| Greetings everyone~ I'm sure many of you dear MAL members find many new anime here in MAL....  ....but how did you do that before you even knew the existence of MAL? ;) |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| "Before you found the existence of MAL, how did you find anime to watch? :)" Mostly from random websites. |
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| Recommendations from people I know or from random sites |
| Mainly from Google searches, Anime Planet and also just looking at physical Anime in stores. |
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| "Before you found the existence of MAL, how did you find anime to watch?" Google and IMDb |
No, this isn't my signature. |
| I would just randomly watch stuff based on the name. Like tenjou tenge, I don't know what it means but it sounds cool XD It honestly worked pretty well for a hot minute. I watched moster, code geass, death note, spiral, air gear, full metal panic etc. all based on the title. |
| IMDB. And before I even know what anime was, I watched whatever was on TV, usually just Naruto and DBZ |
| I watched the anime adaptation from the manga I read. I also get resources from Anime News Network. |
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| Good ol' Kissanime days. That was a way of life back then. |
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| I just watched whatever looked cool that popped up on random pirate sites. |
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| I need never found any anime on Mal I haven't already watched.. Those I found, Ive no intention to watch. |
| Anime News Network, torrenting, Adult Swim, an old anime forum I frequented called Anime Chains Forum, and the occasional random Google search. |
| I didn't. I only watched some shows that friends of mine recommended back then |
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| Personal recommendations from friends mostly, but also just watching YouTubers who talked about anime, back when "anitubers" were a new and novel concept |
"Most anime makers are basically autistic" - Hideaki Anno |
| Only really started using MAL more recently and that's to check out upcoming seasonal anime, and forum discussions. Before I would find random anime recommended by people (friends or randoms online), or for seasonal anime I would just check the 'Recent Releases' section of the site that I watched. MAL just makes things more organized and a bit easier, but not much has changed on the front of finding new anime to watch for me. |
| I started with what was trending on social media, like Facebook groups or Reddit subs. Then when I found out there was a lot of anime on Hulu, Prime & Netflix, I browsed through their selections. |
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| from youtube and old paper magazines. |
| recommandations from friends , or random websites or videos |
19/09/2025 🕊❤  |
| Memes. Whatever anime was getting the most memes, that's what I would watch. |
| Whatever I see on TV. Then when I started watching anime online, from streaming sites and then those seasonal charts. |
| youtube or random anime I found in pirate sites |
| Recommendations from anitubers and whatever was on Netflix. I didn't watch much anime then, though. It was only after I found this website that I got really into anime. |
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I searched everything on Google. .... |
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| 2006-2012 - Wbijam.pl [*] 2012-2015 - Shinden and youtube 2015-2018 - youtube, shinden, google [I had back than a mal acc, but it was mainly for managing titles to the list to not forget what I've watched] 2018-2024 - myanimelist, google, youtube, animemusicquiz, random generator sites, tiktok [manhwa, I have a list of ptr somewhere in files] [ Here besides mal there's also other sites I use till today] |
| Google. Used to search "best anime to watch" all the time. |
 -Tohka is better than Kurumi. You can't change my mind. |
| Man back in the day early internet days you use Altavista or Yahoo and you found what you found on random sites also back in that day you could no go to free streaming sites or paid streaming sites. But before that you found out from friends or you bought a random anime that had on the inside of the VHS box suggestion of other anime´s released from the same distributor. A popular one back then was Manga Video. Also popular way could be magazines having a tiny section for it. |
| recommendation from friend on burned cd-r(s)/dvd-r(s). |
| At first my cousin who introduced me to anime just recommended things to me and after that other friends also recommended things or I randomly watched a clip on Instagram or YouTube or something like that. |
| "Those words are meant for those that dare defy god's final warning... An epigraph of their stubbornness" - Maho Hiyajo (Steins;Gate 0)    |
| I looked it up on Google, duh. How else would I find it? |
| Here is my Pixiv account of my hentai drawings..... https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/104739065 Here is my blog.... https://theendofindustrialcivilization.blogspot.com/?m=1 |
| Back in old days, the Internet was limited and slow, and we were using our town's local net more often. We had our local torrent site where some rich guys with better Internet uploaded games, music, films, anime, and anything else for us. Communistic Internet that was. We were watching and discussing anime and films, and played online games on local servers together with townsfolk. There were good old times of tranquility, wholesomeness and camaraderie. I miss those days. |
Nemo_NiemandSep 5, 2024 2:33 PM
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| I used to rent them on DVD. But that was expensive and since most anime completely sucks... a really bad investment. I got jaded and quit watching for years. well, not completely. I did watch the occasional ghibli film and be reminded of how good anime can be. I'm not sure why I decided to start watching again around 2017. But by that point literally everything was at my fingertips and most importantly: free of cost. But most anime still sucks so it's kind of a double edged sword. Now it costs a lot of time and that shit don't grow on trees. |
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| I would go on instagram and whatever video i saw that had the hottest anime chick in it i would watch |
| This world is mine ! |
| used to be whatever was on netflix back in 2012... then whatever I encountered on youtube or the pirating sites lol |
can't yuck my yum  |
| I did find anime to watch mostly through random corners of the internet: anime forums, reddit, youtube, other anime databases, google search and even some discords... I remember spending a lot of time reading synopsis in particular, but also giving a chance to most anime recommended to me pretty easily :) |
| i know anime from tiktok and youtube before i know mal |
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