Published: Aug 4, 2022
Updated: Aug 19, 2022
The default Anime/Manga List Design themes have been around for 5+ years and are rather limited in options... Help us give them a fresh coat of paint by changing various colors and elements to create a new theme!
CSS mastery is welcome but not required for this event. Take this opportunity to have your list design featured in our showcase and win some great MAL-themed prizes~
Submission period: | August 3 ~ August 24 8pm PT |
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Showcase: | September 8 |
Voting period: | September 8 ~ September 19 |
Result announcement: | September 26 |
Three winners will be selected by a panel of judges and community vote to receive:
Winning designs will be added to the available designs on the List Style Design page, along with the creator's username and design title!
Design not finalized
A selection of the short-listed submissions will be showcased here from September 8, and members will be able to vote on which designs they think should be the winners!
First, decide if you'd like to design a new header/background image, put together a new color theme, or create a completely new layout.
Create a header image and/or background image for one of the default list design themes. No CSS required!
Header image:
Background image:
Perfect for minimalists. Design a new color palette for the modern list layout, and if you like, pair it with an image to match.
*Please use this form to submit color themes using the existing layout
If you want to update more than just the colors, feel free to change as many list elements as you like with custom CSS. However, please use the base modern list as your foundation. Do not modify custom CSS created by another member without their permission!
New to modifying the list layout? Not sure how to go about changing colors or font sizes? Check out the guide and feel free to ask for help in the MAL Bunkasai club.
*Please use this form to submit a brand new layout
You will need to provide the following information:
Design description (optional)*
A link to your Anime List or Manga List using your submitted design*
A screenshot of your list design (JPG or PNG, max 3MB)*
Header/Background/Other images (optional) (JPG or PNG, max file size 3MB)
Custom CSS code (optional)
Links to any other resources used
Your email address
*Will be displayed in the submission Showcase in the event your design is shortlisted.
*Please use this form to submit a brand new layout
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BY ENTERING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT, ALL ENTRANTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE OFFICIAL EVENT RULES, WHICH ARE FINAL AND BINDING ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THIS EVENT.
List Design Template Design Contest (“event”) is sponsored by MyAnimeList Co., Ltd. (“MyAnimeList”, “Sponsor”, “we”, “us” or “our”). The event is void in whole or in part where prohibited by law. In the event of changes to the event, we will announce them on the event page and Twitter.
This event is open to individuals who are 16 years of age or older at time of entry. Individuals who are minors in their jurisdiction must have their parent’s or legal guardian’s consent before entering the contest. Further, children under age 16 in Europe or under age 13 in the United States and other countries may participate, but only with verifiable parental consent. We shall have the right at any time to require proof of age, parental consent, identity and/or eligibility to participate in this event. Failure to provide such proof or insufficient proof may result in disqualification from the event in our sole discretion. All information requested by and supplied to us for the purpose of the contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant from the event should such an entrant at any stage supply unsatisfactory, untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information. Sponsor’s employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in this event.
※Professional and amateur artists welcome.
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Please read and confirm all the terms below to confirm that your work meets all criteria before submitting.
□Works must be submitted between 23:00 PT on August 3 and 22:59 PT August 24, 2022 in order to be eligible.
□There is no limit to the number of works an Applicant may submit.
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The prizes available for this event are the following:
Prize item description: | Estimated value: | No. of items available: | Other restrictions: |
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Official MAL t-shirt | $25 | 3 | N/A |
MAL Supporter subscription (one year) | $29.99 | 3 | N/A |
Once the submission period for the event ends, Sponsor will review the eligible submissions and may disqualify any ineligible submissions or Applicants.
The Sponsor may communicate with potential winners at the email address provided by Applicants. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within 72 hours, fails to respond to any attempted contact, is in any way not in compliance with these Event Rules, or declines to, does not or cannot accept the prize to be awarded, such potential winner will be disqualified, his/her entry and submission will be declared null and void and the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to select or randomly select (as applicable) another eligible submission, in which event these provisions shall apply to such other eligible submission.
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Please direct any questions or comments regarding the event to MyAnimeList at
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