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End of Year Update
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Hi all! This was supposed to go out a MONTH ago, but alas, 2026 has already been testing me. First, Happy New Year! It’s the year of the…
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End of Year Update: Aidos
Foreword: This post was written intermittently between September 2021 and December 2021. Traditionally my gamedev progress reports also double as personal updates. That is also true of this…
End of Year Update: Aious & By Your Side
It’s been a busy 2021 and a long time since I gave any game updates on Aious, so I figured I’d make this little End of Year Update.…
An Update to End the Year
Hey everyone! Hope you all are having a great holiday season or doing okay at the very least. I know...
End of Days
Lately, that title seems more accurate than normal but for Team Torchwood, it really does seem to be the end of days. After the events of Captain Jack…
Simplifying Year-End Taxes in Japan
A quick guide to understand your year-end tax adjustments in Japan.
Site Update: The End of Anime Orbit Weekly & Other Future Plans
As one door closes, another opens.
End of February 2026 Update: Lunar New Year & Cosplay Making
Hi all ^.^ February has come and gone in a sprint. While I’ve been fully immersed in anime-related activities, I’ve also been stretched thin as my annual March…
Update & Future Plans
Hello everyone! It’s been about a year since my last update and I’ve recently decided to make some decisions about this blog that will affect its future content.…
End of Summer Update
Hey y’all! After deciding to stop watching anime seriously at the start of the summer, I’d like to give a quick update on what I have been watching.…
Life Update and Future of KiritoNarukami
Hello beautiful people! Long time no post! It’s been a while since I’ve made a post here on the blog and I just wanted to let all of…
Harley Quinn #44 — Days of Future Past
I honestly miss when this show was more grounded. Impressions: I guess at least my assumption that Joker was just being an idiot was right on the…
The Future of Japan On Film
In this short episode, Perry updates everyone on the status of the upcoming eighth season, as well as an important announcement about the future of Japan On Film.
The Future of Fate/Stay Winter (Update Post)
I said the Fate/Stay Winter schedule was unsustainable…and it really is. Okay, I need some brutal honesty again. I mentioned in this post I’m job hunting – the…
Attack on Titan – 79 – Days of Future Past
The Paths are a place where past, present, and future intersect, but Zeke is content to use a trip down memory lane to show his little brother how…
End of Year Awards for 2018
2018 had its highs and its lows, but overall I felt like it was one of my most exciting years for watching anime. So, here are some accolades…
12 Days of Christmas 2025 – Shipping Update
Hi everyone! As we move towards the end of our Christmas Sale promotion period, we’re understandably starting to get a lot of questions about order shipping and how…
AX Update – It’s That Time of Year
So, this little report is going to do a bunch of things, as I gear up for another fun time at Anime Expo for 2022. I am also…
The Future of Japanese Knives: Musashi Japan
Nestled in the busy district of Kappabashi, Musashi Japan balances tradition, innovation, and sustainability to craft Japanese kitchen knives.
Omonomono Newsletter, December 30 Update
Just before the end of the year, I write now because now I can. How have you been? Happy holidays. Sign up for these as emails here. Omonomono…
30 Days of Anime (Years 1 to 5)
For the last 30 days, I’ve been looking back at some of the anime seasons I’ve covered over the last five years of the Otaku Author. This post…
End of February Update 3/1/21
Manga Love and Gunbuster. That was the extent of my February.
End of March Update 4/9/21
A therapeutic, if unproductive, March 2021 has come and gone.
12 Days of Anime 2019 – the Year of Fluff
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End-of-Year Maser Patrol News Recap
Apologies: I’ve been bad about making timely news recaps this year. 2020 has been terrible, and the general stresses of the world combined with some personal life situations/tragedies…
End of the Year Awards for 2020
This year was pretty unpredictable, but in terms of the anime I watched it was actually perhaps the most consistent year of watching anime that I’ve had thus…
End of the Year Awards for 2019
Ghibli. Iyashikei. Magical Girls. If I had to sum up my 2019 anime experience in as few words as possible, those four would do just fine. Yes, another…
Favourite New Anime (30 Days of Anime – Years 1 to 5) – Day 30
I’ve been lucky enough to watch several new anime shows each year that have blown me away. Unfortunately, for this list, I have to narrow it down to…
10-Year Blog Anniversary Update!
Yep, you heard that right – Leap250’s Blog turned 10 years old this month!
News Update - Mon, 30 Jan 2023
Uzaki-chan Wants To Get Serious. The first season of this show was a fairly typical rom-com with some fairly unusual characters, and wouldn't you know it, season 2 of…
News Update - Mon, 30 Aug 2021
A Thousand Points of Light. So yeah, apparently Allen's choice of the week, The Legend of Hei, is going all enviromental on us, and not necessarily in a good…
News Update - Mon, 30 Oct 2023
"What We Have Here is a Failure to... Well..... You Know....." This week, Allen took a look at Komi Can't Communicate, and he has no trouble communicating his opinion…
News Update - Mon, 30 May 2022
Hero and Sponsor. So yeah, this week is for Tiger and Bunny Movie 2: The Rising, which Allen is suitably impressed by. Top sponsor dollars at work. And that's our…
News Update - Tue, 30 Jul 2024
Something Big This Way Reviews Today we enter the world of giant monsters, as Allen reviews the first season Kaiju No. 9. He liked the show despite the usual…
News Update - Mon, 30 Sep 2024
It's The Day of No Moves... Well, looks like we don't have anything this week. Allen's been off and I've had pretty much almost all of my weekends eaten…
Reading Log 2024 Wrapped
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Reading Log 2023 Wrapped
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Life Update: Leaving ANN and Future Plans
Last month, I resigned from Anime News Network. I met a lot of great people and learned a lot during my time there, but ultimately I decided earlier…
Very Important Update On Yatta-Tachi’s Future!
Since our launch in May, we are almost 50% funded on Patreon, and we are quickly approaching the goal deadline (end of July), which means we will be…
Third Impact Anime End-of-Year Listener Survey!
A 2023 comes to a close, we can’t thank our listeners enough for all the support we’ve gotten over the last year. It’s been a great one, with…
The Magic of Older OVAS
Have you noticed that OVAS are completely gone these days? Ok, maybe saying isn’t completely fair. Especially since OVAS did exist in some form. In recent times, I…
12 Days of Hardcore Marathoning Begins with An Update
I’ve been slacking. I don’t think it’s any real secret that I’ve been nearly absent from the blogosphere since I went on my road trip about four months…
12 Days of Deluscar – Day 4: My Blogging Chronicle – 7th year-10th year
Yeah I was burned out, and life just keeps getting worse — from family, health, relationships, career, I have issues from nearly all aspects of my life and…
12 Days 2020, Day 12: A Year of Comebacks
In a year where I actively chose to experience the anime of yesteryear the anime industry seemed determined to meet me halfway. This year had an awful lot…
BLog Year End Roundup 2021
Manga Reviewed in 2021: 21 One of my favourite hobbies is reviewing manga, so to celebrate I wanted to do a little year end roundup to cheer on…
Japan’s Year-End Jumbo Lottery
Have you ever heard of the Japan's Year-end Jumbo Lottery? Here's a general overview of one of the most popular lotteries in Asia.
2006: A Year-End Retrospective
“Two thousand and six” is almost over and I feel obligated for some reason to look back on the past year. However, I am confronted with a problem…
Geeky Challenge Day 30: The End
Lita did it. . . SHE MADE IT to the end people.!!! Most Obsessed – Over Fandom? I reached the end. .…
