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KissAnime was an anime-focused streaming website launched in 2012 that hosted links and embedded videos of illegally uploaded anime. Considered one of the largest anime streaming websites, KissAnime and its sister manga-focused website KissManga were shut down on August 14th, 2020, following changes to Japanese laws on online piracy.

History

On August 9th, 2011. KissManga.com domain was registered.[1] The website hosted manga content, becoming one of the largest manga depositories over the following years.

On October 25th, 2012, a domain for sister website KissAnime.com was registered.[2] The website hosted links and embedded videos of illegally uploaded anime, becoming one of the largest anime streaming websites.

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On December 17th, 2016, a new domain KissAnime.ru was created,[3] with the KissAnime moving its operations there. In addition to the main domain, multiple copycat websites registered in various countries were created by third parties, largely mirroring KissAnime's content and design.

On June 5th, Kyodo News reported that the Japanese[4] parliament enacted revisions to the Japanese anti-piracy laws, banning illicit downloading of manga, magazines and other materials. In addition to the sites hosting such content, the revised law also applied to the websites linking such content, with these restrictions set to come into effect on October 1st, 2020.

On August 14th, 2020, on KissAnike / KissManga's official Discord[5][6] server Kiss Community, KissAnime team reported that the website's beta servers had been taken down, which could lead to the closing of the website. On August 15th at 1:20 EST, KissAnime team reported that the files were taken down by the copyright owners, with KissManga and KissAnime closing down forever. Both websites were made unavailable to users, displaying the message "All files are taken down by copyright owners. The site will be closed forever. Thank you for your supports."

KissAnimeSupport Yesterday at 9:19 PM @everyone Our beta servers have been taken down, this could lead to the close of the website. We will make more announcement after we have the decision. August 15, 2020 KissAnimeSupport Today at 1:20 AM @everyone All files are taken down by copyright owners. KissManga and KissAnime will be closed forever. Thank you for your supports Thank you for those years.

Features

Before the shutdown, KissAnime featured several tabs of content on its main page, including "Home," "Anime List" and "Report/Request," as well as a search function. The home tab featured latest updates, announcements and additional tabs for "New & Hot" content, recent addition adn most popular series.

Please login or register KissAnime KIdGV DIDG SEARCH Advanced Search Anime list Report/Request Read Manga Home Discord Watch Drama Register for MORE options | Upcoming anime Announcement Galaxy Angel 3 (Dub) Genres: Comedy, Dub, Sa-Fi Please do not block ads on KissAnime. Their mission is to locate and retrieve the mysterious Lost Technology, even though these girls have never been known to stick to their mission. Milfeulle, Forte, Ranpha, Mint, and Vanilla are back for another round of hilarity. The Galaxy Angels have sworn to protect the galaxy one planet at a time. Now with some competition with the newly-formed Twin . Please d--- here to report bad ads RANDOM Ongoing series ° Yuusha Raideen Episode 037 Latest update Page 1 'Fire Force 2 (Sub) Episode 006 O Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma Episode 013 Hide O Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time Episode 005 * Food Wars! The Fifth Plate Episode 006 FIRE FORCE REIDEEN * The Seven Deadly Sins 3 (Dub) THE DRAVE Episode 024 O A Certain Scientific Railgun 3 Yuusha Raideen Fire Force 2 (Sub) Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma Peter Grill and the Food Wars! The Fifth (Dub) Episode 016 Episode 037 Episode 006 Philosopher's Time Plate O Kabukichou Sherlock (Dub) Episode 024 Recent additions Most popular Smile Down the Ruway (Dub) Episode 011 New & Hot * Rent-a-Girlfriend Episode 005 Hide More... The Misfit of Demon King Academy Genres: Fantasy, Magic, School Latest update Latest: Episode 005 Yuusha Raideen Episode 037 Fire Force 2 (Sub) Episode 006

Highlights

Shutdown

The announcement of the shutdown of KissAnime and KissManga sparked significant reaction online, with multiple users on Twitter, Reddit and other social networks expressing regret over the websites' shutdown with posts and memes. On August 15th, Twitter[7] user @Lost_Pause_ tweeted about the KissAnime's shutdown, with the tweet gaining over 1,600 retweets and 15,000 likes (tweet shown below, top). A same-day tweet[8] by @HeavenlyControl received over 2,000 retweets and 12,300 likes (shown below, bottom left).

Noble @Lost_Pause Kissanime is finally gone forever. Now where will we go for terrible hentai ads on the side of our anime? Can we get an F 1:29 AM · Aug 15, 2020 - Twitter Web App >

Heavenly D. Controller @HeavenlyControl RIP Kissanime 1:35 AM · Aug 15, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >
sei - @nishinoyqyu kissanime and kissmanga will surely be missed kissanime kissmanga ByMa 2:45 AM · Aug 15, 2020 · Twitter for Android

In addition to posts about KissAnime, many posts expressed referenced anime streaming websites with licensed content such as Crunchyroll and Funimation,[9][10] as well as contained links to other alternative pirate websites.[11][12]

Traffic

As of August 1st, 2020, kissanime.ru ranked number 515 most popular website globally, while kissmanga.com ranked number 2035 most popular.[13][14] For both sites, the United States users constituted the largest part of their userbase, with 18.5% and 23.9% of users, respectively.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Who.is – kissmanga.com

[2] Who.is – kissanime.com

[3] Who.is – kissanime.ru

[4] Kyodo News – Japan enacts copyright control law to ban pirated manga downloads.

[5] Discord – Kiss Community

[6] Twitter – @ushibff

[7] Twitter – @Lost_Pause_

[8] Twitter – @HeavenlyControl

[9] Twitter – @SubroDimitri

[10] Twitter – @neontxxt

[11] Twitter – @ushibff

[12] Twitter – @nishinoyqyu

[13] Alexa – kissanime.ru

[14] Alexa – kissmanga.com



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About

KissAnime was an anime-focused streaming website launched in 2012 that hosted links and embedded videos of illegally uploaded anime. Considered one of the largest anime streaming websites, KissAnime and its sister manga-focused website KissManga were shut down on August 14th, 2020, following changes to Japanese laws on online piracy.

History

On August 9th, 2011. KissManga.com domain was registered.[1] The website hosted manga content, becoming one of the largest manga depositories over the following years.

On October 25th, 2012, a domain for sister website KissAnime.com was registered.[2] The website hosted links and embedded videos of illegally uploaded anime, becoming one of the largest anime streaming websites.


KissAnime Ell

On December 17th, 2016, a new domain KissAnime.ru was created,[3] with the KissAnime moving its operations there. In addition to the main domain, multiple copycat websites registered in various countries were created by third parties, largely mirroring KissAnime's content and design.

On June 5th, Kyodo News reported that the Japanese[4] parliament enacted revisions to the Japanese anti-piracy laws, banning illicit downloading of manga, magazines and other materials. In addition to the sites hosting such content, the revised law also applied to the websites linking such content, with these restrictions set to come into effect on October 1st, 2020.

On August 14th, 2020, on KissAnike / KissManga's official Discord[5][6] server Kiss Community, KissAnime team reported that the website's beta servers had been taken down, which could lead to the closing of the website. On August 15th at 1:20 EST, KissAnime team reported that the files were taken down by the copyright owners, with KissManga and KissAnime closing down forever. Both websites were made unavailable to users, displaying the message "All files are taken down by copyright owners. The site will be closed forever. Thank you for your supports."


KissAnimeSupport Yesterday at 9:19 PM @everyone Our beta servers have been taken down, this could lead to the close of the website. We will make more announcement after we have the decision. August 15, 2020 KissAnimeSupport Today at 1:20 AM @everyone All files are taken down by copyright owners. KissManga and KissAnime will be closed forever. Thank you for your supports Thank you for those years.

Features

Before the shutdown, KissAnime featured several tabs of content on its main page, including "Home," "Anime List" and "Report/Request," as well as a search function. The home tab featured latest updates, announcements and additional tabs for "New & Hot" content, recent addition adn most popular series.


Please login or register KissAnime KIdGV DIDG SEARCH Advanced Search Anime list Report/Request Read Manga Home Discord Watch Drama Register for MORE options | Upcoming anime Announcement Galaxy Angel 3 (Dub) Genres: Comedy, Dub, Sa-Fi Please do not block ads on KissAnime. Their mission is to locate and retrieve the mysterious Lost Technology, even though these girls have never been known to stick to their mission. Milfeulle, Forte, Ranpha, Mint, and Vanilla are back for another round of hilarity. The Galaxy Angels have sworn to protect the galaxy one planet at a time. Now with some competition with the newly-formed Twin . Please d--- here to report bad ads RANDOM Ongoing series ° Yuusha Raideen Episode 037 Latest update Page 1 'Fire Force 2 (Sub) Episode 006 O Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma Episode 013 Hide O Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time Episode 005 * Food Wars! The Fifth Plate Episode 006 FIRE FORCE REIDEEN * The Seven Deadly Sins 3 (Dub) THE DRAVE Episode 024 O A Certain Scientific Railgun 3 Yuusha Raideen Fire Force 2 (Sub) Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma Peter Grill and the Food Wars! The Fifth (Dub) Episode 016 Episode 037 Episode 006 Philosopher's Time Plate O Kabukichou Sherlock (Dub) Episode 024 Recent additions Most popular Smile Down the Ruway (Dub) Episode 011 New & Hot * Rent-a-Girlfriend Episode 005 Hide More... The Misfit of Demon King Academy Genres: Fantasy, Magic, School Latest update Latest: Episode 005 Yuusha Raideen Episode 037 Fire Force 2 (Sub) Episode 006

Highlights

Shutdown

The announcement of the shutdown of KissAnime and KissManga sparked significant reaction online, with multiple users on Twitter, Reddit and other social networks expressing regret over the websites' shutdown with posts and memes. On August 15th, Twitter[7] user @Lost_Pause_ tweeted about the KissAnime's shutdown, with the tweet gaining over 1,600 retweets and 15,000 likes (tweet shown below, top). A same-day tweet[8] by @HeavenlyControl received over 2,000 retweets and 12,300 likes (shown below, bottom left).


Noble @Lost_Pause Kissanime is finally gone forever. Now where will we go for terrible hentai ads on the side of our anime? Can we get an F 1:29 AM · Aug 15, 2020 - Twitter Web App >
Heavenly D. Controller @HeavenlyControl RIP Kissanime 1:35 AM · Aug 15, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone > sei - @nishinoyqyu kissanime and kissmanga will surely be missed kissanime kissmanga ByMa 2:45 AM · Aug 15, 2020 · Twitter for Android

In addition to posts about KissAnime, many posts expressed referenced anime streaming websites with licensed content such as Crunchyroll and Funimation,[9][10] as well as contained links to other alternative pirate websites.[11][12]

Traffic

As of August 1st, 2020, kissanime.ru ranked number 515 most popular website globally, while kissmanga.com ranked number 2035 most popular.[13][14] For both sites, the United States users constituted the largest part of their userbase, with 18.5% and 23.9% of users, respectively.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Who.is – kissmanga.com

[2] Who.is – kissanime.com

[3] Who.is – kissanime.ru

[4] Kyodo News – Japan enacts copyright control law to ban pirated manga downloads.

[5] Discord – Kiss Community

[6] Twitter – @ushibff

[7] Twitter – @Lost_Pause_

[8] Twitter – @HeavenlyControl

[9] Twitter – @SubroDimitri

[10] Twitter – @neontxxt

[11] Twitter – @ushibff

[12] Twitter – @nishinoyqyu

[13] Alexa – kissanime.ru

[14] Alexa – kissmanga.com

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