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New Poll - Sun vs. Moon

No one suggested this, but hey, the games just came out! The last versions I played was Gold and Fire Red, so I'm really behind in all this... (Still need to finish Fire Emblem: Fates too)

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Trump won
Choices:
YEAH! Make America great again! - votes: 959 (10%)
#notmypresident - votes: 1733 (18.1%)
Protest! Secede! Revolt! - votes: 403 (4.2%)
Time to move to Canada... - votes: 627 (6.5%)
This sucks, even though I don't live in the US - votes: 3125 (32.6%)
This is great, and I don't even live in the US! - votes: 629 (6.6%)
Don't care - votes: 2098 (21.9%)
There were 9574 total votes.
The poll ended: November 19th 2016

This was probably our most heated poll yet

Posted by lambchopsil on 
November 18th, 2016 11:58pm PST
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New Poll - Trump

We don't usually do polls related to politics, but as yuuki16 suggested, I think it's time...

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you read manga in the bathroom?
Choices:
I sit there for a while and just read - votes: 1864 (28.6%)
Maybe just a few minutes at a time - votes: 1902 (29.2%)
Ew. No way - votes: 2749 (42.2%)
There were 6515 total votes.
The poll ended: November 12th 2016

Keep it clean!

Posted by lambchopsil on 
November 11th, 2016 11:28pm PST
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New Poll - Reading on the Toilet

This week's random poll comes from drunkguy. When you're sitting on the toilet and taking a number 2, do you read manga?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: You awaken in a dying, unfamiliar world. You discover that you were summoned to be the savior. So you...
Choices:
Panic and give up - votes: 239 (3.5%)
Wait it out try to survive - votes: 647 (9.4%)
Save the world alone (lone ranger) - votes: 808 (11.7%)
Gather a party to overcome the crisis - votes: 2066 (30%)
Complain a lot and/or ignore everything - votes: 332 (4.8%)
Try your best to return to your own world - votes: 680 (9.9%)
Have as much fun as possible - votes: 1267 (18.4%)
Destroy the world further - votes: 418 (6.1%)
Seek out a love life. Everyone loves a savior... - votes: 437 (6.3%)
There were 6894 total votes.
The poll ended: November 4th 2016

Live out that RPG life. Gotta get a healer, a wizard, a rogue, and a tank.

Posted by lambchopsil on 
November 4th, 2016 11:41pm PDT
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New Poll - Saving a Dying World

This weeks non-so-serious poll was suggested by seanna2k. The options aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, so just choose the one you like the most (whether it's the funniest or the one you'd most likely do).

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: When you do prefer groups to release their scanlations?
Choices:
Right when they finish the chapter - votes: 2845 (47.1%)
On a regular schedule (aka a release every 2 weeks) - votes: 1881 (31.1%)
In bulk releases either randomly or a schedule (aka the 1st of the month) - votes: 402 (6.7%)
Don't care - votes: 913 (15.1%)
There were 6041 total votes.
The poll ended: October 29th 2016

Turns out most people don't like those bulk releases

Posted by lambchopsil on 
October 29th, 2016 12:37am PDT
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Cardiff University: Working with Translation

A member of ours, mattfabb, has been doing research on manga translations. You can see some of his past work here. He has created a new video and is looking for feedback. The video is here:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/working-with-translation/1/steps/128935

Specifically, he is fielding these questions:

  • Have I been truthful?
  • Have I represented the community fairly?
  • Should I do things differently if I ever get to do something similar in the future?

Feel free to give other feedback too. You can do so by commenting in this thread or by emailing him at mattfabb[at]hotmail.com

Posted by lambchopsil on 
October 24th, 2016 8:06pm PDT
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Downtime / Investigating Cause

We just had a 5 hour downtime. Still investigating the cause.

-m

Posted by Manick on 
October 22nd, 2016 5:15pm PDT
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New Poll - Release Schedules

This week's poll comes from F_J. Some groups release right when they're finished with the chapter, especially those speed scanners. Others have a fairly regular schedule they keep, although it might not be for the series you want them to release... And others only release once or twice a month and dump like 8 chapters of 5 different series on you. Do you have a preference?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which do you prefer?
Choices:
Hero turning evil - votes: 3591 (47%)
Villain turning good - votes: 4054 (53%)
There were 7645 total votes.
The poll ended: October 21st 2016

Redemption is a cathartic feeling

Posted by lambchopsil on 
October 21st, 2016 11:14pm PDT
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New Poll - Good and Evil

This week's poll is from icassop. No explanation necessary

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you rather
Choices:
Read a crappy manga - votes: 1327 (22.5%)
Watch a crappy anime - votes: 624 (10.6%)
Read a crappy comic book / graphic novel - votes: 84 (1.4%)
Listen to a crappy audio drama / cd - votes: 117 (2%)
Read a crappy novel / book - votes: 245 (4.2%)
Watch a crappy TV show - votes: 481 (8.2%)
Watch a crappy movie - votes: 1037 (17.6%)
Listen to a crappy music album - votes: 197 (3.3%)
Play a crappy video game - votes: 691 (11.7%)
Play a crappy board game - votes: 593 (10.1%)
Play a crappy visual novel - votes: 233 (4%)
Watch a crappy play / musical / performance - votes: 263 (4.5%)
There were 5892 total votes.
The poll ended: October 15th 2016

Maybe I should've said "finish crappy manga" instead. Reading 1 chapter of a crappy manga is nothing

Posted by lambchopsil on 
October 15th, 2016 1:34am PDT
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Baka-Updates Anime Closing

All,

For those who haven't seen, Baka-Updates Anime is now officially closed. It's the end of an era!

We're sticking around though, so don't worry!

The MU Team

Edit:
Re-posting the goodbye message here because the it'll be gone eventually.

One day a group of friends by the names of y2klizard, aZn_nUt, Platinum|Star, and ^_^Teddie thought it would be a great idea if anime fansubs were more easily found in one location. There were already other websites that did this, however the others decided they would only report unlicensed shows. These guys quickly went to work and on July 20th, 2002 Baka-Updates was officially released to the public.

The goal of Baka-Updates was always to inform the users of the latest anime releases. Throughout the years, we have noticed the anime culture grow at a steady pace. It grew so much that companies eventually gave notice that viewers outside of Japan wanted to get the content fast and thus new streaming services such as Crunchyroll were born. Shows would be simucasted as soon as one hour after it was broadcasted in Japan. This led to the amount of fansubs decreasing since it was so convenient to view the new releases compared to the traditional methods.

As well, the Baka-Updates team continued to grow older. An increase in responsibilities with work and new families meant that we could not commit as much time into maintaining the website. Therefore we have decided it is the right time to shut down.

The team at Baka-Updates would like to thank all of our visitors for supporting the site over all these years. Without you, we would never have had the motivation to keep going for this long. We never expected the anime scene to grow up to what it is today and we will continue being a part of it, only in the background this time.

The closing of Baka-Updates does not affect our sister site MangaUpdates. It will continue to operate as normal.

Posted by Manick on 
October 13th, 2016 8:07pm PDT
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New Poll - Piece of Crap

This week's unorthodox poll is from Jolty Febe. Every once in a while (hopefully not more) you have to be entertained by subpar units of entertainment. It's so easy to pick on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice... Well, the poll is which of all these terrible choices would you rather do?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Question: How do you prefer your sound effects (sfx) in scanlations?
Choices:
Left alone (not translated at all) - votes: 807 (14.3%)
In a glossary (at the end of a chapter) - votes: 139 (2.5%)
In the margins - votes: 2232 (39.6%)
Beside the original sfx - votes: 1015 (18%)
Overlaying the original sfx - votes: 137 (2.4%)
Replacing the original sfx - votes: 1311 (23.2%)
There were 5641 total votes.
The poll ended: October 8th 2016

Compared to 8 years ago, "Replacing the original sfx" is the only choice that has seen significant gains since then

Posted by lambchopsil on 
October 8th, 2016 9:33am PDT
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