Frostbytes said: With other websites like anilist providing the users with more features like 25 favorites, public feeds, dark theme and many other useful features like taiga(while also lacking some of the mal features as disadvantages), do you think MAL has finally started losing its relevance? Many users permanently migrated to other sites too after the apocalypse here. > dark theme Anyone can do that here on MAL. Look at my list for example. https://myanimelist.net/animelist/GlennMagusHarvey All I had to do was stick a dark background against it. Anyhow, I picked up a Hummingbird account the last time MAL had a big downtime, and I later left Hummingbird because its features kinda sucked (couldn't see whole list at once for example). This time I joined Anime-Planet. So far I'm liking it more. The people are more chill and less annoying/trolly. But MAL's database is still the best though, barring ANN's or maybe aniDB's. |
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GlennMagusHarvey said: He's talking about like the whole website, not just the listFrostbytes said: With other websites like anilist providing the users with more features like 25 favorites, public feeds, dark theme and many other useful features like taiga(while also lacking some of the mal features as disadvantages), do you think MAL has finally started losing its relevance? Many users permanently migrated to other sites too after the apocalypse here. > dark theme Anyone can do that here on MAL. Look at my list for example. https://myanimelist.net/animelist/GlennMagusHarvey All I had to do was stick a dark background against it. Anyhow, I picked up a Hummingbird account the last time MAL had a big downtime, and I later left Hummingbird because its features kinda sucked (couldn't see whole list at once for example). This time I joined Anime-Planet. So far I'm liking it more. The people are more chill and less annoying/trolly. But MAL's database is still the best though, barring ANN's or maybe aniDB's. |
| Yeah right there is no way a doujin about vomit exists. Good song https://soundcloud.com/yeungkakit33/op4-hekireki-last-alliance Tsumino account is BigMaraIppo Another Good Song Listen to テスト by mukami #np on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/mukami/77a Ashita no Joe and Megalo box are disappointing anime. My reviews:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Botan-Chan45/reviews Best Naruto Op: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByCNZxOBVWM&list=RDByCNZxOBVWM&index=1 discord name: Chitoge Kirisaki#9564 https://discord.gg/nGKu6zx my discord server for plebs |
Botan-Chan45 said: Fair enough. Though the list is the primary reason I maintain an account here. Well, my list, and some associated stuff, plus the database. Plus the fact that I can get interesting stats out of a third-party site like graph.anime.plus .GlennMagusHarvey said: He's talking about like the whole website, not just the list> dark theme Anyone can do that here on MAL. Look at my list for example. https://myanimelist.net/animelist/GlennMagusHarvey All I had to do was stick a dark background against it. Anyhow, I picked up a Hummingbird account the last time MAL had a big downtime, and I later left Hummingbird because its features kinda sucked (couldn't see whole list at once for example). This time I joined Anime-Planet. So far I'm liking it more. The people are more chill and less annoying/trolly. But MAL's database is still the best though, barring ANN's or maybe aniDB's. Meanwhile, for me, the social features, and even the dark theme, are optional. YMMV, obviously. I'm just stating my own perspective/opinion on the topic. |
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| I've used this site for such a long time that I didn't realize how much I relied on it until it went down. Even before actually making an account and making a list to keep track of what I've watched, I still used it for information/database searching etc. When it went down I tried a few other sites (Anilist most notably), and they just don't compare. Now that the site is just about back to full functions I've even started posting on the forums in celebration of its return. So in conclusion: no. It'll have some closer competition now, but that's about it. |
| I highly doubt it. But I can tell that a few people have probably left the site because of the long maintenance. |
| Help the industry and buy Blu-rays and DVD's. Noragami is the best anime ever.  |
| In my case, no. I've been here for 8 years so changing a different anime listing site is gonna be pain in the ass. Besides, they have 1 common feature, which is listing and updating your anime so as long as MAL has that and they' won't go under long maintenance for fixing the damn anime list, MAL won't lose its relevance for me. |
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| I made an AniList account way before the Great MyAnimeList Depression, aka MyAnimeList in maintenance. When I first made an account I was surprised to see a site look as good as it did and have as much features as it does. However, there was always something which made me come back to MyAnimeList, and maybe that's because MyAnimeList is the face of anime and manga listing. I have dabbled in the world of Web design and Developeing, and on top of that, MyAnimeList does obviously look outdated. But In my opinion, based off of when MyAnimeList was created and based on what the site currently looks like and the fact that Xinil (iirc) sais that more work into the site had been done in 1 years then combind 4 years. So, with that said, I belive MyAnimeList, if an MVC, is a MVC what Xinil made himself. So a lot of the code is probably outdated, or atleast half. Wereas AniList looks modern but the way the site is layed out, to me, it's off-putting. As for Kitsu, I don't like Bootstrap and the site looks ugly. If I ever did leav MyAnimeList, I would always pick AniList over any other site, including Kitsu, I however, like the fact that Anilist and Kitsu have (so far that I know) an unlimtited amount of favourites, which MyAnimelist needs. (Though in (v3; the latest update), the number of display favourites is 25 before you have to click on the favourites tab to see them all) A lot of people use MyAnimeList that don't care about the forum part. I don't remember the point of the majority above, and I'm probably not going to read it back but I believe until MyAnimeList gets a modern look, there will always be people "leaving for good," even if the design is part of the reason for them leaving. MyAnimeList needs more features but it doesn't help when ideas get shutdown or bad excuses as to why something shouldn't be coded in. And it doesn't help when I see something like this: I've seen comments to legitimate threads that basically imply something like, for example: Why use a GUI to catalogy Anime, like MyAnimeList, when you can use Notepad. It does the same thing Basically there will always be people complaining about anything. MyAnimeList is the face of Anime and Manga and even if the database is lacking due to whatever reason, it will be added and it will remain the go-to site for anime and manga. I don't see "new sites" as a threat to MyAnimeList but I don't like Supporter. It needs mprovements |
DvioussAug 12, 2018 6:21 PM
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| i found that other site is not that appealing on their UI, i already in love with MAL |
 MAL score and most user-based rating system are all joke, Imagine trusting plebs and hivemind. Find users who have good sense and rating and use them as a reference. Check my guide to rate Your taste is trash. Cope, seethe, mald |
Taluun said: "Like, you don't watch anime and not have a MyAnimeList account, and even if you don't, you have to have a Kitsu account or a AniList account." Talk to people IRL about anime and manga you will quickly find that viewers who actually have a list tracking account are in the minority. This is corroborated with the numbers CR and other official sources have. Talk to people on twitter or facebook or any of those other places about anime and manga and you will find very large contingencies of people who don't have a list, whether they be casual or long time viewers. Agreed. 100% of the people i met in real life (no con and such) knew nothing about listing sites. Around 95% of the people i met in mmorpg's, and did like anime, had no idea about listing sites. The 5% that knew what these sites are, have not updated their list in years, or they also forgot their username/pass. >ShadowMonkey< The 200 or so users that have registered 1-2 years ago and have 20k+ comments, are not the backbone of this site. |
VargrAug 18, 2018 12:14 PM
Vargr said: I am aware of that, that's why I specified that I don't think we'll be losing much community-wise. By that I meant the people who use the forums, comments and friends features and use the site to its full potential.>ShadowMonkey< The 200 or so users that have registered 1-2 years ago and have 20k+ comments, are not the backbone of this site. About the fact that not a lot of people you meet know of/use listing sites, I can relate to that. Very rarely does anyone have a regularly updated list. But you also have to be aware that most of those are at least one of the following: a) They're very casual, to the point where they can count the shows they've watched without the help of any database (and even then don't have much of a need to discuss/talk about the series they've watched online as they are...well, pretty casual). b) They've watched way too much stuff to even feel the need to put in the effort to list everything they've watched. c) They just don't have anyone to explain the benefits of using MAL to them/They don't find them appealing/They haven't discovered MAL yet. If I just now learned about MAL, I probably wouldn't even try listing every single thing I've watched/read. On the other hand, if I was just watching Boku no Hero and AoT yearly and have watched only Naruto, DBZ and Death Note before them, I also imagine I wouldn't really feel the need to list them. In my experience, people who update their list regularly are almost always people who are at the same time really dedicated to watching anime and thinking about it, but also started listing at a time where they could count all the stuff they've watched in one sitting. Naturally, people like that are a minority (and I'm pretty glad to be a part of it tbh). |
| I really need a website structured like mal but for videogames in my life |
| ppl don't think their opinions be wrong, but it do. |
voidwave said: I found Anilist to be extremely unimpressive. It speaks to everything I find unattractive in website design. If I was going to use any site besides MAL, it would be AniDB. That site, while lacking a manga-database, is just as extensive in the anime department as MAL and doesn't make my eyes bleed. Addendum: I just took another look at Anilist, and while I found it just as ugly as I did several months ago, I also noted that it apparently doesn't record hentai in its database. With this in mind, the site is utterly useless to me. AlanWeebus said: I really need a website structured like mal but for videogames in my life You may be interested in Gamefaqs. Aside from hosting guides for games, it also allows users to track games they've beaten/played/own, and has a very extensive database. I recommend it highly. I was more interested in the community ranking system and making a favorites list and stuff like that (and metacritic sucks so it doesn't count) |
| ppl don't think their opinions be wrong, but it do. |
| I doubt it, I am personally not interested in Anilist so maybe I am not looking at the whole picture |
| *now proceeds to look up Anilist, for I didn’t know what that was until now* MAL, however, shouldn’t go anywhere. If it does, you can expect a major train wreck coming. |
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ShadowMonkey said: Vargr said: I am aware of that, that's why I specified that I don't think we'll be losing much community-wise. By that I meant the people who use the forums, comments and friends features and use the site to its full potential.>ShadowMonkey< The 200 or so users that have registered 1-2 years ago and have 20k+ comments, are not the backbone of this site. About the fact that not a lot of people you meet know of/use listing sites, I can relate to that. Very rarely does anyone have a regularly updated list. But you also have to be aware that most of those are at least one of the following: a) They're very casual, to the point where they can count the shows they've watched without the help of any database (and even then don't have much of a need to discuss/talk about the series they've watched online as they are...well, pretty casual). b) They've watched way too much stuff to even feel the need to put in the effort to list everything they've watched. c) They just don't have anyone to explain the benefits of using MAL to them/They don't find them appealing/They haven't discovered MAL yet. If I just now learned about MAL, I probably wouldn't even try listing every single thing I've watched/read. On the other hand, if I was just watching Boku no Hero and AoT yearly and have watched only Naruto, DBZ and Death Note before them, I also imagine I wouldn't really feel the need to list them. In my experience, people who update their list regularly are almost always people who are at the same time really dedicated to watching anime and thinking about it, but also started listing at a time where they could count all the stuff they've watched in one sitting. Naturally, people like that are a minority (and I'm pretty glad to be a part of it tbh). Well, i am not entirely sure. When i tried to use these forums i mainly had negative experiences. Even if the situation isn't as bad as the comments on Horri. I remember how it all started for me. I seen some series, mainly what aired in our country, but i had no clue that it is anime. Then one day, while looking for sci-fi, i found a subbed Ergo Proxy torrent on a local torrent site. The subbing group had their site adres written in the sub, which is a lot like MAL. They had a lot more stuff subbed, so i just watched everything in sight. But their tracking had issues, and when they changed something under a title, it disappeared from your list. Then i also ran out of stuff i was interested in. My English got to a level, when i no longer need Hungarian subs. So i looked for something better, and i found MAL. Long story short, i don't think MAL has anything to fear, regarding those "new" ones. PS. you are right about irl. They are mostly casuals. |
| You are probably right, I should check out a site like Anilist, yet people will have to go through the trouble of joining a new website, establishing a list, and go through the trouble of finding an avatar, etc. I do think that MAL's recent technical issues have scared many members away from this site and maybe MAL isn't as relevant as it once was, and may be getting a little staid. PS...a lot of anime forums are relatively inactive anyway, so I wouldn't be too surprised if MAL's forum became a little bit slow as well. I think that MAL's heyday has ended. Also, I can't find some series like Himouta! Umara-chan, I found that series right away on the Anilist search engine. |
PeppermintHeartsAug 21, 2018 12:58 PM
PeppermintHearts said: You are probably right, I should check out a site like Anilist, yet people will have to go through the trouble of joining a new website, establishing a list, and go through the trouble of finding an avatar, etc. I do think that MAL's recent technical issues have scared many members away from this site and maybe MAL isn't as relevant as it once was, and may be getting a little staid. PS...a lot of anime forums are relatively inactive anyway, so I wouldn't be too surprised if MAL's forum became a little bit slow as well. I think that MAL's heyday has ended. Also, I can't find some series like Himouta! Umara-chan, I found that series right away on the Anilist search engine. I'd say, probably cuz the title is Himouto! Umaru-chan. But the search engine still found it by just typing himouta, here on MAL. |
| I like MAL, I like the interface and knowing where everything is. I actually have a Kitsu account, but literally just use that as a back end for Taiga that can sync with MAL automatically and has a mobile app. I don't remember the last time I visited the site though, I just prefer it here. I couldn't say whether MAL is losing or has lost relevance, but I hope not. |
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| aninlist is dead as fuck, you don't get much comments like how you see here on mal, what is the point of having those cool features if over there is a wasteland? |
keragammingMay 1, 2019 5:05 PM
Beitrag said: This topic is old already but I just wanted to mention that I am one of those who migrated to anilist a few day ago. The main reson were those huge server problems on MAL recently. Also there are some features on anilist that I really like (e.g. you can directly compare list entries of friends with your own for any anime) and also the site buildup of MAL is slow, while anilist is fast and offers a better design. I liked MAL though and the big userbase was nice. But since the developers of this website seems to do nothing about all those issues I am glad that I' using a better site now. Can't you already compare list entries with friends through the "Stats" page on the anime page and through the "Affinity to you" page on users profiles? |
| I got a few friends on Anilist but I don't use it. I migrated to Hummingbird (i.e. old Kitsu) when MAL had server issues, and co-maintained my account there and on MAL for a while. I didn't like Hummingbird's features as much. MAL had server issues again and now I'm on Anime-Planet. Again, co-maintaining two accounts. Both sites seem pretty good. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| Well,during Mal apocalypse i tried to switch over to anilist but was severely disappointed with its lack of many mangas and animes also the forum of that site was not that much active so i returned back to Mal |
| Tbh yes. MAL was fun for a while but after the maintenance back in last year the website started to go downhill in my opinion. So many trolls reviews taking over the website as well as rat-racers. The community became more toxic than ever Various random maintenance Anilist may have less features than MAL but the community/ reviews and interface is much better than MAL. |
| Ehhhhh, I keep both MAL and AniList accounts for safety reasons. The community atmosphere in both are not that much improved over the other. The problem with MAL is how they allow trolls, bots, and other shit too easily, especially with anime reviews. |
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| I tried switching over to Kitsu, and while there are certain aspects of it that I like (like the inclusion of anime-influenced Western media), I always find myself coming back here. I like MAL because of the database, it's just easy to use and I can always find information on whatever it is I'm looking for. |
| Personally I'm fine with only getting 10 favorites,not that big a deal. Overall MAL fits my needs just fine and I see no need to move anytime soon. |
| For an autistic asshole like me, this is the best. I can search by myself everything I need and the actual "anime list" is just as easy, fast and complete as I like. Not sure about the social stuff, but I don't care about it... on the other hand, having a black theme for the entire site would be lovely. |
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chuuable said: people here keep engaging in forums, keep posting comments/reviews/ and make polls while debating in the comments that’s what makes people excited to post more and that’s what I really love about mal I’m only using anilist to update my anime status in my phone since it’s easier. So I really don’t see mal is losing it’s relevance anytime soon. You know, yeah, that is one thing I like about MAL. Sure, the people here can be crabby sometimes, but I miss when forums dominated the Internet. Everything is so social media focused nowadays, it's nice to go somewhere to talk about something other than yourself. |
| lol why are people reviving this, this was only seemingly relevant to some people after MAL had its maintenance. For every person who'd choose Anilist over MAL, there's like a 1000 people who'd choose MAL. MAL losing its relevance isn't even something to consider. |
| I don't think MAL is disadvantaged. I mean the "supporter" thing is annoying. The 2018 incident, that lasted several months did resemble an amputation. But MAL has been relevant since 2008 (for me) and still is now. A precious space that is irreplaceable, just the fact that people will respond to whatever you recommend, review, comment. Topics you create, all of that is a good enough reason to stay. Than there's everything this site offers, which many of you who have been here a while are familiar with. Finally if we didn't use MAL there are those of us who can't use Malgraph and MAL badges,I for one would feel terribly inconvenienced if I couldn't use either. |
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| MAL will always no.1 anime list platform because lot of people like it. But if MAL repeat the same incident on 2018 in the future then there is possibility that anilist will defeat MAL. |
| A Weeb that watched too much anime. I am also a responsive person so I will respond to each of your posts, messages, or requests. |
| I use both, Anilist looks better and has a lot more nicer people (from my PoV just to be clear) than here but thats probably cause there's a lot more users here than there. Plus I have yet to see weird cringe users there who stans or hate other series just because it doesnt go their way. That place has a lot of people making jokes, greeting people and recommending anime/manga at home tab. This place has a more structured forum tho and like I said, more users so I mainly just go here for interacting with people but when it comes to updating my anime and manga I'd go over Anilist more than here nowadays. |
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| No. I'm a supporter so clearly I've made my choice. MAL or bust. |
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| Does Anilist allows you to export your list? |
| I just like how MAL is setup compared to other sites like it and their features. However, there are some features Anilist has that I wish MAL did like their ability to create custom anime and manga lists as well as better sorting options on the lists. |
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