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Bleach x LAM Soul Art Showcase Announced

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Bleach x LAM Soul Art Showcase
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Kotowari has announced that it will launch pop-up stores selling merchandise featuring Bleach characters illustrated by LAM in Japan. The project will have the title Bleach x LAM -Soul Art Showcase-, and its items will be available via exclusive physical and online storefronts.

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This collaboration will feature LAM’s illustrations of five Bleach characters; namely Ichigo Kurosaki, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Yoruichi Shihoin, Riruka Dokugamine, and Sui-Feng—The latter of which is also popularly known as Soifon.

Sales of the items will open online via Kotowari’s web store on Friday, April 24, 2026, at 10 AM JST. Prices for the items range from ¥330 (~$2.10) for an illustration card to ¥7,700 (~$48.20) for a T-shirt. The kinds of items sold in this collection will also include badges, stickers, clear files, and acrylic stands and blocks.

Kotowari will also launch temporary physical pop-up stores in three Japanese cities on the following dates:

  1. Tokyo – Shibuya SACS – April 24~26, 2026
  2. Osaka – i Gallery Osaka – May 1~10, 2026
  3. Fukuoka – Amu Est 1F Pop Up Stage – May 29 ~ June 7, 2026

The Bleach x LAM -Soul Art Showcase- stores will also appear to help promote the final season of Bleach: The Thousand Year War – The Calamity anime show. The latter’s broadcast will start in July 2026.

Kite Stenbuck
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Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, Southeast Asia who learned the language mostly by playing Japanese games from the PS1 era. He primarily translates news about Japanese games and anime straight from Japan. After initially starting with a focus on Dynasty Warriors communities from the mid-2000s, he eventually joined Siliconera in 2020. Other than Dynasty Warriors, Kite is also a big fan of Ace Combat and other games featuring mechs, especially Gundam.