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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
(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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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% |
|
| 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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