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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part XV)

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:

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Atsuya Uki

Thanks to Sam Murai for the tip!

Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%

For one day only on Christmas, 14 aspiring idol characters of the game and anime sent Tweets from their own s.

kotamaru.

Viz Media

The message in Japanese says "Please continue to us in 2013 as well."

Yomiuri Tecasting Corporation (YTV)

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.filmscomplets.org). Here was last year's roundup. Merry Christmas!