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Aug 15, 2020 11:47 AM

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I’m a bit sad because KA was the only website that let me stream to my tv, guess I’ll have to try my hardest to find another one that will let me do that.
Aug 15, 2020 11:48 AM

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I don't care that much about kissanime and kissmanga

But I hope nyaa website does not get taken down. If that happens then say goodbye to anime
Aug 15, 2020 12:03 PM

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AnimeAddict117 said:
Spriteman said:


What is the problem of Crunchyroll, care to explain?

Sorry I don't use premium websites :<.


welp... alot of older animes r missing from crunchyroll...
And theres quite some region restrictions of certain animes... even the website itself if ur not in the USA... unless u use a VPN ofc xd


What really? Even though it's pay to watch?

DirtyPeasant said:
Spriteman said:


What is the problem of Crunchyroll, care to explain?

Sorry I don't use premium websites :<.


Ads, ads, ads, and more ads. Plus I'm broke so that doesn't help.


That's news to me... even though it's PAY TO WATCH?

I've also heard the ads there are skippable in every episodes.

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Aug 15, 2020 12:09 PM

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Spriteman said:
AnimeAddict117 said:


welp... alot of older animes r missing from crunchyroll...
And theres quite some region restrictions of certain animes... even the website itself if ur not in the USA... unless u use a VPN ofc xd


What really? Even though it's pay to watch?


Yep...e.g. if u search for to loveru... it will say "Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region: To Love Ru" :/
Aug 15, 2020 12:10 PM

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I always prefered gogoanime over kissanime anyway. And just like I read somewhere once, one site gets shut down and another new 50 get booted up. After looking through a few, you can usually find what you're looking for in a matter of 10 minutes. It's not like they won't try and boot up the site or a new one in the future anyway.


Aug 15, 2020 12:12 PM

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Thank god. Fucking garbage malicious site forcing you to turn off adblock. Glad it's gone again. There's better sites to use or better yet just torrent.
Aug 15, 2020 12:13 PM

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it'll be back
was kind of a gross site, tho

Aug 15, 2020 12:15 PM
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this sucks so bad, obviously kiss wasn't the best nor were they great for the industry or even the community, but it almost always had what you wanted to watch and although many a times, people that were sick of their ads or servers recommended other sites to me, those were always far worse in my experience, not to mention some of the practices and ironically enough, lower quality of servers from some of the notable legal services.
RIP in peace and i guess i'll have to find a new ship for sailing the high seas.
Aug 15, 2020 12:27 PM
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Is there chance that nyaa will get taken down too?! Please no
Aug 15, 2020 12:42 PM
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Kissanime was already inferior to 9anime in every way and both are inferior to nyaa so nothing of the value was lost.
Aug 15, 2020 12:44 PM

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You remove one, another one will eventually pop up. These aggregator websites will never die as long as people have backups.

I personally don't use KA since their website was an absolute mess. I hope this means people will find better alternatives.
RoseVueAug 15, 2020 12:47 PM
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I'm not too bothered by KA's shutdown, what does annoy me is that Kissmanga is gone too now, and it had a simple and nice way to read manga, along with a large library, that's what sucks about this.
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Aug 15, 2020 12:54 PM

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I support Japan in their mission to rid the internet of illegal anime & manga sites (it IS copyright infringement at the end of the day) but I’m still sad & frustrated about this news since outside of Japan, we don’t get even a fraction of the anime & manga content available.

There needs to be better services that offer more of a selection of anime and manga, not just because we don’t get to enjoy most of it but because the creators aren’t reaching a wider audience either.
Aug 15, 2020 12:54 PM

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Here's a day I never thought would come in my lifetime! but I guess that what awaits all free sites.. KissAnime wasn't my first but was probably my last, I haven't used it or any other streaming sites in years but it makes me sad to see it and KissManga go, I have hardly used the latter one in years too but my bookmarks, damn it. KissAsian is still around, better move my bookmarks before it follows them lol ReadComicOnline is still there too.
EDIT: looks like their cartoon site is still there too.
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Aug 15, 2020 12:54 PM

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RIP KissAnime. Gonna miss rapidly closing the Ecchi ADs when using it beside my mother.

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Aug 15, 2020 12:55 PM

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it was definitely my first lol. I did move on to other sites that didnt have as sketchy ads but I still came back to find new anime that are older n' stuff. I used it all the time when I was younger too. It was my childhood lmao.

It just feels as tho a piece of my childhood has just vanished lol
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Aug 15, 2020 12:59 PM
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Tropisch said:
I'm not too bothered by KA's shutdown, what does annoy me is that Kissmanga is gone too now, and it had a simple and nice way to read manga, along with a large library, that's what sucks about this.

As much as I didn't like their adblock shenanigans Kissmanga had a very comprehensive library and it was my go to Manga site.
The best alternative that I was able to find is MangaDex.
Aug 15, 2020 1:01 PM
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Mirai said:
Welp they'll probably come back sooner or later anyways. You know what they say, piracy sites are like a hydra. Cut one head off and two more regrow.
yo I hope you're right, I want them to come back despite their garbage hentai ads
Aug 15, 2020 1:07 PM

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chopsuey67 said:
Mirai said:
Welp they'll probably come back sooner or later anyways. You know what they say, piracy sites are like a hydra. Cut one head off and two more regrow.
yo I hope you're right, I want them to come back despite their garbage hentai ads

Read the earlier posts, KA is not coming back. All their files are gone. Changing domains will do nothing about the server where the files were kept.
Aug 15, 2020 1:12 PM

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I shall remember it forever. it was one of the only sites that didn't have ads appearing every time you click.




Aug 15, 2020 1:12 PM

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Zeroflamez said:
Thank god. Fucking garbage malicious site forcing you to turn off adblock. Glad it's gone again. There's better sites to use or better yet just torrent.


Fuck any website that demands you turn adblock off. And anyone using streaming sites is doing anime wrong.
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Aug 15, 2020 1:14 PM

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Since I've had to yet again clean this thread of streaming links and it's not even been one page:

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Thread Cleaned

Edited and removed a lot of posts linking to copyrighted, non-fair use material. While you can use this thread to discuss KissAnime shutting down, you can't post:

  • Links to copyrighted, non-fair use websites. That counts mentioning a website like this: google.com

    If you're not sure what is a copyrighted, non-fair use link, it can include:
    - direct downloads
    - torrent files
    - anime streaming sites
    - manga reading sites
    - youtube videos with full episodes/albums

  • Posting screenshots with a copyrighted, non-fair use link visible.


If this thread becomes a way to find alternatives to KissAnime or provide links to other streaming websites, it will be locked.
Aug 15, 2020 1:15 PM

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Classy_Cassy said:
Read the earlier posts, KA is not coming back. All their files are gone. Changing domains will do nothing about the server where the files were kept.
I don't think the files are lost. Of the two dozen alternatives posted and mod-removed in this thread today, about 25% had the obscure shows found also on KA's site but not on most mainstream pirate sites. The other 75% were shallow clones missing all but the current mainstream anime.

During the experiments with the BETA servers, I looked into the technology a few times. Their so called "beta servers" were thinly veiled wrappers over Google Video. They basically attempted to trick Google and use that server infrastructure for their archives. Obviously Google was no match for them, it never worked fully.

To me this feels as if the files never were a problem, but finding a scaling video stream server infrastructure they could use parasitically / for free. I think this again has to do with the massive raids at computing centers in France and Eastern Europe earlier, where large farms with streaming servers were seized (e.g. openload). That may have included their infrastructure, and BETA was an attempt to run "serverless".

This is purely speculative, of course. But I think there's enough evidence to conclude that files weren't lost permanently.

Aug 15, 2020 1:19 PM

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katie_potaty said:
I support Japan in their mission to rid the internet of illegal anime & manga sites (it IS copyright infringement at the end of the day) but I’m still sad & frustrated about this news since outside of Japan, we don’t get even a fraction of the anime & manga content available.

There needs to be better services that offer more of a selection of anime and manga, not just because we don’t get to enjoy most of it but because the creators aren’t reaching a wider audience either.

What are you even complaining about? there's TONS of legally licensed Anime and manga now days that we have access to. Especially when compared to 2010 and before that. More and more older titles are finally licensed and renewed and ones that aren't are being fan-subbed/fan scanned. So we have plenty..

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Zeroflamez said:
Thank god. Fucking garbage malicious site forcing you to turn off adblock. Glad it's gone again. There's better sites to use or better yet just torrent.


Fuck any website that demands you turn adblock off. And anyone using streaming sites is doing anime wrong.

There's only one site I use now and it has no ads and is donation run. I won't be disclosing it here though. For one it's against the rules and 2 and I'm not trying to blow up their spot.
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Aug 15, 2020 1:35 PM

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Good riddance Another freeloader site extinguished. let me show you my crocodile tears!
Aug 15, 2020 2:34 PM

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Does nobody know about adblockers? The player was amazing, big community and HD video. Get an adblocker and everything is set.

Aug 15, 2020 2:41 PM

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I used KissAnime until they tried to put in-video ads, which caused the videos to behave erratically with adblockers. Then I went to gogoanime, which I used before I found Kiss anyways, and never looked back. Maybe Kiss has a bigger list and more updates, not sure.

Frankly, when content owners take down these sites, they're going to see their revenue drop. I'm not buying any overpriced Blu-rays without liking the anime first, and I'm not streaming shit until they have the same backlog as these sites, which will never happen due to licensing issues. I'm not going to pay monthly to watch anime from multiple sites because the industry can't get their act together.
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Aug 15, 2020 2:42 PM

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there will always be mirrors of it that will give you malware don't worry

But for the original KA I thank them for watching DBZ
Aug 15, 2020 2:43 PM
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Kissanime is banned? *cue music*... *sound of silence starts playing*

leichenhaft said:
I always prefered gogoanime over kissanime anyway. And just like I read somewhere once, one site gets shut down and another new 50 get booted up. After looking through a few, you can usually find what you're looking for in a matter of 10 minutes. It's not like they won't try and boot up the site or a new one in the future anyway.


they banned gogoanime too and all the other main sites ppl use

Only way to stop this happening in the future is by sending a strong message to those companies like disney, everyone needs to boycott disney and tell your family/friends to boycott them too.

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Aug 15, 2020 3:13 PM

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I think I only used Kissmanga to read a single manga so it's not like I'll miss it or Kissanime. I did know it was a very big website though, and many people used it, so it's still kinda sad, somehow.
Aug 15, 2020 3:19 PM

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Well KissManga is a total loss, but I admit I never used KA for my anime I use other sites like one that my Ex introduced to me when we were dating and another one that I've always used for years now and they've been changing their url a lot lately.

I'm just glad that there are a ton of options for legal streaming where I am at, but the sad thing is that most niche or older anime that isn't classics will never be picked up that are only available on these types of sites.

Not a fan of torrenting cause you have to have a good VPN to do it from what I heard and the only good free one I could find only gives me 10GB per month on Desktop. I only torrented the Code Geass movie and its probably one of the only few things I ever will...
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I hope 9anime stays intact, well its impossible to actually beat internet piracy so I am not to concerned.
Aug 15, 2020 3:27 PM
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oh no! now where will I get viruses????????????
Aug 15, 2020 3:35 PM

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yaruka said:
as long as they dont take down nyaa im chill lol


took the words right out of my mouth lol, idk what i"ll do if nyaa gets taken down


Aug 15, 2020 3:52 PM
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Despite turning into shit a few years ago, they will be missed.
Aug 15, 2020 4:10 PM

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Rip to the goat website, Kissanime ;-; You will be remembered!
Aug 15, 2020 4:53 PM

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I read through the legal proceedings and what might be happening here is that Disney is suing for illegal access of their properties, like via KissCartoon. Since all Kiss sites are on the same server, the server has been disabled because of court-order, possibly until they scrub Disney's content from the server.

So KA MAY be back, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

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Aug 15, 2020 4:55 PM
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i remember when i finally got back into anime i decided to use kissanime so i could watch the first bnha movie, and then it went from there. its so nostalgic now it hasnt even been that long lmfao
Aug 15, 2020 4:57 PM

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I haven't used kissanime or kissmanga in a long time. But they were apart of my early years as an otaku.

So I'm gonna miss them in that respect. Hopefully, other sites won't follow but we will have to see.
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Aug 15, 2020 5:09 PM
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rip kissanime 😔
RIP anime chia 😢
Aug 15, 2020 5:12 PM

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KissAIDS finally died like a dog? How fitting.

There are plenty of problems with legal streaming services, but filling your computer with enough viruses to make a Dutch hooker blush is not one of them.
Aug 15, 2020 5:19 PM
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I was using Kissanime till today, fortunately, there are a lot of good free alternatives. Still, same as with HH, i will miss it because i "grew up" on it.
Aug 15, 2020 5:33 PM

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What's the big deal, this happens all the time. They get taken down and more get put up as a replacement.
Aug 15, 2020 6:10 PM
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rest in piss, gone but forgotten jnada
Aug 15, 2020 6:28 PM
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Roloko said:
but the sad thing is that most niche or older anime that isn't classics will never be picked up that are only available on these types of sites.


A lot of classics still aren't available too couldn't find a lot of great anime that i've been looking for years...although I couldn't use illegal streaming sites anyway because they banned them last year in australia
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Aug 15, 2020 6:33 PM

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not all kissanime sites are shutdown
Aug 15, 2020 6:46 PM
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RIP, so long the site that brought me into the anime world. F. but still, kickassanime and 4anime and 9anime are so much easier to download.
Aug 15, 2020 6:47 PM
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well, gg and rip best piracy site ever
Aug 15, 2020 6:48 PM
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RIP, so long the site that brought me into the anime world. F. but still, kickassanime and 4anime and 9anime are so much easier to download.
oh you just needed this software called IDM very easy to download stuff with it
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EDI12 said:
Jerry11593 said:
RIP, so long the site that brought me into the anime world. F. but still, kickassanime and 4anime and 9anime are so much easier to download.
oh you just needed this software called IDM very easy to download stuff with it

yeah thx, I have heard about It, but it doesn't work with MAC! very sad....
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