This week's fun poll comes from our member ShadowSakura. The choices aren't exhaustive, but just have fun with it.

If you wanna discuss this poll on our forums, you can do so here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23848

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: Which type of transportation do you use the most?
Choices:
Car (and other related automobiles) - votes: 6251 (40.8%)
Motorcycle - votes: 442 (2.9%)
Bicycle - votes: 709 (4.6%)
Bus - votes: 2496 (16.3%)
Train or Subway - votes: 1615 (10.5%)
Plane or Helicopter - votes: 143 (0.9%)
Boat or Submarine - votes: 177 (1.2%)
Horse or other animal - votes: 142 (0.9%)
Skateboard - votes: 47 (0.3%)
Scooter - votes: 56 (0.4%)
Rollerblades - votes: 40 (0.3%)
I walk - votes: 3042 (19.8%)
Other - votes: 177 (1.2%)
There were 15337 total votes.
The poll ended: January 22nd 2011

Cars, walking, bus, train... I'm glad so many people walk and save money though~

This week's poll was suggested by our member comel. It's not really manga-related, but I don't really like any of the current suggestions, so...

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: For what reason do you usually read a new series?
Choices:
My friend recommended it to me - votes: 251 (1.9%)
The summary looks interesting - votes: 6758 (49.9%)
The reviews / comments on it were positive - votes: 697 (5.1%)
The art looks gorgeous! - votes: 1789 (13.2%)
I want to explore new genres - votes: 175 (1.3%)
It's the same author of a series I like - votes: 870 (6.4%)
It's so popular, so I must read it too! - votes: 108 (0.8%)
MangaUpdates (website or forum) suggested it to me - votes: 180 (1.3%)
It has such a high rating, so it must be good! - votes: 403 (3%)
The cover looked good - votes: 721 (5.3%)
I liked the name of the series - votes: 194 (1.4%)
I picked it randomly... No particular reason - votes: 1408 (10.4%)
There were 13554 total votes.
The poll ended: January 15th 2011

Wow, I wasn't expecting the choice of summary to win by so much... Hmm, I think that means that updaters should focus on brushing up on those series summaries so that people will want to read the series? Of course, all information is important!

The poll this week is the brain child of our members crossyuuki and Lightmare. The key to the question is usually. May be a little difficult to quantitatively answer, but do your best.

Finally, we have a poll where you can discuss it on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23530

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 make New Year's Resolutions?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3066 (27.1%)
No - votes: 6879 (60.9%)
What are those? - votes: 1356 (12%)
There were 11301 total votes.
The poll ended: January 8th 2011

So resolutions are falling out of fashion?

It's January 1st, and that means a new year! I hope you guys enjoyed the mess load of releases over the last few days. And in honor of the occasion, we have a related poll about New Year's Resolutions.

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: Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 5996 (49.1%)
Nope, got stuff I didn't want - votes: 1628 (13.3%)
I didn't get any gifts - votes: 2233 (18.3%)
I don't celebrate Christmas - votes: 2367 (19.4%)
There were 12224 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2011

Wow, lots of people got what they wanted. Lucky!

Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us!

lambchopsil edit:
Sorry for hijacking, but it's time for another fun poll! This Christmas one was suggested by our member Kriege.

As always, 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 will the new Tokyo Youth Ordinance Bill affect the industry?
Choices:
Changes completely - votes: 4646 (58.1%)
Barely noticable - votes: 2695 (33.7%)
Not at all - votes: 658 (8.2%)
There were 7999 total votes.
The poll ended: December 25th 2010

I honestly don't want to use this as a poll, but since it is a current event...(And it was suggested by our member firestalker). No formal forum thread for this one because I fear flames.

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 long can you last without manga?
Choices:
Less than a day - votes: 2494 (16.3%)
A few days - votes: 4827 (31.5%)
A week or two - votes: 3260 (21.3%)
A month - votes: 1399 (9.1%)
A few months - votes: 1608 (10.5%)
A year - votes: 229 (1.5%)
Years - votes: 423 (2.8%)
Forever - votes: 1096 (7.1%)
There were 15336 total votes.
The poll ended: December 18th 2010

SpicyWolfHoro writes: *For those of you who are not keeping up with current events in japan, here is a newsflash!!

Read here to get a better Idea of what is going on:
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/12/15/tokyo-manga-ban-signed-into-law/

In summary, the tokyo government has just passed a law that directly targets Anime, Manga, and Games! They are censoring things to such an extreme degree that it is likely to put many anime and manga publishing/producing companies out of business.

Any anime, manga, or game that depicts: Violence, Sex, Crime, Homosexuality (Yup, girls there goes your Yaoi), anything that could be construed as "a bad influence on youth", anything of the above depicting minors, and more... (and there goes any Ecchi manga, any student/teacher, incest, age gap, and most shoujo series)

All of which is now a crime to Own, Create, or Sell.

Many mangas will probably be put to an end as they will no longer be legal.

Such examples as To Love-ru!, Wolf Guy, Deadman Wonderland, etc.

With this law, for a series to be legal, the antagonist would either have to be related to the Care Bears, or completely nonexistent. Without an antagonist, there is no plot. Without some kind of crime/evil there is not real antagonist. How do you create a series without a plot? Even 4-koma has a plot... sort of.

The mastermind behind this is Tokyo Governor Shintarō Ishihara, who blatantly shows no care for the illustrated entertainment industry. He claims that the law is to protect the youth of japan, yet he himself is the author of a series of schoolgirl gang rape novels.

The law is coming into effect April 2011, and will come out in full force in July 2011.

Kadokawa (Anime Producing Company) has declared that they will fight the new law.

Feel free to offer them your support: (Page in Japanese)

http://www.kadokawa-pictures.co.jp/companyinfo/contactus.shtml

I don't know what we can do, but support our publishers!!

Spread the news, and join in the fight! I am sending letters to every anime, manga and gaming company that will be affected and declaring my support. I urge all other fans to do the same. Defend our anime! Defend our manga! Defend our starving
artists!*

This poll is going off an old poll of "How long can you last without a computer?" I don't really like any of the current suggestions for a new poll, so I went off an old one... Let's try and suggest more manga/anime-related ones!

You can discuss this poll at our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22934

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: Have you ever believed in Santa Claus?
Choices:
Yes, when i was small - votes: 7473 (53.6%)
I still believe it! He really exists! - votes: 1219 (8.7%)
No, I never believed the story - votes: 4378 (31.4%)
Who is Santa Claus? - votes: 881 (6.3%)
There were 13951 total votes.
The poll ended: December 11th 2010

Another holiday poll has come to you by way of our member comel. This time, is Santa coming to town?

You can discuss the poll on our forum over here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22753

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Does it snow where you live?
Choices:
Yes, all the time! - votes: 3117 (19.8%)
Yes, and I hate it... - votes: 2254 (14.3%)
Only occasionally - votes: 4342 (27.6%)
Does around once in the last 100 years count? - votes: 2412 (15.3%)
Never - votes: 3593 (22.9%)
There were 15718 total votes.
The poll ended: December 4th 2010

Snow is only fun if it's not a blizzard and you're not the one responsible for shoveling it away from the walkway

We've recently had reports of users maliciously adding incorrect series data. If series information looks constantly incorrect (even after you change it yourself), then please either post in this thread, PM me (lambchopsil) personally, or file a Change Request via the User CP.

Examples of malicious information are:
Wrong and in appropriate series images
Taking off all non-English names off a series (like the original Japanese one)
Releases suddenly get deleted
Wrong categories
Gibberish in the series description

We will investigate all claims and take appropriate action against such users. Remember, all information on this site has been user-generated, so thank you for providing all the help you can!

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