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New Year's Greetings — Anime Style (Part XII)

For generations, people in Japan have celebrated New Year's Day by sending specially designed cards — nengajō — to each other. As part of the tradition, postal workers store all the nengajō that are mailed in the final weeks of the old year, and then deliver every single one on New Year's Day. Many nengajō mark the Chinese Zodiac by depicting the animal of the year. (In 2013, that animal is the snake.) Here are some New Year's greetings from the folks that will be bringing you anime, manga, and games in the new year.

Click on the thumbnail images to see the original greetings!

Leaf

To see the original greeting, click "Yes" on the website linked in the image if you are 18 years or older.

Little Busters!

Ken Akamatsu)

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Love Lab)

Majikoi

Takashi Matsumoto (Yasaihata de Tsukamaete)

Kyo Kara Maoh!)

Thanks to glitteringloke for the news tip.

Max Factory

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Saiyuki)

There are many more anime/manga/game nengajō 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). Akemashite Omedetō Gozaimasu!

(Here are 2012's greetings!)

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