This week's poll is a suggestion from our member achyif. Compared to your other reading intake, is manga proportionally more or less? For me, I tend to read novels much more than manga, especially since I own an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.
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: Start of a new year, so your most important "first" for this year is...
Choices:
First sunrise - votes: 386 (3.8%)
First sunset - votes: 55 (0.5%)
First email - votes: 46 (0.5%)
First meal - votes: 340 (3.4%)
First full moon - votes: 215 (2.1%)
First kiss - votes: 916 (9.1%)
First heartache - votes: 135 (1.3%)
First new manga / anime - votes: 1668 (16.6%)
First dream - votes: 445 (4.4%)
First laugh - votes: 373 (3.7%)
First new friend - votes: 302 (3%)
First day of work / school - votes: 930 (9.3%)
First vacation - votes: 409 (4.1%)
First new movie - votes: 168 (1.7%)
First new article of clothing - votes: 90 (0.9%)
First paycheck - votes: 914 (9.1%)
First hug - votes: 234 (2.3%)
First sickness - votes: 140 (1.4%)
First party - votes: 158 (1.6%)
First pet - votes: 35 (0.3%)
First win (game, gambling, etc) - votes: 325 (3.2%)
First child - votes: 53 (0.5%)
First smile - votes: 272 (2.7%)
First death - votes: 251 (2.5%)
First anniversary - votes: 77 (0.8%)
First crush / love - votes: 1110 (11%)
There were 10047 total votes.
The poll ended: January 12th 2013
Of course, the winner would be manga since we're a manga site. But after that, 2nd most popular is a bit of romance~
Reportedly, it's back! Not back to its former glory, but at least it's a start. Hetalia fans, hats off to you.
You can read a news report here: http://comicsbeat.com/tokyopop-is-back/
Thanks to Dr. Love for giving me the news
I'll admit, this poll from our member nowyat is a little weird. Since we just started a new year, I thought this suggestion was most relevant. Think of what your most important "first" for this year would be. Of course, the list is not exhaustive (there is at least 1 specific choice I purposely left out) and there is no "other" category or else we'd get like 90% there.
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: 24 hours in Japan and money is not an issue. You...
Choices:
Buy a ton of anime / manga merchandise - votes: 4348 (31%)
Stuff yourself with food - votes: 1066 (7.6%)
Buy big purchases (house, car, etc) - votes: 2463 (17.6%)
Blow your money on department store goods - votes: 455 (3.2%)
Get electronics at Akihabara - votes: 711 (5.1%)
Go to a matsuri (festival) - votes: 536 (3.8%)
Play pachinko and other gambling - votes: 55 (0.4%)
Spend those quarters at an arcade gaming center - votes: 77 (0.5%)
Go to host / hostess (and related) clubs - votes: 801 (5.7%)
Go to maid cafes - votes: 224 (1.6%)
Ride all the shinkansen (bullet) trains - votes: 141 (1%)
Visit all the famous landmarks - votes: 1748 (12.5%)
Soak up in a hot spring - votes: 1038 (7.4%)
Meet as many celebrities as possible - votes: 351 (2.5%)
There were 14014 total votes.
The poll ended: January 5th 2013
Well, we are a site about manga! Hence I suspect "First new manga / anime" will win for this week's poll.
Another year of existence! Technically still 21 minutes away where I live, but oh well...
PS: Just saw Les Miserables. Great movie.
This week's fun and chill poll is from icassop. What kind of thing would you do if you only had a day in Japan and money wasn't an issue? Plenty of options to choose from, but sorry if I forgot your favorite choice.
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: Favorite background / setting for a series
Choices:
School - votes: 3303 (26.9%)
Workplace - votes: 509 (4.1%)
Rural village or the countryside - votes: 553 (4.5%)
Near the ocean - votes: 196 (1.6%)
Military setting - votes: 244 (2%)
Big city - votes: 587 (4.8%)
Futuristic sci-fi - votes: 502 (4.1%)
Historical fiction - votes: 545 (4.4%)
Modern mixed with fantasy - votes: 2123 (17.3%)
Historical mixed with fantasy - votes: 1992 (16.2%)
Future mixed with fantasy - votes: 592 (4.8%)
Apocalyptic - votes: 668 (5.4%)
Steampunk - votes: 461 (3.8%)
There were 12275 total votes.
The poll ended: December 29th 2012
I'm actually surprised that school won out. Perhaps those of us older folks would like to relive our childhoods. Or maybe the school years have so many hormones that it's an interesting setting...
Enjoy all the manga release gifts from all your favorite groups!
(Aren't you glad that the world didn't end?)
The inspiration for this week's poll comes from our member nowyat. Some of you will probably get mad that your specific favorite setting wasn't included, but just choose one of the given options. There's bound to be one choice that you like a lot!
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related). We also welcome holiday-related poll ideas!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you prefer reading about platonic or romantic relationships?
Choices:
Platonic - votes: 1186 (9.8%)
Romantic - votes: 6673 (55.3%)
Doesn't matter - votes: 3743 (31%)
No relationships at all - votes: 465 (3.9%)
There were 12067 total votes.
The poll ended: December 22nd 2012
Some of you may call it a narrow-minded poll, but oh well. Not like we're conducting research with all this. And I couldn't make the poll more specific without making the poll itself very wordy
This week's poll focuses on specific relationships, as suggested by Kitsu-pon. Not what kind of relationship you're in, but what do you prefer reading? In case you don't know what "platonic" means, a dictionary says "intimate and affectionate but not sexual."
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related). We also welcome holiday-related poll ideas!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you get annoyed by bad grammar / spelling in scanlations?
Choices:
Definitely annoyed! - votes: 5149 (36%)
It's just a little distracting - votes: 6936 (48.5%)
I'm okay with it - votes: 1819 (12.7%)
I don't notice any mistakes - votes: 338 (2.4%)
I don't read scanlations - votes: 64 (0.4%)
There were 14306 total votes.
The poll ended: December 15th 2012
One of our more popular polls in recent times. Since most people find it at least a little distracting, I think this poll is sending a message to all the scanlators out there that proofreading the script is a must!
This here is an interesting poll about scanlations from our member MiY4Gi. You ever notice those spelling/grammar mistakes? How do you feel about them? As a former proofreader and QCer, I get very annoyed at those low quality groups...
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related). We also welcome holiday-related poll ideas!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Relatively how expensive is it to buy manga, manhwa, or manhua where you live?
Choices:
Quite expensive - votes: 5554 (46.6%)
About average - votes: 3671 (30.8%)
Pretty cheap - votes: 372 (3.1%)
I have no clue what the price is right now - votes: 2313 (19.4%)
There were 11910 total votes.
The poll ended: December 8th 2012
Inflation... sigh...
Welcome to December! Our poll for this week comes from the mind of our member lalalarry. Now the "relative" part of this poll means you judge for yourself how and against what you're comparing the price to. And this is about the average case.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related). We also welcome holiday-related poll ideas!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you get angry when people criticize or make fun of a series that you love?
Choices:
Yes! I tell them off! - votes: 1140 (9.1%)
I get angry but don't react - votes: 2119 (16.9%)
I get mad and leave - votes: 224 (1.8%)
I reason with them and explain why I love it - votes: 3508 (28%)
I don't care what other people say - votes: 5551 (44.3%)
There were 12542 total votes.
The poll ended: December 1st 2012
(Excluding the people who don't care)
I actually expected more people to not react at all. Passivity and all that... But at least many people are reasonable!
