We introduced a new feature today. It's called "Category Recommendations". It essentially just tries to find the top 5 series which match the categories assigned to the series, if it can. It's still in beta. Hopefully this helps people find new manga. It also should encourage everyone to categorize more series and VOTE!
JohnHomos gave the suggestion for our new poll. So for wherever you define as "local", how would you rate your local comics? If you live in Brazil, rate your Brazilian comics. If you live in the US, rate those. Or if you life in China, rate your manhua... And yes, I'm asking you to generalize your experience. You can post on the forum about specifics
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23978
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: Worst trouble you've had because of reading manga
Choices:
Didn't finish my work - votes: 2315 (15%)
My grades started dropping - votes: 2009 (13%)
Overslept because of late-night reading - votes: 4208 (27.3%)
Someone found my "perverted" manga - votes: 727 (4.7%)
Used a lot of money buying it - votes: 1163 (7.5%)
Got a virus on my computer for downloading - votes: 651 (4.2%)
My parents are mad at me - votes: 442 (2.9%)
My friends laugh at me - votes: 350 (2.3%)
Other - votes: 441 (2.9%)
Never had trouble before - votes: 3104 (20.1%)
There were 15410 total votes.
The poll ended: January 29th 2011
Losing some sleep sounds popular. And for those who never had trouble before, you must have really good self-control. And for once, "Other" doesn't have many votes... I'm satisfied with that~
Last week, SleepyFans closed its doors. The speedster has come to a stop.
This week's fun poll comes from our member ShadowSakura. The choices aren't exhaustive, but just have fun with it.
If you wanna discuss this poll on our forums, you can do so here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23848
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 type of transportation do you use the most?
Choices:
Car (and other related automobiles) - votes: 6251 (40.8%)
Motorcycle - votes: 442 (2.9%)
Bicycle - votes: 709 (4.6%)
Bus - votes: 2496 (16.3%)
Train or Subway - votes: 1615 (10.5%)
Plane or Helicopter - votes: 143 (0.9%)
Boat or Submarine - votes: 177 (1.2%)
Horse or other animal - votes: 142 (0.9%)
Skateboard - votes: 47 (0.3%)
Scooter - votes: 56 (0.4%)
Rollerblades - votes: 40 (0.3%)
I walk - votes: 3042 (19.8%)
Other - votes: 177 (1.2%)
There were 15337 total votes.
The poll ended: January 22nd 2011
Cars, walking, bus, train... I'm glad so many people walk and save money though~
This week's poll was suggested by our member comel. It's not really manga-related, but I don't really like any of the current suggestions, so...
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 what reason do you usually read a new series?
Choices:
My friend recommended it to me - votes: 251 (1.9%)
The summary looks interesting - votes: 6758 (49.9%)
The reviews / comments on it were positive - votes: 697 (5.1%)
The art looks gorgeous! - votes: 1789 (13.2%)
I want to explore new genres - votes: 175 (1.3%)
It's the same author of a series I like - votes: 870 (6.4%)
It's so popular, so I must read it too! - votes: 108 (0.8%)
MangaUpdates (website or forum) suggested it to me - votes: 180 (1.3%)
It has such a high rating, so it must be good! - votes: 403 (3%)
The cover looked good - votes: 721 (5.3%)
I liked the name of the series - votes: 194 (1.4%)
I picked it randomly... No particular reason - votes: 1408 (10.4%)
There were 13554 total votes.
The poll ended: January 15th 2011
Wow, I wasn't expecting the choice of summary to win by so much... Hmm, I think that means that updaters should focus on brushing up on those series summaries so that people will want to read the series? Of course, all information is important!
The poll this week is the brain child of our members crossyuuki and Lightmare. The key to the question is usually. May be a little difficult to quantitatively answer, but do your best.
Finally, we have a poll where you can discuss it on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=23530
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 make New Year's Resolutions?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3066 (27.1%)
No - votes: 6879 (60.9%)
What are those? - votes: 1356 (12%)
There were 11301 total votes.
The poll ended: January 8th 2011
So resolutions are falling out of fashion?
It's January 1st, and that means a new year! I hope you guys enjoyed the mess load of releases over the last few days. And in honor of the occasion, we have a related poll about New Year's Resolutions.
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: Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 5996 (49.1%)
Nope, got stuff I didn't want - votes: 1628 (13.3%)
I didn't get any gifts - votes: 2233 (18.3%)
I don't celebrate Christmas - votes: 2367 (19.4%)
There were 12224 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2011
Wow, lots of people got what they wanted. Lucky!
Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us!
lambchopsil edit:
Sorry for hijacking, but it's time for another fun poll! This Christmas one was suggested by our member Kriege.
As always, 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 much will the new Tokyo Youth Ordinance Bill affect the industry?
Choices:
Changes completely - votes: 4646 (58.1%)
Barely noticable - votes: 2695 (33.7%)
Not at all - votes: 658 (8.2%)
There were 7999 total votes.
The poll ended: December 25th 2010
I honestly don't want to use this as a poll, but since it is a current event...(And it was suggested by our member firestalker). No formal forum thread for this one because I fear flames.
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 long can you last without manga?
Choices:
Less than a day - votes: 2494 (16.3%)
A few days - votes: 4827 (31.5%)
A week or two - votes: 3260 (21.3%)
A month - votes: 1399 (9.1%)
A few months - votes: 1608 (10.5%)
A year - votes: 229 (1.5%)
Years - votes: 423 (2.8%)
Forever - votes: 1096 (7.1%)
There were 15336 total votes.
The poll ended: December 18th 2010
SpicyWolfHoro writes: *For those of you who are not keeping up with current events in japan, here is a newsflash!!
Read here to get a better Idea of what is going on:
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/12/15/tokyo-manga-ban-signed-into-law/
In summary, the tokyo government has just passed a law that directly targets Anime, Manga, and Games! They are censoring things to such an extreme degree that it is likely to put many anime and manga publishing/producing companies out of business.
Any anime, manga, or game that depicts: Violence, Sex, Crime, Homosexuality (Yup, girls there goes your Yaoi), anything that could be construed as "a bad influence on youth", anything of the above depicting minors, and more... (and there goes any Ecchi manga, any student/teacher, incest, age gap, and most shoujo series)
All of which is now a crime to Own, Create, or Sell.
Many mangas will probably be put to an end as they will no longer be legal.
Such examples as To Love-ru!, Wolf Guy, Deadman Wonderland, etc.
With this law, for a series to be legal, the antagonist would either have to be related to the Care Bears, or completely nonexistent. Without an antagonist, there is no plot. Without some kind of crime/evil there is not real antagonist. How do you create a series without a plot? Even 4-koma has a plot... sort of.
The mastermind behind this is Tokyo Governor Shintarō Ishihara, who blatantly shows no care for the illustrated entertainment industry. He claims that the law is to protect the youth of japan, yet he himself is the author of a series of schoolgirl gang rape novels.
The law is coming into effect April 2011, and will come out in full force in July 2011.
Kadokawa (Anime Producing Company) has declared that they will fight the new law.
Feel free to offer them your support: (Page in Japanese)
http://www.kadokawa-pictures.co.jp/companyinfo/contactus.shtml
I don't know what we can do, but support our publishers!!
Spread the news, and join in the fight! I am sending letters to every anime, manga and gaming company that will be affected and declaring my support. I urge all other fans to do the same. Defend our anime! Defend our manga! Defend our starving
artists!*
