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Jan 19, 2021 1:51 AM
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we all know that this is a very controversial topic. I personally use both MAL and Anilist to track anime and manga. Which do you guys think is more convenient and why? Biases aside.
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Jan 19, 2021 1:54 AM
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I only make here in mal this is my first and only animelist, idk if i'll be using other website i have 560 entries ... Lol

Jan 19, 2021 1:55 AM
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The one that has hentai in it. Anilist doesn't, MAL takes the win.
Jan 19, 2021 1:56 AM
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MAL because Anilist forums are almost dead and I don't like Anilist's design though most like it because its smooth or some shit




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Jan 19, 2021 1:58 AM
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People complain that mal looks like it's from 2003 but I actually find it very convenient. Everything is very easily reachable from the home page and I'm not into fancy web design. As for the forums, I don't know. I only evaluated anilist's UI on my brief visit there.
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Jan 19, 2021 1:59 AM
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I do like certain aspects about Anilist like extended favorites and I can use decimals when scoring shows but overall MAL has more going for it imo.
Jan 19, 2021 2:00 AM
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Lubba_ said:
The one that has hentai in it. Anilist doesn't, MAL takes the win.


https://anilist.co/anime/10851/Euphoria/
https://anilist.co/anime/1639/Boku-no-Pico/
here you go lol
Jan 19, 2021 2:02 AM
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LautaroUwU said:
I only make here in mal this is my first and only animelist, idk if i'll be using other website i have 560 entries ... Lol


if that's your problem, you can import your list to Anilist only in a couple of minutes
Jan 19, 2021 2:02 AM
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Attackergoal said:
Lubba_ said:
The one that has hentai in it. Anilist doesn't, MAL takes the win.


https://anilist.co/anime/10851/Euphoria/
https://anilist.co/anime/1639/Boku-no-Pico/
here you go lol

Not enough hentai!!! I WANT MORE HENTAI.
Jan 19, 2021 2:02 AM

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This topic is too old. At least you could make a poll.
Anilist doesn't have many important options which MAL has. On the other hand I didn't notice anything Anilist has while MAL doesn't.
Yeah it has different scoring systems like decimals, percents, 5-score. But it's not that important. Man, I always laugh how they even have emoji rating system for a "special" kind of people.
Forums there almost don't exist. Absolutely dead. Users and their posts there are even cringier than here on MAL.
Jan 19, 2021 2:03 AM

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It is obvious only MyAnimeList. It is better than anilist.

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Jan 19, 2021 2:04 AM
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I do not like anilist's list and forum designs. I find the cover image popups annoying. I like MAL's classic list layout. Anilist's forum is like IMVU's new forum. It's so hard to use, it's like a game developer's FAQ page


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Jan 19, 2021 2:04 AM

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MAL's ultimate saving grace is its history

Jan 19, 2021 2:36 AM

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I like MAL's deisgn. It's nice and simple, AniList look too modern, if that makes sense. MAL seems more popular too.
Jan 19, 2021 2:41 AM

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Theo1899 said:
People complain that mal looks like it's from 2003 but I actually find it very convenient. Everything is very easily reachable from the home page and I'm not into fancy web design. As for the forums, I don't know. I only evaluated anilist's UI on my brief visit there.


Anilist has nice stats page but everything else is a nightmare to navigate. It's like a gigantic Twitter feed and the forum design is terrible.

MAL is nice and simple.
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Jan 19, 2021 2:49 AM

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you're asking this under the MAL website, obviously MAL is the majority.
back to the question, my answer is MAL.
I just, don't really like Anilist
Jan 19, 2021 2:54 AM

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I think the fact that we are here simply gives MAL a win
Also Anilist doesn't have Hentai
Jan 19, 2021 2:54 AM

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mal for sure. mal is old school, easier and has a better community. apart from that, mal has a better database. on ani you cant add hentai or short ovas.
Jan 19, 2021 3:19 AM
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I will choose anilist coz i like to be opposite when already known which one the winner is

Jan 19, 2021 3:21 AM

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Myanimelist is more fun and better than anilist
Jan 19, 2021 4:04 AM

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I really don't see any advantages of Anilist compared to MAL expect decimal scores which I don't really need since I write the real score in tags. I don't like Anilist design and it's harder to navigate.
Jan 19, 2021 4:06 AM
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i prefer both

both useful and amazing yet have fun community an toxic
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Jan 19, 2021 4:08 AM
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Lubba_ said:
The one that has hentai in it. Anilist doesn't, MAL takes the win.
https://anilist.co/search/anime?hentai=true
Jan 19, 2021 4:12 AM

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Anilist has decimal scoring and I like the social aspects of having a feed.
The forums are hot garbage, they're almost dead and the mods are obnoxious.
Mal has its problems but It's simply better because it's been around for longer, with a larger database and much more active forums.
Jan 19, 2021 4:14 AM

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Both r good but if u wanna see wannabe critics shitting on shows u only get to see it here
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Jan 19, 2021 4:17 AM

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Lubba_ said:
The one that has hentai in it. Anilist doesn't, MAL takes the win.

V1D1T said:
I think the fact that we are here simply gives MAL a win
Also Anilist doesn't have Hentai

There are hentai as many as MAL does, but you have to have an account to unhide them though.
Jan 19, 2021 4:25 AM
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Anilist it is first heard for me, and i see that web, i chose MAL because i have 500+ submit in here :)
Jan 19, 2021 4:31 AM

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AniList got modern web design so i prefer that but im still here on MAL because of the much higher forum activity

and lol at people saying they have 500+ anime list it does not matter since you can export your MAL lists to AniList anyway
Jan 19, 2021 4:34 AM
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I personally like Anilist more. You don't have to become a MAL Supporter to add as many favorite characters or anime as you want. Uploading videos and images is more up-to-date on there. The community itself is also pretty open and friendly. There are of course some people here on MAL that I get along with. But I feel like I'm less likely to run into arguments with people on Anilist.
Jan 19, 2021 4:34 AM

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I have both MyAnimeList and Anilist accounts, but i just go with MAL because it's one i use everyday. I only update my anime/manga list Anilist when i want to open it.


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Jan 19, 2021 4:42 AM

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I mostly use MyAnimeList for forums and reviews! I don't use Anilist pretty much as I only used it for extending my favorites to have more than 10 favorites (20 for Supporters)!
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Jan 19, 2021 5:01 AM

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anilist just feels duhmehheh, u can like activities and it has dark mode though
Jan 19, 2021 5:17 AM

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I use both, but mainly MyAnimeList.
Jan 19, 2021 6:46 AM
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The old style of MAL is mainly why. Also Anilist top anime/manga/character lists just make me more salty than MAL
Jan 19, 2021 6:47 AM

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I have accounts on both sites but I vastly prefer the ui on mal
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Jan 19, 2021 7:07 AM
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Anilist has some decent advantages.

-better interface and usability-

-Anilist just looks far better. MAL looks stuck in 2007.

-Anilist has more customization options.

-Anilist has better administration- bad info on a listing gets fixed within a week or two of being reported. On MAL, I know of shows from 80s with bad info I reported 2 years ago, still unfixed. The only time I have seen info on MAL get fixed, it took almost 6 months.

-Anilist gives you the option of whether to use the show's Japanese or English-release title- The fact MAL doesn't do this is nuts; It's an English-language website, where everyone speaks English, but there isn't even an option to use English-language titles?!? Just seems like a hangover from the snobbery of the "subs vs dubs" era, and people who think they're impressive for saying "Shokugeki no Soma" instead of "Food Wars".

But MAL also has certain advantages from being an older site, with a far bigger userbase.

-MAL lists buttloads of smaller, more obscure shows that have no listing on Anilist.

-MAL has much more active forums, more reviews, recommendations, new shows get listed faster, etc- all the plusses that come from being the 'industry standard', and the site everyone's used for the last 10 years.


Overall, I kinda prefer Anilist. If both sites had the same size userbase, I'd used Anilist as my primary site. But, because MAL's the standard, I feel like I'm forced to it as my main list (mostly because there are still so many gaps in Anilist's Database. but thats improving over time), and just import my MAL list over to Anilist every few months. Hopefully Anilist's database will catch up at some point, then I'll switch to using it as my main list.
Jan 19, 2021 7:13 AM
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MAL feels very classic to me and prefer simple design while Anilist is just overdesigned and their recommendation system isn't very helpful compare to mal which I mainly use alot. Also personally I don't think it will stay good another 5-10 years compare to mal so not worth it.
Jan 19, 2021 7:16 AM

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Quote from something I said on Reddit-
Anilist is a really nice compliment to MAL personally, especially for seasonals. I use both, which makes updating episodes a bit more work, but it's kinda worth it imo since then I have the best of both worlds.

I like Anilist's design and features more than MAL (besides the custom list which is better here), and it's also better for tracking seasonals imo (Anichart is also nice), but MAL is much more well designed for forums, discussions, clubs and news. The comment section on Anilist isn't the best design wise.
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Have an account for both, but I mainly use MAL. The only reasons I have AniList is because at first MAL didn't work with AnimeMusicQuiz, so I had to create an account at AniList. Then I found out that I can use decimals in AniList, so I regularly export my list from here to there and re-add the decimals that got overwritten. Its more convenient to sort my anime, because here I had to write the Decimal Score into the tags, and I can't obviously sort them that way.
Jan 19, 2021 8:53 AM

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Anilist is worse because it’s missing popular titles such as Boku no Pico.
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Jan 19, 2021 11:17 AM

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When you ask this on MAL, you should know what to expect and of course I prefer MAL.
Lubba_ said:
Attackergoal said:


https://anilist.co/anime/10851/Euphoria/
https://anilist.co/anime/1639/Boku-no-Pico/
here you go lol

Not enough hentai!!! I WANT MORE HENTAI.
AniList has much more doujins than MAL though. You just need to turn on the +18 thing on its setting
Feb 28, 2021 6:23 AM

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anilist database is pathetic they are copying Mal database in everything they should make their own database like other websites
Feb 28, 2021 6:28 AM
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I've started using Kitsu, I used to have an Anilist because the website design looks beautiful but got tired of updating both. At least with kitsu I can post things like twitter so I'll keep using that.
Feb 28, 2021 6:37 AM
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I also use both MAL and Anilist, I honestly prefer Anilist more, rating system there is more better compare to MAL Plus you can have many favourites, not like MAL where you can only have 10 if you want to add more you have to become a Supporter😒 I find anilist lot more convenient to use and it's less toxic as well, People there never harass others just for liking a certain anime or character while here on MAL people are horrible.
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Every other anime database is a clone of MAL and doesn't maintain the same level of entry upkeep.
Feb 28, 2021 6:42 AM

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I used anilist before I switched to MAL and I gotta say, I prefer MAL by a long shot. I do like the design of anilist better tho and it allows you to add manhwa and manhua on your list, but in terms of forum activity MAL definitely takes the cake.



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Definitely Myanimelist, anilist is f*cking piece of shit
Why would you even post that second time? Attention seeker lol
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Sayali567 said:
Sakuta002766 said:
Definitely Myanimelist, anilist is f*cking piece of shit
Why would you even post that second time? Attention seeker lol

Nah i don't fucking care about that
I forgot that i commented on this
I hate anilist too much
Feb 28, 2021 8:02 AM
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I tried using Anilist but it didn't suit me. MAL will always be the first I guess.
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if anilist was more active forum wise I would ditch this site immediately
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