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MAL Game "Fantasy Anime League" Opens for Spring 2022

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Mar 20, 2022 3:00 PM
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Can you predict the #AOTS?


Fantasy Anime League (FAL) is like Fantasy Sports with an anime twist. Players form their own "team" of anime from the Spring 2022 season, which collect points according to criteria like: # of users watching, # of users discussing, etc. You don't even need to watch the anime you've chosen!

Compete against your friends and other community members to see who has the best prediction power (or luck!) to come out on top.
  • All players will receive an exclusive FAL Spring 2022 badge on their profile
  • Top 10 will receive 1 year free MAL Supporter
  • Top 3 will receive MAL hoodies!


Get weekly reminders before swaps and aces are due by joining:
  • MAL Discord - After following the #how-to-verify instructions, go to #bot-spam (under Miscellaneous) and type ?join FAL.
  • FAL Club - Click "Join Club" under the image.


Changes since Fall 2021
  • We have reduced the game from 14 weeks to 13 weeks. This was done to avoid a boring first week and test for every-season games.
  • Score coefficients have been modified to try and readjust point distributions back towards the ideal.
  • We wanted to add more wildcards this season, but unfortunately didn't have the resources to do so.

Please spread the word of FAL and get your friends to join!
If the game continues to grow, we can devote more resources to making it better and better. Thank you, and have fun~
KinetaMar 20, 2022 3:18 PM
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Mar 20, 2022 3:12 PM
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Cool, I've been waiting for this to start since the end of the last one.

I do hope I can do better than I did last time though. I'll have to choose more carefully.




「 𝕂𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞 」


Mar 20, 2022 3:29 PM
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Can I get the badge by just joining?(submitting team)?
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Mar 20, 2022 3:56 PM
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Hoping for top 100
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Mar 20, 2022 4:03 PM
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Yes! I was waiting for this <3
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Mar 20, 2022 4:27 PM
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Nice. I've been waiting for this event to start back up and I'm looking forward to it


I also really love the idea of being able to choose only one out of the three "somewhat popular" ones and I feel it's going to be a game changer and make stuff more interesting
ManWildMar 20, 2022 4:59 PM



Mar 20, 2022 7:14 PM
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The previous season was my absolute worst ever in the history of this game. Definitely hoping to do better this time.
Mar 20, 2022 7:19 PM
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I've always done pretty poorly with this, but I might as well give it another shot.
Mar 20, 2022 8:08 PM
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kyoyatempest said:
Can I get the badge by just joining?(submitting team)?
Yes, the badge is given to all participants.
Mar 20, 2022 8:25 PM
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I still can't believe I peaked as high as 11th place last time, considering how bad my team was in the end, lol

Fingers crossed that I pass that peak this time and can maintain it for more than 1 week XD
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Mar 20, 2022 8:41 PM

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Last time I was in top 40, gotta go even higher this time
Mar 20, 2022 11:26 PM

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ok, let's do it, even my active list was a completely madness
Mar 21, 2022 1:57 AM

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Good. Hopefully, my choice is better than last year.
Mar 21, 2022 3:48 AM
busy week =_+

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Nooo Spy x Family has been blacklisted XD


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Mar 21, 2022 3:49 AM
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Never done this before. Looks fun.
Mar 21, 2022 5:12 AM
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It's crazy how far FAL has come. I only took part in the very first one, when everything behind the scenes was still being done manually.

It's so easy to register teams now. I'm not confident in my choices, so I think I'll just take a few risks and have fun.

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Mar 21, 2022 5:45 AM

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Ok this time I won't actually be late.
Mar 21, 2022 9:05 AM

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Last time I ended up at 2520. Hope this time I end up at top 1000 (distant dreams till lol)
Mar 21, 2022 10:51 AM

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I guess I'd do this time.
Mar 21, 2022 4:43 PM
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Well, I've never done this before but it looks fun, probably just gonna go with what I have a good feeling about for my team.
Mar 21, 2022 7:19 PM
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Super excited for this ! So many good shows coming this Spring !!! 💗
Mar 22, 2022 6:29 PM
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Yeah more badge always welcome xd.
Previous season was so bad after i choose wrong with worlds end harem, and a few certain wrong things later. Though, this fal spring season can be a tough one too, i'd say. So lets pray your luck paid you well in the end, folks xd.
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Mar 22, 2022 6:50 PM
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First time trying this game, I'm excited!
Mar 22, 2022 11:36 PM
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nice info
Mar 23, 2022 1:46 AM
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This game might be a lot of fun. I am really excited to try this out
Mar 23, 2022 4:11 AM

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Good luck everyone!
Mar 23, 2022 4:22 AM
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First time trying this... let's see how it goes
Mar 23, 2022 10:17 AM

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Please excuse my noobness. How do we participate?
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Mar 23, 2022 11:11 AM

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CataOrShane said:
Please excuse my noobness. How do we participate?


https://fal.myanimelist.net/ and then just register



Mar 23, 2022 12:30 PM

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ManWild said:
CataOrShane said:
Please excuse my noobness. How do we participate?


https://fal.myanimelist.net/ and then just register


Thank you!
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Mar 24, 2022 9:12 AM

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This looks like a lot of fun
Mar 24, 2022 12:03 PM

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Kineta said:

Can you predict the #AOTS?



Are we really predicting the AOTS if Kaguya, Spy Family and Shield hero are all banned? ;)
Would have been fun to include them in a separate bracket or something. I'm actually not sure which one will come out on top because Spy Family is an amazing manga, but I'm pretty sure Kaguya will top the scoreboard this season, season 1 and 2 were both absolutely amazing and I have high hopes for S3.

This is a super fun little competition though, and the rules and scoring seem highly advanced! Gonna take some time to look at all the options, but I'll probably just go with my personal favorites and pray for their success!
Mar 24, 2022 12:11 PM

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Hopefully I'll do better this time. Good luck to everyone participating!


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Mar 25, 2022 2:02 PM

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It's easy to pick top 5 most anticipated anime to be placed somewhere in top ranking, how about hiding 'members' numbers and just sorting by name? Of course people would still be able to look them up on site. I feel it might be somehow more diverse than just people tossing in the top and thus making more creative lists. Anyway I picked my black horse and hope it'll run to the top! Thanks for hosting another event :)


Mar 25, 2022 6:41 PM

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I missed last years one but hopefully I can take part in this years FAL, looks like fun
Mar 26, 2022 3:12 PM
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@Kineta Why aren't some anime that also start early included?

I want to pick Chiikawa! XD
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Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9225
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9280
Mar 26, 2022 7:38 PM

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Lets do this
Mar 27, 2022 3:46 AM
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Yo so there's this query of mine .. like I have made my team for FAL 2022 .. but there's no option for submitting my team .. its just showing My Team and then below that there's a timer counting down .. and a message showing submit your team before 3rd April... Can somebody confirm whether my team is already registered or its still pending?
Mar 27, 2022 3:53 AM

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BananaBond said:
Yo so there's this query of mine .. like I have made my team for FAL 2022 .. but there's no option for submitting my team .. its just showing My Team and then below that there's a timer counting down .. and a message showing submit your team before 3rd April... Can somebody confirm whether my team is already registered or its still pending?

If you have your team listed right at the top and it has "Change My Team" below it you're registered.
Mar 27, 2022 11:37 AM
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First time for me and my friend! Can't wait to start it!
Mar 27, 2022 11:41 AM
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sixtef said:
It's easy to pick top 5 most anticipated anime to be placed somewhere in top ranking, how about hiding 'members' numbers and just sorting by name? Of course people would still be able to look them up on site. I feel it might be somehow more diverse than just people tossing in the top and thus making more creative lists. Anyway I picked my black horse and hope it'll run to the top! Thanks for hosting another event :)


Well, the firsts by members now doens't mean that will be the firsts 5 in the end. This year also you can choose only one out of three from komi, kawaii dake and date a live IV, so that choise is very important!

I think that there will be some surprises, let's see!
Mar 29, 2022 2:41 PM

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Another interesting season. Good luck everyone
Apr 2, 2022 5:29 AM
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Samii said:
BananaBond said:
Yo so there's this query of mine .. like I have made my team for FAL 2022 .. but there's no option for submitting my team .. its just showing My Team and then below that there's a timer counting down .. and a message showing submit your team before 3rd April... Can somebody confirm whether my team is already registered or its still pending?

If you have your team listed right at the top and it has "Change My Team" below it you're registered.


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Hype!



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Apr 3, 2022 8:37 PM
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Oh gosh darn it. GMT? Seriously? Oh well. Have fun, everyone.

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Apr 5, 2022 12:10 AM

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Oh wait, so if an anime in your "active" group doesn't air until next week, you get 0 points the first week?
I did not think this through 😅
Apr 11, 2022 1:56 AM

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I’ve never done this before but it seems like fun
Apr 11, 2022 4:41 AM

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If you ace an anime that will actually net you the second most amount of points (because you've already aced the number one previously), does that count as acing the correct anime, or should you then not ace any?
Apr 11, 2022 9:33 AM
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@RyanEnsign I recommend to join the FAL Club and ask your question there / have a look at the Ace FAQ. It's more likely someone playing the game will see your question there rather than here :)
https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=379
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