Myanimelist is a very popular English website where you can create your list of animes you are watching or plan to watch, as well as give your rating and opinion. The site is also called “MAL” by those close to it.
The “myanimelist” site goes further; it also allows you to search for animes by genre and popularity, as well as find lists of mangas, voice actors, and authors.
In this article, we have prepared some guides and curiosities related to myanimelist. In fact, I want to go further; I want to show how useful myanimelist can be, in addition to just building your list of watched animes.
You do not need to have knowledge of English to use myanimelist; just use the translator in the Google Chrome browser or some extension if you use another browser, or even dare to navigate the site in English, which is not difficult.
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How to create a “My Anime List”
When entering the myanimelist site, you must register. In the upper left corner, you will find “Sign Up,” which means to register; just click and register using your email or any social network you have.
Remember that your ID (login) will be the URL (link) of your myanimelist, so come up with something easy to remember so you can share the link to your anime list with your friends.
See as an example my link to my anime list:
I need to update it… xD
After you have completed and confirmed your registration by email, you can search for animes you have already watched and add them to your personal list and share the link with friends.
To make it easier to remember the animes you have already watched, look for a list with the TOP Ranking on the site, so you can browse through the most popular ones and mark them as watched! There are so many animes that you will get lost.
To do this, just click on the anime tab and on “TOP Animes.” You can separate the anime movies by clicking on “TOP TV Series.” Don’t forget to do this; you will never remember all the animes you have watched on your own.
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Adding Anime to Your “My Anime List”
When you click on Add to List, you will find some options before adding the anime to your list. Let’s see some information below:
- Status – Indicates whether you have watched the anime or not;
- Watching – Watching;
- Completed – Watched everything;
- On-hold – Waiting list or paused;
- Dropped – Stopped watching;
- Plan to watch – Plans to watch;
- Your Score – Anime rating from 1 to 10;
- Show Advanced – Shows advanced options;
With the advanced options, you can provide more details about how many times you have watched it, make a comment, and even specify where you stored the anime. The possibilities of using myanimelist are endless.
If you have knowledge of CSS, you can even completely modify your anime list. You can edit the information of the animes after adding them to the list at any time; just click on the same “completed” or “edit” option.
Details about an anime on my anime list
At any time, you can click on the name of the anime on the various pages and lists present on the site and thus access the anime page with all possible details about it. On the anime page, you will find information such as:
- Number of episodes;
- Release date and end of airing on TV;
- Producers, licensors, and studios;
- Source (If it was from a manga, game, or light novel);
- Genres;
- Duration of the episode or movie;
- Popularity statistics, score, members who watched and favorited;
- A detailed synopsis and additional background information;
- List of related animes (like other seasons or movies);
- Actors and voice actors of the anime characters and producers;
- Opening and ending songs; Name of the anime in Japanese;
- Comments from other members along with your rating;
- Recent news;
- Recommendations;
- Forum discussions;
- Featured articles;
- Promotional videos (Trailers and PV);
- And much more;
How to use 100% of My Anime List
There is no secret to using myanimelist, but I use it for various things beyond searching and making anime lists. I made a list of things that the myanimelist.net site has provided, making my life easier:
- I use the cover images of the animes for articles on my site;
- Discover how to write the name of the anime in Japanese;
- Search for the best animes of a certain genre;
- Search for topics and discussions in forums and articles on the site;
Below, I will leave some alerts and tips that may help you handle my anime list in the best way:
- Be careful with the English names of the animes; sometimes they differ from what we know here;
- Don’t let yourself be deceived by the position, rating, or ranking of an anime on a certain list;
- You can use myanimelist to mark which episode of a certain anime you stopped at;
- Know the date or number of episodes that an anime that hasn’t been released yet will have;
- You can ignore and block users in the forum;
- You can write and read reviews of animes and mangas;
Without a doubt, “MAL” or “myanimelist” is the largest database about animes and mangas on the internet. Do you already have an account there? Share your myanimelist in the comments! If you have any tips or suggestions about this site, we would love to hear them as well. Thank you for the comments and shares.
Videos about My Anime List
To finish, let’s leave some videos that can help you get to know the MAL tool:
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