First of all, it's time to announce this year's winner for the Holiday Review Giveaway: @WanderinDreamr, who took her opportunity to promote a Manga Plus series:
I'm gonna put in a good word for Magilumiere Co. Ltd., a series about a magical girl start-up where everyone is trying to have a good work-life balance!
Congratulations! I'll be getting in touch you shortly to sort out your prize.
So how did our 10th year of The Manga Test Drive turn out? Honestly, not that much different from the others aside from a little bit of growth from some new Patrons. Things were somewhat more busy over at our sister site Renaissance Josei, where I completed not one or two but four new Disaster Reports. It also wasn't a bad year for me as a panelist. While I was not able to attend Anime Boston as planned and one of my Otakon panels got mis-scheduled and removed, my history of stop-motion panel went over well at both this year's Anime Iowa and filled a panel room at Otakon. That's not even getting into my many appearances over at Giant Robot FM, where I got to indulge my fondness for Gundam: The Origin and the works of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko a lot.
So what does 2023 hold in store for me? Aside from Year 11 of this humble little review blog, there will likely be more Disaster Reports (along with maybe another project). There will certainly be more panels. There might be another Anime Feminist appearance. Odds are good I'll end up on more podcasts at some point. Beyond that, I can't say with certainty but I'm sure that at the very least it'll be interesting.
In the meantime, I hope that everyone out there continues to find use and enjoyment from my words, share them with others, and maybe even join my Patreon (since who knows how long promoting things on Twitter will hold out). Hopefully your 2023 will be a happy one as well.
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