The first anime title that I ever saw was Doraemon. I was a kid and I loved it so much that I’ll sit in front of the tv and wait for it every weekday before 5pm. Later on, came Dragonball Z and the series blew me away. I even have a collection of DBZ manga on one of my shelves. Then came Naruto. Then came Bleach. Then came Death Note. Sometimes when I’m free, I’ll check out other anime titles from around the web and watch them.

Along the way, I found many, many useful sites which I think some of you anime fans are also familiar with. Below are 10 of the best sites to find, watch and download anime. Check out the ones you have not checked out before.

May you be an anime addict by the end of the post. =)

  1. CrunchyRoll

    2. crunchyroll

    Tons of animes. Either watch it online or download directly. Registration required. Find not only anime but also games, music and Japanese dramas. Feels a bit youtube-like to me. Neat and screenshots are provided for each and every anime series. Very well organized. Check it out for yourself.

  2. AnimeSuki

    3. animesuki

    Anime is the Japanese contraction and pronunciation of the English word animation. Suki means like or love in Japanese. AnimeSuki has been providing unlicensed subbed anime torrents since 26th December 2002. The links found on AnimeSuki are actually linked to trackers all over the web and is one of the top sites for unlicensed anime torrent links.

    Most groups use Scarywater, EdwardK or AniRena as their tracker. They don’t track sexually explicit porn like hentai but they have the lightweight ecchi which also means pervert in Japanese. When an anime title gets licensed by an American company, it is instantly removed from the site. Check out their licensed list for the titles that have been removed.

  3. BoxTorrents

    4. boxtorrents

    Another huge source of full anime torrents. Only users who signed up are allowed to use the site. It’s free and it’s fast. Users are divided into 5 different groups.

    • User

      • Normal user, can choose to view hentai.

    • Power User

      • Higher user, can view peer lists and report bad torrents or comments.

    • Uploader

      • Same as normal user except permission has been given to add new torrents. Ask in the Forums if you wish to contribute content.

    • Power Uploader

      • Same as power user but with upload rights.

    • Moderator/Admins

      • Appointed by Admins. Don’t ask about becoming one.

  4. AnimeViewer

    5. animeviewer

    Has nearly 900 anime episodes and users watch streaming anime episodes online. Something like youtube. Updates to the latest anime episodes of Naruto, Bleach and Death Note is written at the top, below the logo. Good for watching anime episodes in the office and while traveling. =P

  5. Anime Eden

    6. anime eden

    Though you can use a download manager, there are 2 limits I noticed.

    • no more than 5 concurrent connections at a time when downloading.
    • to get max speed for the month a small donation of $5 is required.

    Anyways, this site is by far one of the best. You can either watch online or start a quick download. However, you’ll need to register first before downloading. All anime episodes are either in .avi, .ogm or .mkv. High quality stuff, actually. They really seem to have everything.

  6. Reality Lapse

    7. reality lapse

    Episodes are in rmvb format and the limit set is 2 episodes per download. Most of the anime listed have a download size of about 70MB. Some are also English dubbed. Decent selections. Soundtracks can also be found. At the time of viewing, they almost 18, 000 chapters of manga in their library. Huge indeed.

    A note to the webmaster. The boxy fonts of the logo at the top is hardly readable. Here’s a suggestion. You might wanna check out Alex’s Web 2.0 logo generator. Cool, simple and easy to use.

  7. YouTube

    8. youtube

    Mother of all video sharing sites. Time magazine’s ‘Invention Of The Year 2006′. No registration required. All you need to do is just search and it will be found. Not much introduction needed, actually. =)

  8. Moe Otaku!

    9. moeotaku

    Extensive collection of anime. Files are hosted in the site’s server. Excellent video and audio quality as the files are in .avi format. It’s actually good.

    Note to webmaster : Can’t find your FAQ page. Nor is there an “About” page.

  9. Anime Sensei

    10. anime sensei

    One of the oldest “Realmedia Anime hosted on Free Hosts” sites. They offer anime in Realmedia format uploaded to free Hosts like MegaUpload and MediaFire. Started back in December 2005 as a graphics site but was closed a few weeks later. In February 2006 the site re-opened under the name Anime-Sensei and started hosting Realmedia Anime on Free Hosts.

  10. Anirena

    11. anirena

    Thanks Power2All

    A growing site for fansub groups, scanlation providers to share out their work using a phpBB3 torrent tracker. There are a total of 130 fansub groups at the time of writing. I think they could improve on writing an ‘About Us’ page to tell interested visitors more about their site like when they started, what’s the statistics so far, progress, notable fansub groups using it, etc.

  11. Baka Updates

    12. baka updates

    Thanks Southrop.

    Baka-Updates is a free service by your fellow anime fans. This site focuses on updates and news about the most recent anime releases by the digital fansubbing groups.

  12. Tokyo Toshokan

    13. tokyo toshokan

    Thanks Southrop.

    Contains a huge collection of fansubs, raws, soundtracks, hentai, etc. Pretty fast and simple interface.

Inactive

  • AnimeYume

    • animeyume

    Update 09/04/09 – Moved to inactive section.

    AnimeYume actually stands for ‘Anime for yu and me’. The site lists mainly anime torrents and ed2k releases. They even have wallpaper, radio and podcast sections! The database is neatly organized into 6 simple categories.

    • Top100

      • Bored? Here’s the list of top 100 coolest anime to date. I seriously recommend everyone to check out the top 10. Before you know it, you’ll be an anime addict, like me. =)

    • Trailers

      • Want to know how the anime looks like even before it comes out? Look no further. Check out the trailers to anime movies, series or DVRs before watching them. Form your own opinion on whether it’s gonna be explosive when it’s out.

    • Genres

      • Want to watch only ecchi animes but don’t know which is which? Well, thanks to the team at AnimeYuMe, they’ve listed all animes into 42 different genres for their users. Neat.

    • Series

      • Everything from A to Z is found here. Everything. This will benefit those who are looking for old anime series. Just go to that alphabet and you will find it.

    • Groups

      • Like Dattebayo’s quality subs? Wanna know what other series Live-Evil is subbing? Well, here’s the groups section for you. Also listed from A to Z. Sweet.

    • Year

      • Maybe you heard of the name before and forgot about it. Maybe you only know the year. Try your luck by checking out the anime release dates in this category. They even have animes dating back to year 1962!!

  • AniDown

    • anidown

    has more then 800+ anime series & movies and everything is free. Video format is either .rm or .rmvb. The site is updated daily and the download method offered is direct download. Everything from A to Z is found in the main page. No frills. No clicking here and there. Just click on the alphabet of the anime that you are looking for and walla~ you’re there. Can’t find case closed? honey and clover? Kyou Kara Maou? fruit basket? trigun? saiyuki reload? gravitation? They have it all.

  • Da Anime

    • da anime

    Almost the same as Anidown. Anime episodes are in either .rm or .rmvb or .avi format and everything can be downloaded directly. You can also find English dubbed titles. For one, English dubbed Full Metal Alchemist 1 to 51. Almost everything can also be found here. Really, really huge lists of links.

    Here’s a message for the webmaster. At the time of viewing, the orangy background of the site looks ugly though. Here’s a tip. Check out Adobe’s Kuler to get nice matching colour combinations. =)




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