Anonymous writes: *The Go Comi site has been relaunched and claims to be the original company and it asks for
donations through a Paypal account. This is confirmed to be a scam.
The original article: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-12/go-comi-former-site-relaunched-under-false-pretenses
"The former gocomi.com website that I used to run has been turned into a scam by unidentified
criminals unrelated to Go! Comi, a company which no longer exists. It is not real. Do not donate.
Gonna [sic] my lawyers on them. Please share this post with manga fans and readers."
I went on the site a about 2 weeks ago and I thought it was weird that a company would ask its'
customers for donations to say afloat. At least now we know it's fake but the Go Comi company
should have come out sooner with the info.*
You know how many series have some form of romance inside them? Like even Naruto has some even though the focus of the series is on action and fighting. Well, for this poll, how much romance do you like to read in your series?
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26246
I made this poll myself, as I don't really like any of the current suggestions. 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: I'd watch anime fillers if...
Choices:
It develops the characters - votes: 1542 (13.2%)
It expands on the main plot - votes: 1459 (12.5%)
It is a self-contained story arc - votes: 648 (5.5%)
Had the same quality as the regular episodes - votes: 3414 (29.2%)
Were funny - votes: 1794 (15.4%)
Had lots of action - votes: 132 (1.1%)
Don't want to see them at all. They're all pointless in the end - votes: 2698 (23.1%)
There were 11687 total votes.
The poll ended: May 14th 2011
If only they were the same quality...
The comments section of the series page got an overhaul today to include user avatars and tighten up the design. If you go to a series page and the comments section looks absolutely terrible, that means your browser has cached the old layout files, and you should hit refresh to grab the new ones.
This was a primer project to get me back up-to-speed with the site codebase. Look forward to some more major updates in the near future!
Remember that previous poll about anime/manga adaptations of the original? Well, our member thevampirate gave a good suggestion to focus specifically on anime fillers. All the poll choices were made by me, so there's a good chance I didn't add some awesome choice you're thinking about, but bear with me and just choose the option that most fits.
You know what's better? Talk about the poll on our forums here!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26123
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 money (in US dollars) do you spend on anime/manga goods per year?
Choices:
None - votes: 5175 (39.6%)
0-100 - votes: 4565 (35%)
100-500 - votes: 2169 (16.6%)
500-1000 - votes: 580 (4.4%)
1000+ - votes: 570 (4.4%)
There were 13059 total votes.
The poll ended: May 7th 2011
Let me just say that this is the state of the anime/manga economy. (But it's encouraging to see those people able to spend $1000+ on stuff. You guys rock!)
The initial idea for this poll comes from Karonhioktha, but the question itself and the choices are all my own. To keep things more or less consistent, plus enter the total in US dollars. Estimate and convert if you have to. Please be honest. You can interpret the question as "goods" referring to any sort of merchandise related to anime/manga.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=25982
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: Anime adaptations of a manga (or vice versa)...
Choices:
Must follow the same, exact story - votes: 2701 (22.8%)
Can only add a tiny bit of originality - votes: 5947 (50.3%)
Can take liberty in what parts to adapt - votes: 1699 (14.4%)
Don't have to follow anything from the original - votes: 393 (3.3%)
Don't care - votes: 1092 (9.2%)
There were 11832 total votes.
The poll ended: April 30th 2011
The vast majority prefers the adaptation to be more or less exactly the same as the original. Now I wonder that if you liked the series on one medium, would you want to watch/read the same series on another medium even though it was the same content?
Here's a quick fact about Easter 2011. Eastern and Western Christianity usually celebrate Easter on different days because they follow different calendars. However, for two years in a row (2010-2011), Easter has been celebrated on the same day by both East and West. This super rare. In fact, it's so rare that some people attribute it to the theory that the world will end soon (like the 2012 thing with the Mayan calendar).
At least that's what my professor told me on Friday right when class ended.
This week's poll's idea was suggested by HouseOfBlack. However, as he only gave the initial idea, I had to come up with the actual poll choices (which was quite hard to do). The poll deals with original media vs. adaptations. How much of a "copy" does the adaptation need to be?
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=25849
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 read the credits/insert pages in scanlations?
Choices:
All the time - votes: 1280 (9.9%)
Most of the time - votes: 4217 (32.7%)
Seldom - votes: 4070 (31.6%)
Never - votes: 1273 (9.9%)
Only the translation notes - votes: 1228 (9.5%)
Only the special occasion ones - votes: 816 (6.3%)
There were 12884 total votes.
The poll ended: April 23rd 2011
Pretty even in terms of read vs. don't read.
To be fair to them, I need to report about Keishou Scans too. They officially closed a little over a week ago, so this news post is a little late.
http://keishou.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=36fb18bffdc4bca7b8a8421c0bd46389&topic=50.0
There once was a group named Franky House. I'm sure you've heard about it before. It was going great. But as with all things on earth, it was not meant to last. Here is their story:
http://thefolenangel.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/303/
Edit: To clarify, Franky House has been dead for about half a year now.
You ever read the credit pages in scanlations? This poll was suggested by our member icassop.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=25695
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: Has reading manga ever caused physical health problems?
Choices:
Never had problems despite lots of reading - votes: 5724 (43.6%)
I don't read enough manga to cause problems - votes: 945 (7.2%)
Gained weight - votes: 631 (4.8%)
Lost weight - votes: 175 (1.3%)
My eyes got really tired - votes: 3013 (23%)
Caused me to wear corrective lens - votes: 516 (3.9%)
Backache, headache, other aches - votes: 1718 (13.1%)
Other - votes: 403 (3.1%)
There were 13125 total votes.
The poll ended: April 16th 2011
Tired eyes from lots of reading... Now is that staring at paper or staring at a screen?
