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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part XI)

Instead of with family, couples in Japan celebrate Christmas together as one of their most important nights of the year, right alongside Valentine's Day. Here are some of the ways that anime/manga/game fans and professionals have been celebrating Christmas this year:

(Click on the thumbnail images to see the original!)

Retro Studios

Flash e-card
Thanks to Mikael Ohlsson for the tip!

Maaya Sakamoto

Sakamoto notes that she is right in the middle of her nationwide tour in Japan. She will be ringing in the new year with her first countdown live concert.

Senran Kagura

SHAFT

These are actually the illustrations on the Sasami-san@Ganbaranai shopper bag that people will receive if they make a purchase at the Shaft booth at Tokyo's Comic Market event this weekend.
Thanks to Sam Murai for the tip!

Square Enix

Click on the image to see the Hitman-themed video message from Square Enix.

There are many more anime/manga Christmas 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). Here was last year's roundup. Merry Christmas!