This week's poll from Nekomikoto is a bit wordy, but it actually happens a lot. Say you're reading a series that you like, and just one particular group is working on it. Suddenly a new group pops up and starts doing releases for the same series. Which group's releases are you going to choose now?

I feel the tendency is that the new group is the faster one, with usually less quality. So for a while I'll stick with the old group, but then the old group drops the project because they can't handle the load (and probably has other projects to work on). Then I play catch up with the new group since I'm behind a bunch of chapters now.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: On average, do you tend to skip anime opening / ending songs?
Choices:
I watch each once and then skip the repeats - votes: 6134 (48%)
I mostly skip openings - votes: 263 (2.1%)
I mostly skip endings - votes: 1468 (11.5%)
I watch both most of the time - votes: 2069 (16.2%)
I skip both most of the time - votes: 2479 (19.4%)
I don't watch anime - votes: 378 (3%)
There were 12791 total votes.
The poll ended: April 18th 2015

Almost 50% will watch once and skip the rest. I fall in this camp too.

This week's anime-related post is from Marian5390. For those of you who watch anime, what are your habits for those OP/ED songs?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Thoughts on April Fools' scanlator jokes or false releases
Choices:
Hate them - votes: 2173 (21.2%)
Annoying - votes: 2602 (25.4%)
Funny - votes: 1129 (11%)
Don't mind - votes: 1897 (18.5%)
Ignore them - votes: 1306 (12.8%)
No opinion - votes: 1127 (11%)
There were 10234 total votes.
The poll ended: April 11th 2015

I'm in the hating camp. Kinda sad that over 10% find them funny...

This week's poll is from me (so the choices aren't really the best, but deal with it). I realized we had never done a poll about all the fake releases scanlators put out there, so might as well!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Are you a registered member of MU?
Choices:
Yes, and I consider myself an active part of the community - votes: 579 (6%)
Yes, but I just lurk and use the member-only features - votes: 5761 (59.7%)
Nope - votes: 3318 (34.4%)
There were 9658 total votes.
The poll ended: April 3rd 2015

Those of you who aren't members, you might wanna consider it so that you can use lists and release highlighting.

In a few days is the infamous April Fools' Day (April 1st). At MU, we [color=red]WILL NOT[/color] tolerate any fake/joke releases being reported/announced to us (on any day, not just April Fools). If we, by accident, allow a fake release to get through, please report the mistake to us (either via a [sitelink=submit.html?act=add_change]Change Request[/sitelink] form, through the forum, post a comment in this news post, or you can email me at lambchopsil[at]mangaupdates[dot]com if you are not a registered member here).

As you have been warned against doing it, if we discover a person still attempting to post a joke release here, that person will be dealt with. Severe action will be taken upon that scanlation group.

Thank you for considering our request to remain as accurate as possible for our members.

Some people seem to think this news post is a joke or something similar. I assure you, I am being totally serious. Don't take it lightly.

And we can figure out if someone is trying to frame a group. We're not naive, so don't even try.

This week's poll from Lorska is something for site stats. We're just looking at the stats of the people who vote in the polls.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
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Question: Do you know Japanese?
Choices:
Native fluency - votes: 129 (1%)
Yes, I can understand most things - votes: 421 (3.2%)
I know a lot but am not fluent - votes: 1308 (9.9%)
I know only the basics - votes: 2285 (17.2%)
Bits and pieces from anime / manga - votes: 7715 (58.2%)
None - votes: 1405 (10.6%)
There were 13263 total votes.
The poll ended: March 28th 2015

Arigatou

Tadanohito, one of the longest hentai translators will be retiring soon. He's been translating for 8+ years.

You can find more information here: http://www.tadanohito.net/news.php?readmore=1419

This week's poll is from Sapphiresky. What's your fluency in Japanese?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: I am ___ and prefer reading this kind of romance series
Choices:
Straight and like reading boy / girl romance - votes: 6396 (51.8%)
Straight and like reading same-sex romance - votes: 2229 (18.1%)
Gay / Lesbian and like reading boy / girl romance - votes: 77 (0.6%)
Gay / Lesbian and like reading same-sex romance - votes: 321 (2.6%)
Bisexual and like reading boy / girl romance - votes: 310 (2.5%)
Bisexual and like reading same-sex romance - votes: 693 (5.6%)
Asexual and like reading boy / girl romance - votes: 320 (2.6%)
Asexual and like reading same-sex romance - votes: 547 (4.4%)
Other and like reading boy / girl romance - votes: 98 (0.8%)
Other and like reading same-sex romance - votes: 261 (2.1%)
I just hate romance series - votes: 1092 (8.8%)
There were 12344 total votes.
The poll ended: March 21st 2015

So many people hate romance...

This week's poll comes from JanuaryDreams. I've noticed that we've been doing a lot of demographic and romance related polls recently...

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which mood in a series do you most enjoy?
Choices:
Lighthearted / comedy - votes: 3270 (36.8%)
Dark / sad - votes: 1246 (14%)
Serious / straight - votes: 1099 (12.4%)
Tension / drama - votes: 1223 (13.8%)
Fearful / foreboding - votes: 308 (3.5%)
Happy / feel-good - votes: 1731 (19.5%)
There were 8877 total votes.
The poll ended: March 13th 2015

Romcoms, hehe

This week's poll was suggested by FormX. Of the given list of possible moods and tones and a series, which is your favorite?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you were a mangaka, which demographic would you draw / write for?
Choices:
Shoujo - votes: 1619 (15.7%)
Shounen - votes: 2032 (19.7%)
Josei - votes: 954 (9.3%)
Seinen - votes: 2774 (26.9%)
Hentai - votes: 674 (6.5%)
Yaoi - votes: 1768 (17.1%)
Yuri - votes: 489 (4.7%)
There were 10310 total votes.
The poll ended: March 7th 2015

Wasn't expecting seinen to win... I guess more of you guys prefer writing for a more mature audience rather than a young audience?

Now we're doing the actual poll F_J suggested.

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: If you lived in a manga, which demographic would it be?
Choices:
Shoujo - votes: 1928 (15.6%)
Shounen - votes: 2506 (20.3%)
Josei - votes: 1627 (13.2%)
Seinen - votes: 2929 (23.7%)
Hentai - votes: 1438 (11.6%)
Yaoi - votes: 1360 (11%)
Yuri - votes: 556 (4.5%)
There were 12344 total votes.
The poll ended: February 28th 2015

Hmm, the male-orientated demographics were more popular, even though I believe we have more female voters