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02/05/2026 07:43 — Anonymous: "Anon"
I just discovered this site and this is the only site that lets me download a really obsolete anime that i was searching for. i am sad that this will be gone but thank you so much for the wonderful site.
02/05/2026 11:08 — Anonymous: "..."
I'm starting to suspect some of you don't even know what nyaa is...
04/05/2026 14:23 — Anonymous: "anon"
I suspect you dont know most people here use direct download and dont want use torrent for daily episodes.
05/05/2026 07:05 — Anonymous: "..."
Torrent is faster, and no, you're not any safer from c&d otherwise.
05/05/2026 08:59 * — admin
The commenter you're replying to said nothing about speed, they just said that some people don't want to use torrents.
It's worth noting that a sizeable chunk of this site's userbase falls into that category, so it's an odd thing for you to try to contest.
05/05/2026 09:44 — Anonymous: "sherlock"
the site is mostly popular for ddl as everyone can't torrent, most of the piracy list shows this website as #1 specifically in ddl category, i myself use it to get seasonal stuff or good subs or audio
05/05/2026 14:14 — Anonymous: "..."
It was a general comment about the advantages.
02/05/2026 11:25 — Anonymous
nyaa site does not significant maintenance.
02/05/2026 13:17 — Anonymous
Why does it need to?

it works.
02/05/2026 22:41 * — blackiris
    
03/05/2026 00:31 — admin
The account registrations being disabled is likely intentional, so isn't something to "fix", at least, as far as Nyaa.si owners are concerned.
What should be fixed is the messaging - clearly "temporarily unavailable" in not the case* and it'd take like two minutes for someone to replace it with a clear, accurate message. I've seen plenty of people assume "temporarily unavailable" is accurate, wondering when registrations would be open again.

<rant>

Which highlights the key problem of Nyaa.si - the owners simply Don't Give A Fuck. They've got no reason to deceive, and it doesn't appear that they have some distaste towards newbies (other than not wanting to deal with them), they just simply don't care about the site they're running.
No one should be surprised if Nyaa.si just suddenly disappears one day, without warning (just like what happened to the original NyaaTorrents). You might not want to hear this from someone that's shutting down their own site, but I don't see Nyaa ever posting about their decision to shutdown before it eventually happens.

And disabled registrations doesn't "just work" - not allowing new contributors is a broken system. The effect clearly isn't immediate, it's just something that causes a slow gradual decline. In communities, people come and go, and if you prevent people coming, you've just got the natural attrition of users leaving.

People really shouldn't be content with the status quo because "it works". Not only is this an incredibly low bar to set your standards at, if this was universally accepted, there'd never be any improvement.

What's unfortunate is that it's hard to get attention to problems until they actually blow up. I can't say that Nyaa.si will ever "blow up", but in my opinion, the community's over-reliance on one site (whose owner hardly cares) is a problem that too many are apathetic towards.

I'm really hoping that nekoBT can eventually be a worthy alternative. More options is a benefit, not a drawback.

* I'm aware that the top of this page has "temporary" in the description, but it's at least qualified with "somewhat", and ultimately no-one cares about the precise message here anyway
03/05/2026 04:02 — Kamonohashi-
nekobt will take over someday (hope), they just need to fix the phone ui though
03/05/2026 04:12 — Anonymous
Lmao keep dreaming
03/05/2026 11:57 — Anonymous: "alwaysCryingAboutNyaa"
nekoBT is the worst site ever, I will never link them to any of my services. Cry all you want about Nyaa, at least they are still running after all these years and still providing service to the users, not running away because of lame excuses and bad mouthing others just shows who you really are.
Feel free to delete my comment.
04/05/2026 06:43 * — admin
'Cry' is certainly an interesting interpretation - the way I see it is that I made some criticisms of how Nyaa operates, yet I don't see you refuting any of them.

I agree that Nyaa has been running for several years now and I'm grateful for those years of service. It's also worth pointing out that AT wouldn't be what it is without them. The fact that they're so prominent is also a testament to their doing a good job.
To be clear, I don't dislike them at all - it's quite the opposite actually.

My intent is not to "bad mouth" them, it is to point out issues I think need to be raised (or perhaps "cry" if you prefer). If you think those issues are illegitimate (or inaccurate in any way), please do let me know - I'm happy to be corrected or discuss.

Regarding nekoBT, I imagine the owner would be willing to at least consider any suggestions you have, so I hope that you're willing to share with them why you think it's the "worst site ever".

I apologise for "running away because of lame excuses" - I do hope this doesn't happen to Nyaa, but considering the way they're operating, I don't hold much hope. Regardless, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a backup plan in the (however unlikely) case it does happen.

Please feel free to post your responses, I have little interest in deleting any half reasonable comment.
04/05/2026 09:07 — Anonymous: "Anon"
That NekoBT site has terrible interface.

04/05/2026 22:36 — Anonymous: "alwaysCryingAboutNyaa"
I see, so you’re trying to present your opinion as reasonable and backpedal on your own words. Say whatever you want, the truth about Nyaa is that the service will continue, and others like you will come and go.

I guarantee that you will be forgotten in less than three months, but you can remember my words every time you open Nyaa.

FYE: nekoBT will be the next to go.

Feel free to respond or not... It is whatever.
05/05/2026 01:13 * — admin
Do you think your opinion is reasonable?
Of course, I see mine as reasonable. If you think otherwise, you're welcome to state your reasoning.

And I don't see that I've "backpedaled" on any of my words. Again, feel free to point out where you think I have and I'm happy to clarify.

the truth about Nyaa is that the service will continue, and others like you will come and go
Why do you think Nyaa is unlike "others" and won't, themselves, go?
05/05/2026 12:47 — Anonymous: "alwaysCryingAboutNyaa"
Whatever you say or whatever helps you sleep at night.
Don't need to justify yourself, like i said, you will be forgotten in less than three months.
05/05/2026 13:42 — Anonymous: "Derp"
* like i said, you will be forgotten in less than three months.

BS! I have been here for around 15 years and I will think of this site every day as I browse other sites for torrents. I will miss my one-stop shopping site.
05/05/2026 14:00 — Anonymous: "getalifebro"
I'm not sure what your problem is, admin only posted his concerns and you're somehow on edge? as admin said, most people comes here for ddls or nzbs. it's been that way for the last 15 years. People already came here before Nyaa.si even exists lmao.
06/05/2026 09:18 — Anonymous: "alwaysCryingAboutNyaa"
hahahahaha... well at least two of them.
04/05/2026 10:32 — Anonymous
And you've failed to foster a successor (often a team) to carry the website in your absence
04/05/2026 10:40 — Anonymous: "kys"
bro talking like he is a paid teacher 😭👍🏻
04/05/2026 11:15 — Anonymous: "Derp"
Wasn't his job to find one. He is leaving everything he has for anyone who really wants to set up their own.
04/05/2026 11:25 — Anonymous: "Derp"
Would you hand your keys and car over to someone while you carry the legal future liabilities for it?
I didn't think so.
04/05/2026 11:52 — admin
I feel that you're being a bit unfair, but I'll take that as valid criticism.

Regardless, I think this highlights the importance of needing alternatives.
03/05/2026 04:14 — Anonymous
Getting error 504 means it's a problem I. Your side.
03/05/2026 04:27 — admin
HTTP 5xx code indicates a server issue. Client issues are denoted by a HTTP 4xx code.
It's possible that the code is wrong, but it's not a user's duty to fix that.
03/05/2026 11:13 — Anonymous
It indicates that the browser isn't getting a fast enough response from the host, which means that the ISP is blocking the traffic, most likely because of DDoS Guard, and causing it to timeout.

It's easily fixed by using a VPN/DNS.
04/05/2026 06:13 — admin
If the browser isn't getting a "fast enough" response, you'd get a connection error, not a 504.
HTTP 504 is a response sent by the server, in other words, the user is connecting successfully to Nyaa and there's no fault with the ISP. (and if the user is connecting via HTTPS, it's not even possible for the ISP to send such a response without triggering a certificate error)

DNS doesn't sound like the culprit here, unless Nyaa has configured it to send different responses (which seems like an odd thing for them to do, so if someone does fix the issue by changing their DNS, I'd be quite surprised).
03/05/2026 09:20 — Anonymous: "aaa"
You're DNS blocked, probably, maybe.
03/05/2026 10:37 * — admin
DNS blocks usually don't result in HTTP responses, so that sounds unlikely to me.
If I were to guess, there's something between DDoS-Guard and Nyaa's servers. As this doesn't happen to everyone, perhaps either one of DDG's endpoints has connectivity issues with Nyaa, or Nyaa are dropping some connections, causing a timeout at DDG.
But ultimately Nyaa is better suited to diagnosing the issue, not that I think they'd bother.

I've heard users having some success when using a VPN.

Thanks for the suggestion nonetheless!
04/05/2026 02:41 * — blackiris
    
08/05/2026 22:22 — Anonymous: "Anon"
hey admin,
there are reasons to why nyaa is run the way it is. I'm not going to claim to know them, but I do think I have somewhat slightly more insight than you about this (no offense, I respect your work).
.si used to have a public/open channel, and something spooked them and they closed that public channel, you can still report any issues with the site and they do take care of it as fast as an hour or sooner from what I've seen. In fact .si's code was even on github, but as you probably know, there have been some attempts to stop nyaa's existence by you know who over the years.
the original closing most likely was no accident either, but we probably won't ever know.
The most likely reason for closed registrations is that they used to have some moderators which then mostly quit/started having a life, and nyaa used to be get a lot of malware when registration was open that the moderators had to spend a lot of time removing or watching for. They still get some malware through compromised accounts and this still gets deleted.
You can understand that they cannot get new moderators as they no longer invite new staff to help them run the site and this is all due to the mentioned opsec reasons.
And if you actually want to consider owners that don't give a fuck, remember that one day the nyaa pantsu owner actually let their nyaa clone lapse (domain, site).

I do mostly trust that .si will keep running for as long as they can as they understand that their site is an important backbone for most releasers and fansubbers. Registration or not, I do trust them on this, and I believe that they won't just one day quit to get "more time" (no offense again), they know that it is a very important site for many of us.

I do believe they should open registrations as people really want to post there, even if sometimes people can get an account if they ask privately.
I also believe people should mirror nyaa like you do.
09/05/2026 06:09 — admin
Thanks for your insights - it's always good to hear other perspectives on things!

I honestly don't think it's a big ask to have Nyaa update the "temporarily unavailable" message to something more accurate. The exact same message has been present for many years now, and I've seen it confuse plenty of users who ask about when it's going to be available again, so it's not like everyone just understands the situation.
I'd find it very hard to believe if no-one ever asked them about it over the years, but if your observation of "take care of it as fast as an hour or sooner" is accurate, maybe you could ask them and see what happens?

Anyway, small things like these, combined with messaging they've put out (such as when they decided to block proxies) make me have doubts over how much they have the community's interests in mind. This is all speculation on my part, but as someone who's seen many sites come and go, as well as my own admin experience in a similar niche, what I've seen from Nyaa indicate the owners have lost interest and is mostly just being kept on life support.

Closing registrations to stop malware sounds sensible at first, but if that's the goal, there's potentially various other less disruptive solutions. For example, they could require a user's first upload be vetted/moderated, or maybe only do this for suspicious first uploads. nekoBT, for example, requires the user pass a test and approval on first upload. Now I'm not saying these alternatives necessarily work, but they seem like they could at least be trialed.
But if you don't care about the community impact, closing registrations is just a much easier thing to do.

In terms of impact, no registrations can be a large disincentive for newcommers. As mentioned, people come and go (like Nyaa's mods) in communities, and people are less likely to come if they can't upload to the index everyone uses. Sure, the more determined will beg for an account or for someone to post their torrent on Nyaa, but there'll be plenty of those that won't bother or know better and just give up.
The kicker is that the effects of this aren't that visible - it's a slow gradual unnoticeable decline that few will care much about.

Now Nyaa is free to run their site however they like. But I don't think it's healthy for the community long term to just accept this as the way forward.

You can understand that they cannot get new moderators as they no longer invite new staff to help them run the site and this is all due to the mentioned opsec reasons.
Actually, I don't really understand that. What opsec reasons would prevent them from assigning new moderators?

remember that one day the nyaa pantsu owner actually let their nyaa clone lapse (domain, site).
To be fair, that site never really took off, so could've just been written off by the owner as a failed project.
But to your point, there's certainly different levels of "give a fuck". I over-simplified earlier, but whilst I think Nyaa.si's level is low (at least lower than I'd like), it's clearly not as low as Pantsu's.

I do mostly trust that .si will keep running for as long as they can as they understand that their site is an important
I'm sure they they understand that, but understanding is not the same as caring. Case in point would be the original NyaaTorrents - I have no doubt that the owner was aware of the site's importance (given how much traffic it got), yet that didn't stop it from disappearing without warning mid 2017.

I don't have as much trust as you do over Nyaa.si's convictions, but I do hope that I'm wrong here.
Whilst I do think they won't repeat what happened with NyaaTorrents, leaving much of the community dependent on the whims of an uninterested (my view) owner is not a good place to be in, in my opinion. Which is why I advocate for alternatives and think more people should as well.
Even if you think the Nyaa.si owners care, I still believe alternatives are beneficial for the community to have. In fact, it's arguably good for the owners too as they'll feel less burdened if they decide to move on.

I believe that they won't just one day quit to get "more time"
Nothing lasts forever, and Nyaa.si isn't special in this regard. They may not quit for the same reasons as myself, but what do you think their end will be like?

Thanks again for your thoughtful post!
09/05/2026 06:53 — Anonymous: "Anon"
> I honestly don't think it's a big ask to have Nyaa update the "temporarily unavailable" message to something more accurate.
Has annoyed me for years, I really hope they do open registration again too someday.
> such as when they decided to block proxies
I don't know what proxies are blocked, they just use ddos-guard, but I do just run a script that rotates proxies to access it, I get some 429 from ratelimit and 504/timeout when "blocked", but I don't know how that works. I don't have much trouble getting the torrents through public freely available proxies (including Tor), as long as circuit is rotated, but there are ratelimits.
> what I've seen from Nyaa indicate the owners have lost interest and is mostly just being kept on life support.
The actual mods they lost was many years ago, I think nyaa owners appreciate the value and need for the site, so of course they keep it going.
> But if you don't care about the community impact, closing registrations is just a much easier thing to do.
It does suck, I actually want an account on it, but can't get it. I do have access to an account, but it's not "mine" personally, but of course I can upload through it.
> What opsec reasons would prevent them from assigning new moderators?
I don't believe they've let in any new staff for many years. It's similar reasons let's say you're now leaving instead of passing down the torch to someone you trusted. And similar reasons why let's say the piracy scene itself (non-anime) has declined, because no newcomers, letting in new people means trusting them, trust is hard, it's easier to just keep things going with the people that are around, but you can't grow. Sometimes the torch is passed, but even then it's other older trusted members and then there are fewer.
> yet that didn't stop it from disappearing without warning mid 2017.
I don't know why he did what he did, but it was strange, he didn't tell anyone around him. Most people around him found it very strange and unusual. Personally, I hold the conspiracy theory that something or someone pressured him to close, not that he did it out of his own will. I don't know if this is true or not.
> leaving much of the community dependent on the whims of an uninterested (my view) owner is not a good place to be in, in my opinion
An archive of it is very important, and you provided that when original NT died. I worry now there won't be enough archivists in case the worst happens.
> Which is why I advocate for alternatives and think more people should as well.
They're useful, but if an alternative goes down, you still lose content, archiving everything is more important.
I'd also wish .si provided regular db dumps for this reason, but don't think they have in any recent years.
> but what do you think their end will be like?
I don't know man as I'm not them, I will instead say that people depend on some things I do and I cannot pass the torch, and if something happened to me, a good number of people will find themselves SoL, the bus factor is real. I don't know if that applies to .si, I hope they do have at least a few people with access to backups and ways to bring things back online as it's far too important to risk losing it. In general, I do have some trust that they'll do the right thing, but I can't know for sure, I suppose you have less trust than me. My trust is based on friend of a friend of a friend sort of reasons, and hoping that they'll do the right thing and contribute in the same way that I do, I can't do anything about the bus factor for me, but I hope that they at least have something for themselves.
Maybe you wanted more time or out of the responsibility too, but I wonder what actually will happen, will enough people run your code base to at least archive .si and other sites just in case? Your archiving of the original NT was very prudent and saved the community back then.
10/05/2026 08:14 — admin
I really hope they do open registration again
I wasn't asking for registrations to be open, I meant that the message text could be updated to reflect the reality. For example, instead of "temporarily unavailable", make it "closed for the foreseeable future" and ideally provide an explanation.
I can't imagine that'd take longer than a few minutes to do.

I don't know what proxies are blocked
A few years ago, they started trying to block proxy sites (like https://nyaa.land/ today) and put a message out that they were stopping malware. I can't find any archive of the message, but I made a rant on it back then if you want to search around that date.
There's still a bunch of working Nyaa proxies out there, so they either lost interest in their self-proclaimed virtuous activity fairly quickly, or they're just not doing a particularly good job of it. Or, as I pointed out back then, "malware" is just a convenient excuse and they don't care about being transparent.

I think nyaa owners appreciate the value and need for the site
That's one interpretation. Another could be that they enjoy the revenue they get from ads on the sukebei site. Actually if you care about site longevity, the latter is probably preferrable - money is a powerful motivator whilst appreciation is often less reliable and dries up over time.

It's similar reasons let's say you're now leaving instead of passing down the torch to someone you trusted.
I don't see the two as the same at all, but even if you did, there's nothing "opsec" about it.
The problem with running this site isn't about trust, it's complexity. In fact, I've "put out the torch" (released code, data and setup instructions) so that anyone can take it, so arguably I'm trusting anyone interested enough.

I could understand your point more if it was about the Nyaa owners handing over the site to someone else, but we're only talking about mods here.

letting in new people means trusting them
Even though I don't have this perspective, I can understand it. However I'd argue that learning to trust others is the duty of an owner of such a site. Failing this, the site is doomed to decline over time.
But as you say, it's just easier to be apathetic, hence my concern of the owners not caring.

I don't know why he did what he did, but it was strange
We can only speculate on why, but I don't think it's that important.
What's matters more, in my opinion, is the how, which in this case, was a sudden disappearance. Or perhaps, knowing why the owner chose to leave the way they did (not "why the shutdown").

Your theory about being pressured is interesting, but doesn't explain the lack of any warning or explanation.

In my opinion, there's a much more obvious possibility - the owner simply didn't care. If you don't care about the users, then you wouldn't care to give anyone a warning or explanation.

if an alternative goes down, you still lose content
You're correct - I conflated two things, although not entirely incorrectly.
Imagine if we had a Nyaa.si alternative, with similar levels of user traffic. Releasers could upload to both sites, or if they couldn't be bothered, someone would just repost uploads on one to the other index. If one of the sites disappeared, the other would mostly have the same content (although not identical).

Alternatives do however provide options. If one site does something unpopular, people can flock to the other. Without an alternative, everyone is stuck with the whims of the "monopoly" owner.

I'm actually not that worried about losing content due to a site disappearing. You can largely solve it simplying by scraping the site periodically, which is relatively easy to do. An individual can automate this without too much effort (I did it after all), so if that's your concern, you yourself can deal with it (or convince just one other person to do it).
On the other hand, solving the closed registrations issue, which discourages newcomers, is much harder. I don't see it as something that can be solved by a motivated individual alone.

regular db dumps for this reason, but don't think they have in any recent years.
Not just recent years, I don't recall them ever providing them. To be fair, it's rare for a site to provide DB dumps, so it's not like Nyaa is out of place here.

the bus factor is real
I feel you. Would you feel better if there wasn't so much placed on your shoulders?

archiving of the original NT was very prudent
I wouldn't call it prudent given the intent wasn't to archive (and I didn't save stuff like user info). It was just luck that I happened to be experimenting with processing all NyaaTorrents categories.
02/05/2026 12:33 — Anonymous: "Nitsko"
Hey, thank you very much for all the hard work and effort you put into this website and project over the last 15 years. It would be sad to lose your work. In the end, I'm happy I got the chance to see a good portion of the journey. I hope your next station is fulfilling. Take care wherever you are :D.
02/05/2026 13:03 — Anonymous: "Minato-sama"
I wish you best of luck in life brother, I still remember the day when my friend recommended me this website and I was so surprised to find something so convenient for anime downloading and I have always found everything about this website cool, this website has helped me for my fan subbing purposes as well, I could find rarest fan subs to watch from this website and I have enjoyed it a lot, thank you so much for years of your passionate hard work, not to exaggerate animetosho was a blessing for me. Again, I wish you best of luck in life, if you ever think about comeback then anime community will always be here, to support you. Peace out.
02/05/2026 13:10 — Anonymous: "Ryan"
The only anime site I ever used. Sad to see you shutting down. Thanks for everything!
02/05/2026 14:28 * — ThisisLX
Available here : https://www.tokyotosho.info/search.php...e=ThisisLX
What about making the website LXtosho, only my releases being fetched after May 9th?
I think it would bring a lot of quality to the site after its extinction, what do you think @admin?

*This is a joke, lol*
02/05/2026 14:34 — Anonymous: "Anon"
long time no see
02/05/2026 15:16 — Anonymous
who?
02/05/2026 15:29 — Anonymous
Yeah it is a joke... nothing LX puts out is of any quality.
02/05/2026 16:54 — Anonymous: "Captain Obvious"
You won't be missed.
02/05/2026 17:34 — Anonymous: "cornball"
Look mom, I'm on internet again.  
02/05/2026 20:14 — Anonymous
No one cares
04/05/2026 15:14 — Anonymous: ".........."
    
02/05/2026 17:10 — Anonymous: "Blackbeard"
You mfrs are going to miss talking about how you all wish you were reincarnated in another world as princesses and getting gang banged by a prince and his entourage.
02/05/2026 17:14 — Anonymous: "princesses Blackbeard"
Don't force your own fantasies on other people
02/05/2026 17:20 — Anonymous
okaybuddyBlackbeard
04/05/2026 10:34 — Anonymous: "Nerdy Boy Overload"
> reincarnated in another world as princesses

.. after being guillotined for being princesses...
- Your highness, the people have ran out of AnimeTosho!
- Let them eat stream!

Anyhow, watch Tearmoon Empire Monogatari
https://myanimelist.net/anime/52962/Te...uten_Story
04/05/2026 15:14 — Anonymous: "........"
          
02/05/2026 18:08 — Anonymous: "frail"
Thanks for your work... you will be missed. It's been a godsend to have usenet links available for anime.
02/05/2026 19:45 — Anonymous: "scm"
damn. time is a brutal motherfucker. hope you find what you're looking for. your work and this site will be missed. very sad to see another community bite the dust in the fight for freedom and expression. we all get to our futures. cheers.
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