This week's poll isn't manga related, but it's an interested one suggested by crimsonsnow00017. When you "see" someone on the internet, which may be say reading a post on a forum or messaging them online, etc, what gender do you usually assume the other person to be by default, without having any other clues or confirmations? Personally, I just assume everyone is a guy unless I know otherwise.
Edit: It's too late, so I am not editing this poll to add more choices
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your favorite series has been going for a while now. You...
Choices:
Want it to continue forever - votes: 2963 (29.3%)
Want it to end before it turns worse - votes: 6112 (60.5%)
Want the author to stop to start a completely new series - votes: 359 (3.6%)
Want a spin-off story of it - votes: 665 (6.6%)
There were 10099 total votes.
The poll ended: August 2nd 2014
So the recommendation here is to not get greedy and just end something on a good note.
This week's poll came from icassop. So let's say your favorite series has been doing pretty well and has been lasting a while. What do you want for its future? Not exactly the best way to phrase a poll, but hey...
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: For background art in manga, you prefer...
Choices:
Lots of detail - votes: 2376 (24.2%)
An average amount of detail - votes: 5012 (51%)
Very little detail - votes: 167 (1.7%)
Sparkles and patterns that fit the mood is just fine - votes: 542 (5.5%)
I don't really pay attention to the backgrounds - votes: 833 (8.5%)
I don't care - votes: 894 (9.1%)
There were 9824 total votes.
The poll ended: July 26th 2014
Average is average...But I guess more is better?
MangaUpdates is now 10 years old! Man, I'm getting old... (And for once, we're not reporting the birthday several days after the fact.)
Happy birthday, MangaUpdates!
This week's poll was suggested by Calamansi. For the background art in the series you read, how much detail do you like in them? I remember that the backgrounds in Mahou Sensei Negima! were quite detailed. Then there's shoujo where a lot of panels will just have sparkles and stuff to indicate the mood of the character.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you own some physical copies of manga, what do after you've read them?
Choices:
Keep reading religiously - votes: 780 (7.2%)
Leave it on the shelf and probably read it later - votes: 6408 (58.9%)
Leave it on the shelf and never touch again - votes: 1332 (12.3%)
Throw it away - votes: 23 (0.2%)
Lend it out - votes: 144 (1.3%)
Give it away to someone - votes: 47 (0.4%)
Donate it to a library, manga cafe, etc - votes: 77 (0.7%)
Sell it - votes: 73 (0.7%)
I don't own any physical manga - votes: 1989 (18.3%)
There were 10873 total votes.
The poll ended: July 19th 2014
Now how many people say they'll read it later and actually never do? I'm the kind of person that rarely goes back to read something again. Same with rarely re-watching movies or TV shows.
This week's poll comes from the mind of our member psycho-shocker. If you do own some physical copies of manga, what do you tend to do with them after reading them?
Edit: I just realized that I forgot an option for "I collect and never read them in the first place". Oh well, probably a rare case.
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Question: If you had to have animal ears (kemonomimi), which would you choose?
Choices:
Cat (including tiger, lion, etc) - votes: 3758 (29.1%)
Wolf - votes: 3113 (24.1%)
Fox - votes: 2422 (18.8%)
Dog - votes: 344 (2.7%)
Rabbit - votes: 660 (5.1%)
Bear - votes: 290 (2.2%)
Mouse - votes: 94 (0.7%)
Sheep - votes: 135 (1%)
Cow - votes: 68 (0.5%)
Dragon - votes: 1270 (9.8%)
No visible ear (like birds) - votes: 386 (3%)
Other - votes: 360 (2.8%)
There were 12900 total votes.
The poll ended: July 12th 2014
So do we have more cat lovers than dog lovers here?
This week's poll suggested by our member tart is rather odd. If you had to have some kind of animal ear, what would you prefer?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's the first place you check to see if there's a new release for a series you're already reading?
Choices:
MangaUpdates - votes: 7039 (66.1%)
IRC - votes: 14 (0.1%)
The scanlator's site or forum - votes: 507 (4.8%)
Online manga reader (aggregator site) - votes: 2263 (21.3%)
Phone application - votes: 263 (2.5%)
RSS feed - votes: 152 (1.4%)
Email - votes: 121 (1.1%)
Some other method - votes: 288 (2.7%)
There were 10647 total votes.
The poll ended: July 5th 2014
To be expected since we're MU... But online readers are on the rise!
This week's poll was suggested by our member AmDnim. When you're checking for the existence of a new release, what's the first place you go to? MangaUpdates of course! (Maybe... that's the whole point of the poll)
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Who do you think will win the FIFA World Cup?
Choices:
Algeria - votes: 83 (0.9%)
Argentina - votes: 456 (4.8%)
Belgium - votes: 120 (1.3%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - votes: 33 (0.3%)
Brazil - votes: 1693 (17.9%)
Chile - votes: 183 (1.9%)
Colombia - votes: 101 (1.1%)
Costa Rica - votes: 176 (1.9%)
Croatia - votes: 40 (0.4%)
Ecuador - votes: 21 (0.2%)
France - votes: 614 (6.5%)
Germany - votes: 2178 (23%)
Ghana - votes: 49 (0.5%)
Greece - votes: 90 (1%)
Honduras - votes: 13 (0.1%)
Iran - votes: 68 (0.7%)
Italy - votes: 195 (2.1%)
Ivory Coast - votes: 46 (0.5%)
Japan - votes: 513 (5.4%)
Mexico - votes: 267 (2.8%)
Netherlands - votes: 1109 (11.7%)
Nigeria - votes: 53 (0.6%)
Portugal - votes: 101 (1.1%)
Russia - votes: 170 (1.8%)
South Korea - votes: 171 (1.8%)
Switzerland - votes: 41 (0.4%)
United States - votes: 741 (7.8%)
Uruguay - votes: 126 (1.3%)
There were 9451 total votes.
The poll ended: June 27th 2014
Germany, Brazil, Netherlands... Pretty similar to what you guys thought 4 years ago (except that Spain's already gone, so they weren't even included in this poll). Netherlands has a much higher vote than last time though! Good for them! But hey, at least USA got out of the group of death!
As MewMan reminded me, I really should have done this poll last week, but I forgot... The poll only contains the countries that haven't yet been eliminated. However, by the time you vote in the poll, it's entirely possible your top choice is already gone... We did a similar poll 4 years ago, and the top picks by MU were Brazil, Germany, and Spain (in that order). Let's see what happens this time!
And for all you people who don't care about soccer/football, too bad.
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Previous Poll Results
Question: Where do you live?
Choices:
Metropolis (> 5m population) - votes: 1743 (15.4%)
City (1m - 5m) - votes: 2130 (18.8%)
City (500k - 1m) - votes: 1249 (11%)
City (100k - 500k) - votes: 2066 (18.3%)
Town (50k - 100k) - votes: 1174 (10.4%)
Town (10k - 50k) - votes: 1337 (11.8%)
Town (5k - 10k) - votes: 683 (6%)
Rural (< 5k) - votes: 922 (8.2%)
There were 11304 total votes.
The poll ended: June 21st 2014
I'm actually surprised. This is more evenly spread out than I expected. My guess was that the higher population choices would have many more votes, but I guess not...
It's not related to manga, but I wanted to do this poll suggested by our member icassop. How big of a city is the place that you live? If you're not sure, look it up! Google is your best friend! For me, I live in the giant city of Los Angeles. You know it's huge because of the amount of traffic.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you own physical, non-digital copies of manga?
Choices:
I would consider myself a collector - votes: 1068 (9.4%)
Maybe not hardcore, but I have a lot - votes: 2710 (23.9%)
Just a few here and there - votes: 3773 (33.3%)
Maybe like one volume... - votes: 976 (8.6%)
None at all. Purely digital for me - votes: 2793 (24.7%)
There were 11320 total votes.
The poll ended: June 14th 2014
I'm glad a good number of you own at least some physical volumes (or magazines)~
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