CHRISTMAS TIME! Reviews, Giveaways, and More!

 It's that time again.

It's the holiday season, which means it's time for another round of the Manga Test Drive's annual Holiday Reviews, where I review one new title from December 1 all the way to Christmas Day.  That also means it's time for our annual Holiday Review Giveaway, where I gift one chosen reader with a $25 gift certificate to Bookshop.org.  That way, your post-Christmas manga shopping spree can also help support whatever independent book store you wish!

In case you are new to the site, here are the rules:

1. To enter, you must leave a comment on this post at our Bluesky account telling us your favorite manga from 2024.  It doesn't matter if it's long or short, digital or print, old or new - so long as it was new to you this year, it counts!
2. The contest begins as soon as this post goes live and ends at 12:01AM CDT Christmas Day.  
3. One winner will be chosen at random no later than New Year's Eve of this year.  I will then contact the winner to obtain a valid email address where the prize can be sent.

I'm also going to do something a little extra this year.  I've been longing to get back to writing more Disaster Reports over at Renaissance Josei and I've also been trying to find way to encourage more people to join our Patreon.  After a bit of thinking, I've devised a way to do both.  I'm giving you, the reader, a chance to stuff our stocking with a bit of anime coal while supporting the site.

Here's my offer: If we get 10 new Patrons between now and Christmas Day, I will pull one of the most infamous works from our Box of Pain and see if I can find anything original to say about one of the most notorious OVAs of all time: Garzey's Wing.

If you want to make me rant about Yoshiyuki Tomino, the world of Byston Well, and YAMATOTAKERUNOMIKOTO, all you have to do is contribute at least $1/month to our Patreon.  If you contribute $5/month or more, you will get exclusive updates on all our various projects as well as a sneak peak of this and any future pieces before they go live.  In the meantime, make sure to follow our Bluesky account so you don't miss a single review.  Happy holidays!