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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part I)

posted on by Egan Loo
Greetings, stories from Aki Toyosaki

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:

Haru-chan

cosplay outfit in the spirit of the season.



Reinō Tantei Miko )

Manga creator Juichi Iogi wishes everyone a "Merry Christmas♪"

7th Dragon 2020.

Yuruyuri manga creator Namori wishes everyone a "Yuri Christmas!"

Meanwhile, one Yuruyuri fan described the cake he made as a "big failure":

Twitter that his girlfriend visited him and gave him a Christmas present (a cardigan sweater).

After many sites posted articles about Yamaguchi's Christmas Eve message, Yamaguchi asked why the sites focused their coverage on just the fact that he has a girlfriend at all.

[Via Ken Akamatsu, My Game News Flash (link 2), Moe Ota-News Sokuhō, Jam Guru]

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This article has a follow-up: Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part II) (2011-12-25 00:00)
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