Administrator, thank you for all your hard work running Anime Tosho.
Since I can’t use torrents and can only watch anime via DDL, the loss of Anime Tosho is a real blow to me.
I hope a good alternative or successor DDL site will emerge.

This was my favorite website to check on releases and to quickly grab attachments
it will be sorely missed :'D

Staying anon is orders of magnitude easier than the boring stuff of running a site.

You could basically just pay some anon-friendly hosting provider in some random DMCA-resistant country in Monero, log in via a privacy focused VPN, and that's all entirely solved. Money aside anybody can do this much.

Check https://everythingmoe.com/
There's some links in there.

Unfortunately, nothing will ever be like AnimeTosho. It will live on in our hearts.

He already replied to something like this, seems he doesn't want someone else to just bastardize his dear project, and instead wishes someone else would make their own thing (possibly with the help of his own code) instead of just relying on some random anon half-assedly running the site. I imagine he wants to fuck off into the wilderness and never hear about hosting a site ever again, which I can understand.

You CAN use torrents, you just don't wanna be assed to. Go find a seedbox provider.

Sad to see that this site is going. It was a fantastic way to easily search for torrents of anime subs as I still use that method to download files so I don't need to resort to streaming.

Anyone know of alternative torrent sites for anime these days? Shana project is pretty bad now & Nyaa is really hard to search.

This is devastating the site was the most reliable and constant way to find dubbed anime losing this site has generally got me depressed, but thank you for all you've done over the past years in running the site enable me to find many good anime's. I have no right to be asking this since I lack the knowledge nor the funds to run a site like this, but are you unwilling to hand it off to somebody if they are willing and able.

no luck searching DDL website with multisubs like erai.

any?

You're telling me AniDB didn't just collaborate?

I just assumed Admin went and asked pretty please and they just gave him an API key and half-wrong internal docs.

This site's been such an amazing resource. Every time I wanted an anime torrent over the years I came here for it. I think it's wild you never asked us for money or even made this announcement seem like "if you all give me money I'll continue".

It's honestly super sad to see this happen, especially as sites like this feel like some last bastions of a bygone era where the internet felt really alive, partially because of this fossilized PHP web design reminiscent of places like AniDB and sadpanda.

I just want you to know this wasn't 15 years down the drain. The contribution you gave the world was massive, if you consider how many people you made a little happier. It's only sad that you won't get the recognition you deserve, and 10 years from now this place will only have been a nice distant memory. I could see you visiting my country and I wouldn't know I owe you a beer. Hell, I don't even know anything about you. But you made me happy and I want you to know that.

I just saw the shutdown announcement. I wanted to thank you for all the efforts and hardwork you put into AT. Me and my cousin (died 2021) is/was a regular visitor of your site since early 2013. I am just happy to remember my bro enjoying your site as much as I did before he passed away.

Thank you for everything you've done!

i am talking about public ip 😭 btw from NAT i rembered anyone reading this please disable NAT-PMP and UPnP these are literally shit i cant explain everything but just disable them

Login required? hell no.

https://digitalcarnage.info/ has also been mirroring, I believe, usually way faster than animetosho.
i've noticed they've been picking the main release groups like subsplease after 4-6 mins of the torrent releasing..

RIP Anime Tosho... It was a great run. You guys single-handedly kept up my usenet subscription for years with your content.

not vpn but nat just like how all routers already do for free

british way to ask for free vpn 😺🥀

qb should implement this feature someone suggested so we can ddl torrents without worrying. github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/24067

As far as the 9th of May date, the site's not closing, so existing links will stay there. Past that date, there won't be new links.

I just wanna know, if the site's gonna close, will the DDL links be available for downloading, until they eventually go kaput?
I'm in a location that I cannot DL torrents right now.

so afraid to reply because i have nothing important to talk but not replying will be rude meow oni chan

Your site has been truly amazing, it will be something that will be truly missed. You could tell that you really where invested in this project from the themes and constant updates. I wish you the best of luck in future endeavors.

I don't think I'm the model of good opsec, but don't dox yourself I guess. Keep separate online "identities" and don't let them cross over.
Making payments can be painful as a lot of hosts have some degree of KYC. If you're receiving income/donations, that's potentially more problematic, but I avoid doing that.

There's also AI potentially being used to de-anonymise people, to that I have no clue what to do - maybe run all your posts through some AI that changes your writing style perhaps? Sounds painful.

But another tactic is just not to attract attention. People won't bother trying to dig up info on you if they have little reason to do so.

I'm sorry to see AT closing down, but I understand how much work and time it takes you. Still, I wanted to thank you for all your hard work over the years. AT has been a great tool for archiving animes. Thank you so much for everything, ouen shiteru yo

Do You Need More Money, To Keep The Site Up And Running More!
I Can Help, Your Site Is Better Then Any Other WebSites!

hi i love this site it is sad to see it leaf but can the websit sent me a link of  The Irregular At Magic High School S02 DUBBED  i want to see it so bad

Thanks for all your awesome work, admin-sama!
Sorry I didn't read all 500 previous pages of comments, they're a bit much, but has anyone found an alternative that just has the releases list for all the sites? All I see are people trying to find the DDL service's alternative but I mostly used it to keep updated on the subs and versions being uploaded to all the sites at once. Asking for something else that also groups them by show like AT would be asking too much but is there a decent aggregator for all the most common sites? Should I just stay in tokyotosho?

bro could maintain a alcoholic guy trying to run from usa police for crime of being the biggest pirate persona 😔, edit: please tell me some opsec rules you follow i always wanted to know this stuff

Sure!

*sends over a nekomimi onee san*

Thank you this was the greatest repository of anime Torrent I've ever found it breaks my heart that you will be shutting down. I don't know how I will replace the need for this website and how it easy it made finding anime torrent.

"This is a somewhat temporary page made especially for the beta version of this website."
Looks like this temporary solution made it until the end ... ;-)

But seriously, thank you for your hard work and long service, I salute you (￣^￣ )ゞ
All the best for you and your future.

Thank you animetosho, maybe this is really the end of era for me watching anime, after one of another website is shutting down, last time I remember nyaa.si, now this website :'(
Maybe I'll try to take a look another alternative, and hoping it's as easy and simple like this website
Good luck for your next journey Animetosho admin, and thank you again for all past years with you!
Keep on Keeping on!

I'm not a tech guy, so I cannot imagine what it takes to build and maintain the great websites such as animetosho. It seems like a lot of work for one-man operations, but I guess a lot of techy otakus would be lone wolf types. That fact probably makes it more difficult for the tech guys to form groups for long term projects, but understanding that might be the basis of making group projects work. It would surely be helpful to go into such a project to remember that  there may be different types of egos and working preferences, and time schedules and availability, but I'm sure it can be made to work. As a person that would be lost without fansubbed anime, I want you all to realise that your hard work and dedication is very much appreciated. Also, for those involved, don't go breaking your back trying to get things released on schedules - I'm sure I speak for a lot of western anime fans when I say we'd rather have our subbed releases late than never. Ganberae techy otakus! Keep up the good work!

I don't know you in person but you are closer to me than most people in real life. I've maintain large website so I know what it takes. Thanks you for all your hard work. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for releasing the code, admin!

As the code lacks that one anidb API key that maybe some people won't be able to get their hands on, I did obtain it before (by reversing the entire protocol, same as admin did), so I'm willing to offer it to anyone that is serious about wanting to run a clone of animetosho (let's say willing to foot the bill for 6 to 12 months at least). I hope anidb won't actually kill this API now that knowledge of how it works is public, but even if they did, I happen to have database dumps from that API that are updated up to last month.
I'd also be fine offering, even if I think anyone running such a site should be required to know how to do this: 1) installing the site 2) whatever maintenance if or when uploaders break. What I can't offer is daily stuff like writing series detection regexps and dealing with comments/spam/requests. I thought about just running the whole thing myself, as the costs are not that high, but given the bus factor and already being somewhat busy, I don't know if I want to take on such a long-term responsibility.
If anyone is interested, reply here. I can make a mail if there's any interested parties to work on this, or we can figure out some other way to discuss this like IRC.

Thank you for running this site as long as you have, it was my go-to source for my anime needs.
End of an era.

Wow, I just knew this website since last December and only 4 months announcing sites shutdown.
And wow, this site is already 15 Years. Just like my cat.

AT shutting down is just sad :'(
it's such a great site for Anime fans all around the world..

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! for your awesome work @admin! <3
all the best and kind regards from Germany! we love AT <3

This really came to me as a shock and really hits me hard, because this was THE site to go for releases.
Steady, reliable, well maintained.
This only speaks for the guy/gal hosting this site.
Kudos! You were, are and always will be very much appreciated.

Hi,
In the long term of things i am a very recent user, I appreciate you taking time from you day to create and maintain this site for all of us. Thanks a lot man and all the best.

Thanks for the hard work all time

Thank you for the hard work, Admin! AT has been the best for my go-to site for anime. All the very best.

Is there a good alternative for dubbed anime torrenting, this site has been such a boon it's heart breaking to see it go. Now I need to find another reliable torrent site. I usually Download [ToonsHub] and [Yameii] uploads and i'm stumped on the ToonsHub, they don't use Nyaa.si (yes a mess, but my last option as of right now, at least for Yameii content).

Thanks for everything, admin. Been using this website since 2016. Damn, time flies so fast. Bless u

Thank you for all your hard work, Admin. Goodbye

Yeah, rip it from the source.

thanks for hard work, all the best in your future.

Apa ?! Anime Tosho akan tutup ? Hiks, apakah ada cara untuk mempertahankannya ? Sungguh sangat disayangkan namun mengingat Admin telah berjuang selama 15 tahun ini, aku sungguh mengapresiasi dan berterima kasih 🙂‍↕️🙏 banyak orang membahas tentang sesuatu yang aku kurang mengerti namun bagiku Anime Tosho adalah salah satu platform yang menyediakan berbagai anime dengan kualitas dan tanpa terjemahan pada videonya, yang mempermudahku untuk mengedit adegan-adegan yang menarik dari anime dan mempostingnya di media sosial, aku sudah mengakses Anime Tosho sejak 3-4 tahun yang lalu dan membuatku sangat terkejut dengan kemudahan dan kefleksibelannya dalam pengunduhan ... Yaa intinya, semoga Admin dapat terus hidup dengan sehat dan dapat selalu sukses untuk mengejar apa yang diinginkan dalam hidup yang singkat ini, salam dari saya, sampai jumpa 👋