First off, Happy New Year! Even though technically it isn't January 1st year for me or the official site time, might as well lump this post along with the new poll, right? Besides, it's the new year for a lot of the world by now...
This week's poll comes from the mind of our member zweeb. Going on with last week's poll on "drama," here's another one of a different kind. Have you watched any TV dramas based on manga/anime? They can be any of any origin (like I know Hana Yori Dango has Taiwanese, Japanese, and Korean TV dramas).
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=31084
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: How much drama do you want in a series with romance?
Choices:
A whole lot - votes: 1460 (10.3%)
Just enough to make it interesting - votes: 10225 (72.2%)
Barely any - votes: 1454 (10.3%)
None at all - votes: 242 (1.7%)
I don't read/care about romance - votes: 781 (5.5%)
There were 14162 total votes.
The poll ended: December 31st 2011
Typical results... Seems most of us read romance though!
Shi-Ki is closing its doors today.
You can read about it on their site: http://shi-ki.org/blog/?p=2105
This week's poll comes from the mind of SilverStripe. For those of you that read romance, how much drama do you like in it? Very subjective... I mean, how much is too much? Yes, I do realize that not everyone wants to read about romance.
This week's poll is more about the comments and examples than the results. So discuss the poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=30939
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 still use IRC?
Choices:
Always! - votes: 781 (5.4%)
Only sometimes - votes: 1166 (8.1%)
Only to download stuff - votes: 2388 (16.6%)
Used to, but not anymore. It's dying - votes: 2194 (15.3%)
Have never used IRC before - votes: 3438 (23.9%)
What is IRC? - votes: 4397 (30.6%)
There were 14364 total votes.
The poll ended: December 24th 2011
The old generation has gone away. The new has taken its place.
PS: It's Christmas Eve! In case I forget to write a post for Christmas (which is possible), then Merry Christmas~
PSS: For all scanlation groups that wish to have MangaUpdates announce their release on Christmas day, please realize that we will not artificially change the date of your release. The time/day you report the release to us will be the day it will be announced here. With that said, the website is currently running on MST (Mountain Standard Time), but it's actually on PDT, as the servers run on Pacific time but they haven't adjusted for Daylight Savings...
I'm just going to link to an editorial by Adam Savage (of MythBuster fame). These laws are no good in their current form. I recommend that you find out for yourself what these laws are about, and why they are bad for the internet community. I believe the congressional hearings will start again on the 21st, and they will be streamed.
Click here for the article at Popular Mechanics
Edit: I also thought this Stanford Law Review article was informative:
http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/dont-break-internet
Edit 2: I guess they're waiting till early January to continue the hearings? We'll see.
This week's poll is from our member icassop. IRC = Internet Relay Chat. In today's day and age of online readers, IRC has taken a huge hit in membership, so what's your position on IRC? (And personally, I don't really use it anymore.)
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=30793
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: Can you tell if a series is manga, manhua, manhwa, etc just from the art?
Choices:
Yes, all the time - votes: 2868 (19.3%)
Yes, most of the time - votes: 7663 (51.6%)
Yes, sometimes - votes: 2916 (19.6%)
Yes, but rarely - votes: 698 (4.7%)
Never - votes: 695 (4.7%)
There were 14840 total votes.
The poll ended: December 17th 2011
Mangacurse Scan is closing its doors. You can read their reasons here:
http://mangacurse.info/scans/mangacurse-is-done/
This week's poll comes from our member ChocoKun. Basically it comes down to how much do you pay attention to the art style. Of course, it's a little generalized (as there are manga's that have a manhwa art style), but hey, it's an interesting poll!
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=30653
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: A manga you want to read is licensed in English (or language of preference) but is only currently available in an e-book format. You...
Choices:
Already own the e-book reader - votes: 990 (8.9%)
Buy an e-book reader - votes: 226 (2%)
Don't get an e-book reader but just buy the series and read on computer - votes: 1177 (10.6%)
Wait for the paper version - votes: 1788 (16.1%)
Keep reading scanlations anyway - votes: 6900 (62.3%)
There were 11081 total votes.
The poll ended: December 10th 2011
Close to 1000 people already own an e-book reader. Well, I have been wanting to get a Kindle...
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This poll was suggested by icassop. Assuming you want to read manga legally (one huge assumption, right?), what would you do if it only appeared in an e-book format?
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=30511
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: Does reading manga not directed at your age affect your way of thinking?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3538 (26.1%)
No - votes: 6310 (46.6%)
Don't know - votes: 3682 (27.2%)
There were 13530 total votes.
The poll ended: December 3rd 2011
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