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Happy Holiday to All and a Joyous New Year. So Who’s Ready for 2026?

While parts of the world is experiencing a winter wonderland, we hope there’ll be snow in other parts of the Pacific Northwest that don’t get to see it often. Yes, we’re looking at South Vancouver Island…. Happy Holidays all!

Happy Holiday 2025 Gundam StyleChristmas is nearly upon the denizens of North America, which means the folks at Otakunoculture.com are sneaking off for a little over a week of well-earned R&R. We wish everyone a safe, cosy, and joyfully happy holiday stretch. Ideas for the new year are already rattling around in the back of our minds, though first we’ll be catching up on a few late-2025 releases that somehow slipped past us while the calendar was misbehaving. Darn those Gremlins.

In the meantime, enjoy these two YouTube hitlists we’ve put together in the past to help get you properly into the festive spirit. Even Crunchyroll has something to get in the proper anime spirit.

In the meantime, please enjoy these two YouTube hitlists we’ve made to get into the spirit. 

New Animated Winter Holiday Specials for 2025

A fresh wave of animated holiday specials arrives for 2025, ranging from Disney’s return to Prep & Landing to Japan’s winter anime events and the BBC’s storybook charm. This year splits cleanly between North America’s glossy franchises and the more eclectic creations from the rest of the world. Here’s a look at the biggest new releases bringing warmth to the season.

Winter Animated Holiday SpecialsWhen the end of the year approaches, just what’s offered on television (or being streamed) is always a curious mix of comfort-food to get some folks in the mood for Deceember, and seasonal spectacle. Just whether these holiday specials are marketed for a specific reason or not (think Batman: TAS venture into the medium from decades ago), this year is no different.

Whether it’s about Yule, Winter Solstice or Christmas, this year’s offerings has enough to sate any taste. Here’s a roundup of this year’s brand-new animated or animated-adjacent winter specials. Please check your local listings for showtimes.

North America

Prep & Landing: The Snowball

Prep & Landing- The SnowballDisney brings back the elf-operative duo Wayne and Lanny for a new crisis at the North Pole. The unstable “Snowball Protocol” threatens the entire Christmas mission, forcing the pair into action. It’s classic Prep & Landing—spy comedy, festive warmth, and a lot of holiday mischief. This new 22-minute special is the first fresh Prep & Landing story since 2011, reuniting the original cast while adding a few new North Pole recruits to the team.

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