Queue Up

What anime do we watch? Two AniList lists in, one anime out.

Type two AniList usernames. Queue Up reads both public lists, finds what you both want to see — the titles on both Planning lists, the one you loved that your friend hasn't started, the show you're both halfway through — and helps you pick tonight's fast: a weighted roll, a seeded bracket, comfort rewatches, and new anime scored against both your tastes.

The name in the profile's web address: anilist.co/user/name.

Both lists need to be public on AniList (Settings → Account → Privacy). Nothing about you is stored beyond a 20-minute cache of what AniList returns; vetoes and shortlists stay in your browser.

What you get

  • Tonight — one pick from the anime you could watch together, weighted toward what you both want and how well it fits you both. Veto it, roll again, or see where it streams.
  • Bracket — 4 to 64 titles seeded by that score, same-genre first-round matchups, take turns picking. Optional spin-to-win wheel for overrules.
  • Rewatch — the comfort watch: what you both finished and both rated highly.
  • Find New — anime neither of you has listed, scored against both tastes, with the titles you both loved that explain each pick.
  • Compare — your affinity, shared favourites, the one they dropped that you loved, and how many hours each of you has watched.

Questions people ask

Which anime do my friend and I both want to watch?
Enter both usernames. Queue Up reads both public lists and ranks every title on both Planning lists, plus the ones one of you completed and loved while the other has on Planning — AniList itself compares lists one title at a time and never ranks the overlap.
Does it work if a list is private?
No. AniList only shares a list its owner has made public. The setting is under Settings → Account → Privacy; the whole profile doesn't have to be public, just the lists.
How is the pick weighted?
By tier first (both want it, then one loved it and the other wants it, then new to one of you, then finish it together), then by how well the title fits both tastes — each person's completed list becomes a genre-and-tag profile weighted by their scores — and by the community score and popularity. Anything either of you dropped is out.
Where does the anime data come from?
Your lists come live from AniList's public API and are cached for 20 minutes on our side. The title catalog behind the 84 lists, the 3,000 title pages and the Find New picks is the anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04 — never AniList, whose terms forbid using the API as a data store.
How are new anime recommended?
Each person's completed titles become a taste profile (genres and rank-weighted tags, weighted by their scores). Catalog titles neither of you has listed are scored by how well they fit both profiles, then by score; each card names the titles you both completed that explain it.
Is it free? Do I need to log in?
Free, no account, no AniList login. It reads public list data only.

Four rules: public data only · no accounts · nothing about you stored on a server · the method is published. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL). Queue Up is a fan homage to a 1995 desktop, not affiliated with AniList, MyAnimeList or Microsoft; Windows is a trademark of Microsoft. Queue Up is a program from Somebody Decide. How it works · Legal & privacy

Browse anime to watch with a friend: comedy · drama · action · fantasy · manga adaptation · school · romance · slice of life · tragedy · adventure · shounen · seinen · magic · coming of age · all 84 lists.

By length: short anime under 13 episodes · anime movies for a movie night · long anime worth the commitment · ongoing anime to watch weekly.

One pick from the anime you two could watch together tonight, weighted toward what you both want and how well it fits you both. Narrow the mood, then watch it or veto it.

Filters & mood
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Runners-up

Best fits for you two

Shortlist

Tonight's rolls

Ready