Massive Anime Pirate Sites like AniWave Got Forcefully Shutdown Today

[@Crosseyedhero]

I’ll buy figures, I’ll buy plushies, I’ll buy T-shirts, I’ll buy DVDs, and I’ll buy all sorts of anime merch. But I’ll never pay for a streaming service that functions worse and acts scummier than a pirate site!

[@ArkKage]

This comment here needs more visibility

[@heroesatwar847]

I like fansub more than streaming service sub

[@Hana81110]

i have to watch anime on pirated sites because cruncyroll always goes offiline when new release drop.

[@TheMaskedNinja_]

For real, back when I was spamming Crunchyroll and HiDive? Idk the name anymore on my 940mbps wifi I could hardly get 720p quality

[@tempoaccla4041]

this is the way buy merch, not subscriptions

[@flatmarssociety5707]

aniwave was literally better than every paid site and has features that crunchyroll needs

[@Natediggetydog]

Other than being redirected to porn sites every time I clicked on anything, I agree with you 100%

[@Bt-cq6te]

@@Natediggetydog ive nvr had that problem, since i used ad block. I mean cmon bro, if ur gonna pirate, u may as well use an ad blocker as well rit

[@Gummy_Pop.]

True facts...

[@Natediggetydog]

@@Bt-cq6te you can’t ad block on mobile. I have the popup blockers on but they don’t do shit

[@Suckerofkebabs]

@@Natediggetydog even better, but use a ad block

[@Dr.SwagPHDinDrip]

the reason piracy is so rampent, is because of lack of access. Anime are never all available in one place, and if they are, subscriptions are getting more and more expensive, and multi-tier subscription plans are really an ass pain, why do i have to pay money to watch ads. Making anime openly accessable, such as making good subscription deals, making anime not regionally blocked, making services user friendly, etc. Just doing these things will help, and I know that the reality of some of what this is, is trying to adjust to economic situations, but i personally feel that its kind of dumb. Lower prices means more users in my limited knowledge of business.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I have Netflix for anime. But it is sometimes annoying when I find that they have Teasing master but only season 2 and not season 1. I think the real issue is with the people selling licenses however. It should always be the whole thing or nothing. Just selling season 2 of something is ridiculous.

[@jeanpitre5789]

This is just a problem with streaming in general. People HATED cable, but at the end of the day during the on-demand era, cable was ONE price and everything was included. Love sports are in a WORSE position than anime and are more heavily pirated because frankly with all the exclusive broadcasting deals and how difficult it can be to watch certain games, even if you still owned cable, you'd still be missing a massive amount of live sports that you'd need specific subscriptions for. ESPN+, KZbin TV, Tubi, NFL Network, MLB Extra Innings, SEC Network, oh and you can't forget that ONE game that Amazon Prime has the exclusive rights to broadcast. It's fucking STUPID These broadcasts and shows DESERVE to be pirated because the companies that distribute them make it virtually impossible to watch legally, or affordably, so fuck them.

[@Phyzm1]

@@linusgustafsson2629 I have Netflix for anime is like saying i buy bananas for the peels.

[@sf936]

Not just anime, overall content when it comes to franchises doesn’t always get localized, or it takes an insane amount of time, which is why I find this to be useless

[@sf936]

@@linusgustafsson2629oh yeah, and season 3 and the movie aren’t even available anywhere other than Blu Ray afaik, so no legal means to watch it unless you’ve got plenty to spend

[@danielferrieri7434]

If Streaming Services hate Pirate Sites, why not make the streaming platform actually good?

[@ihauok]

too expensive for them ig(i have no idea why)

[@adrian-gh5lf]

And stop price hiking

[@euoluma]

@@ihauokit’s not that, they’re just so lazy

[@revolutionarydragon1123]

​@ihauok subscription model doesn't really make these companies a lot of money outside of Disney+ and Netflix. Everyone else subscription service is not profitable and probably takes a decade to get there if they don't scap it and merge with someone else

[@WorldsGreatestRingAnnouncer]

Streaming Services likely will drop no-ads or require higher amount to pay. Most streaming services are barely profitable as is. Viacom is merging with another company because it cannot support the stream service. Max is partnering with Disney for similar reasons. You have to be a hegemony or have a parent corp to subsidize full the platform like a Disney, Amazon or Netflix.

[@aytgh]

If they made anime available uncensored affordably, piracy would not be such an issue. But NO, they demand censorship.

[@goldenangel158]

I agree

[@kameronjones7139]

Anyone got a site that hasn't been shut down because I agree with you

[@bunnyconcubus8468]

9anime is a good one that hasn't been shut down.​@@kameronjones7139

[@AKDUGI]

@@kameronjones7139you have to find it yourself cause if you post names online it will get targeted sorry bro

[@AKDUGI]

@@kameronjones7139guys like you cause these sites to get clapped

[@jaylennash5058]

I understand that piracy is wrong right? But what the fuck do you want me to do when an anime that I watched five years ago cannot be found on any legal streaming Avenue anymore, which is pretty fucking often. What do you want People to do when licenses run out and or fall through.

[@Shiniri]

Exactly this was in my region a really big issue hence anime wasnt popular at all and is still an issue to this day just not nearly as bad as it was back then. I mean sure if it isnt that old often I could buy the blueray instead or even dvd but as soon as those shows get older and arent tripple A to the point old episodes are still produced on bluray it really sucks. Prices get inflated while blurays are expensive anyway. I mean a 12 Episode Anime costs like 80€ which is arround 7% of my monthly income and like 10 times more than crunchyroll which can be used on nearly every device and everywhere. And if the prices inflates this only get worse to the point of sailing the high seas is really the only reasonable way. Best example for me at the moment is the 2013 Deadpool Game on PC it got pulled from storefronts a few years ago and PCs nowadays dont even have a discdrive. The only way to obtain a legal copy on PC is to buy a key and those get less and less and thats why I can only legally obtain it for Steam for a price starting at 560€ which nearly translates to a monthly rent for living in a flat lol

[@sneugler]

Availability of shows is comically spotty when you go back. I watch a lot of 80's-90's OVAs and the vast majority never get licensed on official sites. They're practically useless to me

[@jaylennash5058]

@@Shiniri were completely correct in every aspect. Once anime gets older. It just becomes impossible to find anymore unless it’s super popular and remains so like darker than black you can’t find that anime anywhere anymore. For some reason what are we supposed to do when we literally cannot find a show that we want to watch the show anymore?not to mention the problem with licensing. It’s so difficult for these companies to even gain the licensing for these shows that can literally be canceled for any reason at all.

[@jaylennash5058]

@@sneugler that really suck… we have no choice

[@HUEHUEUHEPony]

Piracy is not wrong, is a moral duty

[@brianjanssens8020]

Let me list the reasons for why you SHOULD pirate and skip official streaming platforms: 1. Its free, duh 2. Its accesible 3. Its easy to use 4. Its optimized 5. Fast uploads 6. Way bigger content library 7. Uncensored content available 8. Official streaming services can actually leak your data, but pirate platforms don't even require an account in the first place. 9. Quality of life features (skip intro or ending button, heck for One Piece it skips to the title card so it can also skip recaps) 10. More interactive community and comment section.

[@alexjackyperson101]

Must of these features can be found in one of the 9anime website, there literally hundreds of them, so have ad blocker on and go to one

[@waytogo_roblox]

Get this man an award 👏🏻🏆

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

👍

[@npcimknot958]

It’s better organized.. every pierat site is so simple to navigate

[@09ALPHAROGUE]

"Imagine having a comment section in 2024, couldn't be us" - crunchyroll probably

[@kidd684]

Lets not forget Crunchyroll use to be a pirate site… good ole days 😭🏴‍☠️

[@The_BlOb]

Right? Lmfao 😭

[@Aman_Mondal]

Exactly absolute hypocrites also sites like Mangarock too

[@anonisnoone6125]

With how its website is today, I doubt it was ever better than Aniwave.

[@Aman_Mondal]

@@anonisnoone6125 It was way worse back then

[@a.b.s.anonymousbastardofso9459]

You either die the hero or live long enough to become the villain.

[@jdedrington]

"How can we staunch piracy?" "Timely distribution, reliable translations, and user-friendly platforms that encourage fan discussions?" "Johnson, you're fired."

[@ysfsim]

and comment sections

[@riegen.]

​@@ysfsim "you're fired as well"

[@elsina79]

But, that doesn't make money. Each of these features are going to be at a different price point.

[@asiangaming8409]

@@elsina79so does subscriptions, it only works for huge streaming platforms like Disney and Netflix

[@linusgustafsson2629]

All I want is Japan to run a service where everyone can watch anime with some subtitles in English, with a lot of ads for things like figures, manga, dakimakura etc. Because anime itself doesn't need to turn a profit, as long as it can work as ads to sell other things. But they could always have a paid service as well as long as the price is right. Not like I wouldn't pay to give Japanese anime creators money. I just don't want to pay activists and toxic foreigners who dunk on anime.

[@jonson856]

Reasons for people to pirate: 1) Service issue: availability, bad subs, bad dubs, bad quality, censorship 2) Price: too expensive for some 3) Principle: They do it just because And I think it is in this order of significance.

[@OstravaSunBorn]

it's prices mostly I think cuz private sites are always worse in video quality so why wouldn't more people buy subscriptions if they were made according to what the people in a specific country can afford rather than the limited mind thinking of setting a static price for all regions

[@AkaneKumo07]

​@@OstravaSunBorni wouldn't mind paying if one service could provide me with 12.3k anime like aniwave with the features of it, but sadly not a single site has more than a couple hundred

[@darku6030]

@@OstravaSunBorn not sure about the video quality. i watch anime from 2 specific sites and both are very high quality. can even download the episodes which at times provides even higher quality options service issue is definitely the most important problem imo. there's like 5 different or more services that have anime legally. licenses are constantly a mess and sometimes license holders change. meanwhile piracy allows you to watch everything from 1 place, and there's not even any ads if you're using a solid ad blocker. If companies provided good, solid service and had a bunch of these series in 1 place, it would've been a much better experience for the user.

[@Lassila96]

@@OstravaSunBornit is also availability, not necessarily a money issue. For example, there is literally no service that has all the anime in its library. I have crunchyroll but it doesn’t have everything. There are no other option to use in my country, other than Netflix which hosts maybe one seasonal anime in a year. I’m missing tons of old shows and seasonal shows if there are no alternatives to crunchyroll. That’s not how it should be.

[@anonisnoone6125]

​@OstravaSunBorn Nah Aniwave and many of these pirate sites had high quality videos for most of their anime. A good example of Gurrwn Laggan. CR has it at 480p whilst pirate sites had it actual HD.

[@jaykayjk1]

This gave me PTSD of when KissAnime shut down 😭

[@sleepyzgaming9972]

They still alive I believe

[@nekobitan8313]

​@@sleepyzgaming9972 nah it is a copycat

[@raydough874]

@@nekobitan8313 is it worse? i use it sometimes

[@onesmileybaldy8303]

The moment Aniwave started going offline for ours multiple times a week I already knew something was up. It’s always the same alerts,site down,player malfunctioning and sometimes even new bugs,Aniwave had all of them before dying.

[@kenkaneki2202]

Same

[@derpymule7977]

The annoying thing is you know how much effort and resources went into these takedowns, and you also know they aren’t going to do squat. Nobody on the entire planet is going to look at the takedown and say “oh well, time to switch to paid streaming services.” It’s a colossal waste of time and money that serves zero purpose besides sending a message that we’ve all been ignoring for decades. It’s just posturing and diplomacy that tosses a huge amount of people under the bus just because not wanting to use crunchyroll’s nonsense marks them as acceptable casualties.

[@scottjs5207]

Just like fighting add blockers...

[@linusgustafsson2629]

@@scottjs5207 I'd stop using adblockers if I knew I'd get ads I want. KZbin always just gave me car ads and carbonated water ads. Two things I buy about every 10th year.

[@Foogi9000]

Every day i'm reminded of how far down the dystopian hellhole we've fallen.

[@end_of_eternity]

@@Foogi9000 So real

[@Pyovali]

Why would I go to a streaming service which A: Doesn't even have licenses for *my country*. B: Doesn't even sub in my language C: Has platform specific censorship It's a service issue. Why would I pay for a service which doesn't even offer the basic things I need or offer inferior experience?

[@tigeruntamed6036]

Not only that it doesn't even offer the shows or movies I want to watch

[@WinterzPlayz]

I'm a grown ass man and almost cried. Aniwave. Previously 9 anime has been in my life for a decade. Got me through middle and highschool. This is truly a moment I don't even watch as much as I used to cause I work a 9-5 now but seeing something you've feared would happen for years is truly something. I guarantee there will be new ones and there are many other ways to pirate anime but damn man. It really happened...

[@CleanUpNick]

man bro i actually cried, i'm the same here, got me through middle and high school and a LOT of horrible depressive episodes, seeing this happen is a smack to the face

[@ag3ntgt]

That literally saved my life, man…

[@xuan3236]

need kissanime back.

[@_Minos]

I just regret of not dowloading an anime in dub from aniwave. They had the only dub for it there, no other site has it 😢

[@Nabee_H]

Same dude, same...

[@RikuHino]

I cancel my Crunchyroll subscription after they absorbed Funimation. Cause alot of the anime just aint there abd there are less dubs and they dont translate the on screen Japanese text. I had to delete my credit card information from the site because they wouldn't even let me cancel my subscription...

[@Blueartsz]

W!!

[@itsmeyuu1729]

If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing

[@imu1st]

and how is buying not owning?

[@snintendog]

@@imu1st they can revoke Ownership. Never buy Digital.

[@itsyouuu3152]

@@imu1st look at FUNimation people who bought stuff digitally there lost their stuff why buy something if you don't own it

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

@@imu1st well, I don't blame you for not reading that ToS sh*t, but you should

[@didott5]

Well said

[@assh9333]

still ain't gonna stop me...

[@MarvyG23]

Not stopping nobody 😂

[@KhanMann66]

Never have and never will. Most anime fans pirate anyway.

[@protagadditc8434]

Same here brother I'll stand by the fellow Pirates till I die

[@tomfooleryamongfriends9361]

until we get something like steam for jp media its not gonna stop

[@be6386]

@@protagadditc8434true dat!!! They gives crap and expect us to take it

[@Volnas97]

It has an impact, because with those sites, there were comment sections going years back, that just disappeared. All those discussions about newest episodes, that hype about what's next, arguments about best girl or just general shitposting is gone and that's one thing you can't replace.

[@Christopher._M]

I had 6k worth of comments on hundreds of anime. It hurt my soul to know that they are basically for nothing now

[@Volnas97]

@@Christopher._M Yeah, I'm gonna miss seeing Yu Ishigami under everything I watched

[@Sterl500]

If you were apart of aniwave, you can find the disqus comments you've already posted in and still comment on them. So in that respect they're still there and you can still carry on conversations on them, but you can't get any new people into them.

[@regret.932]

Whitebeard: You may try to destroy their spirit, but you will never extinguish their flame. So it has been and so it shall continue to be from now till the very end of time. And one day in the future, when we’re all dead and gone. Someone will arise carrying generations upon generations of our history on his shoulders and he’ll throw down the gauntlet in front of the entire world.

[@santiagoo275]

"Japan , you guys in the anime industry all fear the inmense piracy wave engulfing the whole world that will eventually come...i dont care myself but as soon as someone finds another free anime website your entire world will be turned upside down. and someone *will* find it. that day will definetly come sooner or later"

[@arlogpro8404]

PIRACY IS REALLLLLL

[@Plasmarx]

Can we get much higher

[@senpai_masutashi]

@@Plasmarx so high

[@blackcatpirates8134]

YEAHHHHH, WE WILL BE PIRATES FOREVER

[@goldenangel158]

I will never stop sailing the high seas until we get uncensored versions of animes instead of waiting for the blue ray that takes a long time to release and we get translators that do not force their political believes in the subs and dubs in anime

[@Tafrara-idir]

Political believes in subs and dubs ?

[@Tafrara-idir]

I am sorry if I sound ignorant but when does that happen I am just curious not doubting you ?

[@gamerguy6990]

⁠@@Tafrara-idir Kobayashi Dragon Maid was altered to be more political alongside My First Gf Is A Gal.

[@zerogrey3798]

@@Tafrara-idir There have been several shows that have had their translations altered enough to basically be wrong translations. It's actually happened enough that several anime studios have pulled their shows from western streaming services like Crunchroll due to bad faith in the translations. You could probably google it for more info, just ignore the fact that certain people are calling Japanese racists for demanding accurate translations and read the actual news stories.

[@hulmhochberg8129]

​@@Tafrara-idirit happens. Japan does not share the same views as the west (be that as it may), but especially not the views of modern woke feminism. And certain characters words have been drastically altered in the translation because of that. Miss Kobayashi's dragon maid is a prime example were one very busty women who likes showing off her figure, suddenly talks about "the male gaze" and "objectivication" even tho the reason she dressed conservatively that time was something completely different in the og Japanese.

[@DutchDread]

If they made a legal site as good as aniwave I might actually pay for it

[@MVXXll]

Oh, 100%, but it would be hard

[@tomykong2915]

​@@MVXXll no, it wouldn't, not for the multi-billion dollar corporation

[@MVXXll]

@@tomykong2915 yeah

[@talanking9]

@@tomykong2915I would like them to just restore the site for like 10.99 a month

[@TheFellHeart]

@@tomykong2915 yes it would

[@Nevwermore]

This is sad news. Some of these deleted sites has much higher quality than official payd counterparts.

[@LimSandy69]

Ikr anix /aniwave had such a good layout, watching there was so streamlined for me

[@anonisnoone6125]

​@LimSandy69 Aniwave was my home for anime. Best layout, big community and a huge library.

[@reverseshin]

Yeah Official Only Gives you 540p, that looks like 1080p.

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

​@@LimSandy69 I love aniwave too because the UI and the library of animes 😢

[@spencer3]

Aniwave was the only one I found with BluRay releases and pre-movie OVAs. Not sure I'll be able to find those again

[@reekocarson]

Aniwave being shut down is tragic smh

[@dynamo47]

Yeah, it had the best layout and UI

[@Nero_PR]

​@@dynamo47By far.

[@MahoganyBlack]

I just learned about it like 5 days ago haha

[@ronel7836]

There is another one out there that's just like aniwave, but I can't mention it oof

[@UsoppFan444]

I was LITERALLY boutta continue Re:ZERO on AniWave and then I see this . ___ .

[@Nightdreaux22647]

Japan: ""We don't really speak foreign language. Heck we are not even forcing Japanese people to learn how to speak ENGLISH. It's not mandatory."" Foreigners: Then how are you going to market your product?? We want to see it too, you know??? Japan: I don't know. You guys figure it out yourself. Foreigners: Okay then!! if you all Japanese folks cannot provide us with a place to watch your anime and manga, then we will do "PIRACY". Japan: HOW DARE YOU !!!!??

[@Souma_Ditya]

😡🤬💢💢

[@edwardfletcher7790]

BINGO 👍

[@E12345E]

crunchyroll is western tho

[@RJF-ez8fe]

Crunchyroll ain't Japanese 😑 bruh...

[@michaelatlas2341]

How does Japan not marketing anime to the West allow you to pirate them? 😂 That's exactly like saying, "You don't advertise cars in our country, so we have the right to steal them." F* me, you tourists need to go home. Why did you write "Heck, we aren't even forcing Japanese to learn English"? Why are you openly saying that Japanese need to be forced to learn English? By your suggestion, they need to be forced by corporations/studios in Japan itself. Who gave you the right to make those insinuations? Imagine how f* entitled you must be to demand that Japanese learn English and market anime to westerners, who openly hate anime, mock it, and want to censor it. Your entire comment doesn't make a lick of sense. Just how much do you hate Japan exactly?

[@Nero_PR]

A head of the Hydra is cut. Another two takes its place. This will not end pirate sites as long as the streaming alternative keeps being shit.

[@alaa341g]

man piracy will never stop periode , even if we have the best servises ever , ppl will still pirate , but it would be just ppl who either can't afford the subscription cuz living is 3rd world countries and few $ is a week salary , or some ppl who just find it easier to deal with ( subscribing , countries limited shows ect .... )

[@J.Crime123]

​@@alaa341g its also important that they never stop. Imagine they do everything right, and all the sites go away. They now have full power to become even worse than they were before and the high sea sites need to build themself back up from the ground up again.

[@alaa341g]

@@J.Crime123 good reflexion , 100% there need to be always another option to make them scared of becoming tyrants xD

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Yeah They can cut it down all they want It'll regrow

[@ChronicSensei]

Remember the war on drugs? I do. The drugs are still flowing like a river. Remember the war on terrorism? I do. The terrorists are flowing like a river into all countries. Remember the war on crime? I do...

[@JTVega]

This is why I don't mention a websites on youtube because that would lead to putting them into trouble. I only share it with friends.

[@MrWescottX]

Indeed

[@vbrawny_zuelong5300]

reading all the comments they really snitched what they use. luckily none of them mentioned the one i use.

[@OldSchoolMinded]

Imagine thinking million dollar, even billion dollar companies like Disney not hiring a firm capable of finding these sites. I pirate but the amount of people who think these companies are dumb is wild, they're not incapable of googling like rest of us. These pirate sites are easy as hell to find.

[@jsostick]

​@@vbrawny_zuelong5300 you'd like me to snitch for you?

[@byronbarrientos8471]

But your friends can share it with other people who'll share it with others who'll share it with others.. etc.

[@yevaud6]

thumbnails are still on Anix. It's library went back all the way to the 1900's. Most complete list of anime's history I've seen. Going through year by year and noting what I haven't watched before it's completely shut down so I can hopefully track it down somewhere else on the internet. One of these days the internet has to stop and consider when it's destroying what can be seen as an archive of it's history. Piracy seems like the only thing trying to preserve the past sometimes...

[@Sandwich-5-sand]

This is especially true with Nintendo. Piracy is literally the ONLY method that can preserve their older titles, the 3ds and the wii are consoles that have been given life once again because of modding. Yet they do everything in their power to burn it.

[@dagrumblers]

Like you said effectively impossible to destroy digital piracy, and even with these sites down another dozen will take each of their places. It's like a hydra.

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

Hail Hydra.

[@Grudder1]

We are legion

[@ATigerShark]

Just hope they continue the tradition of providing a better service than Crappyroll.

[@KiryuZer0]

But what if instead of going after the site they go after the users and suddenly you have a 50k fine for stealing in your mail. And go to jail at worst. It's not impossible.

[@anonisnoone6125]

I hope Aniwave comes back rebranded at some point.

[@SavantPete]

I'm still King of the Pirates 🏴‍☠️

[@DovahTank]

Ok King where do I go now?

[@sinposts121]

​@@DovahTank that is is tge question guess start looking for alternatives again on the dark web

[@YetanotherAccount-fw8mw]

9anime

[@anutane799]

@@DovahTank aniwatch or hiANIME IF ONE WILL GO DOWN 1000 WILL RISE

[@CrimsonGold-pq8xy]

I want to be like Luffy but i can't take to the seas this century... so this is the next best thing

[@CommanderSlayers]

From what I've heard through their discord not even the workers/admins of the website knew about the shutdown. They're trying to work things out with the owner. But I personally propose they branch off another website to start anew considering their relationship with the owner is close to non-existent.

[@TheWhiteMamba3000]

Piracy is actually profitable for companies in the long run by creating fans who then buy merchandise and physical copies of mangas and anime. Advertising via word of mouth is such a powerful thing. Premium sites keep removing features while increasing the price then use politics to say your criticism is unjustified.

[@npcimknot958]

This

[@mango-float]

problem is investors want numbers rising up immediately and constantly

[@person9846]

Especially for shows, which barely make money on selling streaming rights anyway

[@thermotesticles2453]

i mean nothing they can do will convince me to pay for one of "their" streaming platforms. simply put i don't want to pay for a streaming platform that doesn't even have the anime i want to watch.

[@sectionya]

As the old saying says, Piracy is a service issue. You whack a site down 10 others show up and people are really fed up with all the subscriptions 💀

[@handleloverkira]

This time they whacked like 10 sites at least does this mean 100 pirate sites??

[@markjhun9554]

​@@handleloverkirabro chill its just a saying... But i could happen

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Before Crunchyroll (and by extension Funimation) started paywalling everything plenty of people used their ad-supported tier. But when you're on a tight budget and the dubs that you're theoretically paying for aren't very good (and sometimes the subtitles are poor translations...), then well... the options become don't watch at all or go to sketchy sites.

[@namedless]

Its like trying to kill a hydra lol

[@Natediggetydog]

@@handleloverkirathe same 10 will come back with different names, like aniwave did when 9anime got whacked. The owners have everything backed up offline and clearly don’t care about the laws they’re breaking

[@123asap6]

The damn ads. I dont mind having ads in my anime session if they cut in at moments where TV commercials are supposed to happen like live broadcats but if you are going to put like 5,6,7 freaking ads in a single episode in going to literally and figuratively lose my shit to the point I just watch the pirate sites and their ads to support the actual pirate site simply because they only have ads in 2 places, before the episode starts, and either a commercial cut or just before end credits.

[@darkrose-chan]

Piracy will never stop no matter how many sites they shut down. For underprivileged countries like mine, we would've never watched anime without pirated websites

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

Same me too. I can't watch the anime without pirate the anime too

[@npcimknot958]

And anime wouldn’t become as big as it did without pieracy Japan actually owes piracy alot

[@AtrieTheWorldTroublesolver]

Pretty much, buying a streaming subscription is like half a month's worth of food. And you tellin me, not all animes are available on one site? Whaaaat?! Ofc I'd pirate!

[@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn]

Don't forget even if you don't have it in your country so many titles are just not available on them entirely and the service is just down right cruddy I will gladly sail the seven seas if paying means I'm being forced to down grade honestly this is starting to look like the death of anime all together

[@rps215]

Like Gaben said, piracy is a service issue. Besides, they cannot hope to erase piracy altogether, you remove one site and 3 other sites will take its place.

[@BitTrip]

If japan decides to kill all piracy for anime, they should create services that provide anime with accurate localization for foreign users. I'll never again pay for Crunchyroll, eat shit.

[@benjaminmedrano4493]

This. There's no way to legally stream a Studio Ghibli movie in Spanish for example.

[@silent_stalker3687]

Or have a simple site for abandoned stuff? Like Beatless is impossible to find on any services despite paying for it. And the services that we do have to pay for censor and slander anime- or manipulate the translations.

[@AbyssalSoda]

Studios and Corporations in Japan are beginning to embrace DEI due to Black Rock investments, it's not even a joke or fear mongering, they have released official statements. So they aren't going to do something like provide accurate localization

[@larion2336]

@@AbyssalSoda Japan is one of the few places the J haven't completely ruined already, I really hope their people get their act together and stop that crap in its tracks. They have ample warning... just look at literally any western nation to see how this turns out...

[@Ravenleaf182]

I think you're confusing that Japan cares about its global audience. They are regressing to more and more xenophobic practices mainly due to streamers and foreigners really messing with their culture and way of life. I think they'd have no qualms due to losing foreign reach.

[@MrShubham37]

"Culture isn't only for those who could afford it." Anime wouldn't be this popular without piracy websites .

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

And the war has begun, Chibi: it's a shame that streaming services would rather go after "competition" instead of fixing their platforms😢

[@ikarosms]

no need to fix anything if there is no competition. 4head move

[@zeromagnum2811]

woke activist companies like crunchyroll dont fix things. they intentionally break and censor them.

[@yunfanji]

These "services" are so unprofitable they are never going to win against piracy. It is like online gaming and hacks except that's a real problem to us.

[@mryellow6918]

​@@yunfanjibut I like cheating anime piracy is litterly victimless. Like bro I ain't gonna be able to watch it if I don't so yall still ain't gonna get my money.

[@TheFLAMEXD]

This is terrible news. Not everyone can afford streaming services and it's just going to make anime community more fractured.

[@ronel7836]

I dont even think it's a price issue, It's a service issue if there was a legal site that had the availability and large library of anime that aniwave ( and another im not gonna mention) on top of functionality for 4 dollars a month, people will easily pay

[@HoldenWitherow]

For every site taken down two more pop up those who need to use the sites will find alternatives easily

[@seldogrif9732]

​@@ronel7836 that is why instead of paying 5-10$ for a streaming service, I use it to pay for a VPN, take a sail into deep see and hook it up with Jellyfin. Way better investment than using their service. Hell I am ok to pay for a fine service, I would not even mind a subscription system for a site that would legally allow me to download media. But until I find something like that, noble sailing it is.

[@BakuMadarameTheGambler]

Bro I was using 4 of these sits bro wtf

[@whatdoicare2002]

@@ronel7836 can you point me in a direction to look for the site as good as aniwave :( i loved there interface and how big there libary was i got about 300 animes on waiting list to be gathered :(

[@moobochi]

I know there are a lot of other sites, but man… AniWave had such a good design. The colors, the images, the chapters on the side. It was beautiful! Better than official sites even. I haven’t found another site with a really good design yet, just those ugly ones 😔

[@crimsonmoon7848]

To many companies want a piece of the streaming pie, and now as a result none of them get any pie

[@dinopirate2910]

as someone pointed out, all of these sites were owned by the same creator, so it makes sense those all got taken down on the same day

[@vanrick18]

bro aniwave made me sad, they even put See You Again in the end 😭

[@KaKa-by1rr]

I am forced to pirate because i live in Bangladesh and crunchyroll is not available in my region. We have huge anime community yet still we can't subscribe to the site but Indians can.

[@sam_5702]

Yeah but HiDive is not available in India...and also cruncyroll is supposedly the cheapest in India😂only 79 rupees per month and yearly 999...

[@The_BlOb]

@@sam_5702 And then we have shows like Bleach that are neither available on Disney Plus, nor Hulu here in India, and the only way to watch it is by using a VPN and buying a subscription to TV Tokyo, or just... y'know pirating it.

[@zanvee]

ase to bangladesh e crunchyroll

[@cherrabenoussama3509]

Here in algeria sites like funimation are not available in my country,like without piracy i couldn't watch my favourite anime we suffer from true poverty why bother paying a site that doesn't care about us,so piracy is the unsung hero

[@ElegantNoise_]

When I went on Aniwave and saw that goodbye message, my heart shattered... It was literally one of, if not THE best anime streaming site. Farewell Aniwave.

[@mariokarter13]

I somehow caught the exact moment. I refreshed the page, it was still up, opened a new tab and I got the goodbye message.

[@tetsuoshima2314]

The only tab on my browser that never closed... is now closed :(

[@StupidityInANutshell]

My buddy was looking for a site to watch anime (he's at that stage were he's not quite a weeb but also not a normie) and i recommended aniwave to him. Few hours later i go to watch something on aniwave and i get the farewell message.

[@imashoe1029]

Actual heartbreak

[@Bt-cq6te]

Yesterday was such a sad day, i still havent fully comprehended the fact that it is gone

[@hmmmmmm_3429]

funny thing is pirate sites offer all the wanted features that you dont get when you pay for those streaming sites. pirate sites have all anime from everywhere at one place, subs are good, dubs are good, quality you get is max and plus there are no region restrictions.

[@markuscederberg2081]

They didn't stop us when KissAnime got taken and they won't stop us now either

[@RGC_animation]

KissAnime has been back for a while now, and all these other pirate sites, including the ones that were banned today, will be back in less than a week. The codes for the sites still exists and the host of the files are still there too, so there is nothing to worry about.

[@ArpTakaoTTV]

@@RGC_animation those are just fake site and not the real one and can steal your info the real kissanime been dead for a while but fake one are still up and can give u vrius/malware and other stuff

[@JuanStrip]

@@RGC_animationthere’s some copycat site, not a real one

[@tripleaces659]

​@@RGC_animationReally? Man, I grew up with KissAnime, and I so broke down when I found out KissAnime got down. I do have backups now, but not as good as KissAnime back in the day and I really hope those sites will come back 😭

[@comyuse9103]

when kissanime died, _better_ sites rose up to fill the void. it'll happen again, and again, and again. these sites didn't even host the content, all of it is still out there ripe for the picking!

[@HaruhiDream5339]

That really is the biggest thing. There is no platform dedicated to anime that actually has everything. If you want access to all the shows then you need to pay for 5 different subscriptions that all the shows are split between.

[@IllusorySpectre]

Nothing can be done about that because it costs money to get the rights to shows. It is realistically impossible for a legal site to get the rights to every anime and be able to stream them due to the legality involved in obtaining the rights to stream said anime. Also, if a site were to somehow obtain that, it would be taken down due to monopolization. People need to realize the creators of the anime themselves are the ones selling the rights to stream these animes to various companies in order to make money. Or these companies are providing those studios with the funds to animate said projects. People can complain all they want and try to make excuses to justify why they pirate and they could all be logical and valid but it does not change the reality that it is an impossibility to legally stream every anime on a single site.

[@deathlyrose7911]

@@IllusorySpectre VRV was a great option but the Assholes who started it shut it down in 2021

[@spookyturbo1618]

​@@IllusorySpectreIt's not monopolization unless you have exclusivity deals with the shows. Multiple sites can have rights to the same shows, thus allowing competition.

[@HollowPhntm]

If I’m remembering correctly, for a brief time, Netflix was a haven for that, at least before the “streaming wars” began…

[@solanaceous]

yeah there really is no way to fix this. the best we can do is to stock pile it onto crunchy roll and hope it becomes the new netflix. the problem is that i dont like crunchy roll. id much rather have a service that i can actually interact with the community and have extended features for $14 a month.

[@ironwolf3699]

Honestly they just forced me into my second phase of piracy... paying 5 dollars a month for a vpn and start to torrent every single anime I could ever want.

[@goob1in606]

what VPN is this? i'm asking for myself and you know exactly why?

[@ironwolf3699]

@@goob1in606 oh I decided to use mullvad

[@BuffdaddyJamal]

You don't need a VPN to torrent anime, not in the US anyway. US ISPs only care about hollywood movies and high profile video games.

[@VersoTai]

⁠@@BuffdaddyJamalAfter 16 years I got a letter from my ISP regarding pirating and I only pirate anime, got myself a VPN too lol Edit: Yes I live in the states

[@ANIk3]

Suggest me some good torrents mirrors for multi-language.

[@andreisg4066]

Anime companies, game companies, or any type of company should have a talk with the Ultrakill developer. For those who don't know, Ultrakill is an indie game made by 1 person, saw a pic of someone pirating his game and quote tweeted the fact he is okay with piracy cuz without piracy. "As creator of said game: You should support indies if you can, but culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it. ULTRAKILL wouldn't exist if hadn't had easy access to movies music and games growing up. If you don't have money, you can support via word of mouth."

[@Joe-lu8og]

What an absolute Chad🗿

[@RadiaUmbra]

wtf i love ultrakill now

[@luce3]

Same with the people who made The witcher 3. They said: “we love that people want to play our games so much that they go out of their way to make ti free, cuz in most cases if thay really like it they would also buy it as well”.

[@seafatt]

Sadly for anime industries is based in Japan. A country that is famous for their old school business practice and continue to be behind in term of methods of service. They continue to view the world through a Japanese lens. 😅

[@picklepie781]

So they poll they made a few days ago about wanting people to rat out pirated sites worked?

[@ronel7836]

No it didint

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

It was for manga, not anime.

[@KiryuZer0]

let's be honest finding those sites either for manga or anime isn't hard, and finding out which one gets used the most isn't that hard either that poll was really stupid if you ask me... just google "read manga" or "watch anime "maybe at a free...

[@_Lumiere_]

Bruh, do you really think that they were previously unaware of these massive sites with hundreds of millions of visitors every month? This has been in the works for a while, they even pressured the countries that host these sites.

[@konradbawan8581]

Japan don't want to admit it but Piracy made the anime worldwide popular, and 4kids thought us a historic lesson how scummy the censorship/greed can destroy anime. For example in Yugioh characters did die a lot, but the cesores chenge it to idiotic shadow realm. For example in Yugioh characters did die a lot, but the censores change it to idiotic shadow realm.

[@Meloncholiac]

For example in Yugioh characters did die a lot, but the censores change it to idiotic shadow realm.

[@gaijinkuri684]

Give me one service that gives me all the anime with options for raw,sub,dub, uncensored where episodes release the same day they air on Japanese TV and I'l happily pay for it. I can't get that now and I live in Japan, THAT is why piracy is as big as it is.

[@tazatom]

With a good UI, skip intro/ending/recaps. Also, stable and no lag.

[@DarkVain-o1s]

@@tazatomin don’t forget about the comments to

[@dandog1418]

Im not entirely sure, but i feel that the Netflix leaks were a nail in the coffin for these sites. I can only speak for Anix as i know they had Re-Zero Season 3 and Dandadan on there. It just gave the companies a much larger resolve to remove these websites, which is sadge

[@theduffman9834]

Honestly those leaks were pretty fucked up ngl.. And probobly ruined it for a lot of sites

[@xylathoth]

I agree, I think those leaks really pushed these companies to take some immediate action

[@Raderade1-pt3om]

Any way to check them out

[@alaa341g]

personally anix still work for me , so i don't know why they are saying its shutting off

[@-Bill.]

​@@alaa341g Anix goes to a shutdown page if you try to actually watch anything. I'm not sure how they managed to kill them all simultaneously. I have legit subs but just used it for smaller releases.

[@YourAnimeOtaku]

pirate anime sites do better than official legal sites

[@Brabbs]

Wasnt crunchyroll caught using a piracy site once?

[@blitz6636]

Yep

[@hasturxix]

Ive already got back ups. Until legal services stop censoring and localizing anime, I have no intention of supporting THEM. I'll supprt the original creators and animators by buying their merch. I already use Buyee to purchase figures directly from Japan. That supports the creators WAY more than a subscription to an American anime company ever could.

[@GoatLover-jq8vf]

What sites do you use 😭 animesuge was the only one I used

[@JoJoboiWav]

fax

[@AnimeRush739]

As the biggest anime fan and japan in general EVER. I will never stop piracy

[@Quwucuqin]

Insert homelander's mental break down meme :

[@waytogo_roblox]

😞

[@UnownDepth]

It's hard to find old anime. The seas are my ex lover. That come back time to time

[@marcodragneel8035]

Exactly, like ova's with good quality especially the dub ones are hard to come by

[@redslate]

Probably the single most significant reason Anime caught-on here in the west is _Piracy_ . Fan dubs were distributed via VHS. When the internet was in its infancy, entire forums/chatboards evolved around the sole task of managing the logistics behind bootleg Anime distribution. Once broadband became available/common, downloading pirate Anime became practical, followed by streaming. Western Anime is forever tied to the practice of Piracy. Others have already pointed out the ironic hypocrisy of Crunchyroll, one of the largest "legitimate" Anime streaming sites, which originated as a pirate Anime streaming site.

[@pesak125]

I must not be cultured enough because I have no idea what site he's alluding to at 12:16. Losing Aniwave is tough but I guess it's time to sail the high seas once more.

[@josefkadhem2889]

Thats what im tryna figure out

[@Hunterchuck]

A mystery to me as well. Not familiar with many sites to begin with.

[@stephenmorris341]

Nyaa

[@masterbait7251]

@@stephenmorris341 thank you, holy one! I besiege you

[@nukjohnson151]

What's the sause? ​@@masterbait7251

[@agentofsocialmediachaos6712]

The issue with the subscription streaming serices is that they censor anime, they dileberately mistranslate anime to push an agenda, and they charge you even if you canceled. The sites of the Straw Hat kind do not

[@taylorindustries]

i prefer fan translations 100x more than "official translations"

[@snintendog]

@@taylorindustries shikanoko EP1 PTSD. Official Translations are WORSE than joke subs.

[@IdkwhttoputlmAo]

Ik abt the censorship but what anime have been mistranslated

[@agentofsocialmediachaos6712]

@@IdkwhttoputlmAo Dragon Maid, We Never Learn, To Love Ru, Prison School, and Bofuri just to name 5 right off the top of my head

[@snintendog]

@@agentofsocialmediachaos6712 the bot is spamming the Comment section. Don't bother answering it.

[@Kingminos09]

NOOOOOOOO!!!! I might be fine buying one streaming service, but this is still massive for all the anime spread out across other services. This definitely hurts the growth of anime and the young people that can't buy it the most though. My friend is gonna freak about this, he has no disposable income.

[@Blueartsz]

Nah 9anime is still working tho

[@TeaBurn]

I still remember when Netflix first started (around the time they used to send physical discs to stomp out Blockbuster), piracy for the first time actually went _down_ because it was more convenient than pirating or paying for expensive cable. Nowadays, subscription streaming services cost just as much as cable, and it's easier to pirate than subscribe to all the services that also hate their customers and show it by intentionally gloating about changing the source material or through censorship.

[@theonev2159]

Going to the cinema and buying a ticket is is less then subscribing now so... Yeah people just returned in may of this year to cinemas. And Netflix , Max And Disney+ are crying becouse of it. 😂 People watched everything in 3 years. There's nothing new more on those sites.

[@annabelconstantine1241]

Facts if u gloat in ppl face after disrespecting them that’s gonna leave a bad taste in the mouth

[@protagadditc8434]

Remember the words of gabe Piracy is a service issue And if companies can't understand that then its on them

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Japanese Anime companies incompetence at selling their products to a western audience dates back 30yrs..... SIGH

[@CharlieStoddern-bh5rl]

I pay for Crunchyroll and the amount of times I have switched over to a pirate website because they don’t have the dubs / anime is mental, if you want us to pay for a service make it good…

[@HamguyBacon]

you are the problem.

[@CharlieStoddern-bh5rl]

@@HamguyBacon how so ?

[@HamguyBacon]

@@CharlieStoddern-bh5rl paying for crunchyshit, they don't care as long as they are getting paid. you need to protest with your wallet.

[@-ClerzZ-]

@@HamguyBacon You are.

[@Amunny]

PIRATE FURUDO ERIKA IN THE THUMBNAIL!?

[@raulojeda8567]

Where is that image from I can't find it

[@Amunny]

@@raulojeda8567 I'm sure you can find it if you google "Furudo Erika pirate" or something like that. It is a character sprite used in the Umineko visual novel so it shouldn't be too hard to find.

[@freestylejake]

@@raulojeda8567 its from umineko

[@Mewseeker]

"...... Let it be known that this comment has no point..."

[@raulojeda8567]

​@@freestylejakeI mean the website

[@katface5906]

An interesting point adjacent to this is within the scanlation community, where many groups don't like their work on aggregation sites and would prefer you bookmark/read/download from the group's website/discord/etc. The reason why so many don't is because of the ease-of-use of large aggregators - everything's right there. Similar service issue (that you brought up) with how to watch everything I'd want to, I'd need 3-5 or more subscriptions 😵‍💫 and I'm not even guaranteed to get the BD (or, dating my self here, Christmas specials when they were a thing). Just an observation on the mirroring of the two I had 🤔

[@CentralIntelligence_Agency]

>"Hey what piracy sites do you use?" >Two days later Looks like that questionnaire was well worth it!!

[@JoseLopez-gi9sf]

Someone was telling me they would never use that info to shut it down. And I laughed and look what happened.

[@Mrshoujo]

Never answer questionnaires about anime websites.

[@ReyManta7]

Can guarantee it was the covid tourists that did the rest of us in

[@dcscruz2970]

@@ReyManta7tell that to cons. Many say cons now are awful

[@XX-br5bn]

Gate keeping watching anime thats a new one​. Stupid @@ReyManta7

[@anonisnoone6125]

Seeing Aniwave gone has genuinely made me sad. Not only was the site beautiful, but I loved the community on there. I'm gonna miss seeing the people I used to see on there. This is a sad day for anime.

[@shadowmeister5432]

She still lives in our hearts lad. Now go out remembering her like she lived. Head held high and hat fancy. Yo ho

[@anonisnoone6125]

​@@shadowmeister5432Aniwave to me what kissanime was to many people. I finally understand everyone else's pain.

[@Marty_YouTuber]

@@shadowmeister5432 I'll keep my head held high. You sir have a nice day.

[@ryukireii]

Who snitched? "He could be any one of us! He could be in this very room! He could be you. He could be me! He could even be-"

[@EpicXcake]

Woah woah woah What? It was obvious hes the red spy

[@melonelon7590]

Piracy is a service problem not a pricing problem - Gabe Newell

[@marcodragneel8035]

GOAT GABE!!!!

[@RealZerenaFan]

You forgot the second half of the quote

[@johnlucas6683]

This is true.

[@Zekrel]

This was the first day in a long long time where I was genuinely terrified. I had multiple tabs open with anime I was currently watching, and then when I woke up… BAM! They were gone

[@Grudder1]

I have to replace tabs that were aniwave with something else now. I had over 1000 tabs of anime I planned to watch. Now I have to go through them and replace the site

[@tokusatsukeyblade797]

And like every other crackdown on piracy, this accomplishes nothing, since several new pirate sites will just come in and fill the vacuum left behind. If they want piracy to actually stop, then they need to focus more on improving their own services, since that lack of good service is what’s driving people to pirate their shows to begin with.

[@gmomarck2542]

Crunchyroll used to be a piracy app before they became a legal one

[@jonathanwessner3456]

they also used to be a decent app before they messed up their entire site

[@gwynimpostor]

"Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem"

[@Lucky_Fluffy]

If Crunchyroll didn't employ Translators who blatantly boast about making Incorrect Translations and Pushing a "Agenda" i would watch anime on Cruchyroll, But they don't So i Pirate.

[@GrillerGT]

You know what drives me to the high seas? Paying to be able to watch an anime I like, but then only having the language options between Japanese and German >_< Or not having any legal way to watch Re: Creators... Hidive not available in the country I live...

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

Congratulations Sony/Crunchyroll, you just lost a very valuable customer, closing my wallet for good, hope both of Crunchyroll and Sony files for bankruptcy.

[@Bobbybats4295]

like one customer is going to make a difference. They aren't to blame here,

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

@@Bobbybats4295 Yes they are, I've found out that one of the copyright requests to take down Aniwave, was ordered by Crunchyroll. And I don't care if I'm the only person, there will be others like me.

[@Bobbybats4295]

@adventuresteamstudios242 ok so it's just greed. I pray that these corporations never have their way with us ✊️

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

@@Bobbybats4295 Agreed

[@ATigerShark]

@@Bobbybats4295 Not even that. They're just lazy. If they offered a better service than what the pirates offer for free, then more people would be willing to pay for it. But noooooo. Better to spend the money on legal action.

[@wildtrickster4135]

I used that site for 2 reasons: 1. Better subtitles and font. Netflix's subtitle translations are HORRENDOUS, i can understand like 30% japanese, and i've found a lot of the times the subtitles are literally not what was being said. 2. The comment section, sometimes i wanna say something or read something others have said. I love reading people who give extra info that read from manga and light novels, other people theories, coming up my own theories and predictions. I've said quite a few funny things and people liking it like months from when i said it puts a smile on my face and also reminds me of the anime. No other legal site provides these services, even if there's comment sections it's not as free as the open seas, usually censored and restricted. Watching anime on Netflix feels depressing asf, 0 interaction, no community whatsoever. Aniwave felt soo alive and lived in.

[@ItsKagiVids]

The timing with the Manga Plus survey definitely isn't sus at all lol.

[@burningice15]

Exactly what I was thinking… damn snitches

[@thatwackycardgame5655]

It is sus, but moreso I think it has to do with these sites uploading the big leaks. Like Rezero and the full series of Dandandan. Caused them to be found easily

[@anonisnoone6125]

​@@thatwackycardgame5655Yh I don't know y they would do that. It isn't that hard to just ignore those leaks.

[@gatorwarrior7557]

Someone snitched

[@reverseshin]

Who Snitched.

[@SqBGhost]

Yep, 100% agree with it being a service issue. Funimation was horrible, Crunchyroll is abyssmal, I refuse to get Disney+ because Disney is a disgusting, morally corrupt and evil company and no matter which one you go to, they can't seem to remember your settings, or they're buffering constantly or have some other issue. And then they demand a premium price for their shitty, barely functioning service. I'd rather sail off-shore and then import merch, so there's an actual chance my money goes to people who actually give a shit about the medium, instead of paying the bills for Localizer A, B or C who despises me because of my skincolor or any other arbitrary reason they might hate me for. Hell, PC game piracy was rampant, until Steam came along and (after some growing pains) made PC gaming so much more convenient.

[@thomasffrench3639]

Well Steam might end up being coming up into a monopoly, and might end up doing unfair practices, but we will see.

[@deathlyrose7911]

@@thomasffrench3639 NOT gonna happen since Steam also has a Competitor in known as Epic games and GOG is also still around so not gonna happen

[@ryaz4704]

​@@thomasffrench3639Are you talking about the bias against anime games that the Steam moderators has?

[@annabelconstantine1241]

U are me entirely. Disney is too corrupt to fund and also my identity should not be hated that much

[@festinalente2413]

Steam Is a "Monopoly" of good service. There are literally no good competitors in the market, EVEN including consoles. I Guess thats what happens when you dont make your company public and dont play by the system: you're actually allowed to make your business sustainable.

[@RudiTheMan]

For seasoned pirates, it's nothing new, the only mysteries that keep haunting us is, why does a pirate site can do so much for free but a paid site can't even do the same decently, The only effect I can think of is the number of titles that might be available on future pirate site may shrink, the same way it did years ago, like when realitylapse died, kiss anime just had half of what was on realitylapse, and when kiss anime died, aniwave had just half of what kiss anime had, so, I expect thinner list for future sites, older titles will just lost in time,

[@dhdxbbehedhb1136]

It sadly makes more anime become lost media

[@isakwolff5491]

License holders must realize that if they want to "stop" piracy, they must make it legally available globally. I put it in " because we all know that piracy is like a hydra," as you said. But it would garner those who only go to piracy sites because they have no legal measures to support it. I collect manga and anime as best as I can because I want to support the product. Heck, I even pay a monthly subscription to Mangaplus. Hell, I downright had a Hive Dive account a while back, only for them to say, "Sorry, but we are ditching your region." How am I supposed to legally support those shows when the one legal streaming service, for whatever reason, stopped being a thing? There are manga adaptations of games that I adore that never leave Japan, which I only got the chance to read because of fan translation on a "piracy site."...... I would buy copies of it on day one if they were released in English. As much as I love the anime and manga industry, even though they have become a lot better in terms of being "easily available," they still have a long way to go.

[@Sellsor]

Preaching to the choir man. Absolutely agree, wish companies would understand and just make a good service. Aniwave had a better ui than all the paid sites and also had a larger catalog that invluded old stuff and OVAs

[@DaBaseBallZ]

I just opened one of these sites and that site is still working,Companies are just wasting resources that could've been used in improving their services on "shutting down" piracy sites at this point

[@Rezurgence]

Yo who snitched?!

[@IN-tm8mw]

LOL i said the same thing. Who answered that poll?!?

[@huntress01]

Idiots that post the names of the sites instead of researching the places they can go watch/read the series. Even if people tell them not to post the sites names.

[@AKDUGI]

The dumb people who keep on promoting the site on twitter I swear they are brainless like yesterday I saw a guy promoting aniwave under one of crunchy roll post

[@pasaniucdaniel4112]

it's not about snitching, I think even asking Chat GPT would yield some valid responses, it was more about the capacity and willingness to act imo

[@lilywoodrow7881]

​@@pasaniucdaniel4112Yeah I think shutting down pirate sites was just super low on their list of priorities lol (and there's tons of sites) A Google search can turn up any site you want, it's not some big secret

[@sparkrock9134]

Didn't crunchyroll get exposed for using the money they get from the subs to make shitty anime projects that nobody liked and blamed the audience/subcribers for their poor performance?

[@ChronicSensei]

I know they got sued for 16 million last year. I think it was for leaking users data.

[@KeyboardGrudge]

They did make shitty gatcha games that went EoS too lol

[@Zardy_OG]

Privacy is the only reason for anime to be this popular. I tried using legal platforms only to be disappointed by garbage service.

[@ZeeengMicro]

Oh no... now I have to decide which other pirate site among millions I should pick

[@neerajoshi5473]

One thing these sites have that others don’t is common sections, and they say they remove the comment section because of toxicity let me tell you that only these official streaming sites have toxicity when I saw the comments sections of these websites they were never toxicity. People were just talking about the episode. Toxic comments only exist in official streaming service never in the pirate website.

[@jeremyhall2727]

A lot of there's sites have anime you can't find anywhere else. Some old tenchi in Tokyo laserdisc ova I never heard of. I was shocked when I saw it. These so many that never came over to the West & never will

[@davidmcmillon913]

Piracy is at its core a distribution problem, follow steams example. If a streaming service had "all" anime it would be used and paid for by those that can but I'm someone who will not buy 3-4 streaming services to get all the seasonal anime just to stop watching half of them because they are not to my taste

[@deathlyrose7911]

i can not agree more Manga as well because i know if i wanted to Legally read many of the manga i like i would be paying for literally DOZENS of different sites and then Paying again to read each new chapter

[@Nabee_H]

Yes but that would be a monopoly. Which steam has. Of course it would be better for us though. Hot take but Streaming services, in my opinion, should be a public service.

[@gagagegegigigogogugu]

@@Nabee_H Being the market leader is not the same as being a monopoly, Steam does not restrict its competitors in any way it's simply the better service.

[@Hurricane047]

I was a paying customer for CR for 3 years until a few months ago they decided to 12x the price on my country out of the blue, price was a bit outdated because of regional pricing and inflation but it was too much all at once so I cancelled it

[@NajeeSlays]

great video as always, and i totally agree with just about everything here, especially the fact that most of the issues fall under a "service issue".

[@WorldsGreatestRingAnnouncer]

Sad story. I was trying to catch up on some dounghua and now I have to watch them with ads on KZbin.

[@deeznutsguy]

same lol

[@Grudder1]

Ad block

[@KhanMann66]

Get ublock if you don’t have safari.

[@deeznutsguy]

i know a place to watch but i can"t say it here

[@truerandomchannel]

Ublock

[@zFrizzi]

Bro the aniwave shutdown genuinely hurt me, I was gonna watch an episode of dungeon meshi last night a they just hit me with a goodbye message.

[@theslickking-majura5799]

You have earned a subscriber for speaking out everything that I feel and I believe every avid anime fan feels too, I mean today I decided to see if a site like crunchyroll has detective Conan and guess what? ZERO!!!! I'm damn pissed and they expect me to pay them for not having everything? I couldn't even find Ninja Kamui, I don't know if it's because of the country I'm in, but this is so annoying and frustrating!

[@Quwucuqin]

I am willing to pay but the amount of service the pirate site offers is no where close to crunchyroll

[@erykando]

Its not worth paying them

[@Razor4884]

Plus, pirate sites let me download episodes in file format, so even if service stops I can still watch the anime I like. I can't say the same for subscription services.

[@JR-wf5kg]

I don't watch enough animals or TV to justify streaming prices nowadays.

[@cherrabenoussama3509]

Yeah piracy is better than crunchyroll that makes videos private,and not available in the country