We just had a 5 hour downtime. Still investigating the cause.

-m

This week's poll comes from F_J. Some groups release right when they're finished with the chapter, especially those speed scanners. Others have a fairly regular schedule they keep, although it might not be for the series you want them to release... And others only release once or twice a month and dump like 8 chapters of 5 different series on you. Do you have a preference?

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 do you prefer?
Choices:
Hero turning evil - votes: 3591 (47%)
Villain turning good - votes: 4054 (53%)
There were 7645 total votes.
The poll ended: October 21st 2016

Redemption is a cathartic feeling

This week's poll is from icassop. No explanation necessary

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: Would you rather
Choices:
Read a crappy manga - votes: 1327 (22.5%)
Watch a crappy anime - votes: 624 (10.6%)
Read a crappy comic book / graphic novel - votes: 84 (1.4%)
Listen to a crappy audio drama / cd - votes: 117 (2%)
Read a crappy novel / book - votes: 245 (4.2%)
Watch a crappy TV show - votes: 481 (8.2%)
Watch a crappy movie - votes: 1037 (17.6%)
Listen to a crappy music album - votes: 197 (3.3%)
Play a crappy video game - votes: 691 (11.7%)
Play a crappy board game - votes: 593 (10.1%)
Play a crappy visual novel - votes: 233 (4%)
Watch a crappy play / musical / performance - votes: 263 (4.5%)
There were 5892 total votes.
The poll ended: October 15th 2016

Maybe I should've said "finish crappy manga" instead. Reading 1 chapter of a crappy manga is nothing

All,

For those who haven't seen, Baka-Updates Anime is now officially closed. It's the end of an era!

We're sticking around though, so don't worry!

The MU Team

Edit:
Re-posting the goodbye message here because the it'll be gone eventually.

One day a group of friends by the names of y2klizard, aZn_nUt, Platinum|Star, and ^_^Teddie thought it would be a great idea if anime fansubs were more easily found in one location. There were already other websites that did this, however the others decided they would only report unlicensed shows. These guys quickly went to work and on July 20th, 2002 Baka-Updates was officially released to the public.

The goal of Baka-Updates was always to inform the users of the latest anime releases. Throughout the years, we have noticed the anime culture grow at a steady pace. It grew so much that companies eventually gave notice that viewers outside of Japan wanted to get the content fast and thus new streaming services such as Crunchyroll were born. Shows would be simucasted as soon as one hour after it was broadcasted in Japan. This led to the amount of fansubs decreasing since it was so convenient to view the new releases compared to the traditional methods.

As well, the Baka-Updates team continued to grow older. An increase in responsibilities with work and new families meant that we could not commit as much time into maintaining the website. Therefore we have decided it is the right time to shut down.

The team at Baka-Updates would like to thank all of our visitors for supporting the site over all these years. Without you, we would never have had the motivation to keep going for this long. We never expected the anime scene to grow up to what it is today and we will continue being a part of it, only in the background this time.

The closing of Baka-Updates does not affect our sister site MangaUpdates. It will continue to operate as normal.

This week's unorthodox poll is from Jolty Febe. Every once in a while (hopefully not more) you have to be entertained by subpar units of entertainment. It's so easy to pick on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice... Well, the poll is which of all these terrible choices would you rather do?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Question: How do you prefer your sound effects (sfx) in scanlations?
Choices:
Left alone (not translated at all) - votes: 807 (14.3%)
In a glossary (at the end of a chapter) - votes: 139 (2.5%)
In the margins - votes: 2232 (39.6%)
Beside the original sfx - votes: 1015 (18%)
Overlaying the original sfx - votes: 137 (2.4%)
Replacing the original sfx - votes: 1311 (23.2%)
There were 5641 total votes.
The poll ended: October 8th 2016

Compared to 8 years ago, "Replacing the original sfx" is the only choice that has seen significant gains since then

We did this exact same poll 8 years ago, and residentgrigo wanted to do it again. So why not?

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: Do you read European comics?
Choices:
Lots, and more than manga! - votes: 81 (1.4%)
Lots, but I read more manga - votes: 314 (5.4%)
Just a little - votes: 1682 (29.2%)
Never have - votes: 3000 (52%)
Do film / TV adaptations count? - votes: 689 (11.9%)
There were 5766 total votes.
The poll ended: September 30th 2016

I didn't realize that "V for Vendetta" was a European comic...

A few months ago, we did a poll about American comics. residentgrigo felt it would be fair to do a similar poll for our friends in Europe. I'm not expecting this to be a popular poll, but oh well. I don't believe I've ever read any European comic, not even The Adventures of Tintin.

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: I...
Choices:
Regularly practice (a) religion - votes: 1069 (14.3%)
Believe in (a) religion but don't regularly practice (aka nominal) - votes: 1487 (19.9%)
Am struggling with religious belief - votes: 465 (6.2%)
Am agnostic - votes: 2075 (27.8%)
Am an atheist - votes: 2379 (31.8%)
There were 7475 total votes.
The poll ended: September 24th 2016

I didn't even know what an apatheist was before this poll...

This week's poll was suggested by residentgrigo. Normally I'd avoid this kind of poll, but we can be mature about it, right? The available options obviously don't cover all the bases and oversimplifies much, but it should cover most cases to a certain degree. If you don't know what some of the words mean, use Google. It'll give a much better definition than I can.

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: Preferred medium to read manga
Choices:
Physical volume / magazine - votes: 1690 (25.3%)
Desktop computer - votes: 1786 (26.7%)
Laptop / Notebook - votes: 1376 (20.6%)
Tablet - votes: 1049 (15.7%)
Phone - votes: 781 (11.7%)
There were 6682 total votes.
The poll ended: September 17th 2016

Desktop for me too. Although the phone is good for reading while sitting on the toilet...

This week's poll from Akatsubaki is about how you like to read your manga. First is the distinction between physical and digital, then you have a question on type of device, of which the main difference is screen size.

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: You would stop reading a series that has a main character that is or becomes
Choices:
Dense / Naive - votes: 720 (9.2%)
Flawless / Perfect - votes: 713 (9.1%)
Crybaby - votes: 914 (11.6%)
Stupid - votes: 688 (8.8%)
Perverted - votes: 443 (5.6%)
Average - votes: 132 (1.7%)
Manipulative / Forceful - votes: 203 (2.6%)
Goofy - votes: 53 (0.7%)
Emotionless - votes: 95 (1.2%)
Inconsistent - votes: 1130 (14.4%)
Cringeworthy - votes: 1240 (15.8%)
Hopeless / Gloomy - votes: 123 (1.6%)
Unrealistic - votes: 348 (4.4%)
Unreliable - votes: 115 (1.5%)
Evil / Cruel - votes: 336 (4.3%)
Cowardly - votes: 321 (4.1%)
Deceitful - votes: 93 (1.2%)
Creepy - votes: 186 (2.4%)
There were 7853 total votes.
The poll ended: September 10th 2016

I just realized I should've put "Angsty" as an option. Like in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where Harry starts having all this teenage angst and you really just want to smack him in the side of the head for everything he does or says. Never underestimate the "power" of teenage angst.

This week's poll is from our member Dehandima. It's a bit of an unusual one. I realize that I can't cover all the personalities traits, so vote on the ones available. I deliberately left out positive traits (besides being too perfect), so no option for being a goody-two-shoes.

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: Have you read any classic manga series recently?
Choices:
Within the last year - votes: 3160 (59.7%)
Maybe 5 years ago - votes: 1264 (23.9%)
It's been 10 years - votes: 233 (4.4%)
15+ years ago - votes: 92 (1.7%)
Never - votes: 543 (10.3%)
There were 5292 total votes.
The poll ended: September 2nd 2016

Wow, lots of appreciation for the oldies!