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Pixy Fox to release new social experience for Anime / Manga fans.

Founded in 2014, Pixy Fox will focus on creating something elegant yet simple in a way which connect Anime and Manga fans and allow their interest in the Anime and Manga to be pushed to the next level.

To keep it simple, we wanted to turn a simple idea into something unique. When we think about the word "Simple", we defined it as "Unique" - interpreting it in a way that is complex in term of options yet offering a deep experience, presented in a simple manner to satisfy and enhance members' experience.

How can we connect Anime and Manga fans better? How can they share their interests relative to Anime and Manga? How to enhance the user's experience and allow them to discover new Anime or Manga and actually live in that moment. You ever wondered how your taste for a particular anime genre changed over time? For Instance, my taste over the past years have changed from liking adventure type of anime to horror thrill type of anime. But have you realized what trigger that change over the years. With Pixy Fox you will be able not only to discover new anime based on your preferences and likes/dislikes but also share it with your friends and fans like you.

So it's just another cataloging site? Personally, I have so many titles logged through My ANN, already, and only ever use MAL to look for fansub group ratings for shows. Other than the somewhat flashier and more fluid user interface, is there anything else you'd say this site as and "advantage" in?

It's certainly flashier, but not loading the entire list at once is a rather questionable decision(those drop-down descriptions should probably be loaded on demand instead). The grid-based anime list is also a case of questionable decisions, as I can't tell what anime the image is from without mousing over the tile. A quick perusal and I also see that it has a less complete database. At the very least, it doesn't seem to include even well-known hentai; it might be a conscious decision not to catalogue ero titles, but it doesn't give me much confidence in the completeness of the rest of it.

All in all, I don't see any particular reason to move my data from MAL.

"kinda outdated in term of design"

Good, that makes me want to stick to MAL all the closer. I abhor Web 2.0 blinking lights fluff when I really just need a site that's robust and does what it needs to be useful: basically an interactive Excel spreadsheet that updates and links similar anime.

I've seen many times where members enjoy a particular site, including myself but the lack of updates, makes that site boring because i find nothing new to use or do. For some people that is ok, for many others, they would simply want more features which deepen their user experience.

Miyukichii wrote:

I've seen many times where members enjoy a particular site, including myself but the lack of updates, makes that site boring because i find nothing new to use or do. For some people that is ok, for many others, they would simply want more features which deepen their user experience.

That's great, I use MAL to update my list. It being on the forefront of web technology, aside from security, is something I could not give two shits about. I don't use it for socialize or liking comments or hasttagging, I use to track what I've been watching. The simplicity is why I like the site.

I'm satisfied with My ANN, so I don't really see a reason to start using this new site. Definitely not a fan of having to mouse over the images to get the titles of stuff I don't immediately recognize.