Happy New Year!

This week's post comes from our member VawX. Let's assume you find a good completed series that has both an anime adaptation and a manga adaptation. With all other things being equal (such as quality, plot, etc), which media would you consume? I left out choices between which one was the original adaptation or which got farther in the plot, so this is just between the merits of still images vs. moving images.

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

Question: What's your favorite villainous laugh?
Choices:
Ohohohoho - votes: 939 (7.6%)
Fufufufu - votes: 1507 (12.2%)
Hahaha - votes: 191 (1.5%)
Heheh - votes: 154 (1.2%)
Ahahaha - votes: 206 (1.7%)
Muahahaha - votes: 972 (7.9%)
Mwahahaha - votes: 923 (7.5%)
Kekekeke - votes: 707 (5.7%)
Hyuk hyuk hyuk - votes: 187 (1.5%)
Woah oh oh - votes: 38 (0.3%)
A true villain instills fear with a mere smirk - votes: 6247 (50.7%)
Other - votes: 261 (2.1%)
There were 12332 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2016

I guess the smirk option is a bit unfair... I'm wondering what would've won if I took out that choice. Although "Fufufufu" did win of the other choices!

This week's fun poll was from Caedis. Obviously we can only do text since it's 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: With scanlations, a release with poor quality (bad translation, editing, raws, etc) is better than no release at all
Choices:
Agree - votes: 5888 (66.1%)
Disagree - votes: 3018 (33.9%)
There were 8906 total votes.
The poll ended: December 26th 2015

Take note, scanlators

This week's poll by our member cmertb is more of a agree/disagree on the idea of bad scanlation releases being better than no release at all. Comment below to elaborate more on your position!

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

Question: Which sort of offensive material pisses you off the most in manga?
Choices:
Graphic violence / gore - votes: 277 (2.5%)
Dirty humor - votes: 99 (0.9%)
Sexual objectification - votes: 935 (8.4%)
Obscene language - votes: 28 (0.3%)
Sexual violence / rape - votes: 2389 (21.4%)
Child abuse - votes: 1089 (9.8%)
Incest - votes: 471 (4.2%)
Pedophilia - votes: 1795 (16.1%)
Racism - votes: 427 (3.8%)
Homophobia - votes: 399 (3.6%)
Religious hate - votes: 395 (3.5%)
Political hate - votes: 54 (0.5%)
Any other sort of prejudice - votes: 371 (3.3%)
Nothing really bothers me - votes: 2419 (21.7%)
There were 11148 total votes.
The poll ended: December 19th 2015

Lots of votes this time around, for a very controversial poll. Oddly enough, I'm surprised that the most popular option was "Nothing really bothers me"...

This week's poll is from our member Calamansi. What kind of offensive thing within manga just makes your blood boil? It pisses you off so much that you just can't stand it. It really could be all of the above, but just pick your worst one.

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: Imagine the author of your favorite manga character decide to make a radical change to the character. Which transition would annoy you the most?
Choices:
Importance / relevance - votes: 1084 (14.5%)
Physical appearance - votes: 427 (5.7%)
Intellectual faculties - votes: 675 (9%)
Physical abilities - votes: 105 (1.4%)
Gender - votes: 1466 (19.6%)
Beliefs / values - votes: 824 (11%)
Love interest(s) - votes: 606 (8.1%)
Personality shift - votes: 1426 (19.1%)
Switched sides / alliances - votes: 243 (3.2%)
Nothing would affect me - votes: 629 (8.4%)
There were 7485 total votes.
The poll ended: December 12th 2015

Now I'm curious how many people like the gender-bender type of series. Ranma 1/2, anyone? I guess if it's built into the series, it's okay, but if a series unexpectedly had a character change their gender, it'd be really weird.

This week's poll by StephKuran is a bit harder to pin down. Imagine your favorite manga character was changed by the author in some way. Which type of changes would annoy you the most or make you the most mad? It technically depends on why you like that character, but that's what the comments are for!

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: Your favorite series was dropped by the only group scanlating it, so you...
Choices:
Find the raws and look at them without understanding the words - votes: 1752 (22.4%)
Ask other groups to pick it up - votes: 237 (3%)
Bug the old group to pick it up again - votes: 46 (0.6%)
Try to start your own scanlation group - votes: 65 (0.8%)
Learn the language so that you can read it yourself - votes: 663 (8.5%)
Look for summaries or synopsis to spoil yourself and feed the urge - votes: 1006 (12.9%)
Do nothing and wait patiently (sadly) - votes: 3733 (47.8%)
I already read the original language, so no worries - votes: 308 (3.9%)
There were 7810 total votes.
The poll ended: December 5th 2015

Of course most of us would just do nothing, but I surprising number of you would look for the raws!

This week's poll was suggested by our member zarul. Your favorite series was dropped by the only group that was scanlating it, so what do you do? Let's assume for the sake of the poll that the series is unlicensed.

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 I read an unknown word or complicated term, I typically...
Choices:
Gloss over it and don't bother looking it up - votes: 1497 (19.6%)
Use Google and read the first result - votes: 4085 (53.6%)
Go old-school and use a dictionary - votes: 608 (8%)
Use Wikipedia (or an encyclopedia) and read everything about it as well as the related stuff - votes: 1435 (18.8%)
There were 7625 total votes.
The poll ended: November 28th 2015

Google is a programmer's best friend

This week's poll is from MewMan. Whenever you read a word or term that you can't define or don't know very much about, are you inquisitive enough to look it up?

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: What subject or topic mentioned in a manga has most prompted you to do more research (Google, Wikipedia, library, etc) about it?
Choices:
Historical events - votes: 2137 (29.5%)
Science - votes: 444 (6.1%)
Medical issues - votes: 287 (4%)
Engineering - votes: 95 (1.3%)
Cultural aspects - votes: 1190 (16.4%)
Psychology - votes: 547 (7.5%)
Fauna/flora - votes: 91 (1.3%)
Locations (countries, cities, etc) - votes: 227 (3.1%)
Music / art - votes: 298 (4.1%)
Ethics / religion - votes: 165 (2.3%)
Sports - votes: 194 (2.7%)
Real life person (celebrity, politician, etc) - votes: 231 (3.2%)
Manga never encouraged me to do more research - votes: 975 (13.4%)
Other - votes: 375 (5.2%)
There were 7256 total votes.
The poll ended: November 21st 2015

Culture and history... Your teachers would be proud of you 🙂

Red Hawk Scanlations and its subsidiary Red Hawk NEO has closed its doors. Their website currently reads the following

All things must come to an end, and this is no exception. After more than seven years of bringing you manga, the decision has been made to close Red Hawk's doors. You may have noticed that the amount of series we do has dropped significantly lately, and the reason is that most of us have just gotten too busy with real life to pick up anything new. After much consideration, we decided that with our key members having less and less time to focus on manga, the best course of action was for us all to stop while we were ahead instead of giving you something that we couldn't put our hearts into.
To all the readers and staff, thanks for following us all this time. You're the reason we do what we do.

P.S.: PRAISE THE SUN.

This week's poll is yet another one from icassop. It's kind of wordy, but I rather like the topic. I guess it depends a little on the type of series that you read, but even Naruto might encourage you to do some research on how actual ninjas fight or if running with your hands behind you makes you go faster.

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: Has an opinion or view expressed in a manga ever noticeably influenced you?
Choices:
Yes, in a positive way - votes: 2883 (42.1%)
Yes, in a negative way - votes: 314 (4.6%)
No, but it made me think about it - votes: 2884 (42.1%)
No, I don't look for any deeper meaning - votes: 773 (11.3%)
There were 6854 total votes.
The poll ended: November 13th 2015

We've never had an option win by just 1 vote before...

Imperial Scans is closing its doors after 4 years of scanlation. Their statement is as follows:

Hey folks,

It's a sad day for all of us at Imperial Scans today as we've decided to close down for good.
We've been struggling to maintain our efforts for a while now, and it hasn't been easy with everyone getting more and more responsibilities in real life as we grow older, getting more tied up in jobs, family situations, etc. We've reached a point where going on has really become a burden in the little spare time we got, and despite us all still enjoying what we do, it's now time to accept our limits.
We've asked our friends over at MangaStream if they're interested in continuing any of our current series. They're down with Tokyo Ghoul:re, but still have to look at staff availability for anything else.
We want to thank all of those who supported us over the years. All of you who simply appreciated the service we've been happily providing, you were the best fans. It's been one hell of a ride.

Imperial Scans Founders

P.S.: Fuck Touka