r/animepiracy

(Vorrei premettere che questo è il mio primo post su questo subreddit e non so se sto infrangendo qualche regola.)

Finora ho avuto un'ottima esperienza con Animeunity e sono riuscito a usarlo ovunque. Ma oggi ho provato a riprodurre un video e ottengo solo una schermata nera usando BrowseHere, che di solito riproduce i video senza problemi, ha un ottimo adblocker e un design molto moderno. Ho provato altri siti come Animesaturn, ma niente ha funzionato. Dovrei cambiare browser? Quale mi consigliereste? Inoltre, stavo cercando delle app dedicate esclusivamente agli anime come Anilab, ma anche quella non funziona. Ce n'è una migliore di Crunchyroll? Grazie mille!

P.s: I forgot to say that I want to do everything on android TV

Many anime sites are not playing on ps4 or when u watch automatically it skips 10-40 seconds or replay another 40 seconds in row i want one that doesn't have these problems and works well there

I want to play visual novels I heard this site is safe but last time I did something with ryuugames I don’t know if it was this site or another site but I try 2 or 3 and was not able to get a VN on and working at all and I got a virus so I scared it going to happen again so if this site not safe what is a safe site for any VN and ether way if it is safe or not what can I do to make sure I don’t get a virus again?

Which anime sites are still available? I only find torrents in the pinned posts.

I used to use anime chicken but i use apple now so I was wondering what the best or what you guys prefer on apple

So I live in the US and recently i changed my internet provider to xfinity since my previous isp was honestly getting way too expensive for what i was actually getting. Now with my previous isp I torrented without a care in the world. I never really got a letter or notice for torrenting without a vpn whether it was for anime, movies, tv shows, games, ect.

The only time i ever did get a notice was when I torrented a nintendo switch rom, but even then they didn't really send a letter but instead, I just got a notification on my account saying to be careful because someone on my internet was downloading something illegally, and in the same message, the title of the game I had downloaded was attached to it.

Now after switching to xfinity i have not torrented once. From what ive heard they tend to be on the stricter side, especially when it comes to movies, although im not really sure to what extent. Currently I tend to stick to either ddl or using real debrid to download the torrent. However it is a bit of a pain to keep on downloading torrents like that, especially anime torrents where im trying to download a whole series or season of a show.

So my question is, if you live in the US have any of y'all had trouble with your ISP when torrenting anime without a VPN, or should i just get one.

First, disclaimer: I Don’t Condone Or Encourage Piracy. This is specifically about my experience as someone who actually wanted to switch to legal streaming.

I used to watch on HiAnime and similar sites. After HiAnime went down, I decided to stop hunting for another pirate site and just go fully legal. I figured I’d pay for a proper service, support the industry, and get a better experience overall.

So I tried Crunchyroll.

I was honestly surprised by how underwhelming it felt.

This was my first real stretch with it, so I went in with decent expectations. It’s the biggest dedicated legal anime platform, so I assumed the overall experience would at least match what the unofficial sites offered in terms of usability and discovery.

Instead I kept missing a bunch of things I’d taken for granted.

Discovery

This is my biggest issue. Finding something I actually want to watch feels harder than it should. The recommendations rarely hit for me, and browsing the catalogue doesn’t feel like exploring a proper anime library.

HiAnime had solid genre/category browsing, popular/trending sections, seasonal anime, upcoming shows, etc. Even if you didn’t know what you wanted, it was easy to just wander around and find something interesting. On Crunchyroll I often feel like I’m just being shown rows of titles without good tools to dig deeper.

Library and organization

With a library this big, filtering and organization should be strong. I want to narrow things down by genre, year, popularity, status, etc. and quickly understand what I’m looking at. Instead it can feel cluttered, and a lot of titles get thrown at you without clear ways to sort through them.

Quality of life

This one genuinely surprised me. Unofficial sites had a ton of small QOL features that made watching easier: clear filler episode markers, upcoming episode indicators, next episode countdowns, clean season organization, useful info at a glance.

None of that is revolutionary. It’s just good UX. When you’re watching a long-running series, knowing what’s filler is useful. When you’re following a seasonal show, knowing when the next episode drops is useful. I don’t get why a paid anime service isn’t already doing these basic things really well.

Community and comments

This is the part I miss the most. HiAnime had episode comments and a broader community feel. Highly upvoted or trending comments would surface, and that actually helped with discovery. You’d finish an episode, read some comments, laugh at something dumb, see someone mention another series, and suddenly have a new show to check out.

Crunchyroll feels a lot more isolated by comparison. I’m not saying they need to copy every feature, but a stronger community side would go a long way.

UI

It’s not unusable, but for a paid service focused specifically on anime, I expected it to feel more polished and purpose-built. Instead I regularly catch myself thinking the unofficial sites were just easier and more pleasant to use. That’s a weird realization when you’re deliberately trying to go legal.

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So… why should I pay?

I’m willing to pay. This isn’t about refusing to spend money or the price itself. I deliberately tried Crunchyroll because I wanted to move away from piracy.

But if the legal option feels worse to me in discovery, organization, QOL features, community, and overall UI, then what’s the real consumer incentive beyond “the other option is illegal”?

**“Support the creators” is a valid ethical argument. I’m not arguing against that**. But it’s not a product argument. If I’m being asked to pay, I’d like the service itself to give me a genuine reason to prefer it.

Make discovery better. Make the catalogue easier to navigate. Improve the QOL features. Build some actual community. Give people a reason to choose the legal option because they actually like using it more.

That’s what I expected when I switched, and I was surprised by how much I missed from the unofficial sites.

Curious if anyone else has felt the same after trying to go legal, or if most people find Crunchyroll good enough that these issues don’t really matter.

Hey all,

I'm getting into romance visual novels (Aokana, Summer Pockets, Making★Lovers) after watching anime, but most dedicated platforms default to pre-patched adult/eroge versions.

I'm looking for strictly All-Ages / SFW releases (Japanese voice acting + English text, untouched base game equivalent, zero 18+ content).

Which trusted indexers or Megathread sources host clean All-Ages visual novel releases instead of adult repacks?

Thanks for the help!

I've run into this situation a few times while watching anime—sometimes the video source I find doesn't have English subs, doesn't have subs in my native language, and on top of that, there's no external subtitle file available either. Just raw audio in Japanese (or another language I don't fully understand).

I use miruro but its Always late and thats sad since its so good and yet i still think its the best thats still hasnt been shut down but all my Friends use other sites and they each Say the ones they use are Better i genuilly dont think there Is a Better site i mean clean layout costumazible colors there Is a scheduale inbuilt inside of It Watch history auto link with al and mal Easy access to al and mal bookmarks different colors if they have different statues like watching or finished and more like there genuilly isnt a Better site prove me wrong

Hey guys, i really wanna watch some anime on my XBOX, is there any way to do it? Thanks in advance

i've been looking for one but to no avail so far. am still a newbie on the scene tho so i was hoping that some of u dedicated hardcore vets might know about some hidden site unbeknowwn to me

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Just noticed this interesting discussion on the koto comments.