| I have an Anilist account and I use both it and MAL. I use MAL more for social stuff (forums, chatting with friends, etc) and Anilist more for its analytical features (stats, favorites, scoring out to decimal points, etc). |
| ngl I dont use MAL a lot nowadays anyway so it doesnt matter tbf, MAL was the first ani forum I really tried my best to shitpost as I could so I could gain fame on the internet but then I remember that, it really doesnt matter so I just shitpost as hard as I could until I dont wanna do it. Also, Discord is better, fuck MAL. |
| I have Anilist and I'm trying to use it more often.. but I can't cause the website is to simple. The only thing I appreciate compared to MAL more is that you can put a lot of anime, manga and characters in your fav but that's it. The layout design in Anilist is awful, like I said is to simple to the point you can't do much in there. Also I see the forums are not very active right there, so it's more fun writing stupid stuff on MAL |
  MAL is the perfect place to shit talk about people's opinions. |
| The mods and community of Anilist is just TRASH , |
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| I did try to use Anilist but there was something missing that couldn't get me to fully switch over |
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| Only thing I really like Anilist for is the reminders. Sometimes I forget when new shows air when it's like, episodes 1 and 2, and I like that it has a countdown telling me when the next episode is. Besides that the site is boring and I hate how their forum looks. If MAL gave reminders for new episodes outside of the mobile app I'd be gone from Anilist forever probably. |
| And at his feet they'll cast their golden crowns When the man comes around. |
| I have both MAL and AL, updating both at the same time. Here's my take: >AL is more friendly towards friend status (showing wayyyy more than 2 entries on the main page), but that also can backfire as it can get spammed more easily. >Decimals. Oh my god, the only thing I want to have here. >MAL has custom CSS for lists, for EACH of the lists. AL can only change profile backgrounds with an extension (that's not official, btw) and custom lists for anime/manga (which is also here, but it's more dynamic in there imo). I have been using AL a lot lately since I have found about AWC (Anime Watching Club), but when I found it on MAL too I said "screw it". I'm now working on 2 monthlies and suffering. Final thoughts: AL = friends, MAL = list aesthetic. Idc for reviews in neither platform, so yup, that's all for me. Oh, and I also think the club thing in here is pretty nice. I'm not in many groups but there's one that posts polls each week, I find that activity quite entertaining. |
 ❝Only you can save yourself.❞ I only know what I know, I guess? Yuri enjoyer and El Cazador de la Bruja fan |
Kareniya_95 said: Only thing I really like Anilist for is the reminders. Sometimes I forget when new shows air when it's like, episodes 1 and 2, and I like that it has a countdown telling me when the next episode is. Besides that the site is boring and I hate how their forum looks. If MAL gave reminders for new episodes outside of the mobile app I'd be gone from Anilist forever probably. Pretty sure there are already some apps, extensions or web pages that can notify. Did a quick Google search and found about notify.moe, Taiga (an anime tracker software) can also notify plus warn you when there's an available source to watch. MAL-Sync I'm not sure since I think it can also fulfill that role but at the same time it doesn't tell me when a new episode has been aired until way later. |
❝Only you can save yourself.❞ I only know what I know, I guess? Yuri enjoyer and El Cazador de la Bruja fan |
| ngl, I believe anilist is way better. Sadly, is not as active as MAL. |
| "he has it big as a cactus but he won't let go of my head and I puke on his cock bitch" - Boy by Fishball |
ThePrinceOfAcid said: BetterBegoneThot said: I have both MAL and AL, updating both at the same time. Here's my take: >AL is more friendly towards friend status (showing wayyyy more than 2 entries on the main page), but that also can backfire as it can get spammed more easily. >Decimals. Oh my god, the only thing I want to have here. >MAL has custom CSS for lists, for EACH of the lists. AL can only change profile backgrounds with an extension (that's not official, btw) and custom lists for anime/manga (which is also here, but it's more dynamic in there imo). I have been using AL a lot lately since I have found about AWC (Anime Watching Club), but when I found it on MAL too I said "screw it". I'm now working on 2 monthlies and suffering. Final thoughts: AL = friends, MAL = list aesthetic. Idc for reviews in neither platform, so yup, that's all for me. Oh, and I also think the club thing in here is pretty nice. I'm not in many groups but there's one that posts polls each week, I find that activity quite entertaining. Didn't AniList ban the term "trap"? & all the mods & rules are Left-Leaning (anti-ecchi) as fuck so I don't understand how AniList is a good site for "Friends". Friends I meant as for your friends list. All of my irl friends who are also into anime/manga only have AL, and don't even want to make MAL. So my case it's basically the "I'm buying an PS4/Switch to play with my friends". Also a thing to note is that AL has the option to follow instead of friend request. Not sure about MAL since I haven't explored much, but as far as I know there isn't an option like this without having to send a friend request. Sure, there's bookmarking but I'm lazy to do that lol. |
❝Only you can save yourself.❞ I only know what I know, I guess? Yuri enjoyer and El Cazador de la Bruja fan |
| Anilist has some cool features. Their "stats" section has some information in it that MALGraph doesn't show. They also have more tags than MAL and more rating systems. MAL has more anime, though, and a bigger community as well. I find it useful to have my list on Anilist, but I prefer to have my main list on MAL and occasionally export to Anilist than the other way around. |
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| mal is just superior to anilist in every way imagianable. i have no idea why people who use anilist use it when there's a better alternative available. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Anilist is like a little wave hello, and MAL is like a warm hug 😆 I feel like the social aspect of each are so different. Everyone’s friendly but kind of talks to each other on a surface level on anilist, whereas here i found myself having more in depth talks and forming some great online friendships. It’s nice you can post your own statuses (reminds me of facebook lol) and have more favorites over there (that parts the best), and their layout design and profile options is also pretty top notch, but simple is sometimes better. *nudge*MAL*nudge* Anilists forum boards are also confusing and less creative. Overall MAL is definitely where i feel most at home. |
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