posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Tanabata on July 7 marks the final Japanese holiday of the year when the day and month are the same numerically (after Hinamatsuri on March 3 and Children’s Day on May 5). Both children and adults write wishes on paper slips to decorate bamboo branches, to commemorate the once-a-year meeting of the weaver princess Orihime and ox farmer Hikoboshi across the Milky Way. The anime and manga worlds are full of wishes on the would-be couple’s special day:
Animal Crossing
みなさ～ん！7月になりましたね！
たぬきショッピングでは来週の七夕にちなんで、今日から1週間の期間限定で「たなばたのささ」の販売を開始したそうです♪
みなさんの願い事が、かないますように！ pic.twitter.com/U1fDrowcFt— どうぶつの森 (@doubutsuno_mori) July 1, 2026
Hey, everyone! It’s already July!
To celebrate Tanabata next week, for one week starting today Nook Shopping will sell the limited time Tanabata bamboo branches♪
May all your wishes come true!
DJ KOO
🎋「みんなが最KOOでいられますように」
七夕 DO DANCE！！#七夕 #KOO援団 #DJKOO pic.twitter.com/4wKp1kBZaF— D J K O O (@DJKOO_official) July 7, 2026
🎋“May everyone be the KOO-ist!”
Tanabata DO DANCE!!
Food for the Soul
┏┷┓
┃こ┃
┃れ┃
┃か┃
┃ら┃
┃も┃
┃君┃
┃の┃
┃隣┃
┃で┃
┗━┛#七夕 #七夕の願い事 pic.twitter.com/usTUfvtL7s— TVアニメ「日々は過ぎれど飯うまし」公式 (@hibimeshi_anime) July 7, 2026
-[May I always be by your side]
Shinnosuke Kanazawa (On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance)
— 金沢真之介 (@koikanazawa) July 7, 2026
Tanabata
Little Twin Stars
うまく言葉にできない願いや想いも、星たちはやさしく受け止めてくれるから…七夕の夜空にそっとうちあけてみましょ☆ pic.twitter.com/c6gtgj4tQw
— キキ＆ララ【公式】 (@kikilala_sanrio) July 7, 2025
The stars will kindly accept the wishes and feelings we can’t quite put into words… So let’s whisper them softly into the Tanabata night sky☆
MARRIAGETOXIN
— マリッジトキシン【公式】 (@marritoxi_PR) July 7, 2026
⦅ ‧₊˚ Today is Tanabata ˚₊ ‧ ⦆
🌟 🌟
-[May my search for a marriage partner go well]
🌟
Image: May Gero-kun’s search for a marriage partner go well
Mitsuru Miura (The Kabocha Wine)
今日は七夕…そして
二人の誕生日🎂🎃🍷 pic.twitter.com/YVnyUERiUf— 三浦みつる (@miura_mitsuru) July 6, 2026
Today is Tanabata… and
it’s their birthday🎂🎃🍷
Monster Hunter
┏┷┓
┃対┃
┃に┃
┃会┃
┃え┃
┃ま┃
┃す┃
┃よ┃
┃う┃
┃に┃
┃❤️┃
┗━┛#七夕— モンハン部公式 (@CAPCOM_MHB) July 7, 2026
-[May you meet your match❤️]
Rakuten Panda!
みんなの願い、叶いますように⭐︎#七夕 #お買いものパンダ pic.twitter.com/udjbb8XSg9
— お買いものパンダ【楽天公式】 (@Rakuten_Panda) July 7, 2026
May everyone’s wishes come true⭐︎
Rascal
今夜は七夕🎋
ボクたちは会えたけど、織姫さまたちは会えたかミャ❓(◆’∇’◆)#ラスカル #七夕 pic.twitter.com/a97ltssfL9— ラスカル（公式）🌽 (@Rascal_tweet) July 7, 2026
Tonight it Tanabata🎋
We met, but did Orihime and Hikoboshi get to myat each other❓(◆’∇’◆)
Ami Shibata (Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun)
— 柴田亜美&staff (@s_ami_staff) July 7, 2026
I finished watching The Mandalorian season 1.
I love it.
You can enjoy The Mandalorian and Grogu even if you haven’t watched the show, but if you have, the characters’ growth and their bond makes it even more touching.
I turned yesterday’s sketch into a tanzaku wish strip.
I hope the movie continues to be a huge hit. Ami Shibata
Image:
Galactic Peace
Our Path
May Grogu grow up healthy and strong. Mando
It’s Daddy
Sonic the Hedgehog
今夜は七夕です！🎋
「ソニかつがこれからもっと盛り上がりますように！✨」と書いてみました😁せっかくですので、エミーの七夕イラストをご紹介します
壁紙がDLできますので、良かったら使ってみて下さい😉
（エド）https://t.co/vdCwq0qb0y— ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ【公式】 (@SonicOfficialJP) July 6, 2026
Tonight is Tanabata🎋
I wrote, “May Sonic-katsu continue to get even more exciting!✨”😁
While we’re at it, here’s Amy’s Tanabata illustration.
You can download it as a wallpaper, so feel free to use it if you like😉
(Ed)
Hiroki Takahashi
本日7月7日は七夕ですね🎋
広樹さんの願い事は……✨#高橋広樹 #七夕 pic.twitter.com/3kR1S2JbYD— 高橋広樹【MUSIC official】 (@believe_in_HT) July 7, 2026
Today, 7/7, is Tanabata🎋
Hiroki’s wish is…✨
Haruomi Tomotsuka (Dara-san of Reiwa)
というわけで、今日は七夕という訳ですが専用の絵とかないので、編集ちゃんから公開しといてと言われてた、「 #令和のダラさん 公式ファンブック」のカバー表紙となります。
発売日は7/23だったとおもいます！ pic.twitter.com/Ti25U9XuAu— ともつか治臣＠ダラさん8巻6/23発売！ (@TomotukaHaruomi) July 7, 2026
So, today is Tanabata, but since I don’t have any special illustrations for it, here’s the cover of the Dara-san of Reiwa Official Fan Book, which my editor-chan asked me to post.
I think the release date was July 23!
Yū-hachi (Miseban no Spis)
— 遊ハち (@nemone_2) July 7, 2026
Tanabata
Manga:
Panel 1: May I please get to eat some sweet potatoes. Tanuki
Caption: Alas, Tanuki can’t go on.
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follow-up of Happy Tanabata 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part IV
