

AGF 2021 Buddy Set

Ironoha Music Academy Notebook

Ironoha Music Academy Ball-point Pen

Mask Case (Bromide included) 

AGF 2021 Special Purchase Gift at Venue: Non-Woven Bag

Tokyo Color Sonic!! Animate Fair ~Begin on buddy~

Bonus: Foil-stamped card featuring a message in each character’s handwriting

Acrylic Stand (Mini-Characters Vol. 1): ¥700 (Tax Included) 

Tabletop School Calender 2022: ¥1,320 (Tax Included) 

Motel Key Acrylic Keychain (8 varieties): ¥880 each (Tax Included) 

Tokyo Color Sonic is set in the near future, where a government mandate aims to promote and develop the Japanese music industry as means to spread it worldwide. The movement is called “Coloration,” but after developing the program for years, things need to change. The Ironoha Music Academy trains singer and composer duos, and the country decides to start an annual music festival called Tokyo Color Sonic to shake things up! Popular illustrator Ryo Fujiwara, who has also worked on A3! and GAKUGEIDAI JUNES, is responsible for the character designs. 

A number of goods featuring illustrations drawn by Ryo Fujiwara will be available at the Ikebukuro Sunshine City Animate location ahead of the AGF event starting November 6. 

During the ‘Tokyo Color Sonic!! Animate Fair ~Begin on buddy~’ event, for every ¥1,100 spent on Tokyo Color Sonic goods and CDs (including tax), guests will receive a random code (8 varieties) to listen to a piece of newly-recorded audio from one of the characters! These clips are messages from each character to their respective buddies. In addition, for every ¥2,200 spent (including tax), guests will receive a random foil-stamped message card featuring messages from the characters written in their own handwriting. 

Are you rooting for a particular team to win? Be sure to tune in on November 7 to see if your favorites walk away victorious!

（C）COLORATION

The Mana series (known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu) began in 1991 as an offshoot of the popular Final Fantasy RPG series. Since release, the twelve original Mana titles released have sold over eight million copies, and to commemorate 30 years, the ‘Mana: 30th Anniversary Exhibition in animate ONLY SHOP’ will take place at certain Animate locations around Japan. The event will kick off at Ikebukuro animate on October 9, 2021. 

Character Pin Collection HEROS&HEROINES (24 varieties): ¥440 each (Tax Included)

Legend of Mana Character Pin Collection (20 varieties): ¥440 each (Tax Included)

T-shirt – Monster Design: ¥7,150 (Tax Included)

Blanket – Monster Design: ¥4,400 (Tax Included)

Legend of Mana Mini Acrylic Stand Collection (23 varieties): ¥770 each (Tax Included)

Postcard (51 varieties): ¥165 each (Tax Included)

Hardcover Notebook (3 varieties): ¥1,650 (Tax Included)

Legend of Mana Tote Bag: ¥2,750 (Tax Included) 

Mug – Monster Design: ¥1,650 (Tax Included)

What’s your favorite game in the Mana series? 

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Popular anime series Kaguya-sama: Love is War is getting a limited-time Halloween-themed fair at Animate stores around Japan! 

From October 16 to October 31, fans will want to make their way to one of these locations to snag some merch featuring their favorite characters all dressed up to trick or treat. The artwork used for the merchandise is brand-new and only for the event. 

Event Pre-sale Merchandise

Animate Limited BOX Purchase Benefits

Halloween Pins (12 designs): ¥440 each (Tax Included) / ¥5,280 for Box (Tax Included)

Halloween Acrylic Keychains (12 designs): ¥715 each (Tax Included) / ¥8,580 for Box (Tax Included)
*All products come in blind packaging and will be random.

Halloween Acrylic Stand (12 designs): ¥880 each (Tax Included) / ¥10,560 for Box (Tax Included)
*All products come in blind packaging and will be random.

Halloween Mini Board (12 designs): ¥550 each (Tax Included) / ¥6,600 for Box (Tax Included)
*All products come in blind packaging and will be random.

Maid and Butler ver. Acrylic Stand (12 designs): ¥880 each (Tax Included) / ¥10,560 for Box (Tax Included)

Maid and Butler ver. Stickers (12 designs): ¥550 each (Tax Included) / ¥6,600 for Box (Tax Included)
*All products come in blind packaging and will be random.

Special Photo (6 designs) for those who spend a certain amount

To commemorate the event, a Twitter campaign is also planned. By retweeting the designated tweet and following AMNIBUS on Twitter, one person will be selected by lottery to win a complete set of original limited-edition photos!

Which goodies would you want to grab this Halloween season?

©Aka Akasaka／Shueisha・Kaguya-sama: Love is War Production Committee

©赤坂アカ／集英社・かぐや様は告らせたい製作委員会

The music video for MAN WITH A MISSION’s new single Merry-Go-Round will be premiering on their official YouTube channel at 18:00 on August 21.

Premieres August 21, 18:00~

The song is being used as the opening theme for the second cour of anime My Hero Academia’s 5th season, which is currently airing on YTV and NTV.

Merry-Go-Round First Edition

My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes was a huge hit, showing in 321 cinemas nationwide and overtaking all previous My Hero Academia box office records by exceeding ¥940 million in just four days.

Merry-Go-Round Regular Edition

The anime is extremely popular overseas, while MAN WITH A MISSION have been focusing both within Japan and abroad, adding to the excitement for the new single.

It has been announced that on the day of the premiere, the members will be chatting with the fans in real-time. You can set a reminder to watch the stream using the official URL. If you’re a fan then don’t miss this!

©堀越耕平／集英社・僕のヒーローアカデミア製作委員会

Animate Cafe Stand Hareza Ikebukuro has announced a collaboration with the ongoing TV anime series Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan which will see the cafe served up a themed menu, sell exclusive merchandise, and decorate the interior with original illustrations from August 25 to September 27.

Animate Cafe exclusive illustrations

Animate Cafe exclusive chibi illustrations

Collab Menu (Excerpt)

Parfait | ¥700 (Tax Included)

Latte | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Soda | ¥650 (Tax Included)

Original Merchandise

Big Acrylic Stand Keyrings | 3 Designs | ¥1,600 Each (Tax Included)

Cookies | ¥1,000 (Tax Included)

Acrylic Stand Keyrings | 6 Designs | ¥700 (Tax Included)

Rubber Keyrings | 10 Designs | ¥700 Each (Tax Included)

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan is a dark comedy manga series by Gaku Kuze that’s been serialised in Comic POOL since 2017. An anime adaptation began airing on July 6, 2021.

(Ｃ)久世岳・一迅社／「うらみちお兄さん」製作委員会

Two branches of Animate Cafe in Ikebukuro and Nagoya are celebrating seven manga works of manga artist Arina Tanemura including I.O.N, Phantom Thief Jeanne, Time Stranger Kyoko, Full Moon o Sagashite, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross, and Neko to Watashi no Kinyōbi.

The collaboration will run from July 28 to August 23. Table reservations must be made for those wanting to dine from July 28 to August 1 as well as on weekends and public holidays. Reservations are not required for all other days.

Arina Tanemura Precious Wedding Party at Animate Cafe

The Menu Line-Up (Excerpt)

Full Moon o Sagashite: Negi Ramen Lunch | ¥980 (Tax Included)

Arina’s Precious Wedding Plate | ¥1,300 (Tax Included)

Phantom Thief Jeanne: Tiramisu | ¥800 (Tax Included)

The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross: Glass Dessert | ¥800 (Tax Included)

I.O.N: Drink | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Phantom Thief Jeanne: Sindbad | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Time Stranger Kyoko: Crystal Stranger | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Full Moon o Sagashite: Honey Hot Milk | ¥600 (Tax Included)

The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross: Espresso | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura: Soda | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Neko to Watashi no Kinyōbi: Curry Soup With Bread | ¥600 (Tax Included)

Free coaster with every menu order

Exclusive Merchandise (Excerpt)

Big Acrylic Stand (Wedding Ver.) | ¥1,600 (Tax Included)

Wedding Card | ¥800 (Tax Included)

CoLotta Acrylic Plate Keyrings | ¥800 (Tax Included)

Big Ribbon Pouch | ¥2,500 (Tax Included)

Stamp Card Campaign

Arina Tanemura made her debut in the shojo manga magazine Ribbon Original in 1996 with her short manga The Style of the Second Love. In 1998, she garnered mainstream popularity when her work Phantom Thief Jeanne began serialisation which has over 5.5 million copies in circulation. Some of her other famous works including Full Moon o Sagashite, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, and The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross. In 2015, she worked as the character designer for the smartphone game IDOLiSH7.

This marks her third cafe collaboration, and this time it’s themed on a ‘Precious Wedding Party’ with food inspired by the characters from her stories as well as exclusive merchandise.

©種村有菜／集英社

In promotion of Studio Chizu’s upcoming animated film Belle, Animate is holding a free online tour which will begin on July 15.

Studio Chizu’s past works have enjoyed great success both in Japan overseas and include Wolf Children (2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015), Mirai (2018), and the highly-anticipated forthcoming entry Belle, which will be released in Japan on July 16, 2021. All the films are directed by the Academy Award-nominated Mamoru Hosoda.

The online tour will be offer early-access digital entry to Animate’s upcoming Studio Chizu Exhibition which is set to open at Animate Yokohama Vivre on July 16. Shotaro Otan, the store manager of Animate Yokohama Vivre who is also active as a YouTuber, will guide viewers through the exhibition as well as show products that will be sold online as part of the event.

Ten random people who purchase Studio Chizu-related goods from Animate once the tour ends will be randomly chosen to win some free Belle merchandise too.

©スタジオ地図　©2021 スタジオ地図

Two branches of Animate Cafe, Good Smile x Animate Cafe Akihabara and Good Smile x Animate Cafe Osaka Nipponbashi, are collaborating with Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- from June 23 to August 2, serving up food, drinks, and desserts inspired by the game as well as selling exclusive merchandise.

The Menu

Utage no Maku no Nai Bento | ¥1,100 (Tax Included)

Kasyuu Kiyomitsu’s Stylish Tomato Stew w/Focaccia | ¥1,100 (Tax Included)

Kasen Kanesada’s Elegant Sea Bream Chazuke | ¥1,100 (Tax Included)

Honmaru Elegance ~Everyday Garden~ | ¥900 (Tax Included)

Honmaru Elegance ~Spring Garden~ | ¥900 (Tax Included)

I Discovered a New Sword! | ¥800 (Tax Included)

Kebiishi Subjugation | ¥650 (Tax Included)

Special Investigation: Tenpou Edo | ¥650 (Tax Included) | Suishinshi Masahide & Kyomaro Minamoto Versions

Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms ~Touken Ranbu~ | ¥650 (Tax Included)

Special Investigation Jurakudai | ¥650 (Tax Included)

Freebies for ordering from the menu

Coasters (42 Designs) | Available: June 23-July 13

Coasters (43 Designs) | Available: July 14-August 2

Exclusive merchandise

Acrylic Keyrings (42 Designs) | ¥700 Each (Tax Included)

Pins (42 Designs) | ¥700 Each (Tax Included)

Acrylic Stand Keyrings (43 Designs) | ¥700 Each (Tax Included)

Pins (43 Designs) | ¥700 Each (Tax Included)

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After a successful run back in August 2019, the My Hero Academia themed wind orchestra concert is set to return this year with a brand new show at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre’s Concert Hall on July 17.

Yuki Hayashi (Composer)

Daiki Yamashita (Izuku Midoriya)

Nobuhiko Okamoto (Katsuki Bakugo)

My Hero Academia is an ongoing manga series by Kōhei Horikoshi’s serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump. It’s set in a world where 80% of people have special powers known as “Quirks.” In the story, people with Quirks aspire to become heroes to protect people and the society they live in. The fifth season of the series’ anime adaptation began airing in February, and a new anime film, My Hero Academia The Movie: World Heroes’ Mission, is slated for release this year.

The performance will see orchestral renditions of tracks by Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra that have been carefully selected from My Hero Academia‘s OST, which was originally composed by Yuki Hayashi. This will include popular songs instantly-recognisable to fans such as You Say Run and Watashi ga Kita!!. Hayashi himself will be present at the concert to talk about the songs, and there will even be a talk with Deku and Bakugo’s voice actors Daiki Yamashita and Nobuhiko Okamoto.

To commemorate the end of Attack on Titan‘s 12-year saga, the editorial team at Weekly Shonen Magazine launched the ‘Final Survey Corps Application’ project on June 9 which imagines the staff and fans as part of the Survey Corps to express their love for the series. The staff at Animate and TSUTAYA stores in Japan are currently donning Survey Corps uniforms. A special online exhibition will also be held by the magazine to give thanks to fans who have supported Attack on Titan for 12 years.

Fans can use the all-new Survey Corps Maker service where they can upload their own photo or an illustration of themselves or an original character and writes words dedicated to the series. They are encourage to share this with other Survey Corps members around the world.

Survey Corps Maker: How to Use

1. Select a base image
2. Write your thoughts and comments about Attack on Titan
3. Share with the world

Survey Corps Maker Samples

The staff at Animate Ikebukuro

The staff at TSUTAYA　

Attack on Titan Online Exhibition

The online exhibition is a virtual event that was conceived after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the for in-person event in Japan to be cancelled. But this shift is good news to fans outside Japan as it means everyone around the world can join – and it’s free.

The event requires a quick sign-up, after which fans can enjoy looking through displays of official artwork. There’s also a merch shop with exclusive items to get your hands on. Please note that the exhibition features spoilers up to the final chapter.