MyAnimeList explained

MyAnimeList
Company Type:Kabushiki gaisha[1]
Commercial:Yes
Type:Anime and manga social networking and cataloging
Language:English
Owner:Media Do[2]
Registration:Free
Author:Garrett Gyssler
Key People:Atsushi Mizoguchi (CEO)
Launch Date:[3]
Current Status:Active

MyAnimeList, often abbreviated as MAL, is an anime and manga social networking and social cataloging application website run by volunteers. The site provides its users with a list-like system to organize and score anime and manga. It facilitates finding users who share similar tastes and provides a large database on anime and manga. As of March 2024, the site reported having approximately 26,417 anime and 68,308 manga entries.[4] In 2015, the site received 120 million visitors per month.

History

The site was launched in November 2004 by Garrett Gyssler and maintained solely by him until 2008.[5] Originally, the website was called AnimeList, but Gyssler decided to incorporate the possessive "My" at the beginning, following the fashion of the most important social network in those years: Myspace.[6]

On August 4, 2008, CraveOnline, a men's entertainment and lifestyle site owned by AtomicOnline, purchased MyAnimeList for an undisclosed sum of money.[7] [8] In 2015, DeNA announced that it had purchased MyAnimeList from CraveOnline, and that they would partner with Anime Consortium Japan to stream anime on the service, via Daisuki.[9] [10]

MyAnimeList announced in April 2016 that they had embedded episodes from Crunchyroll and Hulu directly onto the site, with over 20,000 episodes being made available on the site.[11]

On March 8, 2018, MyAnimeList opened an online manga store, in partnership with Kodansha Comics and Viz Media, allowing users to purchase manga digitally from the website. The service originally launched in Canada but later expanded to United States, the United Kingdom, and several other English-speaking countries.[12]

MAL became inaccessible for several days in May and June 2018 when site staff took it offline for maintenance, citing security and privacy concerns.[13] The site operators also disabled the API for third-party apps, rendering them unusable. The moves were done in an effort to conform to the European Union's GDPR program.

MyAnimeList was acquired by Media Do in January 2019; with their purchase, they announced their intention to focus on marketing and e-book sales to strengthen the site.[14]

On September 25, 2019, HIDIVE and MyAnimeList announced a partnership which would incorporate MyAnimeList's content ratings into HIDIVE's streaming platform, while exclusively providing MyAnimeList users with a curated selection of embedded HIDIVE content for free.[15]

On February 18, 2021, MyAnimeList announced it had conducted a third-party allotment of, with Kodansha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan, and parent company Media Do collectively investing .[16] On May 31, 2021, it was revealed that Akatsuki, The Anime Times Company, DMM.com, and Kadokawa Corporation had invested during its initial third-party allotment.[17] On July 26, 2021, it was revealed that Bushiroad, Dentsu, and other companies had invested, with the total third-party allotment raising to .[18]

In October 2021, MyAnimeList collaborated with e-book publisher and parent company Media Do to release Fist of the North Star Manga Fragments: Dying Like a Man, a series of non-fungible token (NFT) products based on the Fist of the North Star manga.[19]

On May 10, 2023, MyAnimeList went under an emergency maintenance after being hacked with the titles of all anime being replaced with a reference to Serial Experiments Lain. On May 13, the website resumed online activity after restoring its databases. Personal information and data of users was not breached during the hack, however any list updates, forum posts, edits, etc. made ~8.5 hours before the incident would have to be remade.[20] [21] [22]

Features

MyAnimeList only lists anime, aeni, donghua as well as manga, manhwa, manhua, doujinshi and light novels. Users create lists that they strive to complete. Users can submit reviews, write recommendations, blogs, produce interest stacks, post in the site's forum, create clubs to unite with people of similar interests, and subscribe to the RSS news feed of anime and manga related news. MAL also initiates challenges for users to complete their 'lists.'[23]

Scoring

MyAnimeList allows users to score the anime and manga on their list on a scale from 1 to 10. These scores are then aggregated to give each show in the database a rank from best to worst. A show's rank is calculated twice a day using the following formula:

R = \frac

Where

v

stands for the total number of user votes,

S

for the average user score,

m

for the minimum number of votes required to get a calculated score (currently 50), and

C

for the average score across the entire anime/manga database. Only scores where a user has completed at least 20% of the anime/manga are calculated.[24]

In February 2020, MyAnimeList updated its scoring system to prevent vote brigading.[25]

Controversy

In January 2017, MyAnimeList rewrote an anti-Nazi article written by a contributor on the site to be more pro-Nazi without notice to the contributor.[26]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://mediado.jp/business/. ja:事業紹介. Our Business . Media Do. October 31, 2020 . ja. October 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016233007/https://mediado.jp/business/. live.
  2. Web site: » 米国子会社による米国MyAnimeList社の買収に関するお知らせ . 株式会社メディアドゥホールディングス . 株式会社メディアドゥホールディングス . ja . March 2, 2019 . November 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201120183514/https://mediado.jp/group/2388/ . live.
  3. Web site: myanimelist WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools . WHOIS. June 26, 2019. June 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626204841/https://whois.domaintools.com/myanimelist.net. live.
  4. Web site: Kineta . January 6, 2023 . Happy New Year & 2022 Wrap-Up! . . en.
  5. Web site: MyAnimeList Passes Third Day Of Unexpected Downtime . Orsini . Lauren . . en . June 4, 2018 . May 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180531213331/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/05/30/myanimelist-passes-third-day-of-unexpected-downtime/#4de588827e9e . live.
  6. Web site: Exclusive Interview with the Founder of MyAnimeList, a Colossal Site with 120 Million Monthly PVs Tokyo Otaku Mode News. otakumode.com. July 5, 2015 . April 13, 2019. July 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707232554/https://otakumode.com/news/5590fbd763cd06585662ce9d/Exclusive-Interview-with-the-Founder-of-MyAnimeList-a-Colossal-Site-with-120-Million-Monthly-PVs. live.
  7. Web site: CraveOnline Buys Manga Social Net MyAnimeList . en . . August 4, 2008 . . June 4, 2018 . June 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602094636/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/craveonline-buys-manga-social-net-myanimelist/ . live.
  8. Web site: CraveOnline Buys Manga Social Net MyAnimeList . Staff . Edit . August 4, 2008 . gigaom.com . en-US . March 2, 2019 . March 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150310081431/https://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/419-craveonline-buys-manga-social-net-myanimelist/ . live.
  9. Web site: DeNA Confirms MyAnimeList Buyout . Hale . Daryl Lee . July 18, 2015 . Anime News Network. June 4, 2018. June 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602094635/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-07-18/dena-confirms-myanimelist-buyout/.90591. live.
  10. Web site: DeNAとACJ、海外アニメサイト「MyAnimeList」に日本製アニメを提供 . July 16, 2015 . . ja-JP . June 18, 2018 . June 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602094635/https://japan.cnet.com/article/35067497/ . live.
  11. Web site: MyAnimeList Adds More Anime From Hulu, Crunchyroll (Updated) . April 9, 2016 . Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Anime News Network. June 4, 2018. April 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410094411/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-09/myanimelist-adds-more-anime-from-hulu-crunchyroll/.100716. live.
  12. Web site: MyAnimeList Opens Manga Store with Titles From Viz, Kodansha . Pineda . Rafael Antonio . March 15, 2018 . . June 4, 2018 . June 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180623135432/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-15/myanimelist-opens-manga-store-with-titles-from-viz-kodansha/.128912 . live.
  13. Web site: Wait, What's Wrong With MyAnimeList? . ComicBook.com . en . June 26, 2019 . June 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180602000931/https://comicbook.com/anime/2018/05/31/myanimelist-down-issue-gone-security-problem/ . live.
  14. Web site: Media Do Acquires MyAnimeList Website . Anime News Network . en . March 2, 2019 . January 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190116044409/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-15/media-do-acquires-myanimelist-website/.142092 . live.
  15. Web site: HIDIVE, MYANIMELIST ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP . September 25, 2019 . HIDIVE. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216074351/https://www.hidive.com/news/2019/09#cbp=/news/2019/9/25/hidive-myanimelist-announce-strategic-partnership. December 16, 2019. October 19, 2019.
  16. Web site: Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan Invest in MyAnimeList Through Third-Party Allotment . 2022-03-13 . MyAnimeList.net . en.
  17. Web site: Akatsuki, DMM.com, The Anime Times Company, Kadokawa Invest in MyAnimeList. May 31, 2021. Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Anime News Network. June 9, 2023.
  18. Web site: Additional Companies Have Undertaken Third-party Allotment of MyAnimeList. July 26, 2021. 2023-06-09 . MyAnimeList.net . en.
  19. Web site: Sum Lee . Choo . Fist of the North Star NFT Sold Out Within The First Day of Its Release . . 18 October 2021 . 18 October 2021.
  20. Web site: Weeb Hacks Popular Anime Database Just To Recommend One Show Over And Over Again. Kotaku. 12 May 2023.
  21. Web site: Notice of Emergency Maintenance on May 10, 2023. MyAnimeList.
  22. MyAnimeList. myanimelist. 1657217663435677696. We are slowly rolling out the site and our apps now. Our databases have been restored to the last backup taken before we went offline. Unfortunately, any list updates, forum posts, edits, etc. made ~8.5hr before this will need to be remade. FAL will be up in a few hours... May 13, 2023.
  23. Web site: Why Some Fans Watch Anime At Double Speed . January 11, 2018 . Kotaku Australia . . en . June 4, 2018 . October 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023231450/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/01/why-some-fans-watch-anime-at-double-speed/ . live.
  24. Web site: How are top anime/manga scores calculated? . MyAnimeList . MyAnimeList, LLC. . August 27, 2018 . en . October 8, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008125753/https://myanimelist.net/info.php?go=topanime . live.
  25. Web site: Eduardo. Luquin. Interspecies Reviewers: 10 Things You Need To Know About This Controversial Anime. Comic Book Resources. February 22, 2020. November 25, 2022.
  26. Web site: Orsini . Lauren . My Anime List Defends Rewrite of Contributor’s Anti-Nazi Article . Anime Feminist . 18 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170514110028/https://www.animefeminist.com/anime-list-defends-rewrite-contributors-anti-nazi-article/ . 14 May 2017 . 19 January 2017 . live.

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