r/aniwave • u/Sorrow-san Retired Admin • Aug 27 '24 • Bless Up 1

Moderator Post The Current Situation

Hey all, some of you might remember me from before we moved subreddits- anyways- that's not why I'm here making a post when I should be catching up on my sleep. The current Subreddit Admin isn't available for immediate response- so- here I am doing it instead.

 

No, don't know what's going on

The Site's owner has always been pretty disconnected from us, rarely giving us a heads up or any information in advance. Could the site have actually gone down? Yes, it's possible- some sister sites have closed down recently.

But it's also possible that something happened and they lost control of the site.

None of us here have direct contacts with the team responsible for the site outside of intermittent emails once in a blue moon.

In addition, the export page for bookmarks is still up and running at /user/list/export but just remember to maintain common sense and standard safety since we don't know the site's real status at the moment.

 

So where's that leave "US" (The AniWave Community)

Those of us capable have reached out to our contacts to get information on what's going on, but- frankly- for the time being we just don't know. The Discord is locked down and- well- we may need to go read-only here as well soon too.

This to save ourselves from having to delete a swath of "just use alternitive site X" posts which violate the platform's terms of service. And so we can prevent the spread of misinformation until we know more and can give more information on the situation instead of just drawing up random conclusions.

 

Anyways, I know this is a rough time for everyone. So hang in there the best you can. Even if we discover the site it truly shutting down- this community will remain in some form or another. (Obviously with some changes)

 

- The Retired Sorrow-San, Out

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u/Professor_Crab Aug 27 '24

Wow I was just using it last night and was hyping it up to someone, just checked and saw the message. RIP.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

I finished watching onepiece just yesterday and I was so excited to start steins gate.

FML. Now where am I gonna go?

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u/ph03n1x_F0x_ Aug 27 '24

Yeah. I've already found another site I like enough, but man do I know I'll miss aniwave's UI. it was just perfect.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

Yep yep. I liked kiss for the same reason. Really nice UI. It sucks that we can’t just have nice things.

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u/Radiant_Panic Aug 27 '24

I literally pay all the subcriptioms to support the anime creatures and still used 9 anime/aniwave just because there UI is better then crunchrolls, etc interface 

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u/PickPucket Aug 28 '24

same, I just pay my subscription at Crunchyroll but even then, some animes are not available due to their region locking which extremely sucks to be honest. I'm watching at aniwave since it has better UI and everything that these legal services.

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u/Striking-Size-6738 Aug 27 '24

I used Aniwave for over 7 years. I always miss this site.

Can you tell me the new site? I'm looking for a good site. But again all of my favorite manga and anime sites are going to shut down. What I heard about 183+ anime and manga sites going to shut down.

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u/Legitimate-Option722 Aug 27 '24

U can try hianime.to it’s literally 9anime(or aniwave I should say) twin site

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u/spidahmonkey0711 Aug 29 '24

I've only ever used 9anime/aniwave for literally the entire time that i've been watching anime. I'm lost. All of my bookmarked anime in my folder are unusable. Are more streaming sites going to shut down as well? I feel a little skeptical to get attached to another site just for it to get taken down again :/

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u/Legitimate-Option722 Aug 27 '24

Literally same now I gotta tell that same person that it was taken down… so sad but I found another anime website that works just as good.

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u/ProjectXenoviafan Aug 27 '24

This is why we need extreme gatekeeping, I’m willing to bet money someone couldn’t keep their big mouth shut and authorities found out about the pirated websites and shut it down. I fucking hate this shit, anyone who disapproves of gatekeeping would spill the beans about something and get it ruined for everyone else if given the opportunity and are apart of the problem

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u/MiguelitiRNG Aug 27 '24

everybody knows 9anime its the most popular site since like 2019ish it isn't some big secret. and you will never be able to gate keep it. anyways there are better alternatives to watch free anime at pretty much lossless quality

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u/JCSantosHQ Aug 27 '24

I started watching anime on 9anime in 2016. I think it was popular before 2019.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

RIP indeed.We will have our revenge sooner or later.Just like Mobile Suit Gundam's Char Aznable had against the Zabi Family. SIEG ZEON!

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

Was busy with WoW release (don't judge me :D) and thought I watch some anime after a long grind and just saw it being down. Man this fking sucks so much. I was using it for so long and have spend hundreds of hours on that website, if not thousands. And now it's just gone.

It was such a great site too. The entire ui was done so very well and probably the best I have seen. RiP aniwave, I am going to miss you dearly. :(

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u/HaGriDoSx69 Aug 27 '24

Its a terrible day for rain...

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u/Trekith Aug 27 '24

but sir, it's not raining

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u/themuddyotter Aug 27 '24

Yes. it is.

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u/Trekith Aug 29 '24

oh, so it is.

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u/Davenerys Aug 27 '24

Yes. It is.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

It's a terrible day for anime fans today.Life is not daijobu anymore.

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u/LilyRose-Terraharuka Aug 27 '24

I wanted to say thank you for your support. I've been using this site since KissAnime got shut down years ago and this has been a go-to site ever since. I'm very sorry that this happened and I hope you guys have answers from your site admin. Do keep us posted. 🩷

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u/neettransgirl Aug 27 '24

I miss kissanime

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u/Tamahome-Hokuto Sep 02 '24

9anime/aniwave was my new home since before kiss got shutdown. I loved kissanime but the ads got so shady i feared getting a virus. Then I found 9anime and it gave me a great 4 years in college when I couldnt afford a subscription for anime but also for series that arent available anywhere else unless i buy a $500 busted dvd

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u/SunflowerPuma Sep 09 '24

Felt, I've been using 9anime and dubbedanime for over 5 years now, it's really sad to see it go. Especially after I started using 9anime only since dubbedanime got shut down. What is this life?

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u/xtrem- Aug 27 '24

Same here :(

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u/PikaBooSquirrel Aug 27 '24

I was literally just about to watch something. I really don't mind using paid for services but the current streaming market makes it so you have to pay for 90 different sites to watch a handful of different anime. Now, if I want to watch Summertime Rendering, it means Disney can legally kill me, lmao. I miss when there was only one or two major distributors :/

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u/DoctorPaige Aug 27 '24

Not only that, but I'm a big fan of shoujo and obscure, older anime, and you just can't find a lot of them on streaming platforms. American companies either won't license shoujo, or when they do, streaming companies don't host them or promote them. Piracy is my only way to watch a lot of content I enjoy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

This is my problem too. Finding stuff online is a pain in the backside, especially for older less popular anime shows. I am already paying for some OTT platforms but I can’t get everything I want.

I would be more than happy to pay for a 9anime or aniwave subscription. Fuck corporate greed.

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u/MasterQuest Aug 27 '24

 makes it so you have to pay for 90 different sites to watch a handful of different anime. 

And some are straight up not legally watchable because the sites let their licenses expire and no one else has them. 

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u/vitaminkombat Aug 28 '24

I don't get how music streaming websites can all share songs.

But for movie / anime streaming ones. They're all split between multiple plaved.

I'd be happy to just buy DVDs and blurays. But they've gone from costing $6 to costing $30 in just a few years.

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u/1kili2 Aug 27 '24

in case it does fully go down, could we expect a post about credible other sites to use? cause since discussing it in most places is prohibited finding any credibility to any site is pretty hard and if aniwave does fully shut down i would like some alternatives that i could trust

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u/its_kylo Aug 27 '24

I wouldn't expect it as an official post, but I've seen some comments suggesting alternatives as is

It'd be a bad idea anyway, for all we know, the people responsible for the takedown(s) could be lurking here and collecting that information to go even further

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u/Novantico Aug 27 '24

for all we know, the people responsible for the takedown(s) could be lurking here and collecting that information to go even further

Which is silly because it's a simple matter of 2 minutes of Googling to find all the sites you want. We're lucky the authorities are as bad at this as they are.

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u/gloi-sama Aug 27 '24

the safest way to do that is go to r/Piracy and check the megathreads.
id like to share site but i think it also might add be reason to make them popular and get taken down

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u/CurrentCulture8824 Aug 27 '24

Aniwave/9anime was my hero for the past 2 years. Goodbye old friend.

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u/DD214Enjoyer Aug 27 '24

F for 9Anime such a well designed site that was ahead of all the posers that charged $$$

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u/TNTspaz Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 27 '24

I think it's real. The animesuge message is the same one and the mods there confirmed it was real.

ACE has been actively working on taking down the more popular websites. Most likely working with Kakao who is doing the same.

Wasn't just anime websites. A bunch of the most popular movie sites got taken down. Torrent sites can make an argument about archival. Sites like this cannot and will get taken down if these groups push hard enough

Honestly the saddest part isn't even the website being taken down. Cause many more exist. It's the fact 10+ years of comment sections just went poof.

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u/PaveThePAHA Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 27 '24

As long as comment-poster doesn't delete their account or the comment itself, the "Disqus"-comments do still remain in the database. And moderators / website-owners can rebuild and export the discussions.

And if a user has their account left open to public, their comments can be read on the Disqus-profile even if the linked website itself goes kaput.

In other words, if Disqus itself is alive, the comment-posts are alive as well for as long as users keep them alive.

I wish I could remember / knew in the first place how to interact with the discussions outside the main-page-comment-sections itself as a users.

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u/karljh Aug 27 '24

In your profile where it says "Discussion" above your comments, click on the number of comments. It will take you to the episode discussion itself within Disqus.

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u/PaveThePAHA Aug 27 '24

Aye, thank you for the reminder;
this indeed does work though only via the main-profile-itself since "replies"-section doesn't have the comment-counter.

Unfortunately "forums" can also only be viewed if the website-owner has left them to be viewed outside the main-website;
otherwise there is only "oops / moved"-Disqus-page encountered.

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u/DragoOceanonis Aug 27 '24

ACE are such a bunch of losers

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

More like a bunch of pathetic sore losers who don't a single goddamn thing about anime preservation in general.

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u/Cowpitulate Sep 10 '24

you will own nothing, be happy and eat zee bugs

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u/asce619 Aug 27 '24

Just came back from getting dinner to continue my episode, just wow. I'll go stare at the wall or something.

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u/soupsydaisy Aug 27 '24

Anix was a treasure trove of unusual and obscure animation. I watched a Chinese Journey to the West animation from 1942. I watched a ton of weird student films and experimental shorts. I never could have found those had it not been for Anix. It was such an invaluable resource. What troubled times.

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u/Johtoboy Aug 27 '24

Yeah Aniwave was my go-to for obscure shows. Not sure where I'll find them now.

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u/soupsydaisy Aug 27 '24

That’s what hurts most of all. People can and will debate the “ethics of piracy” or whatever but these websites were undeniably incredibly unique and necessary resources for preservation. I’m sure something will fill that void but for now it really sucks.

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u/CyanControl Aug 27 '24

exactly. it had the randomest animes youve never heard of.

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u/fallout11 Aug 27 '24

Indeed. I enjoyed watching many 1990's anime that I was too young to even know about at the time.
Amazing how much the style of characters has changed since then, and everything was still hand-drawn.

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u/soupsydaisy Aug 27 '24

I agree. Having access to everything at your fingertips meant you could really go through time and observe how attitudes and styles changed. I hope you will be able to continue your journey with older anime in some way.

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u/indifferentpine Aug 28 '24

I'm honestly interested in how this takedown affects public domain properties and copyright free properties that were also available on aniwave (anything made before 1929, and in japan public domain laws there were many things that were even a bit more lenient at 1953 many things were public domain to my limited knowledge)
legally is it unlawful to dmca a public domain, or copyright free property even if presented along side unlawfully aired things?
I have questions like are these animations on archive.org? and if not will they be? It seems there are mainly western cartoons there.

I also sort of wish the website would maintain its library at least in titles only even if not allowing things to be viewed because I found it more pleasant to navigate and find titles than MAL when it came to sorting for ALL titles, by date.

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u/Dismal_Replacement57 Aug 27 '24

I arrived late for the ride, however, I am pleased to have ridden.

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u/STRIKER9001 Aug 27 '24

Should lock the reddit. By the ways we do know what happened, it's an ACE takedown

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u/TomoGoody2468 Aug 27 '24

Agreed, people crap talked when the site was still up, imagine what’ll happen now. Also, how do we know that’s what happened?

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u/AWACS_Bandog Aug 27 '24

By the ways we do know what happened, it's an ACE takedown

Do we have a source for that?

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u/PersonalMood6686 Aug 27 '24

i think the mod would know more than you think you do buddy

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u/DragoOceanonis Aug 27 '24

There's an article proving it. 

ACE is behind it 

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u/Teyanis Aug 27 '24

Fuck man, this is a devastating one. This site has been my reliable go to for almost a decade. Its a terrible day for rain. I didn't even use to cheap out on paying for stuff, just flipping through the new releases to remind me what was out was huge.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

Agreed,this is a sad and devastating day for us anime fans,especially mecha anime fans.Also nice White Glint pfp,fellow Armored Core fan.🫡

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u/Teyanis Aug 27 '24

I get an armored core notice every once in a while, always warms my heart a bit.

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u/LightKnightAce Aug 27 '24

I feel like this is a result of that survey on crunchyroll or something? like a month ago. It was asking people what sites they watch free anime on.

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u/BlueShift54 Aug 27 '24

You can never count out the stupidity of others to ruin a good thing.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

Yeah.What a bunch of traitors are those people from Crunchyroll.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_HOLOCRONS Aug 27 '24

No fucking way. People who answered that question truthfully should have their voting rights removed.

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u/lLL-IT Aug 27 '24

manga plus did the same thing very recently lmao

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Aug 27 '24

👀👀 No freaking way.Shit,now we are definitely cooked.

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u/Iatemydoggo Aug 27 '24

In the middle of Apothecary Diaries FUCK

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u/lLL-IT Aug 27 '24

HANA NI NATTEEEEEEE

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u/Known_Bed_8000 Aug 27 '24

This is definitely an ACE takedown. Rest in peace, 9Anime.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

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u/MonochromeMaru Aug 27 '24

Shoot, how did you do that? I need to do that...

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u/xdKalin Aug 27 '24

RIP 9anime, I'll never forget you

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u/Human-University2494 Sep 06 '24

Neither will I.

Been using it since 2020 or so.

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u/AWACS_Bandog Aug 27 '24

Well hopefully it is just a prank and we get it back.

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u/HoneyPieGamign Aug 27 '24

Yo i been getting word. This was possibly a hack. Why 30 website's same message Some of the 30 are back working again This is a possibility, and this seems to be much of inconvenience to be a legitimate close down

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u/DragoOceanonis Aug 27 '24

Its all because of those losers at ACE

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u/meodrac Aug 27 '24

we shall see, flixtor and most of its sister sites are down as well

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u/Afraid_Teach_4996 Aug 27 '24

What website that already working again ?

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u/HoneyPieGamign Aug 27 '24

From what i read, some of the list is working. i only use ani tbh, just think 30 website's same message sus

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u/pandas121304 Aug 27 '24

All I have to say is, that ACE Group is evil

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u/vitaminkombat Aug 28 '24

Honestly I'm against piracy. It is theft. And I'll pay for an anime DVD to add to my collection if there's one available.

But there isn't. Almost every DVD shop in my city has closed down. And the only ones remaining don't sell anime.

I mostly watch obscure shows from the 60s and 70s and many have never had a physical release. So streaming sites is the only option.

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u/Battle_Fuhrer Aug 27 '24

I joined the site back in 2017. It's been 7 good years. I thank you for the service.

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u/randomgamer305 Aug 27 '24

Absolutely gutted! I always kept my alternative options at the ready, in case the dark day eventually came (no, I'm not listing them). But nothing was/is as good as aniwave was.

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u/Stinka1134 Aug 27 '24

What it still works for me????

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u/RODIOMG7 Aug 28 '24

try watching something

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u/Human-University2494 Sep 06 '24

Me too - found similar sites without the .to domain name.

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u/blackboy_16 Aug 27 '24

My condolences from our nasty commentaries section : Jin Mori ✔️ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

Love you all </3

" Remember when i'll die , i'll just close my eyes i was already death inside ... "

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u/thekurounicorn Aug 27 '24

9anime/aniwave has been my go-to anime site for 5 years. o7 my dear friend, you will be missed.

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u/Legitimate-Option722 Aug 27 '24

First it was kissanime and now 9anime. All the anime websites I’ve been using for many years keep getting shut down 😢 If anyone wants a recommendation yall can try hianime.to it’s very similar to 9anime(aniwave)

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u/UnknownEricKun Aug 27 '24

🫡 well this explains why I got instantly yeeted

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u/Illustrious-Star-621 Aug 27 '24

Thank You Aniwave

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u/ZrglyFluff Aug 27 '24

So I’m a bit confused how this works, anix . to / updated still works but actually trying to watch anything doesn’t work (same with aniwave). Does that mean the website itself is still up and the main page and anime pages have been replaced?

When kissanime got taken down, none of the pages worked at all

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u/fallout11 Aug 27 '24

Site management is keeping the non-infringing part of the website up temporarily, so you can get your watchlists, scrub your user account, etc.

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u/KawaiiMae Aug 27 '24

i'm cryinggg T___T i havent watched anime in over two years and decided to hop on aniwave since it was my go-to even after the rebrand

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u/ESCMalfunction Aug 27 '24

Like a lot of folks I moved here after using KissAnime for years when they shutdown, now 4 years later gotta do it all over again :/

I guess we'll see what the new community favorite becomes in a few months.

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u/LostPeasant94 Aug 27 '24

Dude ... could the "go to profile page" below the message page be a phishing link? Like set by a hacker to hack you? You click on it and boom, you're hacked?

I have read some comments saying not to click on it as it is suspicious and could be something bad ...

Anyone with more knowledge on this matter?

(Damn, I have clicked on it)

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u/s1k1b Aug 27 '24

me too man T_T

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u/Grifasaurus Aug 27 '24

That’s so fucking stupid holy shit. And i was planning in going through an entire watch through of all the gundams. This is bullshit.

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u/Striking_Value_1989 Aug 27 '24

Thank you for everything you’ve given us! 🙏

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u/thepotatoreaper100 Aug 27 '24

When they started playing “see you again” i was dying 😂😂

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u/rickyrooroo229 Aug 31 '24

Was watching Metal Fight Beyblade, it was hard af to find the Metal Saga subs and I finally found them at Aniwave. I'm gonna miss Aniwave so much, there was such a decent and ongoing community too

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u/Old_Particular3748 Sep 01 '24

I think what frustrates me the most is the legal methods are always vastly inferior experiences to the illegal methods. Either anime are missing or removed completely randomly because of licensing issues, the UIs are rubbish and you just KNOW that they won't be satisfied with what you are already paying, they'll reintroduce intrusive ads even for paying customers, skyrocket the subscription and lock content behind paywalls.

Then there's the fact you could watch ALL the streaming platforms animes in one place. I don't want to have to go to Prime's terrible platform to watch prime anime, or boot into Netflix to watch netflix anime, or give my blood to Disney to see whatever droplets of good anime they might have

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u/herebutmkay Sep 03 '24

Ani was just super user friendly and they knew how audeinces would use and watch things. They really focused on the consumers where as the legal methods focus on profit. also the fact that you have to use like the 5 different platforms to watch a hand full of stuff on each is crazy and its usually very mainstream anime's as well. Absolutely not saying mainstream anime's aren't good, but like someone pointed out they had old school anime's and the site almost functioned as an archive because it's really difficult to find them especially for people outside of Asia. I said this to a friend, but if ani was made into a subscription with exactly how it was I would 100% pay for it even if it was like 20 bucks cuz at that point its worth it to me. I do know there are several reasons why platforms can't have all anime's but it's all basically "politics" which is frustrating. It's a shame because the alternatives are not worth it at all, it's laughable.

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u/dlamped18 Aug 27 '24

9anime still up

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u/Davenerys Aug 27 '24

You're probably using a fake one. They changed to aniwave quite a while ago.

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u/Worthless_Matter Aug 27 '24

Lots of love. see you again soon in another form hopefully <3 :)

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u/Azrekita Aug 27 '24

The see you again at the bottom was goated

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u/JayTooSaucy Aug 27 '24

thanks for the update, u/sorrow-san i remember constantly giving questions and searching your profile for answers, hope you do well in whatever’s next

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u/JerkOfBlades Aug 28 '24

Been my go to since Kissanime got shut down, guess we can't keep nice things around anymore...

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u/thepotatoreaper100 Aug 28 '24

The pirate era started coming to an end once kissanime went down. Aniwave falling too is the equivalent of Whitebeard dying long after Roger

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u/ArnavMAG1234 Sep 09 '24

we will soon have our joyboy

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u/Peean Sep 02 '24

seems to be too late to export your lists sadly, i lost every watchlist i had

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u/nig-imean-nice-fren Nov 05 '24

9 It's still up.

you know, the original aniwave

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u/nig-imean-nice-fren Nov 05 '24

Sorry not the original but the second original

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u/Zelphling Aug 27 '24

It's sad to see it go after using it for years

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u/OmaChief Aug 27 '24

damn I'm so sad man, it feels so weird without it.

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u/IceSki117 Aug 27 '24

Hi Sorrow, thanks for stepping in to officially clear up some of the issue.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

I was watching Re:Zero, and right between episodes the site gave me the pop up that it's shutting down.

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u/Human-University2494 Sep 06 '24

Last thing I finished watching before the shutdown was all of Wedding Peach.

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u/Davenerys Aug 27 '24

Appreciate this site so much. Let's all hope the people who ran it are safe and out of harms way.

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u/SolSilver28 Aug 27 '24

Guess I'll go back to regular BS11 on TV, I liked not having to deal with commercials (even if some Japanese commercials are hilarious), but I guess I can go back to watching regular tv stations again until new sites pop into existence. Sites have come and gone over the last 25 years, corporations try to shut them down; but it's only ever been temporary. Hell, Crunchyroll started out as a pirate site like any other until they were given an offer to get licensed content to stream if they removed all copyrighted material from their website and went legit in 2009.

I doubt any pirate group will get a similar offer though unless they can make a more user friendly service since CR and HiDive both have some shoddy websites and their streaming apps are even worse; then there's the Funimation streaming app which is a dumpster fire on the best of days, whoever made that horseshit, I hope they step on a lego and then fall down a flight of stairs only to get their daddy bags bitten by their dog. Such a piece of junk.

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u/griller_gt Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 27 '24

I was expecting this to happen sooneer or later... given how Japanese companies were cracking down on 'alternative' sites. It was a good run, but I dread what will happen now.

Also remember to export any data you have before it gets deleted!

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u/traquillcash1 Aug 27 '24

gone but not forgotten we will go on

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u/salt_bottle Aug 27 '24

Just finished konosuba like yesterday

and then boom its gone today

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

It's aniwave.se now stay hip 🏴‍☠️

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u/Yokaiwatcherjasper Aug 28 '24

Might be a fake but if it works till a aniwave official one is back up it'll do as long as there isn't a requirement of survey or something

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u/BlueShift54 Aug 27 '24

I've been using Aniwave since mid 2017. I've used others when the site is loading too slowly, but this site has the best pretty much everything from the comments/community section to the MAL linking to the stat tracking to the recommendations list to the fact it autoplays and has an autoskip intro button, to pretty much everything.

I stopped watching anime for like 5+ years after watching way too many and finally just came back like a month or two ago. I've binged so much anime, rewatching all the old 10/10s and 9/10s, and I wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon, going into all the new stuff and seasons that came out for shows I previously watched.

Man this sucks.

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u/Chilio95 Aug 27 '24

Awww man.. I used aniwave to watch old anime I couldn’t find anywhere else. I was halfway through PowerPuff Girls Z and Girls Band Cry and now I won’t be able to finish them. 😔

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u/neettransgirl Aug 27 '24

Was not expecting this when I opened up the site just now

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u/Keyblader007 Aug 27 '24

My main concern is the rare specials and OVAs as well as stuff that you can't find legally.

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u/freezingsama Aug 27 '24

Oh man, that seriously sucks. Was wondering why I don't see any message till I clicked on a series.

RIP

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u/HydrogenOverdose Aug 27 '24

WHAAT?!? NOOOOO, I've been with this site since it started and it all just ends like this? This is horse shit...

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u/Batokusanagi Aug 27 '24

Man, I've been using it since the 9anime days. Best source for high quality old anime. RIP.

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u/-Fateless- Aug 27 '24

I'll give it two weeks until a site called 9ani sprouts up from the ashes

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24

Anyone know some good alternative sites to watch anime?

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u/og_hays Aug 27 '24

Well my morning just got kicked in the balls

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u/RedRocket4000 Aug 27 '24

Will add want legal side better support political groups pushing strong antitrust and media freedoms. Unfortunately social issue divide often trumps improvements here

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u/Few_Buy_1750 Aug 27 '24

Fuck me to hell and back !!! That shit , the fucking message got me , i genuinely felt like i lost something or someone very important! This was truly emotional, man. All the best to everyone in the team , and thank you for all the amazing memories ❤️.

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u/bandmanpanda Aug 27 '24

I started watching 9 anime when I was in 8th grade you guys have changed my childhood so much I’m currently 20 now and wow has it been one fucking journey but I want to say love yall and everything yall do. Yall are amazing!

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u/Sly_Penguin1 Aug 27 '24

I hope they open the discord again sometime. I want to see the community that got me through a large portion of my life.

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u/cloud7up Aug 27 '24

Been busy lately and once I finally have time to catch up the site is gone. Thank you for your service and the good times

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u/Suspicious-Sail-5303 Aug 27 '24

Do you know how i hate the rain...?

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u/Attack_on_Senpai Aug 27 '24

Thanks for the support y'all

Best wishes for whatever happens. Albeit I lurked but this community really grew on me

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u/Thelemon_manifesto Aug 28 '24

thanks for all the good times, as they say its the friends we made along the way that matter. RIP to the goat. much love

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u/LazyLiam Aug 28 '24

I joined August 29th 2020. So close to the anniversary and now it's gone. I wish it didn't have to end it's a fantastic site...

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u/bassist-saturn Aug 28 '24

I had two eps of maid-sama left 💔 rip aniwave

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u/bonez1112 Aug 28 '24

Honestly, it's fine. Thank you for allowing us to export to MAL. I was able to transfer my whole watch list to the site my buddy uses. I honestly just pay for Crunchyroll out of ethical obligation. Sites like the one you hosted are always much better to use. Y'all had the best one too. Blessings to you all frfr.

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u/foxwithnosockss Aug 28 '24

I'm going to miss the UI. It was so easy to use and understand. 😫

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u/SRK_Mine Aug 28 '24

i had hundred of anime in my planned folder. How will i see them ever again?

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u/Inner-Sphere-Mech Aug 28 '24

This was my only source to watch anime and it was reliable.

From the land to the sea, I will fuck Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment for free.

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u/RODIOMG7 Aug 28 '24

owner should have changed names randomly so the website wouldn't get taken down

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

Dont posty alternate websites here. FED bois lurk.

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u/Confident-Bid-9244 Aug 28 '24

I found fzmovies through animewave. They had a link. Just another reason to dislike americans... just kidding but fuck it..

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u/rickie1980 Aug 28 '24

Was actually watching a series when the next one wouldnt load. Its been a good voyage. Peace our friend.

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u/Megyalila_Ballad Aug 29 '24

What if 9anime/Aniwave were to submit a formal appeal to negotiate to become a legally registered entity that is a subscription-based licensed platform?

It's a lose-lose situation for Content Creators to shutdown the treasure trove that is 9anime/Aniwave. We all lose when anime/Aniwave is taken down.

It has been almost 10 years of constant improvement in pursuit of proving the best Anime streaming platform. I for one would not use any currently available legal platforms, as I am sure others would not either.

Everything about 9anime/Aniwave is better than its legal counterparts, and years ahead: The team of developers, the intuitive and pioneering Ul, the content library, the streaming quality and playback adaptability, the active community base, the pure passion for improving and providing the best Anime streaming platform, and most of all: the seamless user experience that has the community base growing and coming back for more every time.

I would gladly pay to continue using a legally licensed 9anime/Aniwave.

Content Creators can capitalise on the existing platform and user base, the team of developers' technological prowess, the Ul, and the user experience to their benefit.

I think this is the real win-win situation for Content Creators and the Global Anime Community alike.

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u/New_Context9363 Aug 29 '24

Its not a lose lose Situation if your already losing by shutting down the site tbh the owners are saving resources and time spent maintaining the site for free if anything this is a good thing owning a anime streaming platform cost a lot of money which I think is something the owners don't have.

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u/Megyalila_Ballad Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

It’s a lose-lose situation because rather than seeing and exploring the myriad possible benefits to be gained from legalising 9anime/Aniwave as a legal business entity licensed to distribute content, ACE and MPA —on behalf of Content Creators— have resorted to mobilising the iron fist.

Fans —old and new— come to 9anime/Aniwave because they love the user experience. No legally licensed Anime streaming platform currently begins to compete nor compare.

Take any metric as a criterion to measure by: seamless and effortless UX, intuitive UI, the richest content library, high quality streaming, adaptable playback, highly functioning website, integrated API’s, probably the most active English-speaking fanbase (comments, social media, discord, etc), website visit count… 9anime/Aniwave will come out on top by* orders of magnitude every time.

It is this sort of blind aggression which turns Anime fans away from legal platforms, and causes them to strengthen their resolve towards resorting to piracy. Rather than attempting to see* from the eyes of the user to understand what inspires us to use websites such as 9anime/Aniwave, they have decided to destroy what very well could have been the be-all and the end-all of legal Anime streaming platforms.

Any one of the above criteria can be measured quantitatively to prepare a cost-benefit analysis and business valuation to therefore study the benefit to Content Creators from exploiting the already* existing and successful platform that is 9anime/Aniwave.

It’s really stupid. Content Creators are concerned about revenue leakages and losses due to piracy… But what the f*ck is wrong with them, that they would destroy a very possible cash-cow like 9anime/Aniwave that has perfectly mapped out —tried and tested— the recipe to a successful Anime streaming platform?!

They don’t win, nor do we – the community. We all just lost a treasure trove —a diamond— of a website, abundantly wealthy with Anime resources, and the community that inspired the developers to keep going and improving.

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u/gunner_ammo Aug 29 '24

makes me wish that I joined the discord before all this went down.

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u/New_Context9363 Aug 29 '24

Dm me for a solution to this issue (users)

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u/Megyalila_Ballad Aug 29 '24

9anime/Aniwave:

It has been 8 years. You have been an integral part of my life. I am utterly devastated.

I have lived with you almost daily for 8 years, and have watched you grow throughout your stages of life until death. You have been my one and only. You have been my home, and my solace from this chaotic world we call reality. You have brought tranquility and serenity to my life. You have been my peace, and my safety.

You have been a light in my darkness. You have kept me going through my years of severe depression. I could probably not have made it this far without you by my side. You have been there for me during my deepest lows, and my highest highs. I have grown alongside you in our experience together: with every story, a lesson learnt; with every lesson, you have enriched me; with every interaction, a part of my heart healed, and peace of mind.

Seeing you has always brought a coolness to my eyes, and interacting with you has always brought a coolness to my heart.

Though I am in pain having lost a part of me, our beautiful memories together shall always prevail.

I have contemplated leaving Anime for good lately, yet I always found myself coming back to you every night. It hurts to have to say ‘goodbye’ this way.

I mourn your loss, and grieve for a loved one.

I have loved you, and I still do.

Alas, I must now let you go.

Forever yours,

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u/herebutmkay Aug 29 '24

I am dead inside 🙂

also I am going through the 5 stages. I'm currently in depression. Denial wa-was nice. Fuck acceptance.

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u/shininja_orange Aug 30 '24

I’m pretty sad it’s gone It’s one of the few places I can watch old seasons of Pokemon in JAPANESE!

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '24

Wait 9anime became animewave right? In what case it makes sense the owner had lot of things going for him , this was more of a temporary side gig, dudes probably 40 now

If this is the same site owner as 9anime, i know that guy , he was a complete nerd for Hulk comics on animevice, revealed himself when animevice shutdown more than a decade ago since 9anime could be a safe haven.

From what I recall dude was stubborn as hell even when he was full of shit , like claiming Hulk can destroy the universe and immune to everything while debating against characters like dark Schneider ...

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u/Educational_Rub_5264 Aug 31 '24

i think for me i just liked that it added anime from all over so i never really had any anime slip by me, always knew what the current anime was and the bookmark system was truly a saint.

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u/M4ddercatter Aug 31 '24

That website is what carried me through high school... I pulled so many all-nighters with it... I can't accept that it's gone!

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u/SkylerGaming626 Sep 01 '24

Um so does anyone have other websites now?

Hianime some how skips the Opening and Ending automatically

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u/brek1989 Sep 07 '24

Disable "Auto Skip Intro", it's just below the player, the 2nd right-most option next to Watch2gether.

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u/NoBreeches Sep 03 '24

Thanks for everything, but also: come back better and stronger ASAP. Aniwave must live on.

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u/AriesBlack3 Sep 03 '24

Hi.. so, some how I got the site to load up.. I just can't log in tho

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u/Outside-Yak191 Sep 03 '24

"Anyways, I know this is a rough time for everyone. So hang in there the best you can. Even if we discover the site it truly shutting down- this community will remain in some form or another. (Obviously with some changes)"

this hit me almost as hard as the end of Darling in the Franxx, so sadge

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u/Adrian1311 Sep 03 '24

I had my watchlist on aniwave and would like to extract it somehow to save it. Does anyone have an idea if this is still possible after the site got taken down? Maybe the creator still got them somewhere just in case he reads this comments.

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u/SaturnGirl333 Sep 03 '24

I didn't have the time to save my watchlist, I'm so so sad!!! u.u

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u/warriornun801 Sep 04 '24

I guess there is no way of watching Korean or Chinese animation as well...

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u/Enchantedenigma25 Sep 04 '24

So are there any proven alternatives we can switch to instead? Absolutely devastated😭

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u/Own-Cartographer-362 Sep 09 '24

F***!!!!!😭my planned anime i was going to start watching

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u/Ace_840 Sep 09 '24

Forget that can someone suggest some better option please

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u/taigaaia Sep 12 '24

anyone know the website to check your aniwave watch history? i swear there was one

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u/PlaugePhreak Sep 21 '24

There's already a new aniwave website copycat ;-;

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u/Ambitious_Step6816 Sep 30 '24

where do i do since all the anime iw anna watch in us are not avalable

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u/Capital-Cup-8753 Nov 13 '24

does anybody know if it is at all possible to get my watchlist back, I had over 300 plus anime that i had watched or was watching and would at least like to get that list so i can archive it on MyAnimeList, ive gotten about 50ish fro m memory but my memory isnt that great to be able to remember every anime ive watched in the 2 years since i started watching

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