Old Polls - MangaUpdates

Welcome to the poll archive!

This is a list of all the polls which have ever run on MangaUpdates. Enjoy the history!

Sort By: Default | Date Finished | Total Votes

There are 930 archived polls that match.

Question: Many magazine scans have extraneous pieces of text over the actual manga content. What should the translator do?

Choices:

Leave it untranslated. It's not important. - votes: 2424 (56.5%)
Translate everything on the page. Every. Single. Thing. - votes: 1864 (43.5%)

There were 4288 total votes.
The poll ended: June 2, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: A trademarked name is used in the text, but the author blanked it out or altered it. What should the translator do?

Choices:

Change it to a generic (i.e., chocolate snack) - votes: 242 (5.3%)
Change it to the actual name (i.e., Pocky) - votes: 712 (15.5%)
Leave it as the author wrote it (i.e., Poc*y) - votes: 3640 (79.2%)

There were 4594 total votes.
The poll ended: May 26, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Opinion about manipulation techniques in manga (mind control, hypnosis, memory manipulation, puppetry, possession, drugs, etc)

Choices:

Come on, fight it! Don't let them control you!!! - votes: 745 (18.4%)
Love reading about it - votes: 638 (15.8%)
Mwahaha just one word and s/he'll betray them all - votes: 249 (6.2%)
Stupid and/or not realistic - votes: 460 (11.4%)
Just another tool in the toolbox - votes: 1577 (39%)
Very disturbing - votes: 376 (9.3%)

There were 4045 total votes.
The poll ended: May 19, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Most important quality of a scanlation

Choices:

Volume vs. magazine raws - votes: 98 (2.2%)
Regularity of releases - votes: 964 (21.3%)
Speed of release between raw and scanlation - votes: 321 (7.1%)
Accurate translation of the original language - votes: 1540 (34.1%)
Readability of the English - votes: 1070 (23.7%)
Redrawing of the images - votes: 37 (0.8%)
"Clean" images (lack of artifacts) - votes: 207 (4.6%)
Fonts - votes: 35 (0.8%)
Color (or grayscale) balance - votes: 23 (0.5%)
Image resolution - votes: 227 (5%)

There were 4522 total votes.
The poll ended: May 12, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Opinion on ecchi

Choices:

Hate it with a passion - votes: 403 (6.1%)
Actively avoid it - votes: 1064 (16.1%)
Mostly ignore it - votes: 1407 (21.3%)
Love it! Only thing I read! - votes: 440 (6.7%)
I enjoy it, but it's not the best thing ever - votes: 2502 (37.9%)
No opinion really - votes: 777 (11.8%)

There were 6593 total votes.
The poll ended: May 5, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Opinion on deus ex machina in manga

Choices:

Love it - votes: 299 (6.6%)
Hate it - votes: 461 (10.2%)
It's okay... - votes: 447 (9.9%)
Only if it's funny - votes: 396 (8.7%)
Only if it's creative - votes: 1609 (35.5%)
What are you talking about? - votes: 1317 (29.1%)

There were 4529 total votes.
The poll ended: April 28, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: A series you like has been on hiatus for at least half a year, and finally a new chapter has been released. You...

Choices:

Drop the series and not continue - votes: 66 (1.1%)
Start over from the beginning again - votes: 749 (12.8%)
Hold off on reading until a decent chunk is out - votes: 1431 (24.4%)
Reread the previous few chapters for a refresher - votes: 2151 (36.7%)
Read the new chapter right away - votes: 1471 (25.1%)

There were 5868 total votes.
The poll ended: April 21, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: You read a series and feel neutral about it (don't love or hate it). What score would you rate it?

Choices:

10 - votes: 587 (7.9%)
9 - votes: 80 (1.1%)
8 - votes: 227 (3%)
7 - votes: 1538 (20.6%)
6 - votes: 2232 (30%)
5 - votes: 2297 (30.8%)
4 - votes: 277 (3.7%)
3 - votes: 69 (0.9%)
2 - votes: 19 (0.3%)
1 - votes: 123 (1.7%)

There were 7449 total votes.
The poll ended: April 14, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Have you ever sung the lyrics of an anime's opening/ending out loud, while not watching it (even just a few words)?

Choices:

No (or I won't admit to it) - votes: 824 (17.1%)
Yes, on purpose - votes: 2718 (56.5%)
Maybe, but not on purpose. It was just stuck in my head - votes: 1270 (26.4%)

There were 4812 total votes.
The poll ended: April 7, 2018 (7 years ago)

Question: Do you try to learn the lyrics of anime openings/endings (OP/ED)?

Choices:

I don't even bother trying - votes: 2059 (35.6%)
Just because I try doesn't mean I succeed - votes: 836 (14.5%)
Maybe just a couple of songs - votes: 669 (11.6%)
Just my favorite songs - votes: 1992 (34.4%)
I'm a lyrical genius and know all the lyrics to every show I watch - votes: 228 (3.9%)

There were 5784 total votes.
The poll ended: March 31, 2018 (7 years ago)

Pages (93) [ First ...34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 ... ]