MyAnimeList

MyAnimeList
Type of businessKabushiki gaisha[1]
Type of site
Anime and manga social networking and cataloging
Available inEnglish
OwnerMedia Do[2]
Created byGarrett Gyssler[3]
Key peopleAtsushi Mizoguchi (CEO)
URLmyanimelist.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedNovember 5, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11-05)[4]
Current statusActive

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.[5] It facilitates finding users who share similar tastes and provides a large database on anime and manga.[3] As of March 2024, the site reported having approximately 26,417 anime and 68,308 manga entries.[6] In 2015, the site received 120 million visitors per month.[5]

  1. ^ 事業紹介 [Our Business] (in Japanese). Media Do. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  2. ^ 株式会社メディアドゥホールディングス. "» 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 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference kotaku was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "myanimelist WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference forbes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Kineta (January 6, 2023). "Happy New Year & 2022 Wrap-Up!". MyAnimeList.