Ask HN: do you need an anime tracking application? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: do you need an anime tracking application?

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Post by neallionet » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 3:23 PM UTC

Daedren wrote: post #7

I use Anilist. MAL's atrocious management made me leave when they had that 2-3 month long downtime after GDPR went into effect. Anilist just works and has a proper API (And such, a lot of apps and whatnot that use it). Creating a proper alternative isn't easy, keeping a good big database of all releases isn't easy. MAL-Sync seems to do all your extension does, but even more, while remaining FOSS.

Thank you for your input! I'm going to look into MAL-Sync:-)

Re: Ask HN: do you need an anime tracking application?

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Post by neallionet » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

Gtex555 wrote: post #3

yellow_lead wrote: post #2

Good idea but I already use MAL. Filled out your form anyways. I also don't watch anime in a browser where I could install and track with your extension.

Do you know any website like MAL for books, comicbooks and or TV shows

MAL does cover manga (comic books) and anime TV shows. Do you mean a list-tracking website for non-anime/everything content? This could a big topic for an all-in-one giant like Amazon to tackle.

Re: Ask HN: do you need an anime tracking application?

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Post by nyadesu » Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 10:58 PM UTC

I do, but I'm already using trackma

Re: Ask HN: do you need an anime tracking application?

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Post by yellow_lead » Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:53 AM UTC

neallionet wrote: post #8

yellow_lead wrote: post #2

Good idea but I already use MAL. Filled out your form anyways. I also don't watch anime in a browser where I could install and track with your extension.

Thanks for filling out the survey! Great point, do you usually watch in a streaming app which you subscribed?

I have my own special setup. I usually download to my media server then stream it with Emby. Even though it runs in a browser, I use unified remote to control the streaming PC so wouldn't really want to track through there unless it's automatic. I like assigning ratings when I finish though so I prefer to input it at the end of the series manually.