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Mushoku Tensei Season 3 Premieres July 5 on Crunchyroll

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Singapore isekai fans, this is your reminder: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 drops on Crunchyroll on 5 July 2026 — tomorrow. One of the most consistently impressive isekai anime in recent memory picks up directly where Season 2’s emotionally loaded finale left off, and from what the trailers are showing, Studio Bind has not let the momentum slip.

Eris Boreas Greyrat as Sword King in Mushoku Tensei Season 3 — close-up key visual with sword
Image courtesy of Studio Bind

The Asura Kingdom Arc — From Domestic Peace to Political War

Season 3 adapts Volumes 13–18 of Rifujin na Magonote’s light novel series, covering what fans know as the Asura Kingdom Arc — the point where the story expands from personal drama into full-scale political intrigue. Rudeus Greyrat is married to both Sylphiette and Roxy Migurdia now, he’s a graduate of Ranoa Magic Academy, and for a brief, gorgeous moment it looks like his reincarnated life might actually go well. Then a visit to Perugius’s floating fortress brings a crisis that pulls the whole party apart, and the fallout leads straight into the power struggles surrounding Princess Ariel’s claim to the Asura throne.

Two new characters are introduced: Nina Farion (voiced by Haruka Tomatsu) and Gal Farion (voiced by Tetsu Inada), who play significant roles in this arc.

Rudeus Greyrat with Sylphiette and Roxy Migurdia in Mushoku Tensei Season 3
Image courtesy of Studio Bind

Eris Is Back — and She Is a Sword King

If you’ve been waiting for this since Eris walked away without explanation at the end of Season 1, Season 3 is where she returns in full. The Season 3 key visual shows Eris Boreas Greyrat as a Sword King — one of the highest combat tiers in the North God style of swordsmanship — and the close-up of her expression tells you everything about how she’s changed. She left a fiery, impulsive noble girl; she’s coming back as something forged. What happens when she and Rudeus finally face each other again is one of the most anticipated character moments in the entire novel series.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 | Official Trailer — via Crunchyroll on YouTube

Production — Studio Bind’s Full Team Returns

Studio Bind is back with the full crew: director Ryosuke Shibuya, character designers Sanae Shimada and Ryota Furukawa, and composer Yoshiaki Fujisawa on the score. Yuiko Ohara, who has performed key songs throughout the franchise, performs the Season 3 opening theme Ketsui no Uta. The continuity of staff is one of the reasons Mushoku Tensei has maintained such a consistent visual and tonal identity across its seasons — no major shake-ups here.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation series key art with full cast
Image courtesy of Studio Bind

Watch on Crunchyroll from 5 July — Singapore

Crunchyroll holds global simulcast rights for Season 3, which means Singapore viewers get new episodes alongside the Japanese broadcast each week from 5 July 2026. Subtitled episodes arrive first; an English dub will follow in the coming weeks.

If you haven’t started the series yet, both Season 1 and Season 2 are available on Crunchyroll now. It’s one of the few isekai titles that genuinely earns its long runtime — the craft behind each arc gets richer the longer you stay in. Find more summer season picks in our anime coverage.

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The Cat and the Dragon Is Now on Crunchyroll — A Cosy Summer Fantasy With a Star Cast

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Episode 1 of The Cat and the Dragon (Neko to Ryuu) landed on Crunchyroll this morning — and it is already one of the more charming premiers of the Summer 2026 season. If your anime diet leans toward warm-and-cosy rather than shonen-tournament-brutal, this one is worth an immediate watch in Singapore.

Mama-nyan, a magic-wielding cat from The Cat and the Dragon anime, sitting in a moonlit forest
Image courtesy of Amara / Takarajimasha / 猫と竜 Production Committee

What Is The Cat and the Dragon?

Based on the fantasy light novel series by Amara, published by Takarajimasha, the story begins with a dragon egg that hatches in the wrong forest — deep in the territory of a family of magic-wielding cats. With no mother and nowhere to go, the dragon is adopted by the cat clan and raised as one of their own. The dragon eventually learns to shapeshift into a cat-like form to better protect its adopted family, which has the somewhat unintended side-effect of making it the most powerful creature in the world that also grooming itself.

The tone sits squarely between a slice-of-life family drama and a low-key adventure — think found-family with claws. Underneath the coziness, though, there is real tension around how the human world relates to the cats and, by extension, to their dragon protector.

The Cat and the Dragon — 2nd Promotional Video (Japanese) — via 宝島社公式 on YouTube

Studio OLM and a Stacked Voice Cast

The anime is produced by OLM (the studio behind the Pokémon animated series), directed by Jin-Koo Oh, with series composition by Mitsutaka Hirota and character designs by Rie Nishino and Chiaki Kurakazu. The premise might sound simple, but the production is anything but — OLM has brought in one of the strongest voice casts of the season.

The dragon-raised-as-cat, known as Neko-ryū, is voiced by Takehito Koyasu — best known in Singapore as the voice of Dio Brando from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Whitebeard from One Piece. The Mama-nyan cat matriarch is voiced by Kikuko Inoue, while the supporting cast includes Show Hayami as Kurobane, Noriaki Sugiyama (Sasuke in Naruto) as Haibuchi, Tanezaki Atsumi (Anya Forger from SPY x FAMILY) as Gally, and Hanae Natsuki — the voice of Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer — as the mysterious Monarch Black.

The Cat and the Dragon official title logo and the dragon character sitting with a cat companion
Image courtesy of Amara / Takarajimasha / 猫と竜 Production Committee

Watching in Singapore

Episode 1 is streaming now on Crunchyroll, which carries the series for Singapore and across Southeast Asia. New episodes drop on Saturdays. The series is expected to run for 12 episodes across the Summer 2026 season.

For more new anime arriving this season, check out our Manga & Anime roundups — Summer 2026 has been unusually stacked and we have been covering it all.

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MASHLE Season 3 Premieres January 2027 — AX Trailer Confirms Final Exam Arc

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Mash Burnedead has one more impossible obstacle to clear — MASHLE: Magic and Muscles Season 3 is premiering in January 2027, confirmed at Anime Expo 2026 on 2 July alongside the series’ first official teaser trailer, now live on the official Aniplex YouTube channel.

MASHLE: Magic and Muscles Season 3 First Teaser Trailer — via アニプレックス チャンネル on YouTube (Japanese)

MASHLE Season 3: What the Tri-Magic-Athalon Arc Is

The full title is MASHLE: Magic and Muscles — Tri-Magic-Athalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc. If you have been keeping up with the manga, you know exactly how high the stakes climb here. The Tri-Magic-Athalon is a three-versus-three magical duel tournament that serves as the final selection process for the next Divine Visionaries — the most powerful mages in the land. It is, in other words, exactly the kind of nonsensically dangerous high-stakes event that Mash approaches with the same blank calm he uses to eat cream puffs.

Season 3 also formally introduces Domina Blowelive, a new antagonist who gets her own character visual in the teaser — and who looks designed to make Mash’s deadpan expression look even more deadpan by contrast.

Domina Blowelive character visual — MASHLE Season 3 new antagonist
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

Production: Same Core Team, One New Name

Director Tomoya Tanaka returns to A-1 Pictures alongside series composer Yōsuke Kuroda and music composer Masaru Yokoyama — so the production continuity that kept Seasons 1 and 2 looking and sounding consistent carries over. The one personnel change is the character designer: Chiaki Furuzumi — who served as sub-character designer on both seasons of Solo Leveling — steps in to replace Hisashi Higashijima. Judging by the teaser, the visual identity stays close to what fans know, but the full promotional run will be the real test.

The full returning voice cast is confirmed: Chiaki Kobayashi as Mash Burnedead, Kaito Ishikawa as Lance Crown, Takuya Eguchi as Dot Barrett, Reiji Kawashima as Finn Ames, Reina Ueda as Lemon Irvine, and Yuki Kaji as Rayne Ames.

Mash Burnedead reaching forward — still from MASHLE Season 3 teaser
Image courtesy of A-1 Pictures / Aniplex

How to Watch MASHLE Season 3 in Singapore

Crunchyroll streamed both previous seasons in Singapore and across Southeast Asia, and Season 3 will follow the same route. Both Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Crunchyroll now if you need a re-run before January. An exact premiere date and simulcast schedule will be confirmed closer to broadcast.

MASHLE’s source manga — originally serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump and concluded in 2023 — is also available digitally if you cannot wait to find out how the tournament resolves.

Follow our Manga & Anime coverage for more updates as the January premiere approaches.

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny — The English Novel Arrives January 2027

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Square Enix has confirmed an English-language edition of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny, the prose novel set in the world of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The book is listed for release in January 2027 at a price of US$26.99, with pre-orders already open through major retailers.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny novel announcement graphic
Image courtesy of Square Enix

What Is Dear Destiny?

Dear Destiny is a companion novel to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, expanding on the events and characters of the game through prose fiction. The Japanese edition was published by Square Enix in 2025, and the English edition — translated for a global audience — is now confirmed for a Western release.

The novel gives readers a deeper look at the story that Rebirth begins to tell, including the perspectives of characters beyond Cloud’s immediate point of view. For fans who finished the game wanting more time in that world, Dear Destiny is the most direct continuation available in prose form.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny English novel cover art
Image courtesy of Square Enix

Tifa, Aerith, and the Cast of Rebirth

The novel draws on the full cast of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, with Tifa and Aerith among the characters given extended focus — fitting, given how central their relationship and individual journeys are to the game’s emotional core. The prose format allows the story to breathe in ways that a game’s pacing cannot always allow.

Tifa and Aerith from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Image courtesy of Square Enix

Price, Release Date, and Availability

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny is priced at US$26.99 and scheduled for release in January 2027. Pre-orders are available now through major book retailers. There is no confirmed Singapore retail distribution at this time — readers in the region may need to order internationally or through digital storefronts if an e-book edition becomes available.

For more gaming news and events in Singapore, check back on GameTrader regularly.

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Pokémon × G-SHOCK 30th Anniversary Watch — S$299 in Singapore From 25 July

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Pokémon’s 30th anniversary has delivered some standout merchandise, but nothing lands quite like this: Casio has teamed up with The Pokémon Company to release the GA-110PKM-7A, the first full-sized G-SHOCK ever to carry the Pokémon name. Singapore fans can get one from the official G-SHOCK Singapore store from 25 July 2026 at S$299 — with quantities capped at one unit per CASIO-ID member.

Pokemon 30th Anniversary｜Collaboration Model【GA-110PKM-7A】 — via CASIO G-SHOCK on YouTube

The GA-110 Platform — A First for Pokémon

Every previous Pokémon-branded Casio watch was built on the compact Baby-G line. The GA-110PKM-7A makes history by moving the franchise up to the much larger GA-110 base — G-SHOCK’s bold, imposing platform that collectors and streetwear fans will recognise instantly. On the GA-110, the Pokémon collaboration has room to show off in a way no earlier Casio tie-up has managed.

The colour palette is a direct tribute to the 1996 originals. Red, green, and blue — pulled straight from Pocket Monsters Red, Pocket Monsters Green, and Pocket Monsters Blue — run through the buttons, bezel, and accents against a translucent resin case that keeps the look clean.

GA-110PKM-7A dial showing Pikachu-shaped hands and Pokémon logo
Image courtesy of Casio / G-SHOCK

Every Pokémon Detail, Decoded

The dial is where the collaboration really shows off. The analogue hands are shaped like Pikachu’s silhouette, meaning the time is literally told by the franchise’s mascot. At the 9 o’clock position, a sub-dial inspired by a Poké Ball rounds off the face design, with the Pokémon logo printed alongside.

The translucent resin band is engraved with all 30 Pokémon the watch is celebrating: three first-partner Pokémon from each of the nine main-series regions (Kanto through Paldea), plus Pikachu and Eevee. Mew appears on the band loop itself, bringing the total to exactly 30. Flip the watch over and the stainless-steel case back carries an engraved Pokémon logo and a Pikachu face — a detail collectors will appreciate long after the first unboxing.

GA-110PKM-7A stainless steel case back with Pokémon and Pikachu engraving
Image courtesy of Casio / G-SHOCK

The Poké Ball Box

Casio saved some of the best design work for the packaging. The GA-110PKM-7A ships inside a Poké Ball-shaped box — a full-sized round casing that opens to reveal the watch nestled in the bottom half, surrounded by illustrations of all 30 Pokémon from the band. It is the kind of unboxing experience that turns any watch into a permanent display piece.

GA-110PKM-7A G-SHOCK watch inside Poké Ball-shaped packaging with Pokémon illustrations
Image courtesy of Casio / G-SHOCK

Specs at a Glance

The GA-110PKM-7A carries the full G-SHOCK feature set: 20-bar water resistance (serious swim-proof credentials), shock and magnetic resistance, world time across 48 cities, five daily alarms, a 1/1,000th-second stopwatch, countdown timer, and an LED backlight. Dimensions are 55 × 51.2 × 16.9 mm at 72g — sized to be noticed on the wrist.

GA-110PKM-7A full watch view from front with translucent band
Image courtesy of Casio / G-SHOCK

Getting It in Singapore

The GA-110PKM-7A is priced at S$299 at G-SHOCK Singapore, with the local launch on 25 July 2026 — around a week after the global release on 17 July. Within Southeast Asia, Singapore is the designated official channel for this model. Purchasing through the G-SHOCK Singapore online store requires a CASIO-ID membership account, and the limit is strictly one unit per member. Returns are not accepted on this limited edition, so be sure before you check out.

Pre-orders and full purchase details are live on the official G-SHOCK Singapore page. For more Pokémon merchandise news and upcoming events in Singapore, keep an eye on our latest news.

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Code Geass Turns 20: Rozé of the Recapture Hits TV on 11 July, New Anime Revealed

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Code Geass is turning 20 this year, and Sunrise and Bandai Namco are not letting the milestone pass quietly. Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture — the eight-part ONA that’s been streaming on Disney+ Singapore since 2024 — makes its Japanese TV broadcast debut on 11 July 2026, a brand-new anime sequel has been announced, and a two-city anniversary exhibition is headed to Tokyo and Osaka later this year.

Code Geass Rozé protagonist Ash Phoenix with Zi-Apollo mecha
Image courtesy of Sunrise / Bandai Namco

Rozé of the Recapture Comes to TV

Rozé of the Recapture begins its Japanese television run on MBS, TBS, CBC, and BS-TBS (the Animeism block) from 11 July, airing as a 12-episode series — the ONA chapters restructured and expanded for broadcast. The story follows Ash Phoenix and his Zi-Apollo Knightmare Frame as he fights to reclaim a Europe under Britannian occupation, set after the events of the original series. A new key visual has been produced specifically for the TV run, separate from the original ONA promotional artwork.

Singapore fans already have access: Rozé of the Recapture is streaming in full on Disney+ Singapore right now. If you missed the ONA run, it’s worth catching up before the TV broadcast conversation picks up in July. The original 50-episode Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series is also free to watch on the official Sunrise YouTube channel, where it was made available from 28 December 2025.

Code Geass Rozé Zi-Artemis Knightmare Frame from Disney+ Singapore trailer
Image courtesy of Sunrise / Bandai Namco

New Anime: Code Geass: Aspal the Star Chaser

Alongside the TV broadcast news, a new Code Geass anime has been announced: Code Geass: Hoshi Oi no Aspal (working English title: Code Geass: Aspal the Star Chaser). The project is directed by Kazuya Nomura, with further cast and production details to follow. The English title has not been officially confirmed yet — expect a formal announcement closer to production milestones.

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture | Official Trailer | Disney+ Singapore — via Disney+ Singapore on YouTube

20th Anniversary Exhibition: Tokyo and Osaka

A dedicated 20th anniversary exhibition organised by Movic (株式会社ムービック) has been announced for two Japanese cities. The Tokyo leg runs at Space Galleria (Animate Ikebukuro 8F) from 4 September to 12 October 2026; the Osaka leg follows at Space Gratus (Animate Osaka Nihonbashi 3F) from 6 November to 7 December 2026. Details were reported by Famitsu on 2 July (Japanese) and have not yet been covered in English-language anime press at time of writing. No international touring dates have been announced.

Rounding out the anniversary slate: a crossover manga pairing Gundam Wing and Code Geass, drawn by Tomofumi Ogasawara, is also in the works — a secondary project, but a notable one given both franchises’ histories with Sunrise. For the latest on all things Code Geass and anime in Singapore, follow our manga and anime coverage.

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Strange: Junji Ito’s Live-Action Horror Series Premieres Tonight With IVE’s ‘Jigsaw’

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Thirteen of Junji Ito’s most unsettling horror manga stories are getting the live-action treatment tonight, as Strange — Junji Ito’s Strange Stories for Sleepless Nights premieres on TV Tokyo’s “Drama 24” block. Produced by Global Stage Hollywood and TV Tokyo, it is the first major anthology series built specifically around Ito’s short-horror catalogue — and it’s opening with a K-pop twist Singapore fans will recognise immediately.

Strange Junji Ito live-action series key visual illustration
Image courtesy of TV Tokyo / Junji Ito

Thirteen Manga Stories, One Anthology

Strange adapts thirteen of Ito’s short horror manga across its run. Confirmed titles include Lovesickness, The Mansion of Phantom Pain, The Rib Woman, The Bully, Face Thief, A Father’s Love, Memory, In Old Records, Penpal, Further Tales of Oshikiri, Earthbound, and Tomio: Red Turtleneck — each adapted as its own self-contained episode with a new cast. The format suits Ito’s output perfectly: short stories built for maximum dread per page, no need for continuity across episodes.

Three directors share duties across the series — Atsuhiro Yamada, Yūta Shimotsu, and Ryōta Kondō — with scripts by Daisuke Hosaka (Sadako 3D 2) and Tatsurō Inamoto (Trigun Stampede, Pluto). The cast includes Nijirō Murakami in the premiere episode The Mansion of Phantom Pain, Kanata Hosoda across the multi-part Lovesickness (spanning episodes 2, 8 and 10), Yōko Maki in The Bully, and Wan Marui in Earthbound. An episode-order reshuffle announced on 28 June means the TV broadcast sequence now differs slightly from the original line-up.

Grid of all 13 Junji Ito manga stories adapted in Strange
Image courtesy of Junji Ito / Asahi Shimbun Publishing

IVE’s ‘Jigsaw’ and 10cm’s Ending Theme

The opening theme is “Jigsaw” by IVE — the K-pop group behind “After LIKE”, “I AM” and “Baddie”, and one of the most-streamed acts across Singapore right now. Pairing a K-pop vocal act with J-horror body-dread imagery is an unexpected call, but it tracks with the series’ co-production ambitions: this is clearly aimed at audiences beyond Japan’s domestic drama viewers. The ending theme, “The Darkest Night”, is by 10cm (Kwon Jeong-yeol), the South Korean singer-songwriter, bringing a quieter, more melancholic close to each episode.

World Premiere at Anime Expo 2026 — Tonight in LA

Before the TV broadcast airs in Japan, Strange gets its world premiere at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles — the international premiere of Episode 1 and the world premiere of Episode 2, screening tonight (3 July) at 6:45 PM PDT at the 411 Theatre. The AX panel brings together Douglas Montgomery (Executive Producer, Global Stage Hollywood), Mayu Nobe (Producer, TV Tokyo), Kwok-Wai Hanson (CEO, Anime Trending), and director Rei. The fact that the series world-premieres in LA before its Japan TV slot signals a deliberate push for international attention rather than the usual “Japan first, rest of world eventually” model.

Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights | Official Trailer | Anime Expo 2026 — via GlobalStageHollywood on YouTube

No Singapore Stream Confirmed Yet

For Singapore fans: no streaming deal for the region has been announced. The TV Tokyo broadcast airs tonight (3 July) at 11:12 PM SGT, with a second airing on BS TV Tokyo on 12 July. Given IVE’s involvement as opening theme artists, the US co-production structure, and the AX world premiere, an international streaming announcement feels like a matter of when, not if — but nothing is confirmed as of now. Keep an eye on our manga and anime coverage for any streaming updates as they drop. In the meantime, the official trailer above is the best taste of what’s coming.

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Pokémon TCG: Pitch Black Launches July 17 — Mega Darkrai Leads Four New Mega ex

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If you’ve been tracking the Mega Evolution TCG series, this weekend is the moment to mark on your calendar. Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Pitch Black, the fifth set in the Mega Evolution run, begins prerelease events at participating Play! Pokémon retailers this Friday, July 4 — two weeks ahead of its full global launch on July 17, 2026.

What Is Pitch Black

Pitch Black is a dark-themed expansion built around the Mega Dimension content from Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and the set name is not subtle about its direction. Where earlier Mega Evolution sets spread the spotlight across multiple type identities, ME5 leans hard into shadow and sinister aesthetics — Mega Darkrai ex is the face of this expansion, and everything from the booster pack art to the colour palette reflects that.

The set ships with over 115 cards in total, including more than 35 cards with special illustration variants and over 20 Trainer cards. Its Japanese counterpart, Abyss Eye (アビスアイ), launched in Japan on May 22, which means Japanese players have had about six weeks of competitive data — useful context if you’re heading to a prerelease tournament this weekend.

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution — Pitch Black Mega Darkrai ex booster pack
Image © The Pokémon Company

The Four Headlining Mega ex

Four Mega ex Pokémon anchor the expansion’s product line, each with its own booster pack artwork:

  • Mega Darkrai ex — the face of the set, and from Japanese Abyss Eye coverage, it arrives with 280 HP and a hit-hard moveset that fits the expansion’s aggressive tone
  • Mega Zeraora ex — a Lightning-type Mythical that pairs with Darkrai’s Darkness for what should be an interesting type-coverage combination in Standard
  • Mega Chandelure ex — the Ghost/Fire Pokémon from Unova gets the Mega treatment, with the eerie candle aesthetic fitting perfectly in a Pitch Black set
  • Mega Excadrill ex — the Ground/Steel Pokémon rounds out the headliners, giving the set broader type coverage

Beyond the main four, Bulbapedia’s set list also confirms Mega Slowbro ex, Wailord ex, and Morpeko ex among the expansion’s notable cards.

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution — Pitch Black Mega Zeraora ex booster pack
Image © The Pokémon Company
Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution | Official Trailer | Sneak Peek — via The Official Pokémon YouTube channel

Products at Launch

The standard product lineup for Pitch Black includes individual booster packs (10 cards + 1 Basic Energy + 1 Pokémon TCG Live code), six-pack Booster Bundles, and a 36-pack Booster Display Box. Pokémon Center also has an Elite Trainer Box exclusive. For this weekend’s prerelease events, participating stores will be selling the Build & Battle Box early — as confirmed by Pokémon.com — which gives players a sealed pool to build from for the event format.

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution — Pitch Black Mega Chandelure ex booster pack
Image © The Pokémon Company

Dates for Singapore Players

Prerelease events: July 4–6 at participating Play! Pokémon retailers. Check with your local store to confirm they’re running events this weekend — not every retailer holds prereleases, but Singapore’s Play! Pokémon community is well-represented across the island.

Digital play: July 16 in Pokémon TCG Live — the day before physical launch.

Full retail launch: July 17 — Pokémon Center (global) and local stockists.

For the latest on Pitch Black’s Singapore prerelease scene and any local tournament announcements, keep an eye on our Game News section and the official Pitch Black expansion page on Pokémon.com.

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Bleach TYBW: The Calamity Premieres July 25 — Kubo Chose the Final Themes

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The wait is almost over. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity, the fourth and final cour of the revived anime, has locked in its premiere: July 25, 2026, at 11:00 PM JST on TV Tokyo and affiliated networks. Streaming across multiple platforms follows from July 26 — meaning Singapore fans can catch it the very same weekend it drops in Japan.

What Is The Calamity — and Why the Entire Bleach Fandom Is Watching

This is not a regular new season. The Calamity is the endgame — the final stretch of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, the storyline Tite Kubo concluded in the manga years ago that anime fans have been waiting to see faithfully adapted ever since the original Bleach anime ended in 2012.

The first three cours — The Blood Warfare (2022), The Separation (2023), and The Conflict (2024) — reset expectations for what shonen anime could look like visually. Part 4 now picks up with Ichigo Kurosaki and what remains of Soul Society’s forces in their final confrontation with Yhwach, the Quincy king whose power to rewrite fate makes him the most formidable villain the series has produced.

The official key visual released by Studio Pierrot makes the stakes clear without a word of dialogue: Ichigo, battered and kneeling, stares up at a massive dark form devouring the sky, surrounded by shattered zanpakuto blades. The Japanese text reads 後の刃は振り下ろされる — “the final blade falls.” Below it: 千年血戦篸 禍進譚. The Calamity. July 25.

Yoruichi Shihouin in battle in Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War The Calamity
Image courtesy of Studio Pierrot

Kubo’s Personal Touch: Choosing Both Theme Songs Himself

One of the more striking details around The Calamity’s rollout: creator Tite Kubo personally selected both theme songs for the final arc, listening to tracks from the demo stage before making the final calls. Rather than going with well-known franchise names or returning performers, he chose new-to-most-fans artists — a deliberate move to give the finale its own distinct identity.

The opening theme is “I-BULL” by jo0ji. Each episode closes with “Spiral” by 9Lana.

It is consistent with how Kubo has approached this entire adaptation. Throughout all four cours, he has reportedly contributed story material exclusive to the anime — which means even readers who finished the manga will encounter moments they have not seen before.

Official Trailer | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Part – The Calamity | INTL SUBS — via VIZ on YouTube

The Theatrical Head-Start and the Creative Team Behind It

Before the TV broadcast, the first three episodes screened in selected US theaters between June 25 and 29, part of a Viz Media theatrical event. The screenings included an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation with Kubo, chief series director Tomohisa Taguchi, and series director Hikaru Murata — a rare window into how the final arc was assembled, as reported by ComicBook.com.

Scene from Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War The Calamity official Viz Media trailer
Image courtesy of Studio Pierrot / Viz Media

When Singapore Fans Can Watch

The broadcast starts July 25 at 11:00 PM JST — that is 10:00 PM SGT the same Saturday night. Streaming from July 26 across multiple platforms; Singapore fans who followed Parts 1–3 should find The Calamity on the same service they used for the earlier cours. If your platform of choice has not confirmed it yet, check back on or after July 26.

If you have not caught up on the previous three parts, the next three weeks are the window to do it. All prior seasons of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War run across roughly 50 episodes of visually exceptional anime — and The Calamity will not wait for stragglers.

Keep an eye on our Manga & Anime section for more Summer 2026 season coverage.