Whoa, I'm posting in the news. This is scary - what to say!

We just added support for editing custom list titles and descriptions, as well as setting
each list to be a specific type (reading, wish, complete, or unfinished).

So hopefully nothing breaks. If it does, we've got this topic going in the forum, so please
let us know!

http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=452

Also, feel free to make suggestions too. I know I like hearing them, and since I'm new
here (less than a year) I haven't heard them all a million times like Manick and
lambsies. So maybe you can get me all excited about something that they're rolling their
eyes over hearing for the 800,000th time, and actually make it happen. ^_^

Kaioh writes: *Manga artist NINOMIYA Tomoko reported on her personal blog on Tuesday that she has carpal tunnel syndrome, and thus has continued to put her Nodame Cantabile series on hold. She said that her hand would get numb when she tried to write words a month after she gave birth to a boy on October 24. The symptoms gradually spread to both arms to the point that there was swelling and eventually pain, especially in the morning when she woke up. She went to a doctor who confirmed the diagnosis.

Ninomiya took time off from her manga drawing in October, the last month of her pregnancy, to have her baby. After her baby was born on October 24, she reported in a November 3 blog entry that she could not raise her right arm because an unknown pain in her shoulder and arm.

From AnimeNewsNetwork*

(This is posted because there is no point complaining about MU on an IRC channel that is not associated with MU, which someone did and flamed me and my staff)

If you have a question, concern, comment, complaint, suggestion, etc about anything that deals with this site, please direct it at me (lambchopsil). All you need to do is [sitelink=convo.html?act=create&to=lambchopsil]private message[/sitelink] me.
Don't bother going to Manick, since he probably won't answer quickly (sorry, Manick~)

Of course, you may also put it in our [sitelink=topics.php?fid=3837]Suggestions & Bugs[/sitelink] forum

For instance, there may be a mistake in the database. Or you may be dissatisfied with your Change Request. Or you're wondering why your release, group, or series was rejected (this is because we usually don't tell you why your thing broke our policies)

For those of you on top of things, you'll realize that I put up the new poll slightly earlier than usual (about 11 hours earlier than average). That's because I'll be too busy the rest of the day...

Anyways, this new poll was also submitted by LunaMay. It's sorta related to the last poll through the subject of time. So how long have you gone without reading any manga? (Of course, not counting any of the time before you started reading manga at all). For me, I think I've lasted only a week or so...

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=9825

If you have site poll suggestions, you can post them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you see yourself still reading manga in 10 years?
Choices:
Yes! Love of my life! - votes: 5197 (47.8%)
Maybe (I'm not sure)... Depends on a lot of things - votes: 5216 (48%)
No, I'll be too busy or interested in other things - votes: 449 (4.1%)
There were 10862 total votes.
The poll ended: January 17th 2009

Of course, in reality, we all know that it all depends on a lot of factors. What we think of the future could always change...

The following has always been our policy. I'm just putting it here for all to see because some people keep bothering me.

Please be aware that MangaUpdates is [color=red]NOT[/color] responsible for the existence/maintenance of old download links. If a group is defunct, their domain has expired, an old release's download link doesn't work, etc, [color=red]DO NOT[/color] come whining to us about it.

[color=red]MangaUpdates does not and never will host manga. It is against our rules/policies to ask for downloads on the forums.[/color]

However, if a recent release is fake or does not exist, please report that to us. We continue to strive to maintain a clean database. Fake releases will not be tolerated. This includes April Fools Day (April 1st).
Within reason, we will change download link entries if you provide us the links (and the release must not be of a licensed series).

In case you don't know, we now have custom lists. This means you can make as many lists as you want for keeping track of your manga! You must be a registered member (it's easy and free!) to use this function. For instance, you could make one list for series you would really recommend and another list for all the hentai series you read (>_> ) .
However, there are still some limitations we are working to get around (like how you cannot add a series on more than 1 list at this moment). If you have any problems or suggestions (or feel that we should know something about custom lists), then please post them on our forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=452

Anyways, onto the poll!
This poll idea was submitted by our member LunaMay. So in 10 years from now, do you think you'll still be enjoying manga? (Hopefully this site lasts that long...) I'm gonna guess that most people will put a "maybe" as an answer though.

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=9700

Previous Poll Results:
Question: For about how long have you read scanlations?
Choices:
None, I don't read scanlations - votes: 77 (0.6%)
Within the last year (2008-2009) - votes: 1212 (9.9%)
1-2 years (2006-2007) - votes: 3666 (29.9%)
3-4 years (2004-2005) - votes: 3563 (29.1%)
5-6 years (2002-2003) - votes: 2148 (17.5%)
7+ years (2001 - prior) - votes: 1586 (12.9%)
There were 12252 total votes.
The poll ended: January 10th 2009

Hmm, so it appears that quite a lot of users are fairly new readers! And I'm amazed at the number of people with 7+ years under their belt! Congrats to all you avid manga readers!

Yes, it has actually happened...

As of today, Friday, January 9th, 2009, you can now add custom user lists. You can access them by viewing your lists screen and clicking "Edit Lists" next to the Reading List link.

You should all thank [sitelink=members.html?id=86213]monkeyvoodoo[/sitelink] for taking the time to learn our code base and make this modification! We're proud to have added this awesome new coder to our team!

This is not a completely finished feature. We are still working on making custom lists more versatile and accessible. If you have any bugs or suggestions, please post them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=452

This time is a poll that I made up because I was curious. So for how long have you been reading scanlations? This is scanlations, mind you, not manga! If you're wondering about me, I started around 2004-2005.

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=9562

If you got some poll suggestions (since we're running out of good ones again), feel free to give some to me! You can do so here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Why do you come to MangaUpdates?
Choices:
I thought I could read manga here - votes: 877 (7.6%)
Someone recommended it to me - votes: 277 (2.4%)
Found it through google - votes: 1031 (9%)
I heard that you could find release updates here - votes: 1969 (17.1%)
I thought the lists were a good way to keep up with the manga - votes: 3775 (32.8%)
The forum is great! - votes: 68 (0.6%)
I like the database here - votes: 3497 (30.4%)
There were 11494 total votes.
The poll ended: January 3rd 2009

Wow, you guys like your lists! Then it's a good thing that we got someone working on custom lists right now...
As for the database, it's up to YOU guys to keep it up-to-date and accurate. I thank you all for helping us do that!

From all the staff at MangaUpdates, we'd like to wish you and your families a happy new year.

-Staff 🙂

A little more personal poll (at least for us) this time. Suggested by member StarlightDreams. So why visit us?

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=9403

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you vote/rate (on any site) for the series you read?
Choices:
Yes, I care a lot for it and I do it systematically - votes: 1181 (15.6%)
Yes, but I don't give much thought to what I score - votes: 593 (7.9%)
Depends, I vote if I really like/hate the manga - votes: 3849 (51%)
No, I don't care - votes: 1928 (25.5%)
There were 7551 total votes.
The poll ended: December 27th 2008

Not many votes...And the winner is kinda sad. This is why we get a lot of people voting for 1 and 10.