Usually, my November diary would start off with anniversary celebrations marking the day I moved to Japan for the first time, but things didn’t really play out like that this year. It’s not like I …
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Japan Diary: November 2020
After an October which felt like it lasted all of five minutes, November came around much quicker than I’d anticipated.
Japan Diary: January 2021
Okay, so technically I’m starting this diary in December 2020, but considering that New Year’s celebrations usually span across two days, I think you can let me off.…
Japan Diary: August 2021
After a few days in Shizuoka Prefecture, I returned to Kanagawa with a vast stretch of summer holiday ahead of me.
Japan Diary: March 2021
Well, another month has passed of mainly staying at home, going to work and restarting the same cycle the next morning. I can’t pretend that I haven’t been…
Japan Diary: September 2021
While the first of September saw the kids go back to school, it wasn’t exactly the return we’d imagined.
Japan Diary: April 2021
The start of April saw me back on the road again, taking the opportunity to have a spontaneous, yet cautious trip further south.
Japan Diary: February 2021
When I said I didn’t see much changing this month, I was swiftly proven right with an extension to the State of Emergency. After already spending a month…
Japan Diary: July 2021
I started this month with the mindset that I would treat myself more.
Japan Diary: October 2021
In my last diary post, I predicted that October was going to be busier and I was certainly right. However, a lot of that ‘busy-ness’ was behind the…
Japan Diary: December 2021
In the start of December, it was time for me to get organised. Yes, I’d barely slowed down since October, but I still had one last push before…
Japan Diary: May 2021
May, as per usual, started with Golden Week. This would be my fourth, but like last year, I was pretty much stuck where I was. With State of…
Japan Diary: June 2021
After a pretty uneventful May, I was determined to make June busier, even if just a little.
Japan Diary: June 2022
June started off the best way I know how: with plenty of opportunity to socialise.
Japan Diary: January 2022
At the end of my last diary post, my positive COVID test had completely ruined my plans to fly back to Japan as scheduled. All of a sudden,…
Japan Diary: February 2022
As much as I was hoping that February would bring more positivity… that didn’t exactly happen.
Japan Diary: April 2022
Between having a rough few months and the self-imposed deadline to fulfil my Japan travel goals approaching, I figured that having a few days away would be the…
Japan Diary: May 2022
While my first few days of May were very uneventful, Golden Week was about to kick off properly.
Japan Diary: July 2022
The start of July called for more organisation than I’m used to, but I was determined to hit the ground running. Time was running out to get things…
Japan Diary: December 2020
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Japan Diary: October 2020
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Japan Diary: August 2022 {1/2}
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Japan Diary: March 2022 {1/2}
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Japan Diary: March 2022 {2/2}
After the earthquake on the 16th, it was back to life as normal.
Japan Diary: August 2022 {2/2}
Two days after visiting the Ofuna Kannon, I went to collect my last two stamps from my favourite temples in Yokohama.
Wrap Up: November 2021
We have launched. Thepantlessanimeblogger.com is back, and I’ll try to keep this site running for as long as possible. I already paid for the premium wordpress stuff, but…
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Newsletter for November 2021
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This week, I did a lot of thinking. It doesn’t sound like much and indeed, if anyone was watching it wouldn’t look like much, but to those in…
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It has been awhile, but I am back! After an unintentional haitus in November, I have that meaty double feature I have promised. I’ve consumed a lot of…
Author Journey (November 1, 2021)
Well, it looks like I am going to do NaNoWriMo again this year. I never imagined I would be finishing off the story I started last November, but…
Author Journey (November 29, 2021)
As we speed towards the end of yet another crazy year, I’ve decided that enough is enough! So, for all of December, I shall be planning for 2022,…
Author Journey (November 15, 2021)
After a second week with zero words written towards my NaNoWriMo project, it’s time to step out of the race. The universe just has other plans for me…
NEWSWIRE: November 2021 Pre-Orders
Here we are again – another new month, and another batch of exciting pre-orders at our online store! If you want to know what’s coming over the next…
November & December 2021 Anime Collaborations
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HAIKYU!!, Sword Art Online, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window, VISUAL PRISON
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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Fighting Spirit, A Condition Called Love, Ascendance of a Bookworm, In/Spectre
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Blue Period, Today's Menu for the Emiya Family, Giant Killing, The Rising of the Shield Hero
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 13 – November 19, 2023
The PlayStation 5 has pretty much reversed most of its gain experienced the week before to record 41.72% fewer units sold but still managed to maintain total units…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 6 – November 12, 2023
The PlayStation 5 has noted a strong upturn in units sold after several weeks of consecutive decline, climbing nearly 9000% or about 90 times more week-over-week to close…
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Hardware sales have improved for most brands week-over-week with the exception of PlayStation 5 consoles, down by a small 5.84% to a total of 59,235 units from 62,912…
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The PlayStation 5 hardware sales performance noted a sharp increase in total units sold which was heavily supported by the newly launched PlayStation 5 Pro model that made…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 11 – November 17, 2024
The overall total sales of hardware for brands tracked and listed by Famitsu have significantly contracted for the week due to the slowdown of sales experienced by PlayStation…
Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 18 – November 24, 2024
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