Nagareboshi Manga is formally disbanding due to various reasons, one of which is about the current scanlation situation (read the latest news posts if you have no clue what I'm talking about). However, apparently Midnight Scans will be continuing at least some of their projects.
The team over at MangaHelpers has come up with an interesting idea ... Open Manga. Head on over to read about it.
Due to recent events, I've decided to remove unlicensed release links. As much as this will disappoint some of you, my foremost goal is to keep this website online.
We have never hosted manga, but I would prefer to keep this site as far from the gray area as possible. It has always been my ambition to maintain an information site and not one specific to releases.
Thank you,
Manick
A while back (in Jan '10), we had a poll about colored pages included in manga, but that dealt with pages colored by the author of the series. And before that (like 4 years ago), there was a poll about fanart in general. Now how do you feel about colored fanart today? I wonder how the results will change... And this poll was suggested by one of our series admins: lynira.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18882
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: On an average day, how much time do you spend on the computer?
Choices:
0-30 minutes - votes: 90 (0.6%)
1 - 2 hours - votes: 521 (3.2%)
2 - 3 hours - votes: 1297 (8%)
3 - 5 hours - votes: 3432 (21.2%)
5 - 10 hours - votes: 5992 (37.1%)
10 - 16 hours - votes: 3523 (21.8%)
16 - 24 hours - votes: 1296 (8%)
There were 16151 total votes.
The poll ended: June 5th 2010
Pretty nice distribution... If you're a statistics person, here's a nice one!
This new poll was suggested by our member veiven. Such a simple one! Just estimate how much time you spend on the computer on an average day.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18742
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: How long can you last without a computer?
Choices:
Less than a day - votes: 4693 (29.5%)
A few days - votes: 5820 (36.5%)
A week or two - votes: 2928 (18.4%)
A month - votes: 876 (5.5%)
A few months - votes: 653 (4.1%)
A year - votes: 72 (0.5%)
Years - votes: 165 (1%)
Forever - votes: 721 (4.5%)
There were 15928 total votes.
The poll ended: May 29th 2010
Looking at this, technology has definitely changed our lives to rely on it more and more
For those of you that chose "Years" or "Forever", I wonder how many were true answers. Perhaps we should do a social experiment?
Honestly, how long can you last without a computer? (You can define "last" and "computer" however you like). This poll was suggested by our member daisukidesuyo. I think on a normal basis, I'd only last a few days without a computer. Oh, and just to mention, I'm a Computer Science major. It'd be very difficult without a computer...
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18604
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: Eating utensils?
Choices:
Fork - votes: 5674 (41%)
Knife - votes: 478 (3.5%)
Spoon - votes: 1759 (12.7%)
Chopsticks - votes: 3892 (28.2%)
Hands - votes: 2020 (14.6%)
There were 13823 total votes.
The poll ended: May 22nd 2010
Fork and then chopsticks. Our main staple
This new poll is another one suggested by our forum mod, StarlightDreams~ Simple enough to choose what eating utensil you feel answers the question (which is not a well phrased question... but at least it's easy to understand)
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18452
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: If you had to lose one of your 5 traditional sense, which would you give up?
Choices:
Sight - votes: 800 (5.3%)
Hearing - votes: 671 (4.4%)
Touch - votes: 1482 (9.8%)
Smell - votes: 8565 (56.6%)
Taste - votes: 3612 (23.9%)
There were 15130 total votes.
The poll ended: May 15th 2010
Majority chooses smell! I can definitely see the truth as to why, but I would still love to physically hear if from one of you, although I doubt any of you reading this has ever touched what I have touched or tasted my cooking (which sucks, so that's a good thing)
PS: Totally forgot to make a post last week for all those mothers out there, so here's a shout out to my own mom who will probably never visit this site in her lifetime
This poll was suggested by our member aznluck. Yes, you HAVE to lose one of your senses to do this poll. No "other" or "none" choices, so choose something there
If you wish, you can discuss this poll on our forums:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18312
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Eyesight
Choices:
20/20 (perfect vision) - votes: 3071 (20.1%)
Had lasik surgery - votes: 199 (1.3%)
Not perfect, but don't have corrective lenses - votes: 2256 (14.8%)
Glasses (nearsighted) - votes: 5348 (35.1%)
Glasses (farsighted) - votes: 1963 (12.9%)
Glasses for fashion - votes: 90 (0.6%)
Contacts (nearsighted) - votes: 1165 (7.6%)
Contacts (farsighted) - votes: 332 (2.2%)
I'm blind - votes: 830 (5.4%)
There were 15254 total votes.
The poll ended: May 8th 2010
Nearsighted glasses... Is it because a lot of us are Asian? (I'm both, haha)
PS: I just got back from watching Iron Man 2, which was worth it~
Thank you all for helping contribute to the last poll. We will be looking at the data and deciding on a direction for this site.
As for this new poll, it was suggested by our own forum moderator, StarlightDreams! Straight forward, and everyone should be able to give an answer~
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18058
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you eat an Oreo?
Choices:
Lick the frosting, then eat the cookie - votes: 2158 (15.7%)
Eat the cookie, then lick the frosting - votes: 709 (5.1%)
The whole thing together - votes: 3871 (28.1%)
Dunked in milk - votes: 2604 (18.9%)
Just the frosting - votes: 209 (1.5%)
Just the cookie - votes: 387 (2.8%)
I hate Oreos - votes: 1106 (8%)
What's an Oreo? - votes: 2731 (19.8%)
There were 13775 total votes.
The poll ended: April 24th 2010
Too many people haven't had an Oreo before...
I'm sure everyone has heard about the debate raging in the wild about Lolicon and Shotacon titles recently. If not, there is some good information [sitelink=showtopic.php?tid=17880]here[/sitelink] and [sitelink=showtopic.php?tid=17995]here[/sitelink] to bring yourselves up to speed. We still don't know why we were targeted, or why we were banned from Adsense, but we're now operating under the assumption that it is related to the Lolicon/Shotacon controversy. There's nothing we can do about this, and we ask everyone not to blame Google. They are a business, and they have to look out for their interests first and foremost.
How exactly do I feel about this situation? The best word to sum it up would be 'conflicted'. I'm no fan of Lolicon or Shotacon. I don't think they serve any ultimate benefit to anyone whatsoever. However, I also do not believe that anyone has any business outlawing a simple drawing on a piece of paper. I cannot comprehend what possible crime anyone is committing simply by the act of perception--by looking at a fictional representation. It seems no less poignant to me than the debate about South Park's "201". Regardless, this discussion transcends myself. What remains is how we deal with reality.
Let me reiterate to everyone that MangaUpdates does not host manga. We have never and will never host manga on our servers. Our primary goal as a website is to provide information. In fact, we encourage you to buy series that you enjoy, and help out the industry. However, as part of our legacy services, we do provide links to third party websites (when provided by our users) which host unlicensed manga scanlations. This is what I would like to discuss with you today.
With pressure on Japan to tighten its laws on Lolicon and Shotacon, and many other countries including the US blocking the content as illegal, we are faced with increasing pressure and limited options. One, we can do nothing, and risk possible intervention down the line; two, we can remove all links to third parties related to Shotacon or Lolicon; or three, we can remove all content, including series and releases related to these genres. I have created a poll, and I do hope that everyone will participate in making their feelings known.
It seems quite often that after reaching a certain population size, websites will typically find their paths becoming more and more intertwined with that of the prevalent social norms of the time. I know that many of you may not have second thoughts about something as controversial as our topic today, but I ask that you not forget it.
Thanks,
MU Staff
Visit our [sitelink=genres.html]Genres[/sitelink] page for definitions of these genres.
