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Apr 21, 2019 4:57 AM
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I've recently started watching anime through MAL, due to most of the episodes being available to be watched directly on here. Does anyone else here watch it on MAL, or use external sites? Do you think it's better than most other sites, and how is your overall watching experience? I'm pretty new with it, as I used other sites before, so I just want to see what other's opinion is on it.
Apr 21, 2019 5:13 AM
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Ya, no. Hulu isn't in Canada and fuck Crunchyroll
Apr 21, 2019 5:13 AM
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I typically just download whatever I'm watching. Never considered using MAL, but I don't really see the point as Crunchyroll and Hulu's free member quality is terrible and it's littered with ads. I could block the ads with Brave browser but I still just prefer getting my shows in better quality.


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Apr 21, 2019 5:16 AM
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Greyleaf said:
I typically just download whatever I'm watching. Never considered using MAL, but I don't really see the point as Crunchyroll and Hulu's free member quality is terrible and it's littered with ads. I could block the ads with Brave browser but I still just prefer getting my shows in better quality.


If you mind asking me, where do you find yours? I find that using Crunchyroll episodes, is by far the best I can get, as it's the only one I managed to watch without lag.
Apr 21, 2019 5:19 AM
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I hate streaming so I'd never do it. Torrenting is so much more convenient, better quality, no buffering, no fear of the internet spasming out and the episode stopping right in the middle, very easy to navigate. Streaming is all downside as far as I'm concerned.
I probably regret this post by now.
Apr 21, 2019 5:21 AM
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Pullman said:
I hate streaming so I'd never do it. Torrenting is so much more convenient, better quality, no buffering, no fear of the internet spasming out and the episode stopping right in the middle, very easy to navigate. Streaming is all downside as far as I'm concerned.


Fair enough. So you torrent all episodes then?
Apr 21, 2019 5:27 AM
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Hime-han said:
Pullman said:
I hate streaming so I'd never do it. Torrenting is so much more convenient, better quality, no buffering, no fear of the internet spasming out and the episode stopping right in the middle, very easy to navigate. Streaming is all downside as far as I'm concerned.


Fair enough. So you torrent all episodes then?


Yes, absolutely. I have a big download folder where I download shows in advance and that becomes like the primary PTW for me, when I want to start something new I usually pick from there.
https://i.imgur.com/Q1wqOwI.png?1
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Apr 21, 2019 5:34 AM
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Wait what? You can watch it on MAL?! You opened my eyes,I've never knew it
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Apr 21, 2019 5:41 AM
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Pullman said:
Hime-han said:


Fair enough. So you torrent all episodes then?


Yes, absolutely. I have a big download folder where I download shows in advance and that becomes like the primary PTW for me, when I want to start something new I usually pick from there.
https://i.imgur.com/Q1wqOwI.png?1


Ah I see, sounds like an option, plus easy when you're on the move I suppose.
Apr 21, 2019 5:43 AM
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Mucosa said:
Wait what? You can watch it on MAL?! You opened my eyes,I've never knew it

Muscosa yes you can. I'm not 100% sure though, whenever every anime has all of the episodes, as I'm yet to check that. But most are available if you go to the episodes page such as this:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/36397/Shiyan_Pin_Jiating/video
Apr 21, 2019 5:45 AM
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Pullman said:
Hime-han said:


Fair enough. So you torrent all episodes then?


Yes, absolutely. I have a big download folder where I download shows in advance and that becomes like the primary PTW for me, when I want to start something new I usually pick from there.
https://i.imgur.com/Q1wqOwI.png?1


Oh wow. That is a lot. I do wonder how you mange to store all of that though. I would have probably ran out of space by now.
Apr 21, 2019 5:47 AM

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Hime-han said:
Pullman said:


Yes, absolutely. I have a big download folder where I download shows in advance and that becomes like the primary PTW for me, when I want to start something new I usually pick from there.
https://i.imgur.com/Q1wqOwI.png?1


Oh wow. That is a lot. I do wonder how you mange to store all of that though. I would have probably ran out of space by now.


I only have one harddrive, ~2TB. What you see was only around 700GB tho. It was much more challening 10, 15 years ago when harddrive sizes weren't as ridiculous yet. Back then I had 4 hard drives of ~500GB each.
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Apr 21, 2019 5:50 AM

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Mucosa said:
Wait what? You can watch it on MAL?! You opened my eyes,I've never knew it
You can, but they're imbedded from Crunchyroll and Hulu. This means only the anime that are available in your region on those sites can be played on MAL so unless you live in the US that won't be many. Not sure if the quality differs from the host sites, but I'd imagine the experience would be better watching straight from the source.

OT: I usually watch on pirate sites, torrents, and occasionally Netflix or blu-ray
Apr 21, 2019 5:51 AM
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Pullman said:
Hime-han said:


Oh wow. That is a lot. I do wonder how you mange to store all of that though. I would have probably ran out of space by now.


I only have one harddrive, ~2TB. What you see was only around 700GB tho. It was much more challening 10, 15 years ago when harddrive sizes weren't as ridiculous yet. Back then I had 4 hard drives of ~500GB each.


Seems like about a standard size. That's true, now you can more or less hard drives for a good price, if you know where to look.
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Hime-han said:
Mucosa said:
Wait what? You can watch it on MAL?! You opened my eyes,I've never knew it

Muscosa yes you can. I'm not 100% sure though, whenever every anime has all of the episodes, as I'm yet to check that. But most are available if you go to the episodes page such as this:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/36397/Shiyan_Pin_Jiating/video
oh thank you very much for the link !!! ^3^
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Apr 21, 2019 5:52 AM

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I torrent. I'm in need to a new harddrive here soon though since both of my 1TB externals and my laptop are nearly at capacity. To save space I have deleted a lot of shows I probably wouldn't rewatch. Some shows I have kept since 2005.
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Apr 21, 2019 6:38 AM

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I mostly download the episodes from 9anime since most of the content is not available in my country.
Apr 21, 2019 7:22 AM

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I stream seasonals on some illegal sites and torrent if I have to binge.
Hulu isn't available in my country and crunchyroll is shit as it can't even stream gintama.


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Apr 21, 2019 7:53 AM

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I use Crunchyroll and Vrv to watch my anime. And I watch some legally on YouTube.
Apr 21, 2019 8:00 AM

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Better don't use MAL. You can use Netflix most probably you should have the subscription as most of peeps do have. For me primary source- Netflix, crunchyroll(all the anime aren't available due to country restrictions 😔😔)
Secondary source--kissanime(best among other streaming sites, have every anime)
Final and last option--torrent, I like to download movies rather than streaming.
Hope it helps,
Happy Easters 😋😋
THERE EXIST IN THIS WORLD SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN
IT'S GENTLE SO VERY SWEET
THE GLIMPSES IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A PERSON CRAVE IT
THAT'S WHY IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN
THAT'S WHY THE WORLD HAS KEPT HIDDEN
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
BUT ONE DAY, IT WILL BE FOUND

BY THE PERSON WHO IS MEANT TO FIND IT. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
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I don't use mal because cr is infested with cms and promos, one 24 min episode is 30 min on mal last time I checked and the player is awful. I have a 200G folder of anime from a certain cat site and others.
Apr 22, 2019 12:50 PM

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zombie_pegasus said:
Mucosa said:
Wait what? You can watch it on MAL?! You opened my eyes,I've never knew it
You can, but they're imbedded from Crunchyroll and Hulu. This means only the anime that are available in your region on those sites can be played on MAL so unless you live in the US that won't be many. Not sure if the quality differs from the host sites, but I'd imagine the experience would be better watching straight from the source.

OT: I usually watch on pirate sites, torrents, and occasionally Netflix or blu-ray
thanks very much for the informations ^3^
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Apr 22, 2019 2:51 PM

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Almost always downloading from Iranian sites since is the easiest way for me
Apr 23, 2019 1:22 AM
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Tomoya1 said:
Better don't use MAL. You can use Netflix most probably you should have the subscription as most of peeps do have. For me primary source- Netflix, crunchyroll(all the anime aren't available due to country restrictions 😔😔)
Secondary source--kissanime(best among other streaming sites, have every anime)
Final and last option--torrent, I like to download movies rather than streaming.
Hope it helps,
Happy Easters 😋😋


Just out curiosity though, do any of the episodes freeze for you when you watch it? Mine tend to buffer for a while at times, and even end up crashing the link.
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Ya, no. Hulu isn't in Canada and fuck Crunchyroll


First post is the best post. Well done, bro.
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i download/torrent since i got high latency/ping internet that is not good for streaming

Apr 23, 2019 4:32 AM

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torrent is life. everything else is inferior
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Apr 23, 2019 10:43 PM

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Hime-han said:
Tomoya1 said:
Better don't use MAL. You can use Netflix most probably you should have the subscription as most of peeps do have. For me primary source- Netflix, crunchyroll(all the anime aren't available due to country restrictions 😔😔)
Secondary source--kissanime(best among other streaming sites, have every anime)
Final and last option--torrent, I like to download movies rather than streaming.
Hope it helps,
Happy Easters 😋😋


Just out curiosity though, do any of the episodes freeze for you when you watch it? Mine tend to buffer for a while at times, and even end up crashing the link.
can you tell me about which site you're asking?
THERE EXIST IN THIS WORLD SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN
IT'S GENTLE SO VERY SWEET
THE GLIMPSES IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A PERSON CRAVE IT
THAT'S WHY IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN
THAT'S WHY THE WORLD HAS KEPT HIDDEN
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
BUT ONE DAY, IT WILL BE FOUND

BY THE PERSON WHO IS MEANT TO FIND IT. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
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Tomoya1 said:
Hime-han said:


Just out curiosity though, do any of the episodes freeze for you when you watch it? Mine tend to buffer for a while at times, and even end up crashing the link.
can you tell me about which site you're asking?


@Tomoya1 I'm talking about the crunchyroll links on MAL.
Apr 26, 2019 1:26 AM
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i use Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix & Prime video
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I download all my anime on 9anime. It's faster then torrenting anime.
Evangelion is shit
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Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu & for Torrenting i use nyaa.si



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Apr 26, 2019 1:39 AM

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Due to the fact that my native languaje is spanish, nop, I have never seen anime on MAL.
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Tomoya1 said:
can you tell me about which site you're asking?


@Tomoya1 I'm talking about the crunchyroll links on MAL.
dunno about Mal.... I don't use it.
Why don't you use other websites they will be much better than Mal.
THERE EXIST IN THIS WORLD SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN
IT'S GENTLE SO VERY SWEET
THE GLIMPSES IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A PERSON CRAVE IT
THAT'S WHY IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN
THAT'S WHY THE WORLD HAS KEPT HIDDEN
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
BUT ONE DAY, IT WILL BE FOUND

BY THE PERSON WHO IS MEANT TO FIND IT. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
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Apr 26, 2019 2:31 AM
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How do you watch them on MAL? This would be a big help if I knew how to do this
Apr 26, 2019 2:35 AM
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I have never watched an episode on Mal but only because I didn't know that, lol.
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"Didnt avaible in your country"
Thats all

Apr 26, 2019 3:31 AM
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Lucinated said:
How do you watch them on MAL? This would be a big help if I knew how to do this


Some anime if you go to this link for example: https://myanimelist.net/anime/36397/Shiyan_Pin_Jiating/video
it would have the episodes there. Not every anime of course has it, but the one's I've watched on here so far have it.
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Tomoya1 said:
Hime-han said:


@Tomoya1 I'm talking about the crunchyroll links on MAL.
dunno about Mal.... I don't use it.
Why don't you use other websites they will be much better than Mal.


I've been suggested to use sites which you can download anime of it, but don't exactly want to litter my computer with it. Kissanime is usually what I used, but I have a problem with episodes freezing, and buffering for a long time on there.
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Used to, watched naruto on MAL, then started seeing a bunch of nonos like "this isn't available in your country"/"error please use the providers site" blah blah blah, so ended up using crunchyroll and other websites.
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I download all my anime because I hate streaming. I don't like buffering or the slight inconvenience of needing an internet connection all the time. I like watching on long trips, or staying up binge-watching. Both of which (especially the former) are hard to do if I have to stream. Even if I can get streaming to work, it's always in the lowest resolution possible, which is just a further small annoyance.
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nah, i just watch it from illegal streaming sites.



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