It has been announced that the Tanabata Festival 2026, an event for the anime "Monogatari Series," based on the popular novels by Nisio Isin, will be held from July 3rd to 9th. The entrance plaza on the first floor of the North Building of Animate Ikebukuro Main Store (Toshima Ward, Tokyo) will be decorated in the style of the "Monogatari Series," and strips of paper with wishes written by the characters, cast, and staff, as well as standee panels, will be on display.
To commemorate the "Tanabata Festival 2026," a new illustration of Karen Araragi and Tsukihi Araragi in yukata has been released. New merchandise featuring this illustration will be available for purchase.
The "Monogatari Series" is a novel series depicting the dramas of boys and girls, including Koyomi Araragi, and their encounters with supernatural phenomena. The first TV anime series, "Bakemonogatari," aired in 2009, followed by "Nisemonogatari" and "Nekomonogatari (Kuro)" in 2012, "Second Season" in 2013, "Hanamonogatari" and "Tsukimonogatari" in 2014, "Owarimonogatari" in 2015 and 2017, "Koyomimonogatari" in 2018, "Zoku Owarimonogatari" in 2019, and "Off & Monster Season" in 2024. "Kizumonogatari" was released as a three-part theatrical film series in 2016 and 2017.
It has been announced that new episodes of the "Off & Monster Season" are being produced.
