This week's poll was suggested by -shiratori-. Assuming language was not a barrier, would you choose to live in Japan? Uhh, in terms of money, assume your standard of living is similar in Japan as it currently is for you right now. And imagine any region of Japan that you like.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you want to go through a gender-bender (gender-swap) experience?
Choices:
I'm a girl, yes - votes: 6320 (35.1%)
I'm a girl, no - votes: 3037 (16.9%)
I'm a guy, yes - votes: 4240 (23.5%)
I'm a guy, no - votes: 4421 (24.5%)
There were 18018 total votes.
The poll ended: April 5th 2013
Slightly more girls than guys. And apparently more people favor being male. I guess historically, it's better to be male anyways
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Some people seem to think this news post is a joke or something similar. I assure you, I am being totally serious. Don't take it lightly.
And we can figure out if someone is trying to frame a group. We're not naive, so don't even try.
Similar to the last poll, but now would you personally wanna go through a gender-swap experience (as described in some manga series)? This question was suggested by auriga and FormX. And if you're gonna post a comment, why or why not? And if it did happen, what kind of stuff would you do?
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Question: Similar to a gender bender series, which would be harder to deal with if it happened in real life?
Choices:
Guy turning into a girl - votes: 9384 (71%)
Girl turning into a guy - votes: 3829 (29%)
There were 13213 total votes.
The poll ended: March 30th 2013
I think the only series I've read for a girl -> guy was 1/2 Prince. Every other series has it guy -> girl since I guess it's more interesting (and harder?)
This week's poll is from Zarallx. You know those gender bender series? Like 1/2 Prince or Gacha Gacha. If you've never read any of those, it's when the main character switches genders for some reason. So a guy turns into a girl or a girl turns into a guy. If it really happened in real life, which do you think would be more difficult for that person to deal with? Any of you ever watched "She's the Man"?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: At what age did you start reading manga?
Choices:
10 years old and before (young'un) - votes: 3450 (18.2%)
10 to 14 years old (middle school years) - votes: 6591 (34.8%)
14 to 18 years old (high school years) - votes: 5482 (28.9%)
18 to 22 years old (college years) - votes: 2290 (12.1%)
22 to 30 years old (young adult) - votes: 818 (4.3%)
30 to 40 years old (prime times) - votes: 185 (1%)
40 years old and above (getting old) - votes: 125 (0.7%)
There were 18941 total votes.
The poll ended: March 22nd 2013
Wow, so many people started pretty young. Now if this was a full-blown survey, we'd also ask how old you are now, but alas, we're not doing that
This week's poll by rallwka is about the age you started reading manga. As long as you remember, this one should be easy!
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: If a publisher were to adopt a model where you pay a monthly subscription (say ~$10 USD) in order to read their entire library of translated manga via a digital device, would you subscribe?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 6400 (57.6%)
No - votes: 4713 (42.4%)
There were 11113 total votes.
The poll ended: March 15th 2013
There's so many factors associated with this (like how large the library of series would be), so don't expect this poll to be a market analysis of any sort. In other news, JManga is closing its retail and viewing services
We thank our member kayue for suggesting this week's poll. What if a manga publisher had some kind of model (similar to Crunchroll or Netflix) where you could pay a (fairly cheap) monthly subscription for access to their digital library of translated manga, would you actually subscribe to such a thing? A bit long-winded, and it's just a yes/no choice, but it's a good marketing research question! (Not that any publisher asked us to have this poll)
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: Which demographic do you hate the most?
Choices:
Shoujo - votes: 1306 (8.3%)
Shounen - votes: 621 (4%)
Seinen - votes: 521 (3.3%)
Josei - votes: 527 (3.4%)
Shoujo ai - votes: 461 (2.9%)
Shounen ai - votes: 844 (5.4%)
Yaoi - votes: 6239 (39.8%)
Yuri - votes: 1988 (12.7%)
Hentai - votes: 3171 (20.2%)
There were 15678 total votes.
The poll ended: March 9th 2013
Yaoi also won our "Favorite demographic" poll back in October 2008. I guess you either love it or you hate it?
This week's poll is from xxxTokineko. We don't usually do polls about which you dislike the most, but there's a first time for everything!
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which color Power Ranger (Super Sentai) are you?
Choices:
Blue - votes: 1375 (15.8%)
Red - votes: 1135 (13.1%)
Yellow - votes: 638 (7.3%)
Pink - votes: 1009 (11.6%)
Green - votes: 1053 (12.1%)
Black - votes: 2260 (26%)
White - votes: 1219 (14%)
There were 8689 total votes.
The poll ended: March 2nd 2013
Wow, black won pretty handily. But Blue is my favorite color...
This week's fun poll by nowyat is about Power Rangers! Choose the one you'd actually be if you were in the show! If you've never seen any season/series of it, then just choose your favorite color from that list, I guess... And if you don't like the choices, then too bad, just don't vote
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: For anime series, you tend to like which more?
Choices:
Opening - votes: 8632 (72.7%)
Ending - votes: 2322 (19.6%)
Don't watch anime - votes: 922 (7.8%)
There were 11876 total votes.
The poll ended: February 23rd 2013
More upbeat, eh?
This week's poll is going out a tiny bit earlier than usual since I won't be available much this weekend to put one up at the regular time. But anyways, the idea comes from the brain of our member StephKuran. This one should be a no-brainer in terms of how you'd answer, but maybe you can include some of your favorite songs? One of mine would be "You Raise Me Up" by Lena Park, which was the OP for Romeo x Juliet. As for an ED, there's "Anna ni Issho Datta no ni" by See-Saw for Gundam SEED.
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 mythical creature in fantasy series
Choices:
Angel - votes: 819 (5.7%)
Beast - votes: 253 (1.8%)
Demon / Oni / Youkai - votes: 3091 (21.7%)
Elf - votes: 1078 (7.6%)
Fairy - votes: 286 (2%)
Incubus / Succubus - votes: 877 (6.2%)
Mermaid - votes: 294 (2.1%)
Pegasus - votes: 57 (0.4%)
Unicorn - votes: 106 (0.7%)
Phoenix - votes: 568 (4%)
Tengu - votes: 252 (1.8%)
Vampire - votes: 1567 (11%)
Werewolf - votes: 523 (3.7%)
Dragon - votes: 2205 (15.5%)
Kappa (turtle) - votes: 102 (0.7%)
Kitsune (Fox) - votes: 1613 (11.3%)
Garuda (Bird) - votes: 67 (0.5%)
Don't like/read fantasy - votes: 496 (3.5%)
There were 14254 total votes.
The poll ended: February 15th 2013
Demons and creatures of darkness, how you instill fear in the hearts of men and cause us to like reading about you
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