This here is an interesting poll about scanlations from our member MiY4Gi. You ever notice those spelling/grammar mistakes? How do you feel about them? As a former proofreader and QCer, I get very annoyed at those low quality groups...
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related). We also welcome holiday-related poll ideas!
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Relatively how expensive is it to buy manga, manhwa, or manhua where you live?
Choices:
Quite expensive - votes: 5554 (46.6%)
About average - votes: 3671 (30.8%)
Pretty cheap - votes: 372 (3.1%)
I have no clue what the price is right now - votes: 2313 (19.4%)
There were 11910 total votes.
The poll ended: December 8th 2012
Inflation... sigh...
Welcome to December! Our poll for this week comes from the mind of our member lalalarry. Now the "relative" part of this poll means you judge for yourself how and against what you're comparing the price to. And this is about the average case.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you get angry when people criticize or make fun of a series that you love?
Choices:
Yes! I tell them off! - votes: 1140 (9.1%)
I get angry but don't react - votes: 2119 (16.9%)
I get mad and leave - votes: 224 (1.8%)
I reason with them and explain why I love it - votes: 3508 (28%)
I don't care what other people say - votes: 5551 (44.3%)
There were 12542 total votes.
The poll ended: December 1st 2012
(Excluding the people who don't care)
I actually expected more people to not react at all. Passivity and all that... But at least many people are reasonable!
Here's another poll from our member nowyat (although heavily edited). Assuming you like/love a particular series, how do you feel and react when someone else hates on, rants at, criticizes, etc, that series? This could happen in person or online (like on the forums here).
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your best friend likes the same person as you. In a love triangle you
Choices:
End your friendship and undermine them - votes: 150 (1.3%)
End your friendship and fight fairly - votes: 107 (0.9%)
Keep your friendship and undermine them - votes: 312 (2.6%)
Keep your friendship and fight fairly - votes: 3296 (27.5%)
Ignore your feelings and support your friend - votes: 2303 (19.2%)
Convince your friend to ignore their feelings and support you - votes: 162 (1.4%)
Agree that both of you should drop the love interest - votes: 804 (6.7%)
Do nothing and see how things work out - votes: 4850 (40.5%)
There were 11984 total votes.
The poll ended: November 24th 2012
Unfortunately, I did not think to include an option for threesome. That would be interesting though...
To those who celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving!
This week's poll is from Higanbana. Assume that you and your best friend like the same person. How would you act in this love triangle? And of course there aren't options like "I don't have a best friend" or "I would never love anyone" or something like that. Just go along with it, please. Humor me.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's the best thing about summer in the manga / anime universe?
Choices:
Festivals with yukata, goldfish, fireworks, takoyaki, masks, etc - votes: 4393 (41.3%)
People telling ghost stories - votes: 450 (4.2%)
The cicada background noises and nature scenes - votes: 1347 (12.7%)
Less clothes, swimsuits, and bikinis - votes: 1698 (16%)
Vacation subplots at beaches, hot springs, etc - votes: 1578 (14.8%)
Complaints about the lack of air conditioning - votes: 628 (5.9%)
Hot temperatures and hot tempers - votes: 547 (5.1%)
There were 10641 total votes.
The poll ended: November 17th 2012
In hindsight, I really should have had an option like "I don't like summer" or something like that, but oh well.
Not quite the right season, but hey, we all can't wait for it to happen, right? This week's fun poll is from our member nowyat.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you feel about flashbacks in a series?
Choices:
I tend to like them - votes: 4270 (37%)
I tend to dislike them - votes: 2901 (25.1%)
I don't care - votes: 4284 (37.1%)
I've never encountered one - votes: 90 (0.8%)
There were 11545 total votes.
The poll ended: November 10th 2012
14 vote difference... Elections don't usually come down to that close
This week's poll is from Hellsayer. Back in June, we had a similar poll about time skips. Now it's time for the flashbacks!
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Previous Poll Results
Question: You wish most manga you like were adapted to a(n)
Choices:
Anime movie - votes: 750 (5.9%)
Anime TV show - votes: 6829 (54.1%)
Live-Action movie - votes: 184 (1.5%)
Live-Action TV show - votes: 249 (2%)
Musical - votes: 42 (0.3%)
Drama CD - votes: 114 (0.9%)
Game - votes: 468 (3.7%)
J-Drama/K-Drama - votes: 413 (3.3%)
Doujinshi - votes: 395 (3.1%)
Novel - votes: 274 (2.2%)
Real life situation - votes: 1284 (10.2%)
No adaptions! Manga only! - votes: 1617 (12.8%)
There were 12619 total votes.
The poll ended: November 3rd 2012
So anime wins. To be expected. Kinda sad that the runner-up is the ones who don't like adaptations at all
This week's poll comes from StaticHD. Onto the subject of adaptations! For a series that you like, how would you best like it to be adapted to another form of media (if at all)?
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Previous Poll Results
Question: Do you have a blog(s)?
Choices:
Yes, and at least one anime/manga related - votes: 1057 (9.9%)
Yes, but none of them are anime/manga related - votes: 799 (7.5%)
Used to, but not active anymore - votes: 1726 (16.1%)
Never started a blog before - votes: 7138 (66.6%)
There were 10720 total votes.
The poll ended: October 26th 2012
One of our least popular recent polls (maybe THE least popular). I guess many of you just don't blog. Xanga anyone? Although I think Tumblr is the current fad.
So how's the blogosphere coming along? This week's poll is from icassop.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do your parents read/watch manga/anime?
Choices:
They started before I did - votes: 411 (3.2%)
Yes - votes: 624 (4.9%)
They tried... - votes: 1392 (11%)
Never tried - votes: 10257 (80.9%)
There were 12684 total votes.
The poll ended: October 20th 2012
Think it's kiddish, don't you? It'd be interesting to see how many of you would introduce your (future) children to anime/manga. For another time, I guess
This week's poll comes from the mind of mu2020. Let's talk about your parents, shall we? Since they're of the older crowd, I do doubt they've tried, but we shall see!
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: In manga, do you consider the majority of characters to be Asian?
Choices:
Always do - votes: 4071 (31.9%)
No, they look Caucasian - votes: 1982 (15.5%)
Only when portrayed in Asian society - votes: 6728 (52.6%)
There were 12781 total votes.
The poll ended: October 13th 2012
I've always found the anime eyes fascinating since most Asians have small eyes (including me)
