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 some of my favourites. So to that end… WELCOME …
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2021 Anime Roundup
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Floating Catacombs 2021 Roundup
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Blog Announcement: End Times
Click here to check this post out on my personal website. I apologize if this appears sudden, but I’ve decided to take a step back from this blog…


10-Year Blog Anniversary Update!
Yep, you heard that right – Leap250’s Blog turned 10 years old this month!
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2021 End of the Year Wrap-Up for Animated Observations
Wrapping up the year as well as detailing my plans for 2022.


End of Year Update
29th of November, 2023.This morning, we had our first snowfall.The previous days had been dark and rainy. My kind of weather.I’ve always liked the rain, much more than…
Yamato Year 2021
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Literary Translation Link Roundup [Spring 2021]
A Literary Translation Link Roundup with articles on the literary translation industry and interviews with literary translators.
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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…


Japan’s Year-End Jumbo Lottery
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Year in review 2021
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Resurfacing for Some Year-End Reflection
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The Manga Review: Year-End Spectacular
As 2022 draws to a close, there’s still time to support your favorite manga charity with a book or cash donation. Two organizations I highly recommend are Reader…


Episode 187 - Remington’s Year-End Recommendations!
This week, Remington has something special in store for us! He has spent nearly 4 years watching a wide variety of anime and has a few recommendations of…
End of Year Awards for 2018
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Dragon Ball Z Year-End Special
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Year End Gaming Reflections for 2014
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Simplifying Year-End Taxes in Japan
A quick guide to understand your year-end tax adjustments in Japan.
Review: End Game (2021)
End Game 人潮汹涌 China/Hong Kong, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 119 mins. Director: Rao Xiaozhi 饶晓志. Rating: 6/10. A remake of the Japanese Key of Life, this swapped-identities crime comedy…


2021 Anime Year in Review
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2021 Gunpla Year in Review
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Stínolez’s Year-in-review (2021)
It’s the beginning of a new year, and like everybody else I’m looking behind and wondering how I was able to survive 2021. We were all…


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Listening to Japanese Music — 2021 Recommendation Roundup Awards
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Infrequent J-Song Roundup #19 – Favorites of 2021
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August 2021 JT Blog Bonus Coverage
I am extremely ご無沙汰 with my Japan Times update. I had two articles published at the end of August. The first — “Make Japanese politics more concrete by…
August 2021 JT Blog Bonus Coverage
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March 2021 Monthly Favorites + Blog Announcement
We have once again, managed to make it through another month. Somehow. It’s also now the worst anniversary for a major historical event I’ve survived so…. that’s something.…
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…
End-of-Year Maser Patrol News Recap
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End of the Year Awards for 2020
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What i’ve been up to and what I hope to achieve going forward in 2020.


So this blog still exists – End of hiatus…
Not that I expect anyone to remember me or this blog, but I’ve decided to start up blogging again.


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2021 – An Anime Year in Review
Happy New Year! Or, at least, I hope that this new year has the potential to be happier than the last couple have been. As many… critiques as…


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