Anime streaming sites including AniWave have been closed recently due to a war against piracy
If youโre a anime fan and you love to watch anime using popular websites like AnimeSuge, Aniwave, Anix, etc., we have piece of sad news for you as you wonโt be able to watch anime using these sites anymore!
What, got confused? Worry not, hereโs the brief.
Recently, reports emerged online indicating that a recent crackdown on anime piracy has taken place after the government took the necessary action to control the copyright infringement.
As the government intervened, numerous popular sites, such as AnimeSuge, Aniwave, Anix, among many others, vanished almost overnight.
AnimeSuge, Aniwave, Anix, 123Anime and more anime streaming sites shut down amidst piracy clampdown
As per the media reports, more than 10 popular websites, that streamed pirated anime content have been taken down by the government intervention.
Several popular Anime Piracy Sites (AnimeSuge, AnimeWave (9Anime) are suddenly shutting down.
— Manga Mogura RE (Manga & Anime News) (@MangaMoguraRE) August 27, 2024
Though, some sites are now completely inaccessible, while there are many that reportedly display a message indicating that they may begin operating by the same organization sometimes later.
However, as of now, there is no information available whether these sites will start functioning again and from when. Let us inform you, all these affected sites used the domain of .to, which reportedly belongs to the Tonga Kingdom.
List of Ban Sites
A list of the affected sites are as:
Filmoflix.to,
Papadustream.to,
Animesuge.to
Vidsrc2.to,
Flix2day.to,
2flix.to,
Theflixtor.to,
Mov2day.to,
Fboxz.to,
Cinezone.to,
Aniwave.to,
Anix.to, and
Zoroxtv.to.
For the curious, the matter came to light after an X account which goes by the name @MangaMoguraRE took to the platform and revealed that popular anime sites like โAnimeSuge, AnimeWave (9Anime) are suddenly shutting down.โ
List of websites that are all gone ๐ญ
โ https://t.co/aRaNqAAjV1
โ https://t.co/GWpXQYUrhi
โ https://t.co/5dHFYufUyQ
โ https://t.co/r15NCuug9D
โ https://t.co/riwSZVMFUj
โ https://t.co/bqcnszTtPv
โ https://t.co/uZZB8Q6H68
โ https://t.co/V4HtqHXeL2
โ https://t.co/Ybr49emYjF
โโฆ— brndnreys (@brndnreys) August 27, 2024
In 2024, the efforts to combat piracy have been persistent in the manga industry with popular Japanese manga publisher Shueisha, a member of content overseas distribution association, being at the forefront.
Let us remind you, last week, a popular manga site, Webtoon, filed a subpoena request against more than 150 manga piracy websites, which reportedly receive more than 100m monthly visits.
Social Media Userโs Reaction
Meanwhile, many manga enthusiasts are opposing the decision of taking down the anime piracy sites as they argue that now how they are supposed to catch up with their favorite anime.
One such anime fan took to X and penned, โaniwav going down is my fucking 9/11 what the hell.โ Another one added, โThis is sad af. This was the best anime site ever. I donโt know if Iโll ever get over it.โ