This week's poll is kind of odd. It was suggested by our member 8-3. Apparently there exist some scanlations that share identical translations of the anime's fansub. 8-3 never mentioned which series it was though, as I want to see it for myself. Regardless, what are your thoughts about that?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Assume that an anime's story is great, but the animation quality is fairly poor. Is that a deal breaker?
Choices:
Poor animation is always a deal breaker - votes: 411 (10.3%)
I can overlook it if the sound design is good - votes: 34 (0.9%)
I can overlook it if the voice acting is good - votes: 95 (2.4%)
It's fine as long as everything else is good - votes: 870 (21.8%)
I only mind in extreme cases of bad animation - votes: 1735 (43.5%)
I can easily overlook it - votes: 488 (12.2%)
I can overlook it if the art direction is good - votes: 351 (8.8%)
There were 3984 total votes.
The poll ended: March 29th 2019
For most people, you just need to meet a minimum threshold of animation quality
This week's poll was suggested by residentgrigo. Basically, how much do you care about the animation quality?
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Question: The great era for manga/anime was
Choices:
The beginning (50-60s) e.g: Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Kimba the Lion, GeGeGe no Kitarou - votes: 23 (0.7%)
The trendsetter (70s) e.g: Doraemon, Galaxy Express 999, Lupin III, Cutie Honey - votes: 81 (2.4%)
The classics (80s) e.g: Dragon Ball, Captain Tsubasa, Gundam, Jojo - votes: 384 (11.4%)
The state-of-the-art (90s) e.g: Slam Dunk, Rurouni Kenshin, Sailor Moon, One Piece - votes: 1080 (32%)
The millennia (2000s) e.g: Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Ouran High School - votes: 1290 (38.2%)
Current (2010s) e.g: One-Punch Man, Attack on Titan, Tokyo Ghoul, My Hero Academia - votes: 518 (15.3%)
There were 3376 total votes.
The poll ended: March 23rd 2019
So does that mean most of the users of this site are in their 30's now?
This week's poll was suggested by hiei_luke. The names of each decade don't really mean anything. Just pay attention to the decade. And sorry if your favorite series wasn't listed. Had to pick and choose. Some cross over multiple decades, so I had to be a little liberal about it.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite type of ending for a harem series. (MC = main character)
Choices:
I hate harems - votes: 1705 (39.7%)
MC ends up with no one - votes: 181 (4.2%)
MC ends up with a side love interest - votes: 400 (9.3%)
MC ends up with character that was introduced much later into the series - votes: 201 (4.7%)
MC ends up with the first introduced love interest (i.e., main love interest) - votes: 654 (15.2%)
MC ends up with everybody - votes: 1150 (26.8%)
There were 4291 total votes.
The poll ended: March 16th 2019
I guess that's why you watch harem series: you want to see the main character get with everyone
Another poll suggested by silenteye. This time it's about harem endings! Tropes abound.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Most hated type of ending for a series
Choices:
Ending with too many unanswered questions - votes: 995 (22.2%)
Axed or abrupt ending - votes: 2643 (58.9%)
Cliffhanger / suspenseful ending - votes: 494 (11%)
Sacrifice goal for the greater good - votes: 88 (2%)
Protagonist fails objective - votes: 39 (0.9%)
Protagonist gains objective but loses something more valuable - votes: 114 (2.5%)
Protagonist achieves objective - votes: 17 (0.4%)
Gets the love interest at the end - votes: 99 (2.2%)
There were 4489 total votes.
The poll ended: March 9th 2019
If you're going to end something, solve/reveal all the mysteries. Blacklist, I'm looking at you.
This week's poll was suggested by silenteye. Which type of ending do you dislike the most?
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Question: How do you feel about a "classic" anime being remade with today's animation standards?
Choices:
The original was perfect, so why remake? - votes: 274 (8%)
I guess I'll give it a chance... - votes: 1017 (29.5%)
I'm okay if it's just a change in appearance with no changes to the story - votes: 1175 (34.1%)
They usually ruin the classics with these remakes, so stop trying - votes: 355 (10.3%)
I prefer the modern look and feel, so go for it! - votes: 476 (13.8%)
I prefer the older style of animation anyways, so skipping - votes: 147 (4.3%)
There were 3444 total votes.
The poll ended: March 2nd 2019
Looks like most of you would at least give it a shot. Then there's those people who debated what counts as a "classic"...
This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. So many movie reboots... Did you know there are anime reboots too? What do you think about them?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How many kids would you like to have?
Choices:
1 - votes: 478 (7.6%)
2 - votes: 1802 (28.6%)
3 - votes: 802 (12.7%)
4 - votes: 255 (4.1%)
5 - votes: 115 (1.8%)
6 - votes: 35 (0.6%)
7+ - votes: 308 (4.9%)
None - votes: 2497 (39.7%)
There were 6292 total votes.
The poll ended: February 23rd 2019
Some people (not me) have the mentality of kids as with pets: it's nice for your friends to have them so that you can enjoy the time spent with them without any of the responsibilities
For those of you wondering why the site looks different today, don't clean your glasses or throw out this month's contacts. Yes, amazing as it might seem, we had a site update today!
This one is a long time coming, and caps off the final changes that were started in 2018 for MangaUpdates, including the adoption of Docker, our UTF-8 conversion (seriously), switching our search to Elasticsearch, and finally this responsive web design. There are several things planned and in the works for 2019, so stay tuned.
Please let us know if you find any bugs with this new site template in the [sitelink=topics.php?fid=3837]Suggestions and Bugs[/sitelink] forum. I'm sure there's something we missed. Thank you for helping us test it over the last week!
Another poll I came up with myself since no one suggested a new one within the last week.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How often do you drink alcohol?
Choices:
Never - votes: 2607 (44.2%)
Once a day - votes: 77 (1.3%)
A few times a week - votes: 355 (6%)
Once a week - votes: 434 (7.4%)
Once a month - votes: 452 (7.7%)
On rare, special occasions - votes: 1896 (32.2%)
Multiple times a day - votes: 75 (1.3%)
There were 5896 total votes.
The poll ended: February 16th 2019
Don't drink and drive
I came up with this poll on the fly because I don't like any of the recent suggestions. I also tried tequila for the first time recently for the Lunar New Year.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Over the years, has the kind of manga you typically read changed?
Choices:
Now I'm reading more stuff meant for the youth - votes: 219 (5.3%)
Now I'm reading more adult, mature stuff - votes: 1804 (43.3%)
Stayed about the same - votes: 2147 (51.5%)
There were 4170 total votes.
The poll ended: February 9th 2019
For those who changed, it totally makes sense that you lean more toward the mature topics as you get older.
The idea for this poll was suggested by BlackOrion many years ago, but I've adapted it slightly. Ideally this would have more choices where you could pick multiple sets of options, but I opted to keep it simple. I was thinking of putting comedy vs. serious in there too, but the way site polls are conducted don't really aid in that kind voting.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Preferred computer operating system
Choices:
Other - votes: 42 (1%)
TempleOS - votes: 165 (4%)
BeOS (Haiku) - votes: 8 (0.2%)
Chrome OS - votes: 159 (3.8%)
BSD - votes: 7 (0.2%)
Another Unix variant - votes: 12 (0.3%)
AmigaOS (AROS, MorphOS) - votes: 10 (0.2%)
MacOS - votes: 289 (7%)
GNU/Linux - votes: 388 (9.3%)
Windows - votes: 3077 (74%)
There were 4157 total votes.
The poll ended: February 2nd 2019
Haha, I should've removed all those weird, old systems. Oh well... I am really surprised that MacOS has such a low showing. And those TempleOS votes are just trolling
