We have added a new list called "On Hold". You can add any series that you started to read, stopped reading for whatever reason, but would still like to continue the series. (Or just use the list however you feel...) The list itself is basically the same as the other lists we've had for a while.
You can find this new list and all other lists by clicking "My Lists" on the right menu. You must be a member of this site to have access to lists. Registration is free and easy!
PS: We're still working on custom lists (as in you the user can define your own custom lists)
The big question...what's your personal view for downloading anime/manga? This poll was suggested by member Meepyish
You can discuss this poll on our forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7718
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite Final Fantasy game?
Choices:
I - votes: 85 (0.6%)
II - votes: 34 (0.2%)
III - votes: 116 (0.8%)
IV - votes: 243 (1.7%)
V - votes: 112 (0.8%)
VI - votes: 883 (6.2%)
VII - votes: 3086 (21.6%)
VII - Crisis Core - votes: 432 (3%)
VII - Dirge of Cerberus - votes: 170 (1.2%)
VIII - votes: 1447 (10.1%)
IX - votes: 766 (5.4%)
X - votes: 1297 (9.1%)
X-2 - votes: 211 (1.5%)
XI - votes: 82 (0.6%)
XII - votes: 423 (3%)
XII - Revenant Wings - votes: 47 (0.3%)
Tactics - votes: 488 (3.4%)
Tactics Advance - votes: 253 (1.8%)
Tactics A2 - Grimoire of the Rift - votes: 101 (0.7%)
Crystal Chronicles (GameCube and/or DS) - votes: 144 (1%)
I've never played an FF game - votes: 3845 (27%)
There were 14265 total votes.
The poll ended: September 13th 2008
Lots of votes for this one. One of the most popular ones...
For all of you that never played an FF game, that's sad.
As for runner-up, we all knew it'd be FF7, haha. Hmmm, FFX is next up...
Edit: Whoops, FFVIII is next up...then it's FFX...
If you didn't know, the site was on the fritz for about half of yesterday, but now it's alright again~
We apologize for any problems or inconveniences.
Okay, by making this poll, I may get some (or a lot) of flack...Yes, it's a game poll this time. And yes, I made this poll myself. (Because I'm too lazy to choose one from the forums this week.) Just choose your favorite FF game on the list. I apologize if your favorite isn't up there. I was semi-selective in which ones to put...In case you're wondering, all the numbering is by the Japanese releases, not the USA ones.
(And I'm predicting some of the game will get some pretty low numbers of votes...)
You can discuss this poll on the forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7584
Previous Poll Results:
Question: You are the most popular person in the school, are you...
Choices:
Leader that everyone looks up to - votes: 997 (10%)
Calm and collected - votes: 3611 (36.2%)
A butthead who shows off - votes: 345 (3.5%)
Cold, uncaring, and distant - votes: 1751 (17.6%)
One who flaunts his/her popularity and has 10+ girl/boy friends - votes: 289 (2.9%)
Afraid of love - votes: 681 (6.8%)
Pretending to be cold while you're waiting for your true love to confess to you - votes: 2288 (23%)
There were 9962 total votes.
The poll ended: September 6th 2008
No discussion from me today. It's all opinion, people~
Although...just look at those low votes for the flaunting amount of girl/boy friends. I bet if you actually HAD that many, most of you WOULD flaunt it, haha
For our more...let's just call them "newer" visitors, we have added a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section for your viewing pleasure. This just about answers the more popular questions that get asked. You can find it above "Affiliates" on the right menu bar of the site, or you can just click [sitelink=faq.html]here[/sitelink]
If you find that we are missing a good question or that we have made a mistake, please post here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=511
This new poll is a seriously old suggestion from Dragonfiremule (original suggestion was in Feb...). Your mission this week, become the most popular person in your school!
[color=red]Edit: Okay, fine, it may be beyond you guys to be popular...so just imagine you ARE popular! If so, how would you vote?[/color]
You can discuss the more...intricate or interesting...aspects of this poll here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7466
Also, since I'm running out of poll suggestions again, I'm going to open this up to anime polls also. In the future, I guess we could do gaming stuff...Give your poll suggestions here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you ever get tired of manga?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3176 (29%)
No - votes: 7761 (71%)
There were 10937 total votes.
The poll ended: August 30th 2008
As with some previous polls, we kinda did it with the knowledge which choice would win, but the interesting thing is how many people would vote for the losing side. And I'm betting that a lot of the "No" people are lying...Most likely, you will get tired of your interests at some point, but of course, you can always like it again.
Within the series information pages, we have added a new input field called "Type". This will classify the series. Currently, the types we have are: manga, doujinshi, drama cd, manhwa, manhua, and [color=red]artbook[/color]. As of right now, the field doesn't actually do anything, but we're planning to add helpful search features in the near future.
To those of you that wish to help this site out, please visit the series page of everything you know/like and change the "Type" field to the correct listing. All series default to "manga", so don't bother changing any series listing that's a manga.
On further note, we admins are in current debate on how to deal with oneshots...Leave these under the type "manga" for now.
For those of you that do not know, manhwa is basically Korean manga, while manhua is the Chinese kind.
Drama CD is a new one in preparation for adding groups that translate dramas by listening to them and writing down the English into some form of text file. This was specifically requested by one such group.
As a reminder, we only allow things that are translated into English. We will not add any Spanish, Italian, French, etc translations. [color=red]OEL (Original English Language) stuff is allowed that is published by real companies such as Tokyopop or Seven Seas.[/color]
Also, we do not allow pure text translations of manga. It must be a scanlation and not just a translation.
And as a third reminder, we are currently not allowing fan-created things to be listed, such as things like Naruto NG or The Genderblending of Haruhi Suzumiya.
And last of all, we have some new search features for the forum. More information here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7447
[color=red]Edit:[/color]
"Artbook" has been added to the "Type" field
We are currently allowing OEL (Original English Language) stuff that is published by real companies such as Tokyopop or Seven Seas
If you have suggestions/corrections for this new feature, please address them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7461
Simple yes/no poll from ahoaho this time around. Do you ever get tired about manga? I must admit, I do...Sometimes, whatever I read just gets boring, and something more exciting catches my attention (like a game or a novel).
You can discuss this on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7338
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you read comics (American, European, etc) as well?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3139 (33%)
No - votes: 5563 (58.5%)
I would like to try, but they're not available at all for me - votes: 804 (8.5%)
There were 9506 total votes.
The poll ended: August 23rd 2008
Well, as expected to me, "no" is more popular. But we still got a sizable amount that says "yes". Some of the comics in the newspapers are quite amusing. And there's always been the recent influx of comic readers because of movies like Superman, Batman, Spiderman, or even something like Wanted...
As for the 804 people that voted that they're not available but would still like to read them, you're not looking hard enough on the internet. You can find comics on the net just like manga...
This new poll was suggested by Highway-STAR. It's a very easy one to answer, so I hope we get lots of people~ (I apologize to the 22 people who voted before I realized that I broke the site layout with the new poll...vote again, please!)
You can discuss this on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=6950
Maybe you read Batman, Spiderman, Superman, etc?
Previous Poll Results
Question: Your optimal manga chapter length?
Choices:
About 18 pages (standard weekly series) - votes: 392 (4.2%)
Maybe 25 pages~ - votes: 1484 (15.8%)
Around 35 pages... - votes: 2028 (21.5%)
Circa 45 pages? - votes: 987 (10.5%)
Whooping 55+ pages! - votes: 1636 (17.4%)
I really don't care... - votes: 2893 (30.7%)
There were 9420 total votes.
The poll ended: August 16th 2008
Well now, so most people tend to not care (probably as long as the chapter length is reasonable for the amount of story given). Other than that, most people seem to dislike the short amount of 18-ish pages, the typical length of a weekly released series. Around 35 pages got quite a large number of votes still...
Before I talk about the old/new polls, let's remember that this weekend is Otakon 2008! It's the largest convention on the East Coast (I think...). We have a discussion thread about it here: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=4637. As a footnote, site creator Manick is attending Otakon, but I don't think he wants any site visitors to recognize him...Don't worry, next year at AnimeExpo, I'll be happy to talk with any of you guys~
And...why shouldn't I give some attention to the 2008 Summer Olympics? If you haven't seen the opening ceremonies yet, you REALLY should watch it in whatever possible form of media you have access to. The sheer impressive nature, beauty, difficulty of coordinating such a show, and engineering marvels is awesome. With that said, that does not mean I endorse China's views on political reasoning. I am just stating that the opening ceremony was a good show to watch.
Now for the poll. This poll is a special request from a personal friend of mine by the name of Tiffany (there's your shout-out, so don't bug me anymore). If the poll utterly phails, then blame her. Easy enough poll to answer, so there should be no problems there...
Talk about the new poll on our forum:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=7083
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Has manga/anime inspired you to learn the language?
Choices:
Japanese - votes: 5824 (58.3%)
Chinese - votes: 131 (1.3%)
Korean - votes: 136 (1.4%)
Other...Does English count? - votes: 967 (9.7%)
Not even trying. It's too hard! - votes: 1059 (10.6%)
Tried...and failed... - votes: 1087 (10.9%)
More than 1. I'm a genius! - votes: 794 (7.9%)
There were 9998 total votes.
The poll ended: August 9th 2008
I was expecting these results, but was more interested in the number of people that voted on the other options. Interestingly, we were 2 votes away from 10,000 people...but I couldn't wait...
