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Valentine's Day Greetings — Anime Style (Part II)
posted on by Egan Loo
Greetings from FFXI, Girls & Panzer, Fate/stay night, Kamisama Kiss, Haganai, Ixion Saga DT, Takuya Fujima, Aya Hirakawa, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Lilacsoft
In Japan, it's customary for women to give chocolates to men on Valentine's Day, and men return the favor on White Day (March 14). Below are some images that anime and manga fans — both women and men — across Japan and overseas have posted to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Fate/stay night Cafe
The ufotable Café is holding a Valentine's Day event from February 14 to February 19 with limited-time chocolate sweets, chocolate drinks, and original illustration cards for diners.
Final Fantasy XI
Illustration by Mitsuhiro Arita
Takuya Fujima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes)
Girls und Panzer
Various Akihabara stores are giving away chocolate-themed cards on February 14 as part of their "Girls und Panzer Valentine Carnival."
Haganai
Aya Hirakawa (Kunisaki Izumo no Jijō)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (Animation Director, His and Her Circumstances)
Ixion Saga DT
[This "Happy Valentine's Day" entry has been restored to the website after being removed.]
Kamisama Kiss
Lilacsoft
Image NSFWThere are many more anime/manga/game Valentine's Day 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.com). Happy Valentine's Day!
Update: Ixion Saga DT's "Happy Valentine's Day" entry has been restored to the website after being removed.
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