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Sep 7, 2021 7:39 AM

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I don't like the user interface on Anilist so I prefer MAL. (2)
Sep 30, 2021 2:58 AM
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Sakuta002766 said:
Myanimelist is more fun and better than anilist

Can Myanimelist do like dis,

for me anilist much more fun, u can post status, follow or message someone and do events also challenge things like this
https://anilist.co/activity/289735216
Tons of anilist features that I've been discovered
drynfrSep 30, 2021 3:30 AM
Sep 30, 2021 3:37 AM

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mal is better, but i like anilist ui.

Oct 1, 2021 8:15 AM
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I use both MAL and Anilist(for backup).
Mal is better because of the active forums and the forum layout and it's got more entries than Anilist. It's takes lesser time to add entries

Anilist's forums are dead and I don't like how the cover image pops up when I'm adding an entry to my list. But I love the design and image insertion is WAY more convenient on that site.

I'd say that MAL's great for desktop while Anilist is great for mobile(not for forums though)
Oct 23, 2021 2:05 PM

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Nemo_Niemand said:
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.

Dude, MAL looks and functions like a website from 2003, it doesn't have dark mode, it has a character limit for forum posts, forces you to pay money to add more stuff to your favorites, MAL users are more toxic than Anilist users, AniList notifies you if an episode of an anime you're watching has just aired, it has tags for anime and manga, it has faster database updates, and you have the ability to switch between Romaji and English titles on there as well. I don't even get how you could think that MAL is better than AniList when AniList is just better in every way.

It's hard to win an argument against smart people, but impossible to win an argument against dumb ones.
Oct 23, 2021 2:20 PM
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I'd say they both have their good and bad aspects to them. MAL has pretty active forums. And I think it's more organized with its categorizations of threads. The only bad aspects of MAL is that some of the users can be toxic and forum trolls are way more prevalent. Some of its features are also out-of-date. As for Anilist, I don't think you'll find as much toxicity on there. And many of it's features are more modern and less restrictive than MAL's. The only problem is you won't see as many active or new forum threads. And some threads can be mixed with other forum categories.
Oct 23, 2021 11:12 PM

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Mal is much more comfortable for me.

But I like that in Anilist there is no limit to adding favorites.





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Oct 23, 2021 11:24 PM

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MAL is better than Anilist. It is easier to use.
Oct 23, 2021 11:26 PM

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I don't like Anilist design, mal is easier to use lol
Oct 24, 2021 7:29 AM

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MAL since imo it's easier to use and there are always these threads that keep me entertained lmao.

Oct 24, 2021 7:32 AM

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Anilist doesn't have enough hentai, forums are lifeless and MAL's interface is just fine for me.
Oct 24, 2021 7:41 AM

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Overall, Anilist is better. This is me speaking after I spent more than a year in Anilist (I was a MAL user before I went to Anilist). I will dare say that Anilist is significantly better than MAL (dark mode, faster anime DB response/changes, UI, unlimited favourites, webtoons, etc.) But there is one big problem that made me leave Anilist. It was the mods. You can't block them and even if you send a private message to another user, a mod can still see it. Basically, Anilist doesn't have privacy. The mods also banned the word "trap" and I didn't like how one of the mods used the site to spread their political views (I didn't want an anime-tracking site to become political).
Oct 25, 2021 3:32 AM

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SmashBlack said:
Nemo_Niemand said:
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.

Dude, MAL looks and functions like a website from 2003, it doesn't have dark mode, it has a character limit for forum posts, forces you to pay money to add more stuff to your favorites, MAL users are more toxic than Anilist users, AniList notifies you if an episode of an anime you're watching has just aired, it has tags for anime and manga, it has faster database updates, and you have the ability to switch between Romaji and English titles on there as well. I don't even get how you could think that MAL is better than AniList when AniList is just better in every way.


Anilist is dead and MAL is more active. MAL has +10 million of users than Anilist. Even if we assume some of them are alts and dead accounts, I can say the same thing about the limited userbase from Anilist. Plus, MAL looked different in 2008/2009 if you think is from 2003 lol, it doesn't look like from 2003 in the first place, it looks from 2013. Probably they're going to change it later again. Anilist isn't even popular despite MAL was down in 2018 for months and it lacks of good advertising.

+That site is political, people use their profile to spread their disgusting political views -you can't explore their profile if you want to see what anime are watching without finding political opinions that I don't give a fuck- like Twitter. It doesn't help the "follow" option makes no sense, it's just an option of Twitter that doesn't work in an anime-tracking site. Their ideology is even affecting the rules, the "trap" word ban, they think a woman in bikini even in a normal pose is sexually suggestive so you must use spoilers tags, lack of privacy as the user mentioned above, if you are against a controversial rule you are warned or insulted by others users while mods do nothing, they can interpret a comment to make you look bad, etc, etc. Even banned users from MAL don't like that site after a while. Also, AniList only notifies you if its a seasonal anime, good luck if not that.

Finally, their anime database is incomplete. They don't have all anime and sometimes they unnecessarily unite two entries from MAL into one despite they should be as a separate entry.
NurguburuOct 25, 2021 3:35 AM
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Oct 25, 2021 10:37 AM

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I tried Anilist and It didn't fit me well. Despite Anilist's UI is better, MAL gave me the flexibility for profile styles and list designs. Its score system is mostly accurate and everything is on the website to rank. Even tire commercials and fictional anime movie trailers can be ranked.
Oct 25, 2021 12:14 PM

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Anilist for keeping track of shows i've watched and manga i've read.

anime list for discussion.
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Oct 25, 2021 1:27 PM

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Nurguburu said:
SmashBlack said:

Dude, MAL looks and functions like a website from 2003, it doesn't have dark mode, it has a character limit for forum posts, forces you to pay money to add more stuff to your favorites, MAL users are more toxic than Anilist users, AniList notifies you if an episode of an anime you're watching has just aired, it has tags for anime and manga, it has faster database updates, and you have the ability to switch between Romaji and English titles on there as well. I don't even get how you could think that MAL is better than AniList when AniList is just better in every way.


Anilist is dead and MAL is more active. MAL has +10 million of users than Anilist. Even if we assume some of them are alts and dead accounts, I can say the same thing about the limited userbase from Anilist. Plus, MAL looked different in 2008/2009 if you think is from 2003 lol, it doesn't look like from 2003 in the first place, it looks from 2013. Probably they're going to change it later again. Anilist isn't even popular despite MAL was down in 2018 for months and it lacks of good advertising.

+That site is political, people use their profile to spread their disgusting political views -you can't explore their profile if you want to see what anime are watching without finding political opinions that I don't give a fuck- like Twitter. It doesn't help the "follow" option makes no sense, it's just an option of Twitter that doesn't work in an anime-tracking site. Their ideology is even affecting the rules, the "trap" word ban, they think a woman in bikini even in a normal pose is sexually suggestive so you must use spoilers tags, lack of privacy as the user mentioned above, if you are against a controversial rule you are warned or insulted by others users while mods do nothing, they can interpret a comment to make you look bad, etc, etc. Even banned users from MAL don't like that site after a while. Also, AniList only notifies you if its a seasonal anime, good luck if not that.

Finally, their anime database is incomplete. They don't have all anime and sometimes they unnecessarily unite two entries from MAL into one despite they should be as a separate entry.


Dude, AniList isn’t dead. I get notifications for forum threads that I make almost everyday plus I also get notifications for when people like certain activities I did. And the AniList user database isn’t limited, there are 1.4 million users on there. And the website still looks like a website from 2003 and you know it. People aren’t political aren’t there at all, and even if they said something political, they’re most likely being sarcastic, like seriously, you can’t tell me that something like “Hanekawa >>>>>>>> you” isn’t sarcastic, you just can’t. And with the follow button for AniList, you can literally see what the people you’re following are doing just by going to the home page on AniList. It’s actually a pretty good feature. And nobody’s ideologies are affecting the rules at all, wdym by that? And it’s only the mods that don’t give you enough privacy, the rest of the users can’t see any private stuff on your profile at all. And users never insult someone for going against a controversial rule at all, and even if they say something about that, they literally explain why they think that rule should stay there. And banned users are literally going to AniList and they say that they like it. Heck, I used to be banned from MAL, and I can honestly say that AniList is better than MAL. And you can still get notifications about new episodes for any anime you’re watching, not just seasonal anime, like, I literally got a notification on AniList telling me that the most recent episode of One Piece just aired while I was watching One Piece. And AniList has literally every anime that definitely should be on an anime database website and they don’t even make 2 entries from MAL into one on there as well.

It's hard to win an argument against smart people, but impossible to win an argument against dumb ones.
Oct 25, 2021 3:35 PM

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SmashBlack said:
Nurguburu said:


Anilist is dead and MAL is more active. MAL has +10 million of users than Anilist. Even if we assume some of them are alts and dead accounts, I can say the same thing about the limited userbase from Anilist. Plus, MAL looked different in 2008/2009 if you think is from 2003 lol, it doesn't look like from 2003 in the first place, it looks from 2013. Probably they're going to change it later again. Anilist isn't even popular despite MAL was down in 2018 for months and it lacks of good advertising.

+That site is political, people use their profile to spread their disgusting political views -you can't explore their profile if you want to see what anime are watching without finding political opinions that I don't give a fuck- like Twitter. It doesn't help the "follow" option makes no sense, it's just an option of Twitter that doesn't work in an anime-tracking site. Their ideology is even affecting the rules, the "trap" word ban, they think a woman in bikini even in a normal pose is sexually suggestive so you must use spoilers tags, lack of privacy as the user mentioned above, if you are against a controversial rule you are warned or insulted by others users while mods do nothing, they can interpret a comment to make you look bad, etc, etc. Even banned users from MAL don't like that site after a while. Also, AniList only notifies you if its a seasonal anime, good luck if not that.

Finally, their anime database is incomplete. They don't have all anime and sometimes they unnecessarily unite two entries from MAL into one despite they should be as a separate entry.


Dude, AniList isn’t dead. I get notifications for forum threads that I make almost everyday plus I also get notifications for when people like certain activities I did. And the AniList user database isn’t limited, there are 1.4 million users on there. And the website still looks like a website from 2003 and you know it. People aren’t political aren’t there at all, and even if they said something political, they’re most likely being sarcastic, like seriously, you can’t tell me that something like “Hanekawa >>>>>>>> you” isn’t sarcastic, you just can’t. And with the follow button for AniList, you can literally see what the people you’re following are doing just by going to the home page on AniList. It’s actually a pretty good feature. And nobody’s ideologies are affecting the rules at all, wdym by that? And it’s only the mods that don’t give you enough privacy, the rest of the users can’t see any private stuff on your profile at all. And users never insult someone for going against a controversial rule at all, and even if they say something about that, they literally explain why they think that rule should stay there. And banned users are literally going to AniList and they say that they like it. Heck, I used to be banned from MAL, and I can honestly say that AniList is better than MAL. And you can still get notifications about new episodes for any anime you’re watching, not just seasonal anime, like, I literally got a notification on AniList telling me that the most recent episode of One Piece just aired while I was watching One Piece. And AniList has literally every anime that definitely should be on an anime database website and they don’t even make 2 entries from MAL into one on there as well.


The "trap" ban is due to political ideologies made from a vocal minority -only political activists with liberal ideology care about that-, when they have power this happens:
-https://anilist.co/forum/thread/18498

Originally, everyone could comment there but the founder decided to delete all comments and close the topic. When it was open, people against the new rule were accused of transphobia and insulted by others while nobody did anything. He must keep his political ideology -you can see it reading his Twitter- out from the site he created.

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/i2mn3g/rule_5_update_as_of_today_the_word_trap_is_now/

You probably don't know but this case inspired Anilist to ban the word "trap", at least they killed the sub due mods were banning everyone so mods were doxxed lol. And this sub was immensely popular once.

"Trap" isn't even a slur for trans people and even not all trans people claim is a slur, censoring weeb language used for decades due to disgusting mental gymnastics never works. They give us more arguments to gatekeep anime.

No, people aren't sarcastic when they talk about politics there, a controversial mod was making creepy comments in his profile about BLM and police shooting in 2020.

Yes, that site isn't active. For example:
-You created this thread 2 weeks ago and only have 40 comments https://anilist.co/forum/thread/44579
-This thread created yesterday already have 100 comments https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1966971 or this thread created TODAY already have 70 comments: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1967467

See the difference in activity?

MAL has nearly 12 million of users, if Anilist was really alive, it should have at least 5 millions of users at this point, the number is important especially if you comparing both sites.


NurguburuOct 26, 2021 2:59 AM
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We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. 日本
Nov 29, 2021 6:42 AM

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Anilist has wayyy too much shit going on their user interface which is just bothersome
Mal is simplistic and easy to use. Thus being the more preferrable option
Jan 21, 2022 7:05 AM
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Mal is better in term of everything,and top 100 mal is way better,but jujutsu kaisen and demon slayer is way too high in both of them and gintama sequel too overrated.
Jan 21, 2022 8:10 AM

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Myanimelist all the way. Anilist activity thread ruin my anime and manga experience as I was more focused on likes and staying more active on sites.
Jan 21, 2022 8:27 AM

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Anilist has a terrible UI and no forums. Unpopular opinion, but I love the design, layout, and community of MAL.
Jan 21, 2022 8:29 AM

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MAL has more users, database is more complete, forums are more active
I do have anilist account but still use MAL most of the time
Apr 17, 2022 8:44 PM

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I thought AniList was just a better and less toxic version of MAL.
But after seeing the stuff and people who post there I actually say I much rather take the toxic MAL forums than whatever the hell happens there.

Like, the public wall is filled with these teenage weirdos posting their political opinions on why they hate capitalism and stuff. Seriously, the last thing I wanna see when browsing a anime site is some teenage goth girl woke political opinions.

And it gets even ridiculous when you look at their mods.
Seriously this is legit one of their bios

Apr 17, 2022 8:49 PM

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Doesnt anilist have an obsession with competing with mal?

Idk. It just feels like some of the users over there have mal in their heads too much. I could be wrong but that was my opinion.
Apr 17, 2022 8:51 PM

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I tried using AniList after my issues with DeadlyRaven last year. But as you all can probably tell, I'm still here.

Apr 17, 2022 11:04 PM

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I am loyal to MAL and it has a blog function that I'll be using eventually.
Apr 17, 2022 11:21 PM
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This is my one & only anime list. The thing I find weird on here is that they only list manga that have physical volumes & not electronic ones.
Apr 18, 2022 4:17 AM

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My experience with Anilist is getting all my shit deleted by the anonymous unpaid janitors all the time for no reason.
Jun 8, 2022 8:15 PM

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The one who lets me favorite dictators.

Jun 9, 2022 7:26 AM

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MAL is my main, but I do like seeing my stats on Anilist.
Jun 9, 2022 1:36 PM

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I have my list "backed up" on Anilist, but currently I'm just more comfortable with MAL. Even though I really haven't been using it for all that long, there's something more home-y about it, compared to Anilist. I think Anilist just feels too clean and like it's trying to hard to be sleek and modern, if that makes sense? I also love MAL's customization options!

Plus, I really appreciate the forums here, even if I mostly lurk (90% of the time) :3




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Jun 9, 2022 2:07 PM

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I use both. On the one hand, MAL's forums are more active but on the other hand Anilist allows you to post your thoughts in your own activity which your followers can see, making it a good place to have a conversation with your friend or a group of them.

However, I prefer MAL's simplicity over Anilist's complexity so MAL takes the win. The airing section in the Home page is very convenient though.




Jun 9, 2022 2:23 PM

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MAL is called here because of its liveliness.
Jun 9, 2022 4:09 PM

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Anilist to keep track of unlisted man-hwa/hua's I have been reading and a more enjoyable interface.
MAL to keep track of the days and look at forums.
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Jun 16, 2022 7:32 AM

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Myanimelist is better than betalist, that blocks you for anything xD

Jun 16, 2022 10:49 AM

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Mal all the way up, never thought of creating in anilist
Jun 16, 2022 11:12 AM

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MAL. Userfriendly minimalist UI vs bloated shit UI. I dont't get why you would use Anilist.
Jun 16, 2022 4:01 PM

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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



Did they remove it because it was hentai? 😂

I only use MAL. Don't really see the point of having multiple lists, and the simple design and usability and bigger database of MAL are my preferred pick between the two. In the end, my list is for myself, I know if I gave something a "barely a seven" or a "great seven" myself without decimals.
Jun 16, 2022 4:09 PM
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Anilist is better for rating since you get to choose your rating system and can have as many favorites as you want but I've come this far in MAL so I'm sticking with it
Jul 4, 2022 10:17 AM

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I also tried using Anilist, but didn't like the design and in general. And reading people's comments about mods on Anilist thank God I left that site.
Jul 4, 2022 10:26 AM
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The interface of MAL is more user friendly than Anilist
Jul 4, 2022 10:27 AM

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Anilist is objectively better as a list but I'm too old and lazy to switch. Don't know about the forum but it's pretty chill here so I don't complain.
Jul 4, 2022 10:34 AM

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I've tried anilist, it gives some advantages to see stats, good for backup account but can't login from gmail, so overall still better MAL + MALbadges + MALgraph
Jul 4, 2022 10:41 AM

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I haven't tried Anilist and I don't really feel like making another anime list so MAL wins.
Jul 4, 2022 10:43 AM

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I use MyAnimeList primarily because the forums still have signs of life. Anilist forums aren't dead, they were never alive to begin with.


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The one with better interface, extensions, apps and forums. Plus, I can backup to Kitsu with just my username and one click. Anilist? No.

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Jul 6, 2022 9:26 AM

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Anilist: easier to update, more faves, status updates available, u can comment back on forums, better anime descriptions, better challenges, dead forums. and DARK MODE!

MAL: list designs, modern profile design, more reviews, non-dead forums

both have ups and downs with their code systems. i keep switching which my fave is, but currently using both for logging anime
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❝𝕴𝖙’𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙’𝖘 𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖚𝖕;
𝖎𝖙’𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖚𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖎𝖙.❞

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mal >>>>>>

the mods on anilist have a superiority complex
Aug 3, 2022 6:05 AM

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Have never tried using Anilist so MyAnimeList it is.
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Anilist forums are boring, I prefer here. Also Anilist always takes time to load on me when MAL not.
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