Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! Our final podcast of 2017 will be our year end review where we cover our favorite manga and anime from the past year! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Back Alley Space Boy” by The Cobra Twisters from Daiguard, Opening, Introductions, Holiday greetings 00:03:45 - Listener Emails: discussing the difference between common tropes and copying ideas with two similar manga 00:09:51 - Nick Simmons blatantly copying Bleach, Marvel’s new Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski moonlighting as an Asian writer 00:16:27 -Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox and dakazu check out a new manga Blue Phobia 00:19:45 - News: The Promised Neverland places first in This Manga is Amazing! 2018 list and BEASTARS places second, Seamus reads the first volume of The Promised Neverland 00:24:42 - Seamus finally finds a BL manga he likes with I hear the Sunspot 00:30:52 - dakazu rants about the heavy handed themes of Shin Jidoyogo Shisetsu no Kodomotachi and whether they’re exploitative or not 00:39:30 - Fire Punch is ending while Helck, Tokkou no Shima, and Mob Psycho 100 have ended 00:43:33 - New Chapter Check In: Chi no Wadachi 00:47:43 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: darfox on Shonen, dakazu will be presenting manga from Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine to darfox and he’ll give his reactions 00:48:46 - Main Segment 2017 Year End Review, Transition Song: “Free Bird” by New Cinema Tokage from Project ARMS, discussing the types of episodes we did this year, listener twitter suggestion PTSD Radio 00:52:35 - manga discussion and our Top 3 of 2017 01:17:35 - anime discussion and dakazu’s Top 3 of 2017 01:43:15 - 2018 goals, Thank yous, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Next Week’s Topic: darfox on Shonen, Sign Off, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster