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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part VIII)

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 works!)

Aki Kondō (Rilakkuma)

Junko Takeuchi (Voice Actress - Naruto's Naruto, Hunter X Hunter's Gon)

Junko Takeuchi is well known for her love of cats. She posted this image, saying "This is my Santa. [It] got tired and went to sleep."

No. 6

The official website for the No. 6 anime posted a Christmas-themed wallpaper that will be available until January 22.

Riko Korie (Tsuki Tsuki!)

Towa Ōshima (High School Girls/Futago Zaurus)

Oshima posted an image of sisters Yuma and Momoka Suzuki from her High School Girls manga, noting that she was sorry the image wasn't a wallpaper size.

There are many more anime/manga/game 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). Merry Christmas!

Thanks to glitteringloke for the Junko Takeuchi tip.

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