An archive of polls that used to run on the main Shine website — most-recent first.
(Minus the ones like “Would you draw me a guest strip?”)
For SCIENCE! |
Who’s your favorite mad scientist? [250 votes total] | Doc! (71) | 28% | Professor Utonium! (18) | 7% | Dr. Forrester (and TV’s Frank)! (30) | 12% | Professor Tomoe! (22) | 9% | Dr. Horrible! (80) | 32% | Dr. Strangelove! (29) | 12% |
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Going down with the ship |
What’s your favorite Shineverse pairing? [584 votes total] |
Timothy/Anthy (62) |
11% | Integra/Enrico (102) |
17% | Heinkel/Yumiko(&Yumie&etc.) (221) |
38% | Integra/Ann Warbucks (14) |
2% | Integra/Marian (18) |
3% | Pip/War (37) |
6% | Rip/Dandy (47) |
8% | Reseda/Helena (17) |
3% | Baalberith/Integra’s Shoulder Devil (26) |
4% | Nina/Set (!) (6) |
1% | Baalberith/Incognito (!?!) (11) |
2% | Something else – I’ll leave a comment (23) |
4% |
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The gender spread |
More reader statistics: What’s your gender? [752 votes total] | Female (373) |
50% | Male (349) |
46% | Other (27) |
4% | Prefer not to say (3) |
0% |
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The age spread |
Let’s get some statistics about Shine readers. When were you born? [648 votes total] | After 1995 (28) |
4% | 1991-1995 (171) |
26% | 1986-1990 (267) |
41% | 1981-1985 (111) |
17% | 1976-1980 (35) |
5% | 1971-1975 (9) |
1% | 1961-1970 (11) |
2% | 1960 or before (16) |
2% |
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Popularity |
Obligatory character popularity poll! Pick one: [1139 votes total] | Integra Hellsing (158) |
14% | Alucard (247) |
22% | Seras Victoria (122) |
11% | Pip Bernadette (72) |
6% | Walter Dornez (50) |
4% | One of the Wild Geese (2) |
0% | Nameless Woman from Order 07 (10) |
1% | Enrico Maxwell (13) |
1% | Alexander Anderson (46) |
4% | Heinkel Wolfe (17) |
1% | Yumiko Takagi (1) |
0% | Yumie Takagi (6) |
1% | Helena (10) |
1% | “Laura” (baobhan sith) (7) |
1% | Marian Amethyst Raven… (1) |
0% | The Dandy (9) |
1% | Rip Van Winkle (99) |
9% | Schroedinger (48) |
4% | Major Montana Max (15) |
1% | Doc (11) |
1% | Captain Hans Guensche (32) |
3% | Yomiko Readman (16) |
1% | Nenene Sumiregawa (3) |
0% | Emma and William Jones (1) |
0% | Hakim Atawari (0) |
0% | Madeline (4) |
0% | The Doctor (18) |
2% | H. G. Wells (0) |
0% | Sailor Pluto (4) |
0% | The Scooby Gang (4) |
0% | Reseda (3) |
0% | Baalberith (0) |
0% | Lisa (0) |
0% | Timothy (3) |
0% | Robin Sena (8) |
1% | Amon (0) |
0% | Anthy Himemiya (0) |
0% | Chuchu (0) |
0% | Yumi Fukuzawa (2) |
0% | Sachiko Ogasawara (2) |
0% | Sei Satou (Rosa Gigantea) (0) |
0% | Jan Valentine (4) |
0% | Luke Valentine (0) |
0% | Kim (the dead reporter) (31) |
3% | Incognito (4) |
0% | Sett (6) |
1% | The adze (0) |
0% | Stephen Colbert (10) |
1% | Nina (7) |
1% | The Sailor Senshi (4) |
0% | “She” (13) |
1% | Dr. Trevelyan (4) |
0% | Sir Islands (9) |
1% | Sir Penwood (0) |
0% | The Queen (1) |
0% | Lord Arthur Hellsing (0) |
0% | Richard Hellsing (0) |
0% | Somebody else! (2) |
0% |
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The originals |
Favorite (semi-)original character from Shine? [728 votes total] |
Marian (58) |
8% | Reseda (143) |
20% | Baalberith (55) |
8% | Madeline (Shine version) (138) |
19% | Timothy (181) |
25% | Someone else (6) |
1% | I like two or more about the same (43) |
6% | I like all of them (35) |
5% | I don’t care for any of them (69) |
9% |
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(This was running when Timothy’s first major storyline started, and during that time he shot from a distant third place up to first.)
Love to hate ’em |
Favorite member of Millennium? [1241 votes total] |
The Major (86) |
7% | Doc (32) |
3% | The Captain (191) |
15% | Rip Van Winkle (378) |
30% | Schroedinger (320) |
26% | Zorin Blitz (18) |
1% | Luke Valentine (15) |
1% | Jan Valentine (27) |
2% | The Dandy (31) |
2% | “She” (18) |
1% | Other (6) |
0% | I like two or more about the same (59) |
5% | I like them all (30) |
2% | I don’t like any of them (30) |
2% |
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Crossovers |
What is the greatest degree of crossover (i.e. involvement of non-Hellsing characters) that you would enjoy in the comic? [442 votes total] |
None. Keep them out of Shine. (37) |
8% | Minor characters and background roles (e.g. the shopkeeper in Shopping Spree) (53) |
12% | Major figures in otherwise Hellsing-focused storylines (e.g. Madeline in Tu Seras Avec Moi) (92) |
21% | Full-fledged crossovers, so long as they’re short (e.g. Those Meddling Kids) (76) |
17% | Full-fledged crossovers as extended storylines (e.g. Shine Or Die) (122) |
28% | I could enjoy a storyline focusing on entirely non-Hellsing characters that had been previously introduced (such as Madeline and Agent Paper) (42) |
10% | I don’t know/I don’t care (11) |
2% | Something else, which I will explain in a comment (9) |
2% |
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Media exposure |
How much of Hellsing have you seen? [2688 votes total] |
The TV anime (725) |
27% | OVA I (590) |
22% | OVA II (461) |
17% | The manga (through volume 7) (538) |
20% | The manga (through latest chapter) (374) |
14% |
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Con plans |
What do you do at cons? [1300 votes total] |
Hang out at panels (191) |
15% | Buy stuff (266) |
20% | Hellsing cosplay (134) |
10% | Other anime cosplay (152) |
12% | Other cosplay (79) |
6% | Compete in the masquerade (47) |
4% | Stalk the special guests (105) |
8% | I AM a special guest. (16) |
1% | Run an artist/dealer table (29) |
2% | I’ve never been to a con. (281) |
22% |
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Data collecting |
Survey, because I’m curious: How old are you? [1029 votes total] |
Under 10 (8) |
1% | 10-13 (53) |
5% | 14-15 (156) |
15% | 16-18 (365) |
35% | 19-21 (235) |
23% | 22-30 (171) |
17% | 31-40 (19) |
2% | Over 40 (8) |
1% | I’d rather not say (14) |
1% |
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True otaku |
Which of these series have you seen? (Anime or manga.) [4857 votes total] |
Read or Die (828) |
17% | Witch Hunter Robin (903) |
19% | Maria-sama ga Miteru (93) |
2% | Victorian Romance Emma (110) |
2% | Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (766) |
16% | Revolutionary Girl Utena (508) |
10% | Pretty Combat Communist Rika-chan (37) |
1% | Hellsing (1612) |
33% |
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In the spirit of travel . . . |
What sort of places have you been? (Visited or lived in.) [3799 votes total] |
United States (837) |
22% | Canada (422) |
11% | Latin/South America (185) |
5% | Australia (90) |
2% | Western Europe (453) |
12% | Eastern Europe (220) |
6% | Africa (59) |
2% | Asia (214) |
6% | Middle East (65) |
2% | Outer space! (112) |
3% | La-la land (579) |
15% | Wouldn’t YOU like to know. (296) |
8% | Other (267) |
7% |
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Just for randomness’ sake. |
Iscariot parings! Which do you like? [1350 votes total] |
EnricoxYumiko (84) |
6% | EnricoxAlex (172) |
13% | HeinkelxAlex (151) |
11% | YumiexAlex (83) |
6% | YumiexHeinkel (196) |
15% | YumikoxHeinkel (205) |
15% | YumikoxYumie (o_O) (138) |
10% | EveryonexFather Renaldo (103) |
8% | None, of course! What are you, nuts? (140) |
10% | Don’t know, don’t care. (78) |
6% |
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And on the seventh day . . . |
What do you most like to see here on Sundays? [919 votes total] |
Doujinshi-Ka’s Inbox (268) |
29% | HellSING! (214) |
23% | Random gags (252) |
27% | Raid the Sketchbook! (…really?) (126) |
14% | Something else altogether (59) |
6% |
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Griping about Dark Horse |
Is anybody else sick of Dark Horse using slang (however British) in Integra’s dialog? [613 votes total] |
Yes! Not to mention calling her “Miss Integra” all the time! (153) |
25% | Yep. (34) |
6% | Not really. (132) |
22% | No! It’s perfectly realistic to have Integra using slang! (70) |
11% | Not as much as I’m sick of bad German accents (and don’t even get me started on Alex’s). (224) |
37% |
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It’s my favorite holiday ^_~ |
Your Halloween costume? [409 votes total] |
Something traditional (ghost, witch, etc.) (35) |
9% | Someone from Hellsing (100) |
24% | Another anime character (52) |
13% | Something else altogether (114) |
28% | Nothing at all (56) |
14% | I’m handing out candy! (52) |
13% |
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Yet another rerun poll =3 |
| | | <>716 votes total | How often do you visit Shine? | | | Less than once a month (26) | 4% | | Once a month or so (10) | 1% | | Every couple of weeks (29) | 4% | | Every few days (92) | 13% | | Every other day (50) | 7% | | Daily (272) | 38% | | Multidaily, just in case there’s an extra comic by mistake! (236) | 33% |
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The polls are into reruns! |
| | | Would you consider Alucard a bishounen? | | | No way. He’s just weird-looking. (30) | 5% | | Well, not exactly. (37) | 6% | | No, but he’s hot anyway. (107) | 18% | | He is his OWN kind of bishounen. (304) | 51% | | Yes yes yes! (83) | 14% | | I don’t really know… (37) | 6% |
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