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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part VIII)

posted on by Egan Loo
Greetings from Aranzi Aronzo/Vertical, Haganai, Namco Bandai UK, Parfait Tic!'s Nanaji, Nintendo

Instead of with family, couples in Japan celebrate Christmas together as one of their most important nights of the year, right alongside Valentine's Day. Here are some of the ways that anime/manga/game fans and professionals have been celebrating Christmas this year:

(Click on the thumbnail images to see the original!)

Aranzi Aronzo/Vertical



Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)

Illustration by Buriki, originally for February 2013 issue cover of Media Factory's Comic Alive magazine
Image © Yomi Hirasaka/Media Factory

Namco Bandai Games UK



Nagamu Nanaji (Parfait Tic!)



Nintendo

Visit the site for an interactive Flash greeting.

There are many more anime/manga Christmas greetings and messages out there, so if you know of one we've missed, feel free to let us know in our forums or by email (newsroom at animenewsnetwork.com). Here was last year's roundup. Merry Christmas!

This article has a follow-up: Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part IX) (2012-12-25 00:30)
follow-up of Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part VII)
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