MAL Refugees, What Made you Shift Over to AL?

Feels more like a community than MAL ever did. Met some cool people here. Additionally, Submissions are actually being looked at instead of being ignored forever, and I can actually find all the Manga I'm reading on AL.

I really don't like how the community is run, especially their discord server.
a lot of toxicity and hypocritical people, that was my experience.
The interface is lacking, dated and boring. the rating system is also quite limited.

Honestly I only shifted over to AL yesterday and I'm loving it much more. It has a much better interface and It's much easier to work with. Not to mention it has dark mode

@Ace66062 bullied me into signing up

but also anilist just feels a lot more social and a lot more welcoming, the few people I did interact with on MAL were very elitist about pretty much everything. Otherwise the platforms are almost identical for my experiences, but I like being able to have more than 10 favourite shows/characters

I shifted over during the MAL purge last year and honestly it's the best thing I've done. The layouts so much nicer/cleaner and it just feels more like a community then MAL ever did.

I switched last year when MAL was down for like a month. Since then I only use AL because it looks way cooler. Also I never interacted with someone on MAL since I didn't even know where. As the others already described, this actually feels like a community.

AL has such a cool pretty interface meanwhile MAL's design looks awful

A much better interface and better social options

Just using this as a backup list now, in case MAL goes down again. Also it has some titles which MAL lacks.

I chose Kitsu instead of AL during the MALpocalypse, probably because I didn't take enough time to explore AL properly. After Kitsu exploded around March I think, I settled here as a last resort but I fell in love with the social features, the possibilities for really pretty profiles and omfg this place has MANHUA?! I really regret not settling here immediately after the MAL purge.

Felt like the layout was better and it didn't help that MAL had big problems with account security etc. at the time. Dark mode is honestly the MVP on this one though.

Better layout and better sense of community

AL has better UI and it's community isn't toxic like MAL's.

Better layout and better community.

I came here last year when MAL was down for a long time. I stayed here because of the activity feed. And Anilist's dark mode looks nice

Have been in AL for a couple of months and so far liking it. My biggest problem with MAL Is the we design, the lack of modernization and improvement. I like AL style, some nice apps available, like the stats and easy of use. Still looking for an easy way to identify where to watch series (streaming service) I noticed some actually say CR when available.

AMQ

I shifted because of the issue with MAL (was it a year or two ago?). AL always adds new content on here that i'm able to track. But the thing that makes me stay is the wide spectrum of webtoons they allow on here. On MAL unless it was a Japanese webtoon (or was officially translated into Japanese), there were no webtoons on there at all.

I shifted to AL when MAL crashed for a couple of days, and it was the best thing i have ever done

Name one thing Good and Bad Thing About AL and MAL Forums

good idea````

I don't really mind MAL, but damn this dark mode is really easy on the eyes.

The UI! Easier to use

at first it was just a backup for MAL 'cause MAL was out for like... MONTHS.

but then i grew to love anilist, the design, the ability to make lists, the rating system, the review system (though i still dislike that it only accepts 2k+ reviews lol)... plus, it is indeed WAAAAAY less toxic. i've only seen nice people here, so far!

i love it here <3

Better community and a good manga db.

Originally it was because the MAL app (the one that now supports Anilist.) lost contact with MAL. I needed a new site as a backup so I Anilist was the second best choice. Originally it was gonna be a backup site but the longer I stayed, the more I liked the site more.I love the simple, organized, and clean layout. Much more easier to navigate, and I love all the stat stuff. The community is also a little less toxic as well and it's easier to post things.

Honestly, the format of this site is much better then MALs, plus the community seems to be better (while smaller in size, but I'd say that its a good thing in a way)

This thread reminds me of something from r/askreddit.

Wanted to use an anime/manga list service again, googled what options the community favors the most, turns it MAL was still for many the way to go with anilist on second place before kitsu, decided to take a look at anilist, discovered dark mode and many other great things about it and here we are.

I actually love this site already, especially how easy it is to contribute to the database!

i found AL during the shutdown crisis of MAL last year and i loved it, now i am still active on MAL but AL is my No 1