Comments on: Name That Feature!

By: Carlos D

Carlos D — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:52:53 +0000

Yay…do I get a prize?

By: Dan Grendell

Dan Grendell — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:42:25 +0000

The poll is closed! It was close, but it looks like Manga Zubon is the winner.

By: colin

colin — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:16:29 +0000

I also am not a big fan of Panty Shots. How about Pants of the Rising Sun

(maybe a little to retro I suppose)

By: D3 (David Martindale)

D3 (David Martindale) — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:23:13 +0000

So, is this page and the home page broken for anyone but me? The graphic at the top appears to be too big and breaking the page. (Oh, and I have to scroll past the big giant pair of panties before anyone else in the office sees them.)

That would be my fault. The image was too big for the width of the column it was intended for, but it was supposed to shrink itself down to fit. I only tested it in Firefox. The shrinkie feature no workie in IE. It’s fixed now. (I’d say I was sorry for the giant panties at work…. but I’m not )

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:13:07 +0000

I voted for Panty Shots because I think it’s funny. But Manga Zubon would be a better name.

By: Guido the Dragonslayer

Guido the Dragonslayer — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:01:10 +0000

I like Big in Japants a lot.

I’d like to see a new poll with all these suggestions just to see how they would fair against eachother.

By: NathanK

NathanK — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:02:29 +0000

So, is this page and the home page broken for anyone but me? The graphic at the top appears to be too big and breaking the page. (Oh, and I have to scroll past the big giant pair of panties before anyone else in the office sees them.)

By: Hellhound

Hellhound — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:18:49 +0000

As a variation one of Hellhound’s suggestions, how about…

“It Came From Japants”

Huh?? Get it? From ya pants? It’s also a song by the Von Bondies. Yay! Awesome.

If it’s going to be a song title, then we should go the Tom Waits route:

Big in Japants

By: fil

fil — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:18:01 +0000

Huh? 50% and 50% with 129 votes? I think Math broke.

By: Carlos D

Carlos D — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:36:51 +0000

As a variation one of Hellhound’s suggestions, how about…

“It Came From Japants”

Huh?? Get it? From ya pants? It’s also a song by the Von Bondies. Yay! Awesome.

By: Guido the Dragonslayer

Guido the Dragonslayer — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:14:09 +0000

Lost In Pants-lation - that rocks. Stirs up thoughts of Japan, all that crazy Japanese weirdness found in Manga, and extends that crazy pants humor to something other a new type of pants.

Two big thumbs up.

By: Carlos D

Carlos D — Tue, 08 May 2007 12:44:31 +0000

Even though most don’t seem to like ‘Panty Shots’, the score is exactly 50/50 now. Hmmm…

Well only some fifteen or so people have spoken up so far, there’s been 115 votes, those who hate panty shots have simply been more vocal. I voted for Manga Pants myself, like others to vote against panty shots, that said it obviously has its fans.

Yes, obviously. It IS pretty funny…just not very representative. None of the manga I’ve read have ever had a panty-shot in them. Maybe Ghost In The Shell, but that’s it, I think.

By: GrayPumpkin

GrayPumpkin — Tue, 08 May 2007 12:34:54 +0000

Even though most don’t seem to like ‘Panty Shots’, the score is exactly 50/50 now. Hmmm…

Go MANGA ZUBON!!! Heh.

Well only some fifteen or so people have spoken up so far, there’s been 115 votes, those who hate panty shots have simply been more vocal. I voted for Manga Pants myself, like others to vote against panty shots, that said it obviously has its fans.

By: jabrams

jabrams — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:29:17 +0000

I voted for Manga Pants mostly because Panty Shots sounds horrible. Some other suggestions off the top of my head:

Nippants - combines Nippon with pants (duh)

Rising Sun Pants

Godzilla Pants

By: Carlos D

Carlos D — Tue, 08 May 2007 07:55:50 +0000

Even though most don’t seem to like ‘Panty Shots’, the score is exactly 50/50 now. Hmmm…

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By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:40:01 +0000

Panty Shots sounds like something Wizard would go with. Don’t go the Wizard route! Make us proud to be comic (and manga) readers!

By: KB

KB — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:32:08 +0000

Dan–I’m so glad you’ll be doing this! Unfortunately I voted for Panty Shots mostly as a reaction against the really generic Manga Pants but I think Manga Zubon is the way to go.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:20:01 +0000

Or you know, maybe you could use “Manga Pants” for the longer reviews and “Panty Shots” for the shorter ones…

By: Hellhound

Hellhound — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:08:31 +0000

As long as it isn’t Yaoi Pants, I can live with it.

I actually voted for Panty Shots, because it seemed the wittier of the two, but I can see how it might cause problems with casual readers. Manga Pants seems a bit dull, but I think Manga Zubon might be confusing to people who are new to the site.

Here are my alternatives:

1.) Lost In Pants-lation
2.) Imported from Ja-pants

By: Dan Grendell

Dan Grendell — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:34:05 +0000

I like Manga Zubon, too. I’m certainly open to other suggestions like that, and you all seem more into that name than either of the two we provided. I suspect people are voting for Manga Pants mostly because they don’t want Panty Shots, not because they like it, so here’s the deal; if Manga Pants wins, I’ll call it Manga Zubon instead.