For Shoujo, we had 135 people give nominations for 196 unique series. This one doesn't have a clear cut winner, so no elimination of any series!
Here are the series that got a lot of nominations but didn't quite make the cut:
Fruits Basket
Ore Monogatari!!
Mars
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
1/2 Prince
Kare Kano
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
Skip Beat! - votes: 4023 (31.8%)
Ouran High School Host Club (Ouran Koukou Host Club) - votes: 3211 (25.4%)
Fruits Basket (Furuba) - votes: 2839 (22.4%)
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) - votes: 1447 (11.4%)
Mars - votes: 1140 (9%)
There were 12660 total votes.
The poll ended: September 12th 2009
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: Best Shounen (besides One Piece)
Choices:
Fullmetal Alchemist - votes: 3149 (27.1%)
Hunter x Hunter - votes: 1549 (13.4%)
Naruto - votes: 1140 (9.8%)
Gintama - votes: 1117 (9.6%)
Attack on Titan - votes: 1025 (8.8%)
Shokugeki no Soma - votes: 934 (8.1%)
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - votes: 643 (5.5%)
Horimiya - votes: 630 (5.4%)
Black Butler - votes: 604 (5.2%)
Pandora Hearts - votes: 458 (3.9%)
Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic - votes: 350 (3%)
There were 11599 total votes.
The poll ended: September 18th 2015
And FMA wins! In case you never noticed, my forum avatar is from FMA.
We had 163 people who nominated the Best Shounen series! Each person was allowed up to 5 nominations, and they gave 208 unique series. One Piece basically automatically wins this one (which is also what happened 6 years ago) since almost 30% of the people nominated it for being the best. So in the interest of making the poll more intense, it's not one of the choices anymore!
Here are the series that got a lot of nominations but didn't quite make the cut:
Yotsubato!
Barakamon
Death Note
Kubera
D.Gray-man
Haikyu!!
Mahou Tsukai no Yome
Slam Dunk
Fairy Tail
If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
One Piece - votes: 4138 (28.5%)
Fullmetal Alchemist - votes: 3455 (23.8%)
Death Note - votes: 2917 (20.1%)
Great Teacher Onizuka - votes: 2180 (15%)
Claymore - votes: 1812 (12.5%)
There were 14502 total votes.
The poll ended: September 5th 2009
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 manga or novels were to be released freely online legally but was paid for by non-intrusive ads, would you support them by clicking on the ads?
Choices:
No, ad-blocker all the way - votes: 2788 (32.8%)
Yes, I'd click them all the time - votes: 733 (8.6%)
Yes, I'd click them once per chapter - votes: 2036 (24%)
Yes, but very seldom - votes: 2937 (34.6%)
There were 8494 total votes.
The poll ended: September 12th 2015
If you look at the order of the votes, they're in increasing order of more ads
This week's poll is by a different user (his username is "different", get it?). Anyways, it deals with your feelings about ads when visiting websites, in particular when the ad revenue is used to support free and legal online manga.
The "Best of" Polls will start next week. See the previous news post for more details about nominations.
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 there was a maid cafe near you, would you visit it?
Choices:
Sure, I'd visit a lot! No shame - votes: 2185 (23.6%)
As long as no one else found out... - votes: 702 (7.6%)
I'd give it a try and that's it - votes: 4562 (49.4%)
Never - votes: 1794 (19.4%)
There were 9243 total votes.
The poll ended: September 5th 2015
Wow, I'm surprised that more people chose the visiting lots option instead of the never option. Being called "master" just sounds so weird though...
It was about 6 years ago since we did our last (and only) "Best of" polls for shounen, shoujo, seinen, and josei. The nomination process will be done through Google Forms, and it will require you to log in with a Google account. In a few weeks, I'll close the nomination forms and we'll get started on using the site poll on MU to vote. For each poll, the choices will be the top 10 nominations for each category.
Shounen: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fom70QH6rKgjh1kJjxvtvK2fy14TXE_CcyCEa9cU0v4/viewform?usp=send_form
Shoujo: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r7CfHjdu6pFPbehr-g5XIPbUPtLtM1NGRpdVj-OnbKw/viewform?usp=send_form
Seinen: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zY5HhUlcN-eQ9GEtxV9NIVupWv3N3aN5P5TQdjdMz9s/viewform?usp=send_form
Josei: http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KhfFTJmlpXiDtWkwX1RxYRh3H7RkTclg-axT126KJiw/viewform?usp=send_form
Winners from 6 years ago:
Shounen: One Piece
Shoujo: Skip Beat!
Seinen: xxxHoLic
Josei: Nodame Cantabile
Edit: Closed
This week's poll is from FormX, and it deals with maid cafes. Any of you read Kaichou wa Maid-sama!?
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: Of the physical manga you own, how did you obtain most of them?
Choices:
Online retailer (Amazon, etc) - votes: 1807 (20.8%)
Online marketplace (Ebay, etc) - votes: 200 (2.3%)
At conventions - votes: 267 (3.1%)
Local major retailer (Barnes & Noble, etc) - votes: 1854 (21.3%)
Local smaller retailer - votes: 1138 (13.1%)
Book / Magazine stand - votes: 494 (5.7%)
Other - votes: 386 (4.4%)
I don't own physical manga - votes: 2540 (29.2%)
There were 8686 total votes.
The poll ended: August 29th 2015
I remember when Borders was still around. Sigh...
This week's poll was suggested by RocketDive. Amazingly we've never had this question before. For myself, I only own < 5 volumes of manga, and all of them were purchased during Anime Expo in bulk.
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: What is Anime / Manga to you?
Choices:
A new endeavor - votes: 112 (1.2%)
An ongoing hobby - votes: 6124 (64.2%)
A lifestyle - votes: 2074 (21.7%)
A former or declining pastime - votes: 1229 (12.9%)
There were 9539 total votes.
The poll ended: August 22nd 2015
Well, a lot of you guys still keep up with stuff, unlike me...
This introspective poll was suggested by fellow admin Kaioh. I'll admit that I chose the last option "A former or declining pastime." I've been debating on retiring from MU for a while now...sigh...
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: How available is published manga in your native language and/or country?
Choices:
In most major book stores - votes: 3930 (48.6%)
Only in specialty stores - votes: 2300 (28.4%)
Can only purchase physical copies online (and shipping is reasonable) - votes: 559 (6.9%)
Only official digital releases - votes: 152 (1.9%)
No publications in my language and/or country - votes: 1150 (14.2%)
There were 8091 total votes.
The poll ended: August 15th 2015
Even though availability may be high, based on past polls, you guys feel that the price is too high and don't actually buy that much...
This week's poll is from our member Caiman. It deals with the question of the availability of published manga where you live. Technically I guess it's possible to ship things anywhere, but I adjusted it by stating reasonable shipping as a requirement. Costs to import goods can be outrageous...
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 games that allow you to make your own character
Choices:
I'm male and I tend to make male characters - votes: 3477 (32.3%)
I'm male and I tend to make female characters - votes: 2086 (19.3%)
I'm female and I tend to make male characters - votes: 1324 (12.3%)
I'm female and I tend to make female characters - votes: 3257 (30.2%)
I've never played these kinds of games - votes: 637 (5.9%)
There were 10781 total votes.
The poll ended: August 8th 2015
More men prefer to play female characters than women who prefer to be male characters.
This week's poll is a follow-up poll for the poll from 2 weeks ago. I'm actually going to start playing D&D 5e with some friends in a couple of weeks, and I've already made a female half-elf sorcerer.
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 feel bad or have remorse for consuming pirated content?
Choices:
All or most the time - votes: 485 (5%)
About half the time - votes: 2388 (24.8%)
Seldom or never - votes: 6754 (70.2%)
There were 9627 total votes.
The poll ended: August 1st 2015
That's what I figured for an audience of scanlation readers
This week's poll suggestion is from residentgrigo. Well, scanlations are sort of like pirating, but with a bit more effort on the part of the providers since people have to translate, edit, proofread, etc. The people providing pirated movies, music, or games usually have to do less manual labor.
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: What is your favorite demographic?
Choices:
I'm male and I prefer Shoujo - votes: 473 (3.9%)
I'm male and I prefer Shounen - votes: 1742 (14.5%)
I'm male and I prefer Seinen - votes: 3519 (29.3%)
I'm male and I prefer Josei - votes: 169 (1.4%)
I'm female and I prefer Shoujo - votes: 1945 (16.2%)
I'm female and I prefer Shounen - votes: 1911 (15.9%)
I'm female and I prefer Seinen - votes: 1142 (9.5%)
I'm female and I prefer Josei - votes: 1119 (9.3%)
There were 12020 total votes.
The poll ended: July 25th 2015
It appears males tend to focus on the male-orientated series, while the ladies are split pretty evenly. Now I'm curious what happens if you are allowed you create a character in a video game. Do you create a male or female character? My guess is that the split may follow the above guidelines too
