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posted on 2026-01-04 08:30 IST by Ken Iikura-Gross
During New Year's, the Shchi Fukujin, or Seven Lucky Gods, are venerated across Japan. But among those gods, Ebisu, the god of prosperity and wealth in business, gets love from businesses around the country. But that doesn't mean we can't also enjoy the blessings of Benzaiten, the goddess of talent, through the New Year's greetings from our favorite creators and performers:
Rui Araizumi (Slayers illustrator)
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Detective Conan
Image via x.com©青山剛昌久小学館
Dragon Ball
— DRAGON BALL OFFICIAL (@DB_official_en) January 1, 2026Natsuki Hanae
— 花江 夏樹 (@hanae0626) January 1, 2026Happy New Year🎍🌅
I look forward to your continued support this year🙇
I'm relaxing while enjoying some ozoni soup.
HJ Bunko
Image via x.com©HOBBY JAPAN
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Image via x.com©あおのなち・一迅社
Keiko Kurosawa (Assassination Classroom chief animation director)
Image via x.com©Kagome Company
Kyoto Animation
— 京都アニメーション (@kyoani) December 31, 2025Kaki Nagato (Always a Catch)
Image via x.com©ながと牡蠣
Haruhisa Nakata (Night Light Hounds)
Image via x.com©中田春粥
Ai Orikasa
Image via x.com©折笠愛
P.A. Works
Image via Illustration: Tomomi Takada© 2026 P.A.WORKS Co.,Ltd.
Shikidouji (Full Metal Panic!)
本年もよろしくお願いいたします。 pic.twitter.com/kbeH9Wa2zV
— 四季童子 (@shikidoji) December 31, 2025I look forward to your continued support this year.
Solo Leveling
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓!!#俺だけレベルアップな件#SoloLeveling #俺レベ pic.twitter.com/TSsk6myuj1
— アニメ『俺だけレベルアップな件』公式 (@sololeveling_pr) December 31, 2025Kakeru Sora (Whoever Steals This Book)
— 空カケル (@sorakakeru_) January 1, 2026✨🎍Happy New Year!🎍✨
I look forward to you continued support this too😊
Praying for even more excitement for Whoever Steals This Book, you main characters!
I'll give it my all too~!!
Hiroyuki Taiga (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM mechanical design)
Image via x.comMobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM: © 創通・サンライズ
Miina Tominaga
— 冨永みーな (@tominagamiina) January 1, 2026Happy New Year.
I look forward to your continued support this year.
Miina Tominaga
I tried cutting decorative kamaboko fish cakes!🐎
Tamiki Wakaki (Yoshida Lemon Drops)
あけましておめでとうおございます。去年は自発的に20周年やら15周年やら言い出して色々やりましたが、おつきあいしていただいてお礼申し上げます。今年も自発的に21周年とか16周年とか言っていこうかなと思っています。 pic.twitter.com/eB1DkVdM4e
— 若木民喜＠「ヨシダ檸檬ドロップス」「結婚ですか」アニメ4649 (@angelfrench) January 1, 2026Happy New Year. Thank you for sticking with me last year when I declared it my 20th and 15th anniversary and did all sorts of things. This year I'm thinking of declaring my 21st and 16th anniversary too.
Yanbaru (Bijin Onna Jōshi Takizawa-san)
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Yukiwo (Jashin-chan Dropkick)
Image via x.com©ユキヲ
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 XIII (2026-01-04 09:30)
follow-up of Happy New Year From Around the Anime World: Hold Your Horses Part XI
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