[Elf]

If you have an account on MAL then this is how you can get a new OG username for your account.

Rules/Requirements

Spoiler:

You may request to use the username of an inactive account if you:

• are going to use the nick yourself (no requests for friends, no duplicate accts).
  
• have been active on the site for at least 3 months. Not less.
  
• have not requested an inactive username in the last 6 months.
  
• have not been banned in the last 6 months.
  
• are not requesting an offensive, sexual, or otherwise problematic username.

Inactive usernames are accounts which:

• do not appear to exist, but you are unable to use this username
  
• have not been confirmed in at least 3 months (no "last online" status). Not less.
  
• are completely empty at least 3 months after last online. Not less.
  
• have barely been used (next to no list entries, comments, posts, etc.) and were last online at least 2+ years ago. Not less.
  
• have not been logged into for at least 5 years. Not less.
  
• have been used for illegitimate purposes (e.g. to claim a username).
  
• have been closed by a moderator (but were not prominent users in the community).

Administrators reserve the right to use their own discretion and apply the above rules with some flexibility.


Do NOT:

• block the requested username, or your old nickname, with a duplicate account. This perpetuates the problem.
  
• PM admins asking for username change requests. Please use this thread and we will get to your requests as soon as possible.
  
• make a fuss if you don't get your requested username. Please remember this thread is a privilege, not a right.

Username Blacklist
The following usernames may not be requested due to a high interest from many members. Rather than it becoming a race to see who can post requesting it first, we have decided to make these nicks ineligible.

Code:

• Sora
• King
• Lucifer

In addition, one-letter usernames can't be requested due to technical restrictions (usernames have to be at least 2 characters long).


Hoping to change the capitals in your nick?
Please post your nick with the desired capitalisation. Note that it must be the exact same nick, just in a different case. One request only.


Looking for your inactive account?
Used accounts will be renamed with either an underscore (_) or hyphen (-) on the end.
If you need help reclaiming your old account, please contact

Link: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1430734&show=0

Sign into your MAL account, go to this link, comment the username you want and wait.

You can find nice names by simply going to the account you want. Say you wanted the username "Bell"

Go to https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bell see how active the account is and if it meets the critiria and then comment on the Inactive Username Request Thread and hope you get the username.

[Boudica]

Oh this is a pretty sweet share. Nice!

Maybe I'll get on top of my existing list on Kitsu.io and then transfer the info to MAL.

It's cool you can get a-hold of old account names. Not so nice for old returning account holders but eh.

[Elf]

Oh this is a pretty sweet share. Nice!

Maybe I'll get on top of my existing list on Kitsu.io and then transfer the info to MAL.

It's cool you can get a-hold of old account names. Not so nice for old returning account holders but eh.

They have thousands of accounts that were made and went inactive after site creation so it's nice that we can claim them. I like my username had it for ages now.