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Happy New Year from the Anime World 2018!

posted on by Lynzee Loveridge

New Year's is the most important holiday in Japan, with families gathering to share big feasts and visit their local temple. New Year's cards (nengajō) are often sent to friends, family and acquaintances. Figures from the anime, manga and video game fields draw their own (usually featuring their own characters) and share them with the rest of us online. Here, then, is ANN's annual New Year's greetings round-up. As 2018 is the Year of the Dog according to the Chinese zodiac, many of the greetings feature puppers and good boys.

We'll have more greetings posted soon!

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.

Masahiro Anbe (Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyū-Bu, Squid Girl)

Animation Do (Free!)



Kohei Ashiya (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure animation director)



Atlus

Barakamon/Handa-kun



ClassicaLoid

[Link]

Etotama

feel.

Frame Arms Girl

Takuya Fujima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid)

Studio Ghibli

Illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki [Link]

Studio Ghibli Museum

Illustrated by Goro Miyazaki [Link]

Gust

Hanayamata

Harikamo (Urara Maze Town Book)



Rin Hitotose (Lady's Maid)

Is the order a rabbit?

Masakazu Ishiguro (And Yet the Town Moves)

Kase-san and Morning Glories

Kazue Katō (Blue Exorcist)

Kemono Friends Pavilion

Kingdom Hearts

Kirara Fantasia

Gen Kobayashi (Square Enix art director)

Satoshi Koike (animator)

Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid creator)

Chūya Koyama (Space Brothers)

Shinichi Kurita (animator)

Shinya Kusumegi (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 animator)

Kyoto Animation

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me

Love Live!

[Link]

Shinov Mimori (Thunderbolt Fantasy character designer)

Mobius Final Fantasy

Mr. Osomatsu

[Link]

Kinriki Mantou (Space Dandy designer)

Nitroplus

Yui Ogura (voice actress)

Natsume Ono (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.)

Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail)

Mob Psycho 100

Hiroki Mutaguchi (BB Senshi Sangokuden illustrator, Gundam Build Fighters animator)

New Game!!

Persona 5

PlayStation Japan

Koushi Rikudou (Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn)

Rokuhōdō Yotsuiro Biyori

Tsukasa Saimura (Igai: The Play Dead/Alive, Tokyo Undead)

School Girl Strikers

Kouji Seo (Fūka)

Eiichi Shimizu x Tomohiro Shimoguchi (Ultraman manga)

Starmyu

Sunrise

[Link]

Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online

Junichiro Taniguchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica chief animation director)

Tatsunoko Pro

Shōtarō Tokunō (New Game!)

A Town Where You Live

Santa Tsuji (Super Sonico)

Ukami (Gabriel Dropout)

Violet Evergarden

Wake Up, Girls!

[Link]

Satomi Watabe (Aikatsu animation director)

Wixoss

XBox Japan

Kouji Yokoi (SD Gundam original character design)

Kenichi Yoshida (Eureka Seven character designer)

Miki Yoshikawa (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches)

Yuyushiki

ZEXCS

Z/X

This article has a follow-up: Happy New Year from the Anime World 2018! - Part II (2018-01-01 03:00)
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