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Happy New Year From Around the Anime World: Hold Your Horses Part II

posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Featuring Chainsaw Man, FF14, Sakamoto Days, Kojima Productions, Digimon, World Trigger, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Reborn! & more!

New Years in Japan means it's time to send out nengajō (New Year's greeting postcards) to friends, family, and associates. Often stamped with 賀状新年 (gajō shinnen or greeting in the new year) or 賀状 (gajō or greeting), the postcards are a staple of New Year's. But, with the digital age, those in the anime and manga world can send out their nengajō to all their fans. What sort of greetings do they have for 2026?

Akira Amano (Reborn!)

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©天野明

Arc System Works

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© ARC SYSTEM WORKS © FRENCH-BREAD / ARC SYSTEM WORKS

Chainsaw Man

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©本タツキ

Daemons of the Shadow Realm

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©Hiromu Arakawa/SQUARE ENIX, Project TSUGAI ©Hiromu Arakawa/SQUARE ENIX

Digimon

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©BANDAI ©本郷あきよし・東映アニメーション

Bow Ditama (Kiss x sis)

Happy New Year.
I ate after Comiket ended and passed out in my studio now.
I'm home and quietly making soba noodles by myself.

Final Fantasy XIV

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© SQUARE ENIX

Kojima Productions

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© KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Co., Ltd.

Kyuryu Z (Nights with a Cat)

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©キュルZ

Me & Roboco

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©宮崎周平

Penguin Box (Odekake Kozame)

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©ペンギンボックス

Reborn!

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©︎天野明／集英社・テレビ東京・リボーン製作委員会

Sakamoto Days

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©鈴木祐斗

SNK

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©SNK CORPORATION

Super Sentai

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©テレビ朝日・東映AG・東映 ©石森プロ・東映

Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (Boys Be…)

Happy New Year!🎊㊗️
May you all live in peace, free from injury and illness.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

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©川上泰樹・伏瀬・講談社／転スラ製作委員会 ©柴・伏瀬・講談社／転スラ日記製作委員会

World Trigger

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©葦原大介

Kentarō Yabuki (To Love-Ru)

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©矢吹健太朗

Tōko Yatabe (GeGeGe no Kitarō 2018 opening key animation)

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Did we miss any New Years greetings? Feel free to let us know in our forums or by email!

This article has a follow-up: Happy New Year From Around the Anime World: Hold Your Horses Part III (2026-01-01 08:30)
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