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

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!

Minamo Minamori (Waratte! Sotomura-san)

Minato Soft

Happy New Year
Please continue to give Minato Carinval your this year!
Thanks to Vio Deni for the tip!

Mazinger Z robot's hovercraft]
I ask for your continued this year ZETTO!"
On Twitter: "Happy New Year, Snake.
Please continue to my work this year. I will be on the Kids Station show AniPara Ongakukan today."

MAOYU)

Mizutama posted an image of New Year's and holiday postcards. The pack will contain six images. (Japan only)

Masakazu Ogawa)"

Shōko Nakagawa

Please continue to my work this year!!!!!!!!!!

Parfait Tic!)

Nanaji thanked fans for the in 2012 and asked for their continued next year.

Facebook page this year! We will do our best to give all of you the latest game info, so please keep on giving us your 'Likes' and comments this year."

Kage Muchahime, Mē Tantei Fuwaro)

Nekomonogatari (Black)

[Via Yaraon!]

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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