We finally added a new genre called "Josei"!
Here's our B-U description from the genre page:
Literally "Woman". Targets women 18-30. Female equivalent to seinen. Unlike shojo the romance is more realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is more explict and mature.
If you guys know of series that fit this genre, go change the info!
For a list of all supported genres, it's here: [url]http://www.mangaupdates.com/genres.html[/url]
If you feel we should add another genre, post in the forums with your argument and we'll look into it.
We have a new manga review out today thanks to quick brown fox!
Check it out here: Girls Bravo
For those of you who tried to register today and encountered problems, they have been fixed. To enable your account, just go to this url:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/signup.html?act=confirm&hash=your_hash
And replace "your_hash" with your authentication hash. It will look something like this:
3d927e37c550436e2952035d62687b3e
Sorry for the trouble.
We have a new manga review out today thanks a bunch to F.A.I.T.H
Check it out here: D.N. Angel
Another detailed manga review thanks to Kaioh!
Check it out here: Get Chu
Today we have a manga review thanks to Kaioh!
Check it out: Hajime no Ippo
Also, just a note that I've altered the registration page. It was a bit outdated and encouraged people not to sign up. I've now changed it to encourage people to sign up! Sorry for the confusion!
We have a new review, submitted by an anonymous user. If the writer reads this, and would like to claim credit for your work, please just reg an account and message me! I'm not sure if this was an accident or not. This is another reason why we're going to move the review system to the users system shortly (so that users can claim and update their reviews).
For your reading pleasure: Azumanga Daioh!
Okay, well this is going to be a long one... Where to start. I had found that lots of users were confused by the comments system. They figured that they could post more than one comment, would post that comment, and find out the hard way that you could only post one. To help solve this problem, I decided to write a forum system that would cater to the individual needs of this site.
As such, every series in the database now has a forum. That's right. If you would like to visit the forum of a particular series, you can visit its info page, scroll down to "forum posts" and visit the forum. You can also access the forums by clicking on "Forums" under "Whats New!" on the menu to the right.
As this is a custom system, there are no doubt tons of bugs everywhere. If you find one, please either post it in the suggestions forum or private message me by clicking on "My Inbox" under the User CP in the menu to the right.
Update Forgot about a few other things. Every user now has a public profile that you can access from the members section of this site. You can also add a signature, avatar, or change your timezone (which should affect most of the site) from your profile in the User CP section.
Update 2 Here's the results of that poll I ran:
Question: Did you go to Otakon 2006?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 97 (5.8%)
No - votes: 1574 (94.2%)
There were 1671 total votes.
The poll ended: August 23rd 2006
So, I saw at least 100 of you guys there maybe!! Awesome. Well, I put a new poll up because I think it's a bit more relavent to current site happenings. Check it out!
Thank you for BU-Staff
Alright guys, here's the deal. I've changed the series comments so that they're user account based now. This means that you will have to register an account and login to comment. This also means that you will be able to update your comment in the future, since you can only add one. This is a small step to some larger changes that will be coming soon. I will also be changing the news and review comments to reflect this as well.
Question: How much fanart do you like packaged with manga releases?
Choices:
None, keep it separate - votes: 2408 (39.9%)
1 or 2 of the best - votes: 2188 (36.3%)
The more the merrier - votes: 1439 (23.8%)
There were 6035 total votes.
The poll ended: August 15th 2006
Okay! So, seems like most people don't want it, but a lot of people are willing to have 1-2.
The next poll is related to that news posts from a few days ago. I guess I have to make it a poll or I'll never get a response! :-p
Update: Since there have been people complaining about this, I'm going to clarify what I meant. I meant to say that the first option got the most votes. However, as some of you have pointed out, the majority of people if you add it up would like a little fanart.
