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Happy New Year, manga fans: Artists share their one-of-a-kind New Year’s cards on Twitter

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Meeeeh! Baaah!  In Japan, it’s tradition to send friends and family New Year’s postcards called nengajo, thanking them for everything from the year before and wishing them well in the year to come. The cards often feature the animal of the new year’s zodiac; if you haven’t guessed yet, 2015 is the Year of the Sheep.

While usually sent in the mail, with the onset of the digital age, many people are turning to the non-traditional medium of social networking to deliver their nengajo. This year, some ever-creative manga artists took to Twitter to share their hand-drawn New Year’s greetings with fans around the world. Join us after the jump for a look at the best.

▼ Artist Ume Aoki (author of Nekoneko Soft and character designer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica), apologizes for her improvised message, in addition to her greeting.

あけましておめでとうございます。今年もどうぞよろしくお願いします！！！！！！
即席絵ですみません…　仕事納めがまだなもので…すみません… pic.twitter.com/32CbHLf2dG

— 蒼樹うめ (@umeaoki) December 31, 2014

▼ Koge-Donbo‘s drawing features a cute sheep-girl, similar to her Di Gi Charat cat-girl characters. She wishes everyone a Happy New Year and hopes she’ll get more work done this year.

https://twitter.com/koge_dobo/status/550306003938328578

▼Masakazu Ishiguro, creator of And Yet the Town Moves, explains that his cute girl-in-sheeps-clothing is making a peace sign to imitate sheep hooves! Creative!

明けましておめでとうございます。
今年も宜しくお願いします。
なんでピースしてるかというと、羊の蹄がチョキだから。 pic.twitter.com/0vPop37fvp

— 石黒正数 (@masakazuishi) December 31, 2014

▼ The Omuro Family, from artist Namori‘s manga Yuru Yuri and Omuroke, wish you a Happy New Year while pounding mochi rice-cakes, another Japanese New Year’s tradition.

あけましておめでとうございます！！2015年も、ゆるゆり＆大室家をよろしくおねがいいたしますーー♪ pic.twitter.com/TDcQQ8vYIk

— なもり🐰 (@_namori_) December 31, 2014

▼ Midori Hagi, illustrator of Hajimete no Senshado – WoT for Beginners, drew the tank driving girls of Girls und Panzer on her nengajo.

あけましておめでとうございます。去年はウォーゲーミングジャパン様と
ガルパンには大変お世話になりました。
今年もよろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/tgbfjTBdyc

— 葉来緑@『お人好し職人のぶらり異世界旅』５巻発売中！ (@hagimidori) December 31, 2014

▼ Masahiro Anbe, turned his famous Squid Girl into a cute sheep girl for 2015.

今年もよろしくお願いします！ pic.twitter.com/FmmOHx4mpc

— 安部真弘＠ふし研⑱発売中 (@masahiro_lemon) December 31, 2014

▼ Famous in the 80s and 90s, Mutsumi Hagiiwa wishes her devoted fans a Happy New Year with cute characters in traditional Japanese garb.

明けましておめでとうございます。
今年もよろしくお願いいたします。 pic.twitter.com/kvDmJYsc8j

— 萩岩睦美 (@hagiiwa) December 31, 2014

▼ Hatsume-chan and her robot Hako offer you and artist Daioki‘s other characters some New Year’s mochi.

よろしく pic.twitter.com/YiDUyIBSrk

— 大沖 (@daioki) December 31, 2014

▼ Tsubana, artist of Dainana Joshikai Houkou, made a card that is simple, but cute!

あっ！　明けてた！　今年もよろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/O1TISd8hvP

— つばな (@tsubanan) December 31, 2014

▼ Hentai manga artist, Keishu Ando, doesn’t stray from his explicit style when wishing you well for the new year.

あけましておめでとうございます！素敵な年になりますように！ pic.twitter.com/DgvfljvAF3

— あんど慶周 (@and_k_dna) December 31, 2014

▼The very accomplished all-female manga artist group Clamp have a variety of their characters celebrating the New Year on their card. (Notice the sheep clouds!)

２０１５年、あけましておめでとうございます！！
今年もどうぞ、CLAMPをよろしくお願い致します。

新しい一年が皆様にとって、素晴らしい年になりますように！ pic.twitter.com/Z4hgWuFqGC

— CLAMP公式 (@CLAMP_news) December 31, 2014

▼ Famed artist Hiro Mashima‘s Fairy Tail character, Happy, looks so cute in a sheep outfit!

A HAPPY NEW YEAR! pic.twitter.com/jAR587aMEc

— 真島ヒロ (@hiro_mashima) December 31, 2014

▼ Akizuki Ryo, artist of Stellvia and the Universe and the currently running Kill la Kill, drew an extremely cute card that features sheep carrying a grill, cooking up some yaki-mochi (grilled rice-cakes).

あけましておめでとうございます。
今年もよろしくお願いしまーす。 pic.twitter.com/vNe0BhuvfO

— あきづきりょう (@akizuki072) December 31, 2014

▼ Known for her manga Thermae Romae, Mari Yamazaki brings you an ancient Rome-esque sheep and gives her greetings in Latin.

https://twitter.com/Thermari/status/550329458779906048

▼ Kenichi Yoshida, animator for Gundam Reconguista in G (G-Reco), wanted to share his New Year’s Eve meal of soba with his fans.

あけましておめでとうございます(^o^)
今年もGレコをよろしくお願いします。
年越しそば食いました。 pic.twitter.com/bTPndVzLou

— 吉田健一 (@gallo44_yoshida) December 31, 2014

▼ Jiro Taniguchi‘s Sakura, from currently running Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, wishes you a Happy New Year with her sheep friend.

遅れた！明けましておめでとうございます！今年もご愛顧のほどよろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/IDlhkQ3hyO

— 谷口淳一郎【谷口淳一郎アニメーション画集アニメスタイルONLINE SHOPで発売中】 (@syaorin_2009) December 31, 2014

▼A decked-out Suzuka Ashina, from the manga Suzuka, stars in Kouji Seo‘s nengajo.

あけましておめでとうございます。 pic.twitter.com/2fBM7Ae4W6

— 瀬尾公治 (@seokouji) December 31, 2014

▼Miki Yoshikawa‘s card features her characters from both Yamada and the Seven Witches and Yankee-kun to Megane-chan.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! pic.twitter.com/Ro3u6QBbzy

— 吉河美希 (@YoshikawaMiki) December 31, 2014

▼Akira Sugito uses his main star Mizuki from Boku Girl, to give his fans a short-skirted New Year’s greeting.

明けましておめでとうございます。みなさんのおかげでボクガールも無事に一年迎える事が出来ました。今年も楽しくなれるような漫画を描いていきたいです。よろしくお願いいたします。 pic.twitter.com/Durii5hqW3

— 杉戸アキラ (@cube_sa) December 31, 2014

▼ The girls from Kin-iro Mosaic, help their designer Kazuyuki Ueta wish fans a Happy New Year!

あけましておめでとうございます。
みなさんの今年一年がきらきらきんいろに輝きますように！ pic.twitter.com/4nEf2alr2W

— 植田 和幸/UETA KAZUYUKI (@uetax) December 31, 2014

▼Artist Ryoma Kitada was too busy to make a card this year, so he reused his 2014 card with star character from μ&i.

https://twitter.com/R_Kitada/status/550312164112625664

▼ Majo no Shinzou artist Matoba‘s card features a beautiful sheep-woman.

https://twitter.com/matoba_biscuit/status/550310158497505283

▼ Norio Sakurai shows his characters from Mitsudomoe enjoying winter comforts. Yoi otoshi o! (Have a good year!)

今年もありがとうございましたっ pic.twitter.com/xEynAt2tAY

— 桜井のりお@僕ヤバ⑩4/8発売＆TVアニメ2期放送中 (@lovely_pig328) December 31, 2014

▼ Isobeisobee Monogatari～ Ukiyo hatsuraiyoauthor Ryo Nakama sends a quick doodle of his characters to wish his fans a good year to come.

今年も一年よろしく。
五巻もそろそろ出ます！ pic.twitter.com/COFJhbr1T7

— 仲間りょう (@nkm_ryo) December 31, 2014

▼Although artist Napata usually draws hentai comics, his New Year’s card is fully covered in a festive kimono.

pic.twitter.com/X8ziSRep3O

— なぱた☻ (@okawr) December 31, 2014

▼Souichirou Yamamoto‘s card features Fudatsuki no Kyoko-chan‘s Kenji watch Kyoko use her vampire superpowers to pound mochi. 

あけましておめでとうございます。
今年もよろしくおねがいします pic.twitter.com/2posoGNqdz

— 山本崇一朗.高木19ﾂﾊﾞｷ8将棋14 (@udon0531) January 1, 2015

▼ Kosuke Fujishima, artist of Paradise Residence, drew a sexy sheep girl for his fans for the New Year.

やーん！間に合わなかったー pic.twitter.com/yG3wl8YutV

— 藤島康介＠トップウGP13巻2月22日発売🏍 (@fujishimakosuke) December 31, 2014

▼ Artist Mao Morishita draws one of her characters scantily clad in sheep’s wool to celebrate 2015.

あけましておめでとうございます！　本年も森下真央と、イブニングにて連載中の「幼なじみは女の子になぁれ」をどうぞよろしくお願いいたします！ pic.twitter.com/uTmvYgyXY1

— 森下真央＠全勇１～２巻発売中（漫画家）/ 未央（週末Vtuber） (@yabukimao) December 31, 2014

▼ Artists Nagian‘s card features a sheep warrior woman to bring in the new year.

お年賀代わり。今年もよろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/dXfkqaoRNI

— 凪庵（なぎあん） (@nagian) December 31, 2014

We may not be manga artists, but we are so thankful to our readers. Here’s to a great 2014 and an even better Year of the Sheep!

Source: Hachimakikou, Baka Updates Manga, Twitter

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