MAL Updater OS X

Open Source macOS Scrobbler for Kitsu and AniList

Dev Log

Hachidori 3.1 Alpha 2 Now Released

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3.1 Alpha 2 is now released, which some new Torrent Browser features for donors. Now it’s possible to save search results for later use. Also, the torrent index entries are saved up to 90 days of the entry’s publish date. Also, there are bunch of bug fixes and improvements over the last release.

Next release will focus on adding improved Patreon support (e.g. adding the ability to unlock Hachidori and Shukofukurou on multiple Macs with a Patreon account that has an active pledge).

Note that you need to download this release manually since it’s not on the AppCast.
Download it here. Change log is below.

New Features

  • Torrent index is saved to the disk, allowing user to view torrents added in the past 90 days.
  • Search results can now be saved, allowing results to be saved on the disk. (Adding new auto-download rules will automatically save search results).

Bug Fixes

  • If a scrobble is not needed on other services enabled by MultiScrobble, it should show information of the same last scrobbled title of the current service.
  • Fix crash when a user switches to a MultiScrobble enabled service after a user scrobbled a title and enabled MultiScrobble.
  • Remove any zeros that is before the actual episode number (e.g. 09 -> 9)
  • Rewatch status should revert on MultiScrobble enabled services when a user reverts Rewatch status.

Hachidori 3.1 Alpha 1 Released

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Hachidori 3.1 is now being developed and the first Alpha build is now available. This release most notably adds a MultiScrobble feature, which makes it easy to update multiple services with one scrobble, similarly how MAL Sync worked in the past. This feature is only available for donors.

You can download the first alpha release of 3.1 here.

Be sure to report any issues at GitHub, the AniList thread or Kitsu group.

Hachidori requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later. Compatible with macOS Mojave.

New Features

  • Added MultiScrobble feature (donors only)

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • When launching the Torrent Browser, it will now show a legal disclaimer message that the user must accept.
  • Last Scrobbled title will persist when the user changes services. If nothing is scrobbled to the switched service, it will show no scrobbled title information.

MyAnimeList Changes Owners

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As you heard, MEDIA DO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd has bought MyAnimeList

I’m super excited to announce – MyAnimeList has been acquired by MEDIA DO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.（Media Do)! As an established eBook and Manga datastore and distributor, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, I believe Media Do is uniquely positioned to slingshot MAL into being the number one ‘all-things’ anime and manga platform.

What does this mean? In the short term, not a lot will change. A bunch of logistics and legal hurdles are still being worked out, so DeNA will continue the day-to-day maintenance for at least the next few weeks to come. In the less-short term, it means a new dedicated team, a new schedule of priorities, and a new vision for MAL’s future! Having chatted with the Media Do group a number of times now, I’ve been delighted to share in their excitement and enthusiasm for improving and growing MAL.

It’s been roughly four years since DeNA took the helm with MAL’s development, and they successfully guided us through a very difficult growth state. I will forever be grateful to DeNA’s team, and their tireless translators. We’ve come a very long way, and we wouldn’t be here without their care and support.

I have no doubt good things are in store for us this year! Thank you everyone for your support and continued involvement in our amazing community.

Given the bad experiences with DeNA with their lack of API development and broken promises, hopefully this change will be for the better. While we still don’t know when the API will be back. We hope the new owners will hopefully fix the lack of development of the API as we know, a lot of anime and manga fans still use MAL despite many switching to other services like Kitsu or AniList. However, once the MyAnimeList API return, we will work on adding MyAnimeList back to Shukofukurou and add support for it to Hachidori.

What will happen to MAL Updater OS X?

Depending on the changes to the final API, we will make the final version of MAL Updater OS X available once the API opens up again and implement some of the backend changes from Hachidori. As stated earlier, MAL Updater OS X won’t be developed any further afterwards and MyAnimeList support will be added to Hachidori. That way, it will be easier to maintain one code source. However, users who already have a MAL Updater OS X donation license will not have to buy a Hachidori donation license since it will accept it.

Hachidori 3.0.9 Released

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This is a bug fix release which fixes detection problems with non-video files being detected and improves title recognition with some titles.

3.1, the next major release is being worked on. This release will mostly have under the hood improvements and add the ability to scrobble to multiple services at the same time for donors.

The change log is below.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fix bug where a non-video file is detected as a video file. Now, Hachidori will only detect files with valid video file extensions (.avi,.mkv,.mp4,.ogm,.rm,.rmvb,.wmv,.divx,.mov,.flv,.mpg,.3g).
  • Improve season detection
  • Improve title recognition by adding an exact title comparison (without regular expressions) to the title recognition process.

Introducing Hato

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Hato (鳩 lit. Pigeon) is basically the same idea of ARM (AnimeID Relational Mapper), but works for Anime and Manga. Hato is considered the first step in developing the list sync feature in Shukofukurou and allow for muti-service scrobbles in Hachidori. Hato is basically a JSON REST API that allows easy lookup of title identifiers on different Anime/Manga discovery sites such as AniList, Kitsu and MyAnimeList.

What is different from ARM is that Hato supports Anime and Manga. Also, once Hato fetches the title IDs, it stores them in a database, where it can be retrieved quickly, reducing overhead. Hato is written in C# and runs on the ASP.NET Core platform.

You can read more about Hato and test it out here. In the future once it leaves beta, usage will require an API key, which will require one to become an active Patron. Since this web service requires a VPS to host on, becoming a Patron allows me to keep hosting the web service and of course, you can use it in your own apps as well without having to host it.

Hato is open source and deployable on computers running Windows and Linux.

Shukofukurou 3.2 Now Released

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Shukofukurou 3.2, a feature release is now released and contains a bunch of new features seen in the iOS release of Shukofukurou. This brings a redesigned person browser that allows users to search for characters and staff on AniList like you can in the iOS version. Also, Airing Notifications, a Trending View, and a redesigned Season Browser has been added.

Person Browser

In the past, the Person Browser only showed characters and staff associated to a title. You couldn’t browse detailed character information nor search for other characters or staff members. The iOS release has the ability to search for characters and staff members, which wasn’t in the Mac version. The ability to search for characters and staff is now added to the Mac version. Now, you can see more detailed information about characters, including Anime and Manga appearances in addition to searching for them.

Redesigned Season Browser

The Season Browser is now redesigned to look like the iOS version. Instead of being a table view of titles that air during a given season, it will now show the title and the poster image. This is meant to match how the titles appear in the iOS version. Also, the Season Browser will use season data from the service you are currently using. So, if you are using Kitsu, you will view season data from that service, leading to less error messages that a title can’t be found on the service.

Trending View

Like with the iOS release, the macOS version now has the ability to view anime and manga titles that are popular, highest rated, just added and trending. Unlike the iOS version, you can add titles from the trending view to your list.

Airing Notifications

Lastly, Airing Notifications finally makes it to the macOS version. Currently, none of the desktop anime tracking software has this feature. This feature allows you to receive notifications of currently airing titles that are on your watching and plan to watch lists. Like with the iOS version, you can enable or disable notifications on a per title basis and you can select which list to base the notifications off of.

Note that not all titles on Kitsu can receive notifications as we are using airing data from AniList.

You can now upgrade to this release by checking for updates if you using the non-AppStore release or updating it from the Mac App Store. The app is free, but the Person Browser and Air Notifications requires a donation license in order to use these features. A donation license or downloading from the Mac App Store cost $4.99, which goes towards future development of our apps.

This release now requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later.

Don’t have Shukofukurou yet? Download it from the product page. Source code for this release is available here.

The change log is below.

New Features

  • Added Airing Notifications
  • Added Episode Details (Kitsu)
  • Added Trending Section
  • Added ability to cache title information for faster loading and offline viewing
  • Redesigned Person Browser with ability to search for staff and characters (AniList)
  • Redesigned Season Browser
  • Related titles can now be viewed for both Anime and Manga on AniList and Kitsu

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Added additional anime title information for AniList
  • Fixed View Profile button in the review view when AniList service is used
  • Season Data is now loaded from the current service.
  • Tweaked toolbar icon sizes so they are consistent.

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