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What part of the world would you like to see represented more in manga/anime?
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[color=red]Site News[/color]
Remember the t-shirts I mentioned last time? Manick doesn't wanna release them early before v2 of the site, so I guess you guys are gonna have to wait...

PS: Thanks for all the b-day greetings last week~
I gotta figure out Manick's birthday next...

[color=red]Weekly Poll[/color]
This week's new poll suggested by member juliab is on a slightly more serious note. How stocked in manga is your local library? Unless you live in Japan maybe...

Wait, do you guys even visit the library? I know some of you guys are on the computer 24/7...You even read a real book within the last few months? DEPRIVED PEOPLE!

Discuss the poll here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6700

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What type of manga are you sick of reading?
Choices:
Harem (ENOUGH!! I have enough trouble getting ONE!) - votes: 1705 (16.1%)
Endless Fighting (Just beat the crap out of each other and end it already!) - votes: 1572 (14.9%)
Unrequited Romance (How long does it take for two people to get together?!) - votes: 2044 (19.4%)
Generic Sports (Wait, didn't i read this one already? No, they're ALL the same!!!) - votes: 1196 (11.3%)
Guy-ALWAYS-gets-girl (We need a time where he's rejected...for good...) - votes: 950 (9%)
Long drawn out plot (Inuyasha anyone?) - votes: 3094 (29.3%)
There were 10561 total votes.
The poll ended: July 19th 2008

Wow, pretty varied poll for once. After some of the comments you guys made, I should've put an option for "All of the above". Well, as you can see, most people dislike the long drawn out plots. I wonder...if it's a long series but the plot ISN'T long and drawn out, would you still like it?

Posted by lambchopsil on 
July 19th, 2008 7:26am PDT
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My Birthday + Site News + New Poll - Redone Manga Series

[color=red]Birthday![/color]
Yup, it's my birthday today~ So happy birthday to me! Adding this kind of news about myself is just one of the perks of being an admin, haha. And yes, I turned 18, so I'm finally legal...

[color=red]Site News[/color]
For site news, I have a further update on the next version of our site. Originally, we were hoping it'd be ready by BU/MU's birthday, which is July 22, but it appears we won't meet that deadline. Our future projection date as of now is around the Christmas season. It sounds pretty late, I know...

However! I just started testing (spent 2 hrs yesterday) our beta (alpha?) forum for v2 of the site! Most likely in the future we'll begin recruiting people to help with all the testing. I'll keep you guys posted.

Last of all, the t-shirts. I'm hoping we'll be able to push out the t-shirts before the opening of v2 of the site (which as stated before will probably be around Christmas time), but no promises. I'll have to discuss more about this with Manick

[color=red]Weekly Poll[/color]
This week's poll was brought to you by l3ongl3oi. Basically, choose the type of manga that you hate the most. Lovely poll, eh? (The option of "Other" was purposely left out since too many people would probably choose it...and that wouldn't be helpful now, would it?)

Come and discuss your love/hate for this poll: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6574

PS: We're running out of poll ideas, so if you got any suggestions, come here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you attend anime/manga conventions? (Like AnimeExpo, Otakon, San Diego Comic-Con, etc)
Choices:
Sure! What better way to meet fans? - votes: 1419 (18.6%)
Nah, that's lame - votes: 1759 (23.1%)
I would if there was one close to me (but there isn't) - votes: 4434 (58.3%)
There were 7612 total votes.
The poll ended: July 12th 2008

I wish more people went to conventions, but it appears most people don't really have access to one. Get some travel plans, people! Get off the computer and go outside!

Posted by lambchopsil on 
July 12th, 2008 11:13am PDT
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ROME - Collaboration Site for Scanlators

silverado writes: *ROME - Easy Team Collaboration

Link: http://rome.jcafe24.com/

Rome is a collaboration site designed to meet the requirements of scanlators and fansubbers. No matter how big or small your group is or where you live, Rome can save you a lot of time. Rome lets you schedule task assigments with deadlines, manage member accounts, create documents and milestones. It will automatically notify the member about his next task and keep him up to date with all necessary information he needs.

Your member is rarely online? No problem! As long as he checks his emails ROME will notify him important activities related to only him.

Working on long text files? No problem! You can create wiki pages for long text files. Changes made in your wiki are saved automatically in a history making it possible to roll back to previous versions.

Multiple persons work on the same text file? No problem! You can compare changes from the very first version up till the latest version. Different lines and words are automatically highlighted in different colors. You can go through long text files without difficulty and you can see whether your proofreader did a good job.

Check our demo account here: http://rome.jcafe24.com/projects/show/rome
(login: guest | pw: guest | project: rome)

silverado
Founder of Manga Underground*

Posted by lambchopsil on 
July 12th, 2008 7:30am PDT
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Anime Expo 08 Manga License Round-up

An attempt at rounding-up all the newly announced series at this weekend's AX.

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=298]Aurora Publishing[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=404]LuvLuv[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=299]Deux Press[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=197]CMX[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=204]Dark Horse[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=208]DMP[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=395]June/801 Media[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=395]Doki Doki[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=217]Go! Comi[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=234]Tokyokpop[/url]

[url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?id=235]Viz Media[/url]

Edited to include links to our database (took several hours...) >< For missing stuff, please help out by posting comments!

Posted by Gum on 
July 6th, 2008 8:12am PDT
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New Poll - Conventions

I'm not late this time! It's the easiest poll I could think of since I'm at AnimeExpo right now...

Discuss your con experiences here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6438

Previous Poll Results
Question: Console?
Choices:
Wii - votes: 2959 (40.9%)
PS3 - votes: 2963 (41%)
Xbox 360 - votes: 1313 (18.1%)
There were 7235 total votes.
The poll ended: July 5th 2008

VERY close poll, but I prefer the Wii personally...

Posted by lambchopsil on 
July 5th, 2008 7:10am PDT
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Independence Day!

Happy 4th of July for all you US residents/citizens/whatnot! I'm currently at AnimeExpo 2008 in Los Angeles, CA (USA)! And yet I'm still dedicated for this site...

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PS: If anyone wants to meet me at AX (I'm attending all 4 days), pm me here and leave something like a cell # so that I can locate you within the crowd of 40,000+ people

Posted by lambchopsil on 
July 4th, 2008 6:38am PDT
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New Poll - Consoles

First, I realize I'm late (again) with the poll. Second, I'm lazy. So here's the easiest poll I could think of within 10 seconds. Just choose your favorite console! (I realize there is no choice of PC or "none". I did that for a reason)

You can discuss this poll on this thread: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6308
No flame wars please...

Previous Poll Results:
Question: How unrealistic/cliched do you like your manga?
Choices:
Completely realistic and none of those stupid cliches - votes: 300 (3.6%)
It has to seem real, but cliches DO happen in real life all the time! - votes: 1387 (16.9%)
I don't mind some silliness, but the story had better be original - votes: 3764 (45.7%)
Anything goes for me - votes: 2110 (25.6%)
I like my manga as wild and fantastical as possible - votes: 670 (8.1%)
There were 8231 total votes.
The poll ended: June 29th 2008

I guess most of us are expecting some kind of fantasy to happen (hey, it's manga we're talking about), but we love the original plot sequences. Not too many people like the extremes

Posted by lambchopsil on 
June 28th, 2008 10:24pm PDT
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New Poll - Cliches

Sorry for the REALLY late poll this week...I woke up late, had to take a car trip to my grandma's house for lunch (40-ish min drive), then went to a pool birthday party for twins that I know. Busy busy busy~

Member rabookal has suggested this new poll for us! Basically, do you like your manga to mimic real life? Or do you prefer the outrageous and impossible events, including all the cliches like "punk boy falls in love with beautiful princess of the school and actually gets her" or the typical "average male surrounded by tons of girls"...Anyways, you get the point...

Discuss your views on our forum: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6184

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Select the choice that best represents your feelings
Choices:
Manga > Anime - votes: 4143 (40.7%)
Manga < Anime - votes: 304 (3%)
Manga = Anime - votes: 619 (6.1%)
Depends on the series - votes: 5107 (50.2%)
There were 10173 total votes.
The poll ended: June 21st 2008

As you can definitely see, many people think manga is better than anime (as to be expected as this IS a manga-orientated site). I'm interested to know what would happen if we repeated this poll on our anime side...
But the clear winner is the poll of the choice that it really depends on the series. Some things just show better using animation, whether that be story, fight scenes, kissing scenes, you name it. As for manga, you usually got the original story line without fillers, a lot of room for length and development, among other things.

Posted by lambchopsil on 
June 21st, 2008 7:10pm PDT
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Manga Reading Tool

silverado writes: *MangaMeeya belongs to one of the most popular tools among manga readers. The newest version of MangaMeeya has appeared yesterday on a news site.

Features:
-New: Supports imbracted archives (archives within archives)
-Read Image albums ( Mangas, Comics, or any picture/photo album) in RAR (CBR) or ZIP (CBZ) formats, including password protected ZIP or RAR archives
-Read all common picture formats ( BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG), and can be used a standalone picture viewer
-No installation required
-Extract ZIP and RAR archives

This tool can now be found on here:
http://www.mydailymanga.com/?p=401*

Posted by Manick on 
June 21st, 2008 7:10am PDT
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Moyoco Anno on Hiatus?

srhisey writes: I ran across a spanish blog site, and with my limited spanish skills determined that [sitelink=authors.html?id=152]Moyoco Anno[/sitelink] was retiring or something. Panic stricken, I rushed to her blog and with online translation services, found that she indeed took hiatus in March due to illness.

Posted by Manick on 
June 21st, 2008 7:07am PDT
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