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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part XIII)

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:

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Io Sakisaka (Strobe Edge, Ao Haru Ride)

Via Shojo Beat

Kanoko Sakurakoji (Black Bird)

Via Shojo Beat

Reiko Terashima (Ai no Wakakusayama Monogatari)

Tiger & Bunny

The staff and cast held a live streamed "Tiger & Bunny The Xmas" event on Christmas evening. Original character designer Masakazu Katsura presented the rough draft for the illustration he is drawing for the limited first edition of the Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning film on Blu-ray and DVD.

Yana Toboso (Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler)

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!