I feel like changing up the poll this time around. This amusing poll was suggested by Binturong (with the last choice being my little addition). No serious intent here. No forum thread either.
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Previous Poll Results
Question: Reading manga in public
Choices:
Too embarrassing, so no way - votes: 1942 (12.4%)
It's embarrassing, but I do it anyways - votes: 2291 (14.6%)
Nothing wrong with it - votes: 9147 (58.2%)
I only read manga in secret - votes: 2334 (14.9%)
There were 15714 total votes.
The poll ended: June 11th 2011
What's wrong with reading in public? I remember reading manga in a gym room before
This fun little poll was suggested by our member zanne459. It's pretty straight forward~
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26691
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on game adaptions of manga/anime
Choices:
I enjoy all of them - votes: 1428 (15.6%)
Only the action / fighting adaptions are good - votes: 796 (8.7%)
I choose the strategy games - votes: 433 (4.7%)
I like the dating simulations - votes: 780 (8.5%)
Don't like any game adaptations - votes: 537 (5.9%)
I've never played a game adaptation - votes: 3634 (39.8%)
Don't care / I don't play games - votes: 1518 (16.6%)
There were 9126 total votes.
The poll ended: June 4th 2011
For those who have actually played them, they like them! As for all those people who don't play video games... go play something. I insist
Anonymous writes: *On the Tokyopop Facebook page appears the following:
"-Thirdly, the unfinished/unpublished titles. What is going to happen to them? To be honest: it's out of our hands now. The licenses belong to the original Japanese creators, so it's up to them what to do with the series. They might pull the plug on some series, or find another publishing company to complete their series. The best thing that you can do is keep supporting the original creators, hoping that they'll here your cries like we did so many years ago."
Link to post: http://www.facebook.com/TOKYOPOP/posts/10150187756291436 (check the first comment)
Link to Tokyopop's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TOKYOPOP*
Similar to the last poll, but now for game adaptations! This was suggested by our member Hellsayer (but the choices were edited by me).
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26551
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on Hollywood live-action movies based on anime/manga?
Choices:
I enjoy all of them - votes: 243 (2.1%)
I just want to see the series on the big screen no matter what! - votes: 267 (2.3%)
Only as long as they don't change too much - votes: 2487 (21.3%)
I don't like how they choose the actors - votes: 1398 (12%)
They ruin the series no matter what! - votes: 3397 (29.1%)
Wouldn't watch them if my life depended on it - votes: 1547 (13.3%)
Don't care - votes: 2329 (20%)
There were 11668 total votes.
The poll ended: May 28th 2011
No surprise, but it seems that in general, people have a negative reaction to what Hollywood adapts.
In honor of the film Priest, our member Karonhioktha suggested this poll. The choices aren't necessarily the best, but choose your best pick.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26379
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your view of romance in a manga
Choices:
All series need at least some romance! - votes: 5975 (42.9%)
I'd rather see some romance - votes: 4406 (31.7%)
Doesn't matter to me - votes: 2822 (20.3%)
I'd rather not read any - votes: 551 (4%)
I hate romance. I want none at all - votes: 163 (1.2%)
There were 13917 total votes.
The poll ended: May 21st 2011
Wow, we got lots of romance lovers! (And to be honest, I like reading my romance too)
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?
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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):
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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.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=26123
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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.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=25982
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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?
