This week's poll was suggested by our member Transdude1996. When watching a foreign film, do you just watch in the native language (that you probably don't understand), go for the subs, go for the dub, or maybe you don't care? And by "foreign film," I mean a movie that's not in a language that you readily understand.
[color=red]Edit: Changed the choices a little due to popular demand[/color]
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What bothers you the most the art in a manga?
Choices:
Head is too big / small - votes: 287 (2.2%)
All characters look the same (or generic) - votes: 2935 (22%)
Scraggly lines - votes: 314 (2.4%)
Old fashioned - votes: 876 (6.6%)
Eyes are too big / small - votes: 436 (3.3%)
Disproportionate body parts and limbs - votes: 2273 (17.1%)
Backgrounds are too / not enough detailed - votes: 226 (1.7%)
Faces don't look right - votes: 849 (6.4%)
Clothing looks bad - votes: 60 (0.5%)
Unrealistic hair color - votes: 163 (1.2%)
I just hate certain styles of manga art - votes: 3543 (26.6%)
Other - votes: 372 (2.8%)
Nothing bothers me - votes: 988 (7.4%)
There were 13322 total votes.
The poll ended: September 21st 2013
Ya, I agree it sucks if you can barely tell the characters apart. There's a school of thought that a character should be recognizable just by their silhouette, which applies to any visual medium.
This week's poll is from our member 007demosthenes. When you dislike a manga for its art, what are you most nitpicky about? And for once, there's an "Other" option. Post a comment if your choice isn't in that list!
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite type of character?
Choices:
The cool & handsome / beautiful one - votes: 788 (6.8%)
The quiet, stoic, and good-looking one - votes: 2460 (21.2%)
The noisy, stubborn, & hot-headed one - votes: 689 (5.9%)
The horrible, mean, & bad attitude one - votes: 388 (3.3%)
The helpful, kind, & cool one - votes: 992 (8.6%)
The robot / artificial intelligence - votes: 240 (2.1%)
The dense / air-headed genius type - votes: 935 (8.1%)
The 'always happy' character - votes: 372 (3.2%)
The handsome / beautiful sadist - votes: 1267 (10.9%)
The ugly character - votes: 101 (0.9%)
The sensitive but melancholic one - votes: 413 (3.6%)
The submissive, bumbling, and puppy-dog one - votes: 213 (1.8%)
The secretive enigma - votes: 962 (8.3%)
The clumsy fool - votes: 234 (2%)
The scheming plotter - votes: 1542 (13.3%)
There were 11596 total votes.
The poll ended: September 14th 2013
Did the quiet, the stoic, or the good-looking part win? Probably the last one... Reminds me of the character type of "tall, dark, and handsome" in literature.
All,
I have just applied some updates to modernize the back-end MangaUpdates code. If you find errors, strange behavior or functionality that doesn't appear to work like it did before, please report it here or in the Bugs forum.
The only new feature I added was the addition of the "year" parameter in the "What's New" section of the site. I'm sad to say this was mostly a back-end update, and no fresh new eye candy.
Thanks!
This week's poll comes from our member PinkShippuden. The given list of character types is not exhaustive, but just choose the one that you like best. Come on, you gotta at least like one of those character tropes... (although yes, some of them are cliche)
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you gasp, squeal, curse, etc. when you read manga?
Choices:
Always - votes: 1909 (14.3%)
Most of the time - votes: 1938 (14.5%)
Sometimes - votes: 3990 (29.8%)
Rarely - votes: 2115 (15.8%)
Never out loud - votes: 1878 (14%)
Never at all - votes: 1540 (11.5%)
There were 13370 total votes.
The poll ended: September 7th 2013
Excluding the winning "Sometimes" option, it seems the rest of the choices are pretty evenly split. Not a common occurrence... gasp
This week's poll is from our member icassop. Do you react audibly to the manga that you read? I think I'll give a "wow" or "omg" every once in a while, but most of the time I'm pretty quiet when reading.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Over the years, the average scanlation quality has...
Choices:
Improved significantly - votes: 4884 (47.9%)
Improved slightly - votes: 3063 (30.1%)
Stayed about the same - votes: 1668 (16.4%)
Dropped slightly - votes: 413 (4.1%)
Dropped significantly - votes: 162 (1.6%)
There were 10190 total votes.
The poll ended: August 30th 2013
In my opinion, editing and scan quality has gotten much better. Translations in general have gotten better. However, proofreading remains a problem for many groups.
There has been some confusion recently over our policies for webcomics. In the series description, we ARE allowing a URL to the original webcomic (such as a link to a specific page on Naver). An example of this can be seen on Tower of God.
And as a reminder, we do not allow fan-made webcomics to be added as series to MangaUpdates. A fan-made series is something you try to publish yourself, without the aid of places like Naver or Daum. In general, we do not allow anything fan-made. All approved series must be backed by reputable publishers, including all OEL.
This week's poll from icassop is about the relative quality of scanlations over the years. I didn't want to specify an actual time frame because some of us have been around a lot longer and could have a more varied opinion depending on the time frame.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: On same-sex romance series
Choices:
I'm a girl, and I avoid both types - votes: 2438 (13.2%)
I'm a girl, and I avoid only yaoi/shounen-ai - votes: 666 (3.6%)
I'm a girl, and I avoid only of yuri/shoujo-ai - votes: 3723 (20.1%)
I'm a girl, and I read both - votes: 3590 (19.4%)
I'm a guy, and I avoid both types - votes: 3354 (18.1%)
I'm a guy, and I avoid only yaoi/shounen-ai - votes: 3338 (18%)
I'm a guy, and I avoid only yuri/shoujo-ai - votes: 352 (1.9%)
I'm a guy, and I read both - votes: 1063 (5.7%)
There were 18524 total votes.
The poll ended: August 24th 2013
One of our most popular polls ever, despite editing the poll options and forcing everyone to vote again. It appears that guys are the ones that tend to avoid one or both of the same-sex romances.
This week's poll comes from our member BurningFish. You can't be both genders, so you really only have a possibility of 4 of the choices. Should just about cover all the bases... In case you're wondering, yaoi is both the most filtered and the most highlighted genre/demographic in our database.
[color=red]Edit: Changed the language to reflect better choices due to popular demand. Vote again![/color]
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you do physical exercise?
Choices:
Every day - votes: 1881 (14.4%)
On a weekly basis - votes: 2918 (22.3%)
On a monthly basis - votes: 347 (2.7%)
Sometimes... - votes: 4005 (30.6%)
Never - votes: 1665 (12.7%)
I tried but failed - votes: 2263 (17.3%)
There were 13079 total votes.
The poll ended: August 17th 2013
Gotta combat obesity. We need encouragement from the jocks
This week's non-manga-related poll is from our member icassop. You do exercise or work out? If so, how often? And what kind stuff do you do? For me, I play racquetball like once every 2 weeks. That's about all I do...
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which of these imperfect choices is most preferable in regards to a manga's plot and art?
Choices:
Great plot and story can cover bad artwork - votes: 6948 (58%)
Great artwork can blind out the nonsensical plot - votes: 1565 (13.1%)
Good (not great) plot with average art - votes: 2235 (18.7%)
Good (not great) visuals with average storytelling - votes: 831 (6.9%)
I'll take anything, no matter how bad - votes: 398 (3.3%)
There were 11977 total votes.
The poll ended: August 10th 2013
Story > Art
This week's poll is from our member XReader. It's all about picking between bad, imperfect choices. The lesser of many evils perhaps? If forced to choose, which way would you swing?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite romance scenario in manga
Choices:
Just one pairing - votes: 5463 (37.3%)
Love triangle - votes: 1263 (8.6%)
Love quarter (or more) - votes: 409 (2.8%)
Harem (1 boy, many girls) - votes: 1901 (13%)
Reverse harem (1 girl, many boys) - votes: 1310 (8.9%)
Multiple couples (getting complicated here) - votes: 3083 (21.1%)
I hate romance. Everyone deserves to be single - votes: 1208 (8.3%)
There were 14637 total votes.
The poll ended: August 3rd 2013
So either we go simple with just 1 pairing or we get really complicated with tons of matches. The middle ground isn't worth much apparently
