【OSHI NO KO】 Profile Badge Event

Confused_100 said:
So is this a way to make the anime more popular or something? Because I really don’t like this. Why not do this for all animes which release in season?

For example; do this for Hell’s Paradise, Demon Slayer S3 and many others, not just OnK. It just appears for many people that there is favouritism to just do this for one anime while it’s unfair to other animes.

It just paints a very bad picture. I don’t know, maybe I am just overthinking this but comeon, think of doing this to all animes and not just one.

Kristiwazhere said:


I kinda agree, it seems like artificially pushing the popularity of an anime upwards. Maybe it doesn't matter since it would have been popular anyhow but it just seems too much like what those botters do, only officially sanctioned and done manually. I mean I don't really agree with the "unfair to other animes" thing though, especially not the ones you mentioned which will be popular anyhow. I think this is just a poorly thought out promotional thing to pay the site bills so to say, but I still don't like it.

Ai_Hoshino said:
Do i need mal supporter to get the badge or do i only need mal supporter for displaying it?

Kineta said:
Thread cleaned. Inflammatory comments about the anime, responses, off-topic and spam posts removed.
Please don't use this thread to discuss the anime, as it is meant for the badge event.

You don't need MAL Supporter to receive or display the badge. There is one specific badge that you can only get while being a MAL Supporter. But that's unrelated to this event! Don't worry.

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I understand that some people might not be keen on an event focused on a specific anime. When there were only a few profile badges available (<10), we were in a situation where it was feasible to try and collect them all. Since we've been doing badges for close to 2 years now though, I believe the situation has changed and everyone can become a bit more selective about which badges they want and which they're okay to skip. For this reason, I don't think we're forcing anyone to watch the anime who would rather not, just for the sake of a badge.

Recently, we've been partnering with JP rightsholders and trying to help create club communities where anime fans can discuss together. Before Oshi no Ko, we've had official MAL clubs for Kakkou no Iinazuke (A Couple of Cuckoos) and Paradox Live. And even before official MAL clubs, we've also run anime-themed events on Twitter, like the Zombieland Saga, Hamefura and Blue Period events we held in 2021 (when profile badges were just beginning).

In general, we think that it would be fun for the MAL community as a whole to not only have holiday-themed events and reading/watching challenge events, but also anime-specific events where they can have an anime-themed badge for their profile (like this one). Oshi no Ko seemed like a good candidate to trial this style of badge event with since many members were planning on watching it anyway. Which anime we'll be able to do badge tie-ups with in the future will depend on which committees we are able to collaborate with.

Confused_100 said:

Thanks for response. Still I think it looks bad because as you stated you wanted anime specific themes so why not try and do it for multiple animes not just one? I understand though it depends on committees you can collaborate with.  I just hope you take what I said in consideration as in trying to make it not just one anime. It really does invite favouritism of some kind, if it’s only one.It's

HyCris said:
I wanted to watch it after it finished airing, but anyway 

KENalreadyexist said:
I need to watch? But want to completed all episodes

ErnestMacel said:
M..m? can reading manga counted as well?

Roger_dragneel said:
Well, I really want the badge but I ain't watching it until its completed airing😕

Kristiwazhere said:


I kinda agree, it seems like artificially pushing the popularity of an anime upwards. Maybe it doesn't matter since it would have been popular anyhow but it just seems too much like what those botters do, only officially sanctioned and done manually. I mean I don't really agree with the "unfair to other animes" thing though, especially not the ones you mentioned which will be popular anyhow. I think this is just a poorly thought out promotional thing to pay the site bills so to say, but I still don't like it.

daiotaku said:

I'm sure MAL is getting paid for this promotion, lol.  Probably by Hidive trying to get more viewers to their service. 

NTAD said:
It's not favoritism. It's called a trial phase. Large businesses use test and trial models all the time to gauge public response to new products and services to see if they're worth pursuing further. You don't waste resources on a large initiative without seeing if it's worth the investment. You need to test the waters first. Oshi no Ko is hugely popular and therefore presents an effective test bed with a large viewer pool to pull from.

In fact, this thread is already showing mixed reactions and providing valuable data as to whether or not it should become a regular thing.

Confused_100 said:
I said it invites favouritism… Which it does. Trial phase would be trying it on multiple animes better to get a better result not one but like I said I understand why they didn’t try that because it depends on committees they can deal with. Just giving the idea that if there’s a next time, that it shouldn’t be only one anime.

nnaik1236 said:
Bro where is the link to participate in the bingo?

Shikkakku said:
Where can I get the bingo cards?

lil_rych said:
Here it is: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2089294