I just exported my MAL list, and I suggest others do that too, as a backup. (View your list, there is an export button at the left side)

I don't exactly know what this news means and I dont intend to stop using MAL immediately, but if this is a signal for the beginning of the end for MAL then I wouldn't be surprised if they remove the export ability at some point, to try and stop people from leaving.

I was already using Anilist, but now it's time to remove my MAL account I guess

Welp. See ya folks. Kitsune/AniList are good options with Kitsune being open source.

That makes having a MAL account just feel icky now.

"Blockchain, AI"

This just screams of a company that's out to exploit for maximum profit at the expense of their (L)users.

The date it posted on this site doesn’t convince me it is a joke, and even if it is, it’s not funny.

Found this posted on March 28 elsewhere:

https://jakotaindex.com/news-hub/media-do-sells-myanimelist-to-blockchain-firm-gaudiy-books-%C2%A5531-million-gain/

I mean I was using Anilist but this still sucks.

I wish mangaupdates/bakaupdates did anime too. It’s the best aggregator. No bullshit, no ads (probably, if there are any they disappear with Adblock), straightforward design straight out of like 2005. Given their relationship with scanlation groups they could also have a pretty awesome database of fansub releases potentially.

Would be so much better than those random spreadsheet websites where some discord channel decides the best release with no criteria they are willing to share publicly and erases the existence of all others like seadex and sneedex.

But even if they didn’t I still would prefer to just use that for everything. It’s just a comfier website. I hate MAL, anidex, etc

I've been using MAL since I started watching anime, and I've never explored or looked for alternatives. Besides MAL and Anilist, what can I check out? I basically need just the tracking, I've never used the social part

The moment they start putting some AI shit on that site I'm migrating to something else.
It's a shame because I really got used to their rating system and UI. It might be outdated but it's clean.

Nice while it lasted

Oh my, anybody have an alternative? Currently using MAL with MALSync but if its going to a web3 company I want out asap (without losing my data, so I want to put the data elsewhere first before deleting my account)

I'm glad I've moved over to Kitsu years ago.

Kinda offtopic, but what's the point in having a list of all the anime you've watched?

Never used MAL. Anilist is my only tracker.

I have my "what media do I want to consume later?" lists spread across multiple spots. This should be a nice kick in the butt to cut MAL out and move it to a different preexisting spot.