Tokyo Anime Dispatch

What Was Announced On 2026-07-06, the official Demon Slayer channels announced the seventh collaboration event with NAMJATOWN, titled Anime "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" - Oni no Sumigai - . The campaign is scheduled to run in Tokyo from 2026-08-21 to 2026-10-04 and in Hakata from 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-23. The announcement also says ufotable-drawn demons will appear in the event art, and that the detailed information will be published later. The Tokyo venue is NAMJATOWN in Ikebukuro, inside Sunshine City’s World Import Mart Building 3F. The Hakata venue is Bandai Namco Cross Store Hakata in the South Building B1F of Canal City Hakata. One practical note in the announcement is that some days may use advance reservations to ease crowding. Why It Matters This is more than a simple tie-in notice. A seventh collaboration means the franchise and the venue have built a repeatable event format that still feels commercially useful. For a major title like Demon Slaye...

On June 19, 2026, Bandai Namco Experience announced that the Blue Lock chibigurumi tied to the Namjatown collaboration will return as a limited prize line on June 26, 2026. The release is not a brand-new design drop. Instead, it brings back the cat-ear Chinese-style outfit art that was created for the Ikebukuro Namjatown event held from April to June 2025, and it makes that visual set available again through Namco locations and the official online crane route. What Was Announced The lineup is straightforward: five characters, each in the special collaboration outfit. The announced set includes Yoichi Isagi, Seishiro Nagi, Reo Mikage, Rin Itoshi, and Yo Hiori. According to the press release, the figures are about 11 cm tall. The company also notes that Blue Lock had passed 60 million copies worldwide as of June 2026, which explains why even a small-format prize revival can still attract attention. The key practical detail for collectors is that the item is framed as a prize releas...