Christmas Episodes in Anime! (12 Days of Anime Day 4)

I realized the post I was planning on publishing today should be held off until next week. So, instead, you get this.
I'm making this post one step above TV Tropes' Christmas episode page in that I am telling you exactly which episodes they are. Hooray for Wikipedia!


Let's get an obvious one out of the way. If you're REALLY looking for an anime to put you in the Christmas spirit, there is no better option than Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers. Sure, it's a feature-length film instead of an anime episode, but it's far less darker than Kon's other work. Three homeless people find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve, and they set out to find its mother, encountering many quirky characters along the way. While I actually didn't think this movie was that great when I first watched it, I don't think I've seen or heard of anything quite like it since regarding anime.


In a complete contrast to Tokyo Godfathers, episodes 28 and 31 of Hetalia: Axis Powers are short, ridiculous, and about as rudely stereotypical as the rest of the show. Episode 28 finds Finland dressed as Santa, while episode 31 has many of the countries being interviewed as to how they spend their winter holidays.


Episode 17 of Azumanga Daioh sees our 6 girls in plenty of Christmas shenanigans. (Sorry, on those I have not seen, I'll only provide a brief description, with the help of Wikipedia and TVtropes)


Episode 7 of the first season of K-ON! has a Christmas party for our moe-troop.


Love Hina has a 45 minute Christmas special. It's the first of only two TV specials, so it should be pretty easy to find.


Season Two, episode 19 of School Rumble is almost exactly what you'd expect from the series. Harima's rush to bring in a manuscript, curry, and misunderstandings.


Back to the cute girls! Episode 22 of The Idolmaster involves *sigh* all of our girls having a Christmas Party together.


I don't recommend you watch this, unless you've seen the entire anime already, but episode 12 of Chrono Crusade is a bit more plot-oriented than most of the episodes on this list.


Aaaaaand, we're back to the slice-of-life genre, where we see episode 11 of probably the most famous slice-of-life anime out there, Lucky Star.


Episode 13 of Kamichu sees a Shintoist trying to combat Christmas. *grabs popcorn*

And, that's about it from me! (Although if you REALLY need your Christmas fix of anime, I suggest you do a bit of research...)

Cheers,
~Selena

Last Updated: 17 December 2014
Originally Published: 17 December 2014