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The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition Opens in Singapore Sept 30

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The imperial court is setting up shop on Scotts Road. The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition Singapore opens at Fever Exhibition Hall on 30 September 2026 and runs through 1 November — a five-week stint that lands the touring anime exhibition in Singapore for the first time, after stops in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Seoul.

The announcement came via Sliding Doors Entertainment Asia and TOHO animation’s Asia account, with the key visual putting Maomao, Jinshi and the rest of the palace cast against a wall of flowers. Worth flagging: that post said “ticket information available soon” — but tickets are already live on Fever, and there’s an early-bird deadline coming up fast.

The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition Singapore key visual showing Maomao, Jinshi and the palace cast surrounded by flowers, with dates 30 September to 1 November 2026 at Fever Exhibition Hall
Image courtesy of INCUBASE Studio / Sliding Doors Entertainment Asia

What the Apothecary Diaries Exhibition Singapore actually is

This is the travelling exhibition produced by Hong Kong-based INCUBASE Studio, which began its Asia tour in Hong Kong in November 2025 and has since run in Kuala Lumpur (23 May to 12 July), Taipei and Seoul. Singapore is the next stop, with Fever as both venue and ticketing partner and Trip.com Group also handling ticketing.

The format is a walk-through rather than a gallery you drift around in. Fever lists the run time at roughly 55 minutes at your own pace, and re-entry is not permitted — so this isn’t a “pop out for bubble tea and come back” kind of visit. Plan the timing.

Inside, the draw is a mix of recreated sets and production material. Fever’s listing for the Singapore run points to Maomao’s medicine cabinet, the Inner Palace corridors, life-size character standees, original artwork and photo spots with props from the show. INCUBASE says the tour carries over 250 pieces of reproduced original artwork, storyboards and production materials — including sketches walking through Maomao’s pharmacological reasoning — much of which had not been shown outside Japan before the tour started.

A recreated red-walled pleasure district zone at The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition, with character standees and framed scene stills on the walls
Image courtesy of INCUBASE Studio — from the exhibition’s Hong Kong run

Sets, standees and 250-plus artworks

From the Hong Kong and KL legs, the shape of it is clear enough. Zones recreate palace and pleasure district scenes at full scale with video content layered in, character costumes go on display, and there’s a behind-the-scenes area on how the anime was made. Autographed memorabilia from original novel author Natsu Hyuuga and members of the voice cast has featured on previous stops.

Life-size character standees of Maomao, Jinshi and Gaoshun arranged around a recreated wooden desk set from The Apothecary Diaries
Image courtesy of INCUBASE Studio — from the exhibition’s Hong Kong run

Interactive bits have travelled with it too — a “find the hidden Maomao” hunt for eight mini figures scattered through the exhibition, a photo sticker booth, and location-exclusive photo zones. The KL run added a poison-tasting scene at the Garden Party and a Go challenge. Which of these make the Singapore cut hasn’t been confirmed, so treat the specifics as likely rather than guaranteed.

A wall of framed original sketches and signed shikishi boards beside illuminated key visual panels at The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition
Image courtesy of INCUBASE Studio — from the exhibition’s Hong Kong run

There’s a merchandise shop at the end, which on previous legs carried acrylic stands, keychains, metal bookmarks, clear files and character goods. If you’ve done a licensed anime exhibition in Singapore before, you know the shop is where the damage happens.

Merchandise display at The Apothecary Diaries Exhibition including metal bookmarks with tassels, a printed clear file and character goods
Image courtesy of INCUBASE Studio — from the exhibition’s Hong Kong run

Tickets and prices in SGD

Tickets are on sale now through Fever at early-bird rates. Prices at the time of writing:

  • Adult (13+): S$28
  • Child (3–12): S$25
  • VIP (adult or child): S$63 — includes two metal bookmarks and a S$10 merchandise voucher
  • Bundle of 3: S$73 — up to two adults and one child, or one adult and two children
  • Bundle of 4: S$96 — various adult/child splits

The catch: Fever adds a booking surcharge of around S$2.10 per ticket at checkout, so the S$28 adult ticket lands closer to S$30. Every ticket tier includes a complimentary clear character card.

Mark your calendar: book before 30 August and you get a free random clear character card on top. That’s a little over two weeks from now, so if you were going anyway, going early costs you nothing.

Children under 2 enter free, and anyone 12 and under needs an adult with them. The venue is accessible. Group bookings of 30 or more go through Sliding Doors Entertainment at enquiry@slidingdoorsentertainment.com.

Getting to Fever Exhibition Hall

Fever Exhibition Hall sits at 25 Scotts Road, Singapore 228220 — the old T Galleria by DFS space, about a five-minute walk from Orchard MRT up Scotts Road. It’s the same 1,300 sqm venue that has hosted The Art of Banksy and the Portals sci-fi experience since opening in 2025.

Exhibition hours are 10am to 8pm daily, with last entry at 7pm. Given the 55-minute run time and the no-re-entry rule, a 7pm slot is cutting it fine if you want time in the merch shop.

Season 3 lands right in the middle of the run

The timing here is not an accident. Season 3 premieres in October 2026 for its first cour, with the second cour following in April 2027, and an original anime film written by Natsu Hyuuga opens in Japanese cinemas in December. The exhibition opens on 30 September — days before the new season starts.

【薬屋のひとりごと】2周年記念PV — via TOHO animation チャンネル on YouTube (Japanese)

If you’re coming in cold, both existing seasons stream on Netflix Singapore with English subtitles — the series is one of the titles Netflix licensed for select Asian territories, Singapore included, rather than the Crunchyroll-everywhere-else arrangement. One thing for parents to note: Netflix Singapore rates the series NC16, even though the exhibition sells child tickets from age 3. The show deals in poisonings and court politics; the exhibition is a set-and-artwork walkthrough. Judge the two separately.

Should you book?

At S$28 for roughly an hour, this is priced in line with the other licensed anime exhibitions that have passed through Singapore, and cheaper than most Fever Exhibition Hall headliners. The five-week window is short, it closes before the November school holidays start, and the early-bird card disappears on 30 August.

If you’ve watched Maomao poison-test her way through two seasons, the medicine cabinet alone is probably worth the ticket. We’ll update this post when the Singapore-specific zone list and merch lineup are confirmed — until then, keep an eye on our event coverage and anime and manga sections.

Manga Anime

Kaiju No. 8 Spin-off ‘Narumi’s Week at Work’ Premieres 5 September — First PV Out Now

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Fans of Kaiju No. 8 are getting a bonus treat this autumn. A brand-new spin-off anime following everyone’s reluctant Section 3 captain, Gen Narumi, has been officially confirmed — and it’s coming soon. 鳴海の平日 / Narumi’s Week at Work premieres on 5 September 2026, and the first PV just dropped.

From the looks of it, this spin-off leans hard into the comedy side of Narumi’s character — think bureaucratic headaches, questionable delegation, and the kind of low-key disasters that only happen when you’re the strongest fighter in the Defence Force but absolutely hopeless at desk work.

Kaiju No. 8 Narumi's Week at Work official poster
Official poster for 鳴海の平日 / Narumi’s Week at Work, premiering 5 September 2026.

The announcement PV dropped on 5 August from TOHO Animation’s official YouTube channel, giving us our first proper look at the spin-off’s tone and style. It captures Narumi’s chaotic energy perfectly while cranking the office comedy up to eleven.

Gen Narumi action pose from Kaiju No. 8
Gen Narumi’s signature pink/purple lightning — his power-set isn’t going anywhere, even in a comedy spin-off.

Don’t let the comedic premise fool you. Narumi is still every bit the powerhouse we know from the main series — the action visual confirms his signature pink/purple lightning aesthetic is fully intact. Even a spin-off about Monday morning meetings isn’t walking away from the action entirely.

Gen Narumi slacking surrounded by YAMAZON delivery boxes
Narumi in his natural habitat: surrounded by YAMAZON boxes and very much not doing his job.

And then there’s this — Narumi surrounded by YAMAZON delivery boxes, clearly getting nothing done. This is the exact energy the show is going for, and we are absolutely here for it.

Where to Watch in Singapore

鳴海の平日 / Narumi’s Week at Work will be streaming from 5 September 2026 on TOHO Animation’s official YouTube channel — which means it’s free and accessible globally, Singapore and Southeast Asia very much included. No subscription needed.

Crunchyroll will carry the series for viewers in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS regions. For everyone else in the region, TOHO Animation’s YouTube channel is the place to be on 5 September.

With the main Kaiju No. 8 series still in full swing, this spin-off is the perfect way to get a little more Narumi content between the big battles. 5 September — mark it.

Manga Anime

My Hero Academia: I Am a Hero Too Is Now Streaming — Eri’s Story Continues on Crunchyroll

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The wait for one final piece of My Hero Academia anime is over. Studio BONES’s 6-minute anniversary short I Am a Hero Too began streaming on Crunchyroll from 2 August 2026 — and it completes the anime’s adaptation of every page Kohei Horikoshi ever drew for the franchise.

What Is ‘I Am a Hero Too’?

The short adapts the five-page one-shot Horikoshi drew for the official fan book My Hero Academia: Ultra Age, released in December 2024 after the manga’s conclusion in Weekly Shonen Jump. Ultra Age served as the series’ formal goodbye, and this animated version gives that farewell the Studio BONES treatment fans have been hoping for since the main anime wrapped on 13 December 2025.

The production team behind the main series returns: screenplay by Yosuke Kuroda, storyboard by Naomi Nakayama, direction by Tomo Okubo, and animation direction by Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima. The dub cast reprises their roles, with Justin Briner as Deku, Christopher Sabat as All Might, Clifford Chapin as Bakugo, and David Matranga as Todoroki.

My Hero Academia 10th anniversary Trailer — via Crunchyroll on YouTube

Eri’s New Chapter: What Happens in the Short

All Might, Eraser Head, Present Mic and Eri at U.A. High School in the I Am a Hero Too short
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation / BONES

Years have passed since the final battle. Eri is now a high school student — and she wants to become a musician. Inspired by Class 1-A’s legendary School Festival performance (the one where Kyoka Jiro first sang “Hero too”), Eri has been working toward her own first street live performance, coming up that weekend. She stops by U.A. to see the teachers who helped save her, running into All Might, Eraser Head, and Present Mic — but there’s one person she especially hopes to find: Deku, now working as a teacher at the school.

The short is deliberately brief — a quiet, warm coda rather than a grand finale — but it lands as the proper goodbye to the series that the main anime’s epilogue set up. No new conflicts, no world-ending threats: just Eri growing up in the world that Deku and everyone else fought to protect.

The Song: Eri Covers ‘Hero Too’ on the 10th Anniversary

Eri singing into a microphone with a guitar at her street performance in I Am a Hero Too
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation / BONES

Tied to the short is the release of Hero too —10th Anniversary ver.—, a new recording of the iconic song now performed by the character Eri, with vocals by singer Myka Morton. The original “Hero too” was performed by Kyoka Jiro at U.A.’s School Festival in Season 4, written as an in-universe moment that became one of the most beloved scenes in the entire anime. This anniversary cover shifts the perspective — it is Eri singing the song that once inspired her — and the acoustic arrangement gives it a gentler, more emotional tone. It is now available on major music streaming platforms.

Creator Kohei Horikoshi also released a new illustration featuring the full main cast to mark the short’s debut, as part of the ongoing 10th anniversary celebration of the anime’s April 2016 premiere.

How to Watch in Singapore

Crunchyroll carries the short in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, with both Japanese audio and English dub available. It also streams on Netflix and Prime Video. If you have a subscription to any of those three platforms, you can watch it right now — and at six minutes, there is genuinely no excuse not to.

For more anime news and streaming guides, check out our Manga & Anime coverage.

Manga Anime

TOHO Animation Announces Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san TV Anime — Passione Brings the Gourmet Gag Manga to Life

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TOHO Animation had the internet guessing for 24 hours with a teaser that simply read: “Food terror is coming.” The answer arrived late on August 4 in Japan — and it turned out to be a gag comedy about a woman who cannot stop thinking about food. Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san is getting a TV anime adaptation, produced by TOHO Animation and animated by studio Passione.

Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san — official TV anime key visual
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation / Hakusensha

What Is Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san?

The manga launched in May 2024 across Hakusensha’s Young Animal Zero magazine and the Young Animal Web platform, written and drawn by Kamome Maruyono. The premise is a gourmet gag comedy: Mochizuki is a character defined entirely by a relentless, all-consuming craving for food — dokagui meaning “binge eating” or eating with reckless abandon. Every chapter follows Mochizuki’s single-minded pursuit of the next meal, played for laughs with a warm, slice-of-life energy.

The manga has built a quietly devoted readership since its debut: it was nominated for the prestigious Manga Taisho award in 2025 and cracked the top 20 of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2026 ranking in the male readers category — strong company for a series that was only two years old at the time.

Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san — manga volume 1 cover
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation / Hakusensha

TOHO Animation and Studio Passione

The production carries the full weight of the TOHO Animation label — the house responsible for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Jujutsu Kaisen, SPY x FAMILY, My Hero Academia, and Kaiju No. 8. When TOHO backs a title, it tends to reach audiences worldwide. Animation production is in the hands of Passione, best known in Singapore for the emotionally charged O Maidens in Your Savage Season and the boldly stylised Citrus. It is an interesting pairing: a studio whose work skews dramatic and character-led applied to material that is fundamentally comedic and food-obsessed.

ドカ食いダイスキ！もちづきさん TVアニメ製作決定！ — via TOHO animation チャンネル on YouTube

What We Know (and What Is Still TBA)

The announcement confirmed the title, studio, and production house. A premiere date and streaming platform have not yet been revealed. TOHO Animation typically announces simulcast partners closer to broadcast, so Singapore fans should watch this space — based on the studio’s track record, a Crunchyroll or Netflix simulcast is the most likely outcome, though nothing has been confirmed at time of writing.

The “food terror” tease TOHO ran on August 3–4 — hinting at imagery of yakisoba, spaghetti, and karaage — was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Mochizuki’s world-ending appetite rather than anything gothic or frightening. In hindsight it fits the series’s humour perfectly.

Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san — manga volume 2 cover
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation / Hakusensha

Food anime has a strong track record with Singapore audiences — from Food Wars! to Dungeon Meshi, the genre consistently draws in viewers who might not otherwise follow a simulcast. Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san leans harder into comedy than most of its peers, which should give it a broad appeal. We will update this post with an air date and streaming details as soon as they are announced.

For more anime announcements, keep an eye on our manga and anime coverage.

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The Apothecary Diaries Movie Opens in Japan 11 December

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Maomao is heading to the big screen. Gekijōban Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Bōhi no Hihō — The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress’ Treasure — opens in Japanese cinemas on 11 December 2026, marking the first theatrical film for one of Crunchyroll’s most-watched anime franchises of recent years.

劇場版 薬屋のひとりごと 亡妃の秘宝 予告｜2026年12月11日（金）公開 — via TOHO animation チャンネル on YouTube

Maomao’s Next Case: Treasure, Pirates, and an Imperial Secret

The film sends Maomao and Jinshi far outside the palace on a grim errand: escort the remains of a concubine — dead five years — back to her homeland. The mission turns dangerous fast. They encounter pirates, hidden treasure, and a mysterious boy named Mu Qing who holds the key to the dead woman’s secrets. It is a self-contained story set between the events of Seasons 2 and 3, corresponding roughly to volume 4.5 of the original light novel series.

The Apothecary Diaries Movie character visuals — Maomao and Jinshi
Image courtesy of Toho Animation

New Character, Familiar Voices

The main cast returns: Aoi Yūki reprises Maomao and Takeo Ōtsuka is back as Jinshi. The film’s new face is Mu Qing, voiced by Mariya Ise — whose extensive CV includes Killua in Hunter x Hunter, Ray in The Promised Neverland, and Himeno in Chainsaw Man. Mu Qing is the mysterious boy at the centre of the film’s mystery, and his connection to the deceased consort is the thread Maomao has to unravel.

Mu Qing character visual and voice actress Mariya Ise for The Apothecary Diaries Movie
Image courtesy of Toho Animation

An Original Story, Written by the Author Herself

The screenplay is a fully original work by Hyūganatsu, the author of the Apothecary Diaries light novels — not an adaptation of an existing arc, but a story she describes as “more like the first draft of the novel.” Production is by the same team at Toho Animation STUDIO and OLM who built the television series. With Season 3 Part 1 confirmed for October 2026 and Part 2 in April 2027 — both expected on Crunchyroll — the film slots into the gap and gives fans an extra chapter while they wait for the next arc.

Japan Premiere on 11 December — International Window TBA

The premiere is Japan-only for now, with no international theatrical or streaming date announced. Both previous seasons of The Apothecary Diaries were available on Crunchyroll in Singapore, so a streaming release overseas is plausible — though Toho Animation has not set a timeline. For now, Season 3 Part 1 on Crunchyroll this October is the next guaranteed fix for Singapore fans. Stay tuned for updates as they come, and browse our anime and manga coverage for more on what is streaming this season.

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The Apothecary Diaries Movie Opens December 11 — Original Story and First Trailer Revealed

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The Apothecary Diaries is heading to cinemas. Japan gets the franchise’s first theatrical film on December 11, 2026 — the full title was confirmed today alongside a teaser trailer and the news that this is an entirely original story by the light novel’s own author.

The Apothecary Diaries movie scene showing Maomao and Jinshi travelling to the southern water city
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation

What the Apothecary Diaries Movie Is About

The film’s full title is Gekijouban Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Boki no Hihou (劇場版 薬屋のひとりごと 亡妃の秘宝) — The Apothecary Diaries: The Secret Treasure of the Deceased Consort. Unlike many anime films that adapt an existing arc, this one is an original story conceived by the franchise’s own light novel author, Natsu Hyuga.

The plot follows Maomao and Jinshi as they travel south to return the remains of a concubine who died in the imperial palace five years earlier to her homeland. They arrive in Minanzhou (未南州), a lively water city, and find themselves tangled up in secrets surrounding the consort’s preserved body, a hidden treasure buried somewhere in the city’s waterways, and a band of water pirates who are very much part of the story. The announcement tagline promises this is the series’ largest mystery yet.

The Apothecary Diaries: Season 3 & Movie Production Announcement — via TOHO animation チャンネル on YouTube (Japanese)

New Character: Muqing, Voiced by Mariya Ise

Aoi Yuki (Maomao) and Takeo Otsuka (Jinshi) both return in their lead roles. Joining them is a new character: Muqing (沐清), a young boy described as holding the key to the mystery at the heart of the film. He is voiced by Mariya Ise, a veteran anime voice actress well known among Singapore fans for her roles as Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter and Levy McGarden in Fairy Tail. Muqing appears closely tied to the deceased consort’s clan, and the announcement suggests his backstory drives much of the film’s second half.

Muqing character visual from The Apothecary Diaries movie — voiced by Mariya Ise
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation

Director and Creative Team

Norihiro Naganuma — who directed Season 1 and served as chief director on Season 2 — returns to helm the film. That continuity is reassuring. Naganuma has a clear feel for the show’s pacing and its particular blend of sharp comedy, slow-burn mystery and political tension. With the story also penned by Natsu Hyuga herself, this is as canonical as a theatrical film can get.

Scene from The Apothecary Diaries movie set in the water city of Minanzhou
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation

Season 3 Is Also Coming — October 2026

The movie is not the only thing on the horizon. The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 is confirmed for October 2026, running in two cours (October 2026 and April 2027), with Akinori Fudesaka directing. The story moves beyond the inner palace and broadens into a wider world — early teasers hint at national upheaval and a mysterious shrine maiden. For Singapore fans who followed Seasons 1 and 2 on Crunchyroll, the franchise’s second half of 2026 is shaping up to be very full.

The Apothecary Diaries movie promotional still
Image courtesy of TOHO Animation

When Can Singapore Watch the Movie?

December 11 is for Japanese cinemas only at this stage. No international theatrical run or streaming date has been announced for Southeast Asia. Both seasons of the TV series are available on Crunchyroll, so a streaming window for the film eventually seems likely — but nothing is confirmed yet. We will update this post as details emerge. In the meantime, browse all our anime and manga coverage on GameTrader for more updates from the season ahead.