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

posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Featuring SPY×FAMILY, Oshi no Ko, FF16, Blue Archive, BEASTARS, Takopi's Original Sin, Minky Momo, Orange Range, & more!

During the new year, families around Japan enjoy all sorts of games from the badminton-like hanetsuki paddle game and kite-flying to a pin-the-tail-type game called fukuwarai, board games, and karuta cards. See if you can spot some of them in the New Year's greetings below:

Baki

Blue Archive

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© NEXON Games & Yostar

Classroom of the Elite

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©衣笠彰梧・KADOKAWA刊／ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ4製作委員会

Final Fantasy XVI

◤◤◤Happy New Year◢◢◢
Happy New Year!
Thank you for all your support last year. We look forward to your continued support of FF16 in 2026!🔥

Fujiko F. Fujio Museum

Happy New Year!
May you all have a wonderful year!♪
We will be open from Sunday, January 4!
We look forward to your continued support of the Kawasaki Fujiko F. Fujio Museum in 2026!

Paru Itagaki (BEASTARS, SANDA)

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©板垣巴留

Takuji Katō (Mechanical Buddy Universe)

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©加藤拓弍

Koupen-chan

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©るるてあ/TVアニメ『コウペンちゃん』製作委員会

Happy New Year!!
Let's play a lot this year too!!
From Koupen-chan

Magical Princess Minky Momo

🎍Happy New Year 2026🎍
Wishing you all a wonderful year!✨
To celebrate the New Year, we're giving away Minky Momo wallpapers📤
Try them out!🎁

Kenta Miyake

Happy New Year‼️
Thank you for all your support last year‼️
I look forward to your continued support this year‼️
I plan to spend New Year's Day relaxing and reading my bibles‼️

Non

Happy New Year🎍
I received a lot of support and was able to work on a variety of projects last year.
This year, I'm determined to increase my input, and I'm already preparing new work, creative projects, and special events with everyone.
I look forward to your continued support this year🐎 Non

Orange Range

Oshi no Ko



Peanuts

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©PNTS

Pikmin Bloom

Rakuten Panda!

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© Rakuten Group, Inc.

SPY×FAMILY

✨🎍Happy New Year🎍✨
Happy New Year‼️
2026 has arrived!🐴
We look forward to your continued support of SPY×FAMILY this year!🙏🙏

Takopi's Original Sin

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©タイザン5／集英社・「タコピーの原罪」製作委員会

Kyousei Tsukui

The curtain has risen on 2026♡
I saw Kawagoe's first sunrise of the year in photos♪
It was beautiful♡
Yesterday I safely enjoyed my New Year's soba noodles and savored every bite♡
I was in high spirits as I welcomed the New Year and recorded a video♡
This is me now♪
I'll continue sharing my daily life living with ALS♡
Everyone~
I look forward to another great year with you all♪（＾Ｏ＾）

Shoichi Usui (Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi)

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©臼井彰一

I look forward to your continued support of Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi!!!

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 VI (2026-01-02 09:30)
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