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 👋

I've been using this site since 2016, it's hard for me to move on when this is basically the best place to find anime torrents with ddl even with today standard.
Thanks for everything!

Soon all of the pirate sites will be gone.
Too much money and time to run.
Pressure of jail time and fines from governments around the world.  
The sites are easy to find... just do a search on Google.
And just imagine all of the IP addresses of uploaders and downloaders the other sites handed over to minimize the damage before being shut down.
Have A Nice Day !

sadly not possible as torrent consider mkv as a single object and makes parts of it, so audio and subs are scattered throughout pieces

What if I need just the audio files or the subtitle files from a torrent? Any way get those without having to download the whole file?

That webtor site? Is it even safe to use?

It's time to say goodbye for this site. Let me share some of my method ddl torrent anime for those who isp blocking the usage. As usual you can grab the magnet from nyaa. Copy magnet link to seedr.cc and now you can direct download it. Theres limit to 4.5gb total size for free user. If for some reason you can't download it (happen sometimes), I use webtor.io. This one have limited speed and a lot of ads. But you can direct download 1 specific file in torrent instead batch downloading all. For checking schedule I just use livechart.me. Open nyaa and type the title, grab the magnet and use on seedr or webtor to ddl. I do really hope someone at least make simple clean view site like animetosho so I can just skip checking schedule and search on nyaa, by just grabbing magnet link for today show only 😅

Well it's to sad to hear. I have been using this site for like 9 and halp year. It's has been too nice for me to continue watching animes with out any interruption.I still remember how I found this site in the internet while looking for a clean site for downloading animes.I know it's been too long for yourself also like 15 years. I would like to thank you from my heart. Also feel free to tell us if you are working for a new Project and need our support then please tell us in the future.Even if you site is gone after 2029 it wouldn't be gone from our mind . Because its been with us for significant period of our life. Even now I can't accept this sad news. So if you change your mind we would still support you.Well I am not making you work heard it's just a joke. Well everyone has their personal life so it was not easy for you to do this. Well Bye have good life and fullfill your dreams.

15 years is a long time! I can't imagine how many hours you'll get back, how much time you'll have to live and pursue other interests. Like many others have said, this site is a blessing. As streaming has canibilized itself more and more, there has always been this incredible site. Sadly, I don't even know how many years I've been coming here, but I will miss the incredible work and the DDLs. Thank you!

This is absolutely the best anime index site in the world.  It will be missed. For a long time.  Your work has been "above and beyond" for years.  Most reliable, best coverage, retention that exceeds most usenet providers, embedded (excellent) search engine, superb user interface...  Sigh.  I could continue for paragraphs.  Like Joni Mitchell once said, "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone".