Yuzuru Hanyu

[TallyT]

So it turns out that - as many fans suspected - the hands were in fact Yuzuru's hands and it was in fact an early hint at a great collaboration which has just been announced between Yuzuru and AU, 2nd largest Japanese ITC operators.

The message then said:
Taking a Step Toward the Next Stage [emoticons of skates and snow ]
The 5th Year's Challenge, Together with au".

Now they have announced their new collab called The Hanew Experience. What a wonderful wordplay, wow!
Details will be revealed later, nobody knows what to expect, but .. both the name and the visual disclosed so far are just ... awesome!!!

Oh wow!!! This looks so exciting - and the sheer contrast between this and the Disney pictures (and all the calendars coming out) again shows his range and the sheer breadth of his personality that shows through... this is fierce and beautiful (and I am clearly not the only one who thinks so, over 570K views so far

And yes, fanart is already coming out

 

[TallyT]

A post about the calendar photos for the last three years...

 

[Magill]

An English-language article on the epic Yuzu-Disney-Winnie the Pooh collaboration from SoraNews24 !

It is worth noting here that the announced campaign as well as the first set of book-Pooh in Seimei and Chopin costumes - posters have been all around the Japanese media, and received more than enthusiastically,

https://soranews24.com/2026/08/12/j...-the-pooh-announce-crossover-merch-line-pics/