Weekly Shonen Jump, a weekly manga magazine that serialises popular series like One Piece and My Hero Academia, is teaming up with McDonald's to hold two collaborations that will run from August 28 to September 9. The first is getting your hands on volume 40 of Weekly Shonen Jump which releases on September 3. It comes with a voucher for a free hamburger at McDonald's. Simply present your voucher at any McDonald's branch in Japan by September 9 and tuck in! The second bonus is getting to read a 1,000 page Jump volume for free. Connect to any McDonald's free Wi-Fi with your smartphone or tablet and open the Shonen Jump+ manga magazine app. You can do this right now and it is available until September 9.   Don't miss out on this very special collaboration.    

Escape game creators SCRAP have teamed up with Dragon Ball to bring fans a new collaborative event titled Chikyujin Shometsu Kara no Choudasshutsu ('Escape From Earthling Annihilation'). The event will take place in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Aichi, Fukuoka, Osaka, Okayama and Hokkaido until December 31, 2018. Escape From Earthling Annihilation - PlotThe peace of the earth was snatched away in an instant.The evil emperor Frieza suddenly appeared on the planet.His goal: to acquire perpetual youth and longevity with the Dragon Balls and annihilate earth.Goku―the planet's last resort―his powers too were taken by the Frieza Force.For him to gain his strength back, he must gather all of the Dragon Balls before Frieza.You must help Goku locate the Dragon Balls scattered around town and help maintain earth's peace! An online campaign is also being held in Japanese for participants of the event. You need to post a photo taken of yourself at the event on social media with the relevant hashtag along with your wish. One random person will be selected to have their wish granted. You can write whatever you like in Japanese, such as ○○がほしい ('I want...'), ○○に会いたい ('I want to meet...'), ○○を体験したい ('I want to experience...') etc. Experience Dragon Ball for real as you read in the manga by collecting the Dragon Balls and having your wish granted!    

Popular anime series Grand Blue is teaming up with 46 Shokudo to open a collaborative café called Grand Blue Shokudo themed on the series. The café will open on September 3 and run until October 8.

Food Stall Snacks

Kebako’s Keba Keba Waffle

  The theme of Grand Blue Shokudo is ‘a house by the sea.’ The menu will be packed with themed food and meals including Food Stall Snacks, Ramen, Nanaka & Chisa’s Sisterly Curry, Kebako’s Keba Keba Waffle, and more. For merchandise, they will be selling two sets of pin badges. The café is expected to be bustling with fans, so you must make a reservation in advance. Those who make a reservation will receive an original coaster as a gift. Those who order at the café will receive another coaster selected randomly from a possible 10 designs per order they make.   Enjoy the last summer of Japan’s Heisei Period with the members of Grand Blue!    

The creditless ending video for the latest season of My Hero Academia has been released officially. The ending theme song is titled Long Hope Philia (TV Limited), a specially arranged version of Masaki Suda's new single Long Hope Philia which is included on the limited pressing edition which was released on August 1.   The song will be used as the main theme song for the forthcoming movie My Hero Academia: Two Heroes which will hit Japanese theatres on August 3. It's an acoustic arrangement that has a completely different feel from the original. It garnered much attention from fans who haired the song for the first time in the movie trailer.   The creditless ending video can be viewed on the anime's website and the TOHOanimation YouTube channel. It features series protagonist Deku who is looking out far across the ocean while walking on a sandy beach. The sight of him running with his friends offers a breather from the main show's developing drama.  

Uru will release her new single remember on September 26. The artwork for the single has now been unveiled. This marks the J-pop singer’s first release since her first album Monochrome dropped in December last year. It is also her 6th single to date will serve to decorate the set-list of her second concert.   The single will be used as the main theme song for the upcoming anime film Natsume’s Book of Friends The Movie: Tied to the Temporal World which is based on the manga and anime Natsume’s Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa. remember will be released in two versions: a limited pressing anime edition and regular edition. The anime edition features original artwork of the popular characters of Natsume’s Book of Friends, including the cute Nyanko-sensei from the movie who can divide himself into three cats. Shiori Iwakura, a photographer gaining attention on Instagram, was in charge of the single’s regular edition artwork. The photo evokes the feeling of the end of summer with a beautiful moment caught of the stretching horizon on an ordinary day. It reinforces the images brought to mind by the song even more.   Iwakura also took the most recent artist photo of Uru which was released the other day. It’s a nostalgic portrait that was taken during a photo session in Kagawa Prefecture.   Since her debut, Uru has sung about the workings of the heart like its gentleness and the joy felt in everyday life, as well as the transience of existence. remember covers a variety of feelings including encounters with special people―something that anyone must have experienced―and the sadness and loneliness when separated from them, and the memories of them that continue in your mind when parting from them, which is mixed with emotions like love and warmth, knowing that it isn’t goodbye.   The song shows that Uru has taken a big step forward as both a singer and songwriter.   The single also includes the songs Gomen ne., an upbeat song by Uru, as well as a new recording of her famous cover of Masayoshi Yamazaki’s One more time, One more chance which she uploaded to YouTube before her debut, and a cover of Freesia, the ending theme for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.   The future is looking exciting for Uru as she goes on to grow and expand her musicianship.    

Japanese pop music idol duo ClariS have released a short version of the music video for their new single CheerS which will hit shelves on August 15. The song serves as the ending theme for the popular ongoing anime series Cells at Work! which tells the story of anthropomorphized cells inside a human body, with the main character being a red blood cell.  

  CheerS is the duo's 20th single and their first music video ever to feature both singers at the forefront of the video. Keeping with their characteristic of concealing their identities, both of them don cute masks in the video―something which they do during live performances too. The video stays with the theme which we have seen up to now for the single's artist photo and CD jacket of both of them singing and dancing through the forest like fairies. The short version of the music video doesn't feature the scene of them walking hand-in-hand through the forest which is currently airing on Japanese TV. You'll have to buy the first press limited edition if you want to see it which features the full version on a DVD. CheerS was released for digital download on August 4 ahead of the physical release. Once you've watched the anime and heard the ending theme, be sure to download the single yourself to hear the full thing.