In honor of the latest widespread natural disaster, I decide to come up with this poll. If you really have no clue what we're talking about, please go read the news in your favorite newspaper, website, blog, etc.
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 Japanese (or other original language) do you like in scanlations / bought manga?
Choices:
None. The whole thing must be localized to my own culture - votes: 329 (2.5%)
Just the sound effects - votes: 403 (3%)
Occasional words (e.g., bento, sakura) - votes: 1379 (10.3%)
Stuff that doesn't translate well (e.g., honorifics, culture, names) - votes: 8010 (59.7%)
As much as possible while still being readable to you - votes: 3043 (22.7%)
Completely Japanese - votes: 246 (1.8%)
There were 13410 total votes.
The poll ended: March 12th 2011
Looks like most people lean toward the side of leaving manga in its original form. I support that too.
There's a small (?) debate over how much localization should happen when translating something to another culture. This poll suggested by whitefox25 is about your own preferences. As always, choose the closest that applies to your opinion.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24705
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you knew your favorite character was gonna die, you would...
Choices:
Stop reading the manga after the death part - votes: 542 (3.7%)
Stop reading the manga before the death part - votes: 819 (5.7%)
Stop reading and eventually pick it up again after moping - votes: 3424 (23.7%)
Continue reading by skipping the death part - votes: 172 (1.2%)
Continue on reading as usual - votes: 8447 (58.4%)
Rant at the author - votes: 1069 (7.4%)
There were 14473 total votes.
The poll ended: March 5th 2011
Someone dies. Nothing you can do about it. Life goes on. Now go read Gantz and cry.
This slightly morbid poll comes from our member mu2020. To be honest, I'm not satisfied with the poll choices, but I didn't know what else to put there. Oh well. However, I did leave off some choices on purpose (like holding a funeral, ranting, or sending death threats to the author). Let's keep it civil.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24535
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Manga E-books
Choices:
I buy them and like them - votes: 324 (3.1%)
I've bought them but don't like them - votes: 114 (1.1%)
I'm interested, but I haven't bought any yet - votes: 3614 (35.1%)
I'm not interested at all - votes: 3530 (34.3%)
What's an e-book? - votes: 2716 (26.4%)
There were 10298 total votes.
The poll ended: February 26th 2011
Hmm, e-books are not "in" for the manga community... FYI, I want a Kindle as a present.
Here's another poll by our admin lynira. I guess e-books mainly applies to the US and Europe, but let's just gauge them anyways.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24403
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How much humor (that you like) do you typically like in manga?
Choices:
None. Stay serious, bro. - votes: 198 (1.5%)
Just a little. The occasional humor is good. - votes: 2285 (17.2%)
Moderate. A good amount but not lots. - votes: 6038 (45.5%)
Medium. Half-filled with humor. - votes: 3297 (24.8%)
Prominent. Humor is the focus. - votes: 888 (6.7%)
Chock-full of it! Comedy first, and I don't care if there's no story - votes: 568 (4.3%)
There were 13274 total votes.
The poll ended: February 19th 2011
Things are good in moderation.
MangaUpdates admin lynira suggested this week's new poll. If a series could have the type of humor that you like, how much of that humor would you like in the series?
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24266
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 name your child after a manga or anime character?
Choices:
No - votes: 6491 (42.7%)
I don't plan to or can't have children - votes: 1729 (11.4%)
Maybe... - votes: 2129 (14%)
Yes, just after my favourite char - votes: 602 (4%)
Only if it doesn't stick out too much in my country - votes: 2411 (15.9%)
Only if it's not from a well-known shounen manga - votes: 201 (1.3%)
Only if it doesn't have stupid meaning - votes: 586 (3.9%)
Only if my wife/husband agrees to - votes: 1046 (6.9%)
There were 15195 total votes.
The poll ended: February 12th 2011
The choice "no" isn't that interesting... But if the name is more socially acceptable in the country you live in, then over 2000 people would go for it! Would the name "Ichigo" or "Sakura" stick out too much in the US?...
All,
I screwed something up. Yup, it was my fault. Just take this as a lesson ... always commit your latest working copy to subversion ... because it could screw you a year down the road.
Anyway, it should be fixed now. And with that ... I bid you (hopefully) happy reading.
-m
This new poll was suggested by our member Kuro Kagami. Names are important. Enough said. I'm doubting that most people would go that far...
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24138
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you rate comics from your country?
Choices:
I'm from Japan, enough said - votes: 193 (1.3%)
They're better than manga! - votes: 231 (1.5%)
They are as good as manga - votes: 1771 (11.8%)
Interesting, but not as good as manga - votes: 4710 (31.4%)
Really bad, I never read them - votes: 2334 (15.6%)
I don't know, I've never read them - votes: 3611 (24.1%)
My country doesn't have local comics - votes: 2156 (14.4%)
There were 15006 total votes.
The poll ended: February 5th 2011
In general, it seems that people like their manga more than anything else
We introduced a new feature today. It's called "Category Recommendations". It essentially just tries to find the top 5 series which match the categories assigned to the series, if it can. It's still in beta. Hopefully this helps people find new manga. It also should encourage everyone to categorize more series and VOTE!
JohnHomos gave the suggestion for our new poll. So for wherever you define as "local", how would you rate your local comics? If you live in Brazil, rate your Brazilian comics. If you live in the US, rate those. Or if you life in China, rate your manhua... And yes, I'm asking you to generalize your experience. You can post on the forum about specifics
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23978
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: Worst trouble you've had because of reading manga
Choices:
Didn't finish my work - votes: 2315 (15%)
My grades started dropping - votes: 2009 (13%)
Overslept because of late-night reading - votes: 4208 (27.3%)
Someone found my "perverted" manga - votes: 727 (4.7%)
Used a lot of money buying it - votes: 1163 (7.5%)
Got a virus on my computer for downloading - votes: 651 (4.2%)
My parents are mad at me - votes: 442 (2.9%)
My friends laugh at me - votes: 350 (2.3%)
Other - votes: 441 (2.9%)
Never had trouble before - votes: 3104 (20.1%)
There were 15410 total votes.
The poll ended: January 29th 2011
Losing some sleep sounds popular. And for those who never had trouble before, you must have really good self-control. And for once, "Other" doesn't have many votes... I'm satisfied with that~
Last week, SleepyFans closed its doors. The speedster has come to a stop.
