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

Buddhist temples around Japan engage in joya no kane (midnight bell ringing) as the new year passes. The 108 bell rings are said to rids the world of Earthly desires. But Earthly or not, those desires persist with our want to see New Year's greetings from around the anime and manga world:

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AGRS

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©2023 AGRS

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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

Courtesy of Kadokawa

©Sunsunsun,Momoco/KADOKAWA/Alya-san Partners2

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Nobuyuki Anzai (Uruha no Sekai de Arisugawa)

— 安西信行 (@anzainobuyuki) January 1, 2026

Happy New Year
“Oops…”

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Keiichi Arawi (Nichijou)

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©あらゐけいいち

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Atlus

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©ATLUS ©SEGA

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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©吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotable

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Haikyu!!

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©2027「ハイキュー！！」製作委員会 ©古舘春一／集英社

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Kaguya-sama: Love is War

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©赤坂アカ／集英社・かぐや様は告らせたい製作委員会

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MAPPA

— MAPPA (@MAPPA_Info) December 31, 2025

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Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail)

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©真島ヒロ

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Naoya Matsumoto (Kaiju No. 8)

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©松本直也

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Kaoru Mori (A Bride's Story)

新年おめでとうございます！🐎
HAPPY NEW YEAR ! pic.twitter.com/ZW7KEQwX7c

— 森薫 Kaoru Mori Art (FAN ACCOUNT) (@KaoruMoriArt) December 31, 2025

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Naruto

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©岸本斉史 スコット／集英社・テレビ東京・ぴえる

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Odekake Kozame

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©ペンギンボックス・KADOKAWA／おでかけ子ザメ

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One-Punch Man

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©ONE・村田雄介／集英社・ヒーロー協会本部

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Sega

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午年！あけましておめでとうございます🐎 pic.twitter.com/AGCEWbIWs3

— セガ公式アカウント🦔 (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) December 31, 2025

Year of the Horse! Happy New Year🐎

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Splatoon

2026年の幕開けだ。
カラフルなインクが弾けるように、みなさまの一年が彩り豊かでありますように。
本年もイカ研究所をよろしくお願いいたします。#スプラトゥーン3 pic.twitter.com/UlT4OxO22u

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) December 31, 2025

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Studio Pierrot

Courtesy of Studio Pierrot

© 2019- Pierrot Co.,Ltd.

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Though I Am an Inept Villainess

— TVアニメ『ふつつかな悪女ではございますが ～雛宮蝶鼠とりかえ伝～』【公式】 (@futsutsuka_PR) January 1, 2026

✨🎍Happy New Year🎍✨
Happy New Year!🐴✨
This month's seasonal visual is “New Year's”🎊
Reirin and Keigetsu playing hanetsuki.
Who will win…⁉️🖌️

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Nobuteru Yūki (Escaflowne character designer)

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©結城信輝

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