BLEACH × LAM pop-ups

BLEACH and illustrator LAM are taking their collaboration on the road, with a Japan pop-up run opening in Tokyo on April 24 and carrying into June. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) The official event site lists three stops: SHIBUYA SACS in Tokyo from April 24 to April 26, i GALLERY OSAKA from May 1 to May 10, and AMU EST 1F POP UP STAGE in Fukuoka from May 29 to June 7. Admission is free at all three venues, with crowd-control entry limits possible and a 5 p.m. close on the final day of each stop. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) The pop-up centers on newly drawn LAM illustrations and a merch line built around them. The official site shows acrylic stands, acrylic blocks, clear files, T-shirts, illustration cards and sticker sets, and it includes an online shop link for mail-order sales. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) BLEACH is heading into its last anime stretch in July 2026, which gives the collaboration a clear release window. The official anime site says the final arc of *BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War* premieres in July, and the event site identifies that final cour as *Kashintan*. (bleach-anime.com) (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) The collaboration also pairs BLEACH with an illustrator who has become a recognizable name outside manga fandom. LAM’s official site describes him as an illustrator, and Anime Expo’s guest page says he is known for character design, visual work and book illustration, including *takt op.* and Hatsune Miku’s “Magical Mirai 2023” main visual. (lam-illust.com) (anime-expo.org) The official event site frames the partnership as personal as well as commercial. It says BLEACH has sold more than 130 million copies worldwide, ran for more than 360 television episodes and four feature films, and notes that the 2022 anime revival adapted the series’ final manga arc. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) A Kubo Tite fan-club tie-in landed the day before the Tokyo opening. Kubo’s official fan-club site remains active in 2026, and a staff post highlighted a BLEACH × LAM interview project released on April 23 to mark the pop-up launch. (klub-outside.com) (blog.esuteru.com) The character lineup signals that this is not a single-poster collaboration built only around Ichigo Kurosaki. Coverage based on the official materials says the new LAM art also features Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Riruka Dokugamine, Yoruichi Shihouin and Soi Fon. (animecorner.me) So the near-term schedule is simple: Tokyo opens Friday, Osaka follows a week later, and Fukuoka closes the run in early June. By then, BLEACH will be a month away from its July 2026 final cour. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) (bleach-anime.com)