| I only just started using both even though I made my anilist 2 years ago. Anilist definitely looks better and has more list features. If you like the Twitter look it is certainly for you. I am not sure why I am still staying here; the community is certainly not mal's strong point. I think it is because I've been here for so long and am used to the simple look of this site. |
| I'll stay loyal to my main. I moved to Anilist when MAL had its breakdown and it was the worst. I couldn't get into it at all, it just reminded me of the mobile version of MAL and I hated it. Once in a while I visit Anilist to add my completed shows but I use MAL for forums, every single episode update and anything else. The only thing I liked about Anilist is the way your favorites are presented and how you can add as many as you want to without being a supporter. |
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| Personnally, I prefer MAL. I tried using Anilist when MAL was down and I really didn't like it. |
| What rise are you talking about? Anilist is almost empty. And what happens on its forums is utter cringe. Also, dat emoji score system for "special" people lol |
Nemo_NiemandApr 25, 2020 2:39 AM
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| MAL may have a larger userbase but it does NOT deserve one. It's only big because it's older than the others and has had a firm footing. AniList has a massively superior UI. Only thing MAL has above it is custom list CSS for those who want their pwetties. |
| tbh the only reason why'd i'd stay is cause i'd be way to lazy to transfer all my data to a new site |
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| No, Anilist is still irrelevant. Only hipster contrarians use it. |
| I don't even go there yet, not even by accident. |
| mal feels like the most relevant and most prominent anime site (for non Japanese people), to me anyway |
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| Kitsu is where you go when you get banned from MAL and AL is a failed MAL killer that is obnoxious to navigate and takes even longer to implement features somehow. Until AL gets clubs, I'm firmly here. And I'm not interested in Kitsu, period. Also, heard the mods at AL are a lot stricter about lewd stuff. The fact that hearsay exists is a massive turn off. This thread takes me back to when we were being invaded by AL peeps to try to convert us to using their site, by the way. That sure went well. |
ManabanApr 25, 2020 8:57 AM
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| I don't think this website will ever be deemed 'unusable', it has too much significance. MAL is for the casual fan, the balls-deep fan and for the fan who needs to get a job. It's here for everyone. To say without any authority other than your own anecdotal experience that the majority of anime fans don't have a 'list' is nonsensical. Knowing that the progenitor of this comment literally administrates another anime website tells me all i need to know. Sites like Anilist are too luminous in how they approach the medium by giving users a 24/7 feed. Ultimately overwhelming casual fans and solidifying anime as a children's hobby and that fans shouldn't be taken seriously. If you're posting 'good morning' and 'good night' messages every single day living in a hugbox i don't think i could take you seriously either. Anilist is a total joke and probably a pedophile's pond to play in. Casual fans are the majority, normalcy will always be top dog - MAL isn't going anywhere. |
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| Im perma banned from ani and banned from kitsu anyway so seems like I'll have to stay here for a bit ani will never rise pass mal imo |
| Oh right, i forgot those existed. i tried anilist but i never got back to it. |
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| I was on anilist before I migrated to MAL. While I prefer anilist in terms of how it looks and the different features they offer, the forum just ain't really it. MAL is way more active and it surely got a larger community. I prefer MAL over anilist any day now and it hasn't even been that long since i joined. I don't think it's starting to lose relevance at all. The community here is too big for that to happen. |
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| Tried to use anilist but its sucks Mal is absolutely better in every way Q:do you think MAL has finally started losing its relevance? Ans:no |
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| Myanimelist is most certainly not losing relevance, the only page that can kill MAL is MAL itself (and it proved chances to do that years ago with the drama it had). I imagine this thread was made at the time we had the issues, I myself couldn't login for over a month until the admin himself had to fix my problems personally because I wasn't getting any help otherwise. At the time I made an Anilist account and to this day I still just use both pages for the benefits each has. |
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| MAL's not dying anytime soon with how many people it has on it. I just use both, with slight preference for Anilist. MetaThPr4h said: I still just use both pages for the benefits each has. This, and also I'm too paranoid about something happening to one site and losing all my progress, so I keep both up to date lol. |
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| I’ve never once went onto the Anilist site but I just did to check it out and honestly while it looks more modern than MAL, I still prefer MAL for how everything is laid out |
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MetaThPr4h said: Myanimelist is most certainly not losing relevance, the only page that can kill MAL is MAL itself (and it proved chances to do that years ago with the drama it had). I imagine this thread was made at the time we had the issues, I myself couldn't login for over a month until the admin himself had to fix my problems personally because I wasn't getting any help otherwise. At the time I made an Anilist account and to this day I still just use both pages for the benefits each has. Wait what drama?Can you or anyone else sum me up? |
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| MAL will still be #1 for a long time. I really prefer how clean anilist looks compared to mal, but mal is just, bigger in every way lol |
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| You know, if I were to make a comparison... MyAnimeList is like Spotify. Comprehensive collection of media, unrivaled user-friendliness, intuitive, large community, and absolutely dominant in its field. AniList is like Apple Music, Tidal, or Deezer. You use it because you don't want to use MAL. I'm not trying to make sweeping generalizations, as I'm sure there are some people who use AL solely due to its merits, but I'm wagering that those people are far and few between. |
| Who the hell upped the 3 years old topic lol. Was Anilist rising back in 2018? I don't remember that. And nothing seems to have changed by now. |
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| Why are so many threads about anilist being revived today? |
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| i use to back up my anime list on ANN's site though is doesn't have many of those music videos, specials or pilots but it has japanese, korean, chinese shows AND also american ones based on japanese properties! (it comes in handy with castlevania, robotech, etc), and i think i don't need to make another account on a site for now... because none of them has such complete database like MAL, i googled this anime and the first site to show up was MAL https://myanimelist.net/anime/43722/Ai_wo_Komete |
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| Mal - userbase is better and simple and easy to use design. balanced overall animeplanet- has custom list and advanced browsing based on tags anidb - anime database is larger and more functionable others I don't care |
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| Even if some of MAL's systems are very outdated, I don't want to move to other sites because of how little data they actually show you. The MAL interface is very good at being simple, clean, but showing tons of information in one place. Other sites like Anilist feel like they are trying to be a trendy social media outlet in terms of how they present their information about each series. In terms of just clicking on a show and getting the information I want, MAL is unquestionably the best to use. Plus, MAL lets you customize your list and profile to an extent that none of the other sites allow. Sure, some of it's systems are outdated, but I would rather work with an outdated framework that does it's job than a "sleek and modern" one that is frustrating to navigate. Though, the actual community here is often more toxic than a nuclear fallout site. But that's just the vocal minority online anime community at large, so it's not really the sites fault. |
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Xaeveax said: Agree with this. Even if some of MAL's systems are very outdated, I don't want to move to other sites because of how little data they actually show you. The MAL interface is very good at being simple, clean, but showing tons of information in one place. Other sites like Anilist feel like they are trying to be a trendy social media outlet in terms of how they present their information about each series. In terms of just clicking on a show and getting the information I want, MAL is unquestionably the best to use. Plus, MAL lets you customize your list and profile to an extent that none of the other sites allow. Sure, some of it's systems are outdated, but I would rather work with an outdated framework that does it's job than a "sleek and modern" one that is frustrating to navigate. Though, the actual community here is often more toxic than a nuclear fallout site. But that's just the vocal minority online anime community at large, so it's not really the sites fault. I also prefer MAL's rankings over the other two. Especially Kitsu, like bruh 38 out of its top 40 are all battle shonens, excluding movies its literally 40 out of 40 |
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Half-MagePrince said: MAL is better site. I tried to check out and it does not please me. Yep I 100% agree. Those other sites aren't that pleasing to me either, unlike how MAL is. |
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| I find Anilist better for tracking anime, especially weekly anime to not get lost but I much prefer MAL score system, I find Anilist's one to be quite confusing so I would say no. |
| I always used MAL and never felt the necessity to try another site. I just want to keep track of what I watch/plan to watch, so learning how to use another anime tracker, for me, is just a waste of time. |
| I will go down with this site. Everything else feels too unfamiliar. |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Hunt: Showdown 1896 again when you read this |
| Most of those sites are dead, so people stick too MAL. |
| Nope. I know this thread is like 4 years old but this site is still going strong |
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