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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:HAL Twitter 2020 Nengajo.png|thumb|200px|right|The illustration featured in the 2022 ''nengajō'' from HAL Laboratory.]] | [[File:HAL Twitter 2020 Nengajo.png|thumb|200px|right|The illustration featured in the 2022 ''nengajō'' from HAL Laboratory.]] | ||
* | *Since at least 2004<ref>''[[20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia]]'', page 233</ref> and until 2023, HAL Laboratory had a tradition of sending ''nengajō'' (New Year's Day greeting postcards) featuring a new Kirby illustration for each year (see examples for [[:File:HAL Twitter 2019 Nengajo.jpg|2019]], [[:File:HAL Twitter 2020 Nengajo.png|2020]], and [[:File:HAL Twitter 2021 Nengajo.jpg|2021]]). These were principally sent to staff and other official personnel, but anecdotal evidence suggests that some fans that sent their own ''nengajō'' to HAL Laboratory's address without prior association received a postcard as well.<ref name="finalnengajo"/> | ||
**Since HAL Laboratory joined Twitter in May 2015, these illustrations have also been posted to Twitter starting with the 2016 ''nengajō'', but without the physical addresses that would be relevant for physical cards. | **Since HAL Laboratory joined Twitter in May 2015, these illustrations have also been posted to Twitter starting with the 2016 ''nengajō'', but without the physical addresses that would be relevant for physical cards. | ||
**This message (only in Japanese) accompanied the 2023 physical ''nengajō'' sent to correspondents, the final such mailed greeting:<ref name="finalnengajo">{{twitterlink|soranight927|1617841126463131648|from a 2023 correspondent|wbsnap=y}}</ref><ref name="finalnengajo_2">{{twitterlink|Treat4567|1617875495194087428|from a multi-year correspondent|wbsnap=y}}</ref> | **This message (only in Japanese) accompanied the 2023 physical ''nengajō'' sent to correspondents, the final such mailed greeting:<ref name="finalnengajo">{{twitterlink|soranight927|1617841126463131648|from a 2023 correspondent|wbsnap=y}}</ref><ref name="finalnengajo_2">{{twitterlink|Treat4567|1617875495194087428|from a multi-year correspondent|wbsnap=y}}</ref> | ||
<blockquote>なお誠に勝手ながら本年を最後としてみなさまへの年賀状や<br>寒中お見舞いを控えさせていただくこととなりました<br> | <blockquote>なお誠に勝手ながら本年を最後としてみなさまへの年賀状や<br>寒中お見舞いを控えさせていただくこととなりました<br> | ||
''Additionally, somewhat arbitrarily, we will | ''Additionally, somewhat arbitrarily, we will pull back on sending ''nengajō'' or winter's greetings, with this year being the last year.''<br><br> | ||
今後は当社SNSなどでご挨拶させていただければ幸いです<br> | 今後は当社SNSなどでご挨拶させていただければ幸いです<br> | ||
''Please greet us on our social media feeds going forward.''</blockquote> | ''Please greet us on our social media feeds going forward.''</blockquote> | ||
{{clear}} | {{clear}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
