This week's poll comes from the mind of our member psycho-shocker. If you do own some physical copies of manga, what do you tend to do with them after reading them?

Edit: I just realized that I forgot an option for "I collect and never read them in the first place". Oh well, probably a rare case.

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Question: If you had to have animal ears (kemonomimi), which would you choose?
Choices:
Cat (including tiger, lion, etc) - votes: 3758 (29.1%)
Wolf - votes: 3113 (24.1%)
Fox - votes: 2422 (18.8%)
Dog - votes: 344 (2.7%)
Rabbit - votes: 660 (5.1%)
Bear - votes: 290 (2.2%)
Mouse - votes: 94 (0.7%)
Sheep - votes: 135 (1%)
Cow - votes: 68 (0.5%)
Dragon - votes: 1270 (9.8%)
No visible ear (like birds) - votes: 386 (3%)
Other - votes: 360 (2.8%)
There were 12900 total votes.
The poll ended: July 12th 2014

So do we have more cat lovers than dog lovers here?

This week's poll suggested by our member tart is rather odd. If you had to have some kind of animal ear, what would you prefer?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's the first place you check to see if there's a new release for a series you're already reading?
Choices:
MangaUpdates - votes: 7039 (66.1%)
IRC - votes: 14 (0.1%)
The scanlator's site or forum - votes: 507 (4.8%)
Online manga reader (aggregator site) - votes: 2263 (21.3%)
Phone application - votes: 263 (2.5%)
RSS feed - votes: 152 (1.4%)
Email - votes: 121 (1.1%)
Some other method - votes: 288 (2.7%)
There were 10647 total votes.
The poll ended: July 5th 2014

To be expected since we're MU... But online readers are on the rise!

This week's poll was suggested by our member AmDnim. When you're checking for the existence of a new release, what's the first place you go to? MangaUpdates of course! (Maybe... that's the whole point of the poll)

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Who do you think will win the FIFA World Cup?
Choices:
Algeria - votes: 83 (0.9%)
Argentina - votes: 456 (4.8%)
Belgium - votes: 120 (1.3%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - votes: 33 (0.3%)
Brazil - votes: 1693 (17.9%)
Chile - votes: 183 (1.9%)
Colombia - votes: 101 (1.1%)
Costa Rica - votes: 176 (1.9%)
Croatia - votes: 40 (0.4%)
Ecuador - votes: 21 (0.2%)
France - votes: 614 (6.5%)
Germany - votes: 2178 (23%)
Ghana - votes: 49 (0.5%)
Greece - votes: 90 (1%)
Honduras - votes: 13 (0.1%)
Iran - votes: 68 (0.7%)
Italy - votes: 195 (2.1%)
Ivory Coast - votes: 46 (0.5%)
Japan - votes: 513 (5.4%)
Mexico - votes: 267 (2.8%)
Netherlands - votes: 1109 (11.7%)
Nigeria - votes: 53 (0.6%)
Portugal - votes: 101 (1.1%)
Russia - votes: 170 (1.8%)
South Korea - votes: 171 (1.8%)
Switzerland - votes: 41 (0.4%)
United States - votes: 741 (7.8%)
Uruguay - votes: 126 (1.3%)
There were 9451 total votes.
The poll ended: June 27th 2014

Germany, Brazil, Netherlands... Pretty similar to what you guys thought 4 years ago (except that Spain's already gone, so they weren't even included in this poll). Netherlands has a much higher vote than last time though! Good for them! But hey, at least USA got out of the group of death!

As MewMan reminded me, I really should have done this poll last week, but I forgot... The poll only contains the countries that haven't yet been eliminated. However, by the time you vote in the poll, it's entirely possible your top choice is already gone... We did a similar poll 4 years ago, and the top picks by MU were Brazil, Germany, and Spain (in that order). Let's see what happens this time!

And for all you people who don't care about soccer/football, too bad.

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Previous Poll Results
Question: Where do you live?
Choices:
Metropolis (> 5m population) - votes: 1743 (15.4%)
City (1m - 5m) - votes: 2130 (18.8%)
City (500k - 1m) - votes: 1249 (11%)
City (100k - 500k) - votes: 2066 (18.3%)
Town (50k - 100k) - votes: 1174 (10.4%)
Town (10k - 50k) - votes: 1337 (11.8%)
Town (5k - 10k) - votes: 683 (6%)
Rural (< 5k) - votes: 922 (8.2%)
There were 11304 total votes.
The poll ended: June 21st 2014

I'm actually surprised. This is more evenly spread out than I expected. My guess was that the higher population choices would have many more votes, but I guess not...

It's not related to manga, but I wanted to do this poll suggested by our member icassop. How big of a city is the place that you live? If you're not sure, look it up! Google is your best friend! For me, I live in the giant city of Los Angeles. You know it's huge because of the amount of traffic.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you own physical, non-digital copies of manga?
Choices:
I would consider myself a collector - votes: 1068 (9.4%)
Maybe not hardcore, but I have a lot - votes: 2710 (23.9%)
Just a few here and there - votes: 3773 (33.3%)
Maybe like one volume... - votes: 976 (8.6%)
None at all. Purely digital for me - votes: 2793 (24.7%)
There were 11320 total votes.
The poll ended: June 14th 2014

I'm glad a good number of you own at least some physical volumes (or magazines)~

As some of you may already know, Mangatraders was hacked and a bunch of usernames, emails, and passwords (apparently in unsalted MD5) was released onto the Internet. Rest assured, it does not appear MangaUpdates has been hacked. However, a significant number of emails in the list from MangaTraders match user accounts on MangaUpdates. If you had an account on MangaTraders, it is advised that you change your account here.

• Manick and lambchopsil

This week's poll wasn't asked by a specific person, but rather it was prompted as I read a suggestion by our member psycho-shocker, which was sort of related to the actual poll. Do you own physical manga? Like volumes (tanks) or even magazines? And if so, how much? Ya, I generalized the options, but hey, it's a simple poll!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: When did you start visiting MangaUpdates?
Choices:
2004 (been a decade since the beginning) - votes: 1123 (9.8%)
2005 (9 years, wow) - votes: 509 (4.5%)
2006 (lucky 8 years) - votes: 791 (6.9%)
2007 (7 years and counting) - votes: 1111 (9.7%)
2008 (6 years ago) - votes: 1200 (10.5%)
2009 (half a decade) - votes: 1444 (12.6%)
2010 (4 years now) - votes: 1371 (12%)
2011 (last 3 years) - votes: 1191 (10.4%)
2012 (for 2 years) - votes: 1078 (9.4%)
2013 (just a year) - votes: 977 (8.6%)
2014 (within the last few months) - votes: 624 (5.5%)
There were 11419 total votes.
The poll ended: June 7th 2014

I kind of wish I had put a 2003 option just to see how many people would choose that option. FYI, MU was started July 20, 2004

Technically this poll would be better suited in a couple of months (July 20, to be precise), but hey, I want in on this! Since early 2005 for me. Man, it's been a long time... Those high school days, lol.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How likely are you to continue watching an anime series once you notice that it diverges from the original manga plot (non-filler episodes)?
Choices:
Would keep watching until the end - votes: 2152 (19.4%)
Keep watching until it sucks too much - votes: 6239 (56.3%)
50/50 chance I'll continue - votes: 1630 (14.7%)
Stop watching immediately - votes: 377 (3.4%)
I don't watch anime anyways - votes: 688 (6.2%)
There were 11086 total votes.
The poll ended: May 31st 2014

If you ever make something, make sure it's good.

This week's poll from Baniita is slightly confusing if you don't read it carefully. Let's assume you're watching an anime that's based on a manga series. It starts off following the plot of the manga, but then you notice that it diverges and goes off to do its own thing (and let's assume it's non-filler episodes). Would you keep watching the show? One of the best examples I can think of is the first anime series of Fullmetal Alchemist (which I actually liked).

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Who is your favorite Sailor Scout / Senshi?
Choices:
Sailor Moon - votes: 1246 (10.6%)
Sailor Mercury - votes: 818 (7%)
Sailor Mars - votes: 973 (8.3%)
Sailor Jupiter - votes: 890 (7.6%)
Sailor Venus - votes: 675 (5.8%)
Sailor Neptune - votes: 244 (2.1%)
Sailor Uranus - votes: 372 (3.2%)
Sailor Pluto - votes: 437 (3.7%)
Sailor Saturn - votes: 587 (5%)
Sailor Chibi Moon - votes: 244 (2.1%)
Other - votes: 153 (1.3%)
I never watched / read Sailor Moon - votes: 4185 (35.7%)
I don't like any of them - votes: 904 (7.7%)
There were 11728 total votes.
The poll ended: May 23rd 2014

Titular characters tend to win...

This week's poll is from OrchardPetalLullaby. I basically chose it in honor of the newly announced Sailor Moon series. However, I've personally never watched it myself, so I know exactly how I'm gonna vote!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you cosplay as someone from the opposite gender?
Choices:
I already have - votes: 845 (7.5%)
I plan to - votes: 693 (6.2%)
No thanks, but I do cosplay - votes: 695 (6.2%)
I would if I actually did cosplay... - votes: 4919 (43.8%)
I don't cosplay and never want to - votes: 4084 (36.3%)
There were 11236 total votes.
The poll ended: May 17th 2014

A couple of days ago, I saw an image of a dude that was dressed up like Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider series. Yeah...