Some otaku holidays like Moe Day or Yaoi Day rely on Japanese linguistic word play or order of the day and month in the way dates are written. However, regardless of language or local date formatting, I think you can figure out why February second (2/2) was the day selected to pay tribute to the twin tail hair style (aka pig tails). This year, some real notables embraced the chance to celebrate on social media.

Ken Akamatsu (Negima!)

Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail)

Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul)

Mine Yoshizaki (Sgt Frog)

Moyocco Anno (Sugar Sugar Rune)

Madoka anime character designer Junichiro Taniguchi

Shirow Miwa (Dogs - doing Twins rather than Twin Tails)

Kunieda (Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'s manga adaptation)

Yuuki Kodama (Blood Lad, Hamatora)

Red Juice (Guilt Crown, Project Itoh)

Retsu Tateo (Fullmetal Panic, guest design at Marvel comics)

Yūgen (Outbreak Company)

Masayuki Takano (Blood Alone)

Molicoross (Nobo-san to Kanojo? )

Some official PR

From from other artists and fans



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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.