Thank you all for helping contribute to the last poll. We will be looking at the data and deciding on a direction for this site.

As for this new poll, it was suggested by our own forum moderator, StarlightDreams! Straight forward, and everyone should be able to give an answer~

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18058

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you eat an Oreo?
Choices:
Lick the frosting, then eat the cookie - votes: 2158 (15.7%)
Eat the cookie, then lick the frosting - votes: 709 (5.1%)
The whole thing together - votes: 3871 (28.1%)
Dunked in milk - votes: 2604 (18.9%)
Just the frosting - votes: 209 (1.5%)
Just the cookie - votes: 387 (2.8%)
I hate Oreos - votes: 1106 (8%)
What's an Oreo? - votes: 2731 (19.8%)
There were 13775 total votes.
The poll ended: April 24th 2010

Too many people haven't had an Oreo before...

I'm sure everyone has heard about the debate raging in the wild about Lolicon and Shotacon titles recently. If not, there is some good information [sitelink=showtopic.php?tid=17880]here[/sitelink] and [sitelink=showtopic.php?tid=17995]here[/sitelink] to bring yourselves up to speed. We still don't know why we were targeted, or why we were banned from Adsense, but we're now operating under the assumption that it is related to the Lolicon/Shotacon controversy. There's nothing we can do about this, and we ask everyone not to blame Google. They are a business, and they have to look out for their interests first and foremost.

How exactly do I feel about this situation? The best word to sum it up would be 'conflicted'. I'm no fan of Lolicon or Shotacon. I don't think they serve any ultimate benefit to anyone whatsoever. However, I also do not believe that anyone has any business outlawing a simple drawing on a piece of paper. I cannot comprehend what possible crime anyone is committing simply by the act of perception--by looking at a fictional representation. It seems no less poignant to me than the debate about South Park's "201". Regardless, this discussion transcends myself. What remains is how we deal with reality.

Let me reiterate to everyone that MangaUpdates does not host manga. We have never and will never host manga on our servers. Our primary goal as a website is to provide information. In fact, we encourage you to buy series that you enjoy, and help out the industry. However, as part of our legacy services, we do provide links to third party websites (when provided by our users) which host unlicensed manga scanlations. This is what I would like to discuss with you today.

With pressure on Japan to tighten its laws on Lolicon and Shotacon, and many other countries including the US blocking the content as illegal, we are faced with increasing pressure and limited options. One, we can do nothing, and risk possible intervention down the line; two, we can remove all links to third parties related to Shotacon or Lolicon; or three, we can remove all content, including series and releases related to these genres. I have created a poll, and I do hope that everyone will participate in making their feelings known.

It seems quite often that after reaching a certain population size, websites will typically find their paths becoming more and more intertwined with that of the prevalent social norms of the time. I know that many of you may not have second thoughts about something as controversial as our topic today, but I ask that you not forget it.

Thanks,

MU Staff

Visit our [sitelink=genres.html]Genres[/sitelink] page for definitions of these genres.

That's right everyone, we've had one billion page views since this site was brought online nearly 6 years ago.

I'd like to thank the staff and all the members who make this site what it is. We would be nothing without you!

Congratulations MU!

Hello all,

In case you haven't noticed recently, we've removed all of the ads supporting this site. We recently received an email from Google stating our account was disabled. Upon appeal, we were rejected. No particular reason was provided, so we are quite surprised as we have funded the site using Adsense for the past 5 years with no issues. If anything, I suppose I feel quite liberated. It was quite daunting living in the environment of fear Google has created with their Publisher system.

As far as funding issues go, we're not sure where we stand at the moment. Over the next few weeks, I will be experimenting with different ad networks. We're not in the red yet, but this is something we will try to work out over the next few months. If we cannot find a suitable replacement, we will be forced to ask for donations as it comes time to pay our server bills. I had hoped it would never come to this, but we cannot control everything. I have enjoyed the free ride that Adsense has given us over the years, and only hope that any new network we join is not more intrusive to your experience than Adsense was.

For the moment, everyone sit tight. We're going to try some alternative funding routes.

Thank you all for your understanding,

Manick

This fun little poll was suggested by our member daisukidesuyo. If you seriously have never eaten an Oreo, go eat one!

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17903

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What is love?
Choices:
An emotion - votes: 3903 (28%)
Romance - votes: 899 (6.4%)
Desire - votes: 1318 (9.4%)
Life - votes: 1116 (8%)
A word like any other word - votes: 795 (5.7%)
A myth that only a fool would believe in - votes: 1100 (7.9%)
Luck - votes: 472 (3.4%)
Eternal friendship - votes: 1063 (7.6%)
"Love is patient. Love is kind..." - votes: 1235 (8.8%)
Trouble - votes: 2055 (14.7%)
There were 13956 total votes.
The poll ended: April 17th 2010

An emotion...This is how cheap most people feel love is nowadays

Well, it's not February, but it's still good to think about it. This poll was suggested by ShanShan. And before you whine at me, there is no choice called "other" for a reason. Pick and choose. I also find it interesting that of all the genres (not demographics), "Romance" is the one with the most series

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17772

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: When do you vote on the newest poll?
Choices:
Right when I notice that there's a new one - votes: 7350 (70.1%)
After giving it a lot of thought - votes: 220 (2.1%)
A few days later - votes: 221 (2.1%)
The last moment possible - votes: 27 (0.3%)
Only when I like the question - votes: 2297 (21.9%)
I don't usually vote - votes: 373 (3.6%)
There were 10488 total votes.
The poll ended: April 9th 2010

Happy Easter! (or Resurrection Sunday, as I also know it). May the true meaning prevail and not the commercialness of it

I totally forgot to put up a new poll, so here's a quicky by ExzyruSxxx that's right before the end of Saturday for me. 3 minutes before midnight...cutting it close...
Oh, the irony of the last choice
Edit: Hmm, I believe something is wrong with the timecodes for the site...must tell Manick...

No forum thread for this one, 'cause I said so

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: You find a Death Note, so you...
Choices:
Use it - votes: 6187 (40.7%)
Keep and hide it - votes: 3097 (20.4%)
Blackmail people with it - votes: 875 (5.8%)
Give it to someone - votes: 77 (0.5%)
Trade it for something else - votes: 590 (3.9%)
Ignore it - votes: 865 (5.7%)
Destroy it - votes: 2624 (17.2%)
What is a Death Note? - votes: 898 (5.9%)
There were 15213 total votes.
The poll ended: April 3rd 2010

I knew it. People are inherently evil.

In a few days is the infamous April Fools' Day (April 1st). At MU, we [color=red]WILL NOT[/color] tolerate any fake/joke releases being reported/announced to us. If we, by accident, allow a fake release to get through, please report the mistake to us (either via a [sitelink=submit.html?act=add_change]Change Request[/sitelink] form, through the forum, or you can email me at lambchopsil[at]gmail[dot]com if you are not a registered member here).

As you have been warned against doing it, if we discover a person still attempting to post a joke release here, that person will be dealt with. Severe action will be taken upon that scanlation group.

Thank you for considering our request to remain as accurate as possible for our members.

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.

(This is an almost exact copy/paste from last year...)

Here we got another fun little poll, this time by our member aznluck. If you have no clue what this is about, go read Death Note. It's a pretty good series

You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17473

You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: When do you usually initially start reading a manga series?
Choices:
Right when the first chapter is out - votes: 2845 (27.7%)
When a few chapters are out - votes: 3109 (30.3%)
When a couple of volumes are out - votes: 1826 (17.8%)
When most of the series seems to be out - votes: 1113 (10.8%)
When the series is already complete - votes: 1367 (13.3%)
There were 10260 total votes.
The poll ended: March 27th 2010

Most of us seem to be patient...(not?)

Almost April Fool's Day...sigh
Worst day of the internet for an administrator