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Are you an anime fan? Do you know where to watch the latest anime episodes? Do you know how to download animes for free? What are some good websites to download anime (Japanese with English subs) from?
In this post, we collect the top 12 anime download sites to answer all of the questions mentioned. After downloading animes, you can also play them on iPad, iPhone or Android for offline watching.
Best Anime Download Sites Of 2016
1.kissanime.com
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Kissanime is the best site to download anime. The site is highly organised and is continuously updated on regular basis. The site features the anime in a quality pattern similar to that of YouTube. You can download anime in 240p, 360p 720p & 1080p quality. For mobile users, it is important to inform that the site does not work for mini browsers like opera mini and UC mini.
kissanime requires you to make a free account before downloading anime (Japanese with English subs).
2. animehaven.to
Anime-heaven is one more free anime website for you to watch anime online or offline. You can find your favorite Series, Cartoons, Ongoing Series and movies and you can also select the new shows by genres, year and ratings. The best part of Anime Heaven is that, it allows you to download anime with different video quality. It is also good for slow connections and offers low buffering.
3. crunchyroll.com
Crunchyroll is the most active anime website yet, which provides various solutions to find your favorite anime. This free anime streaming website gives you clear anime categories to make it easier to find what you want.
It gives you latest anime's news, all-new animes and a forum to discuss about animes with strangers. So, you can share your thoughts and get recommendations from others.
4. gogoanime.com
According to its webpage it is world's largest free anime site. It really has a huge collection of all kind of animes. You can search by name or genre and start to watch it, with English Subtitle. Its navigation is easy which allows you to quickly find your desired shows.
5. animeout.com
Animeout is a website for downloading anime which displays all the Series which have finished airing or in other words, completed its ongoing season. It displays every Anime series which fits the website description on its home page. From there you can select whichever Anime series you want and you will be redirected to a page displaying the genre, rating, duration, and the number of episodes in that series. Here you will also get a number of direct download links for downloading that series.
6. animecruzers.com
It is a website where you can download the latest episodes of your favorite Anime series. Here the latest updates are posted on the homepage, but you can still search for your favorite shows in the search bar. By clicking on your selected episode, you will be taken to a page where you can find the full description of your selected episode along with the synopsis and the download links. The episodes can be downloaded in either 480p or 720p.
7. project-gxs.com
This website is a user-friendly website which allows the viewers to easily find their favorite anime shows in the ongoing or completed or about to start, as seen in the different sections of the website. The website also has a separate section for news where they notify the users about technical difficulties or delays or even updates. The episodes can either be downloaded directly or through torrent links provided by this website.
8. chia-anime.tv
Chia-anime boasts almost every Anime series in its dictionary and the episodes can be streamed or downloaded in any quality the user wants including 1080p HD. It also runs on mobile, in case the viewer is unable to use his PC or laptop yet still wants to watch anime.
9. animeflavor.me
Dragonball, Spiderman, Voltron and much more. Animeflavor is a heavenly place for anime lovers. This site features the largest database of anime I've ever seen. Tons of anime to choose from and that's too without any registration. You can simply watch anime online or can easily download for offline purpose.
The only drawback that annoyed me is the number of ads that pops up after every refresh you make on the website page.
10. animetosho.org
Different from other top anime sites, Animetosho is a resource type anime download site, to some degree a forum where you can chat with anime buffs and download packaged anime episodes for offline watching. Since it's not compatible to mobile devices as these packaged anime videos, you need to convert it to MP4, FLV, AVI etc., any formats your iPhone iPad or Android supported.
11. anidl.org
This amazing website not only allows you to download your favorite anime episodes but it also allows you to post your requests on the website for the anime series which you would want to watch but is not available at the time of your posting. This website also lets you subscribe them so that they can send you notifications via Email for the latest episodes or updates.
12. animeworldbd.com
An Anime download website with no ads is certainly a magic. This a place for real and it exists. Animeworldbd.com is a simple and user-friendly platform to download anime without any hassle. Though they are not uploading any new anime now but surely they have managed to lure the target audience with their previous collection.
Best Solution to Download Anime Series
Among the top anime download sites above, some are available for directly free downloading online, some are not. If you cannot find a direct link to download the anime series you found, try to use AllMyTube to download them. It can easily download anime episodes from top anime sites and more in MP4, MKV, 3GP, AVI, etc. with fast speed and high quality. AllMyTube can download videos from over 10,000 websites, including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Vevo, NicoVideo and many more. Below are simple steps to use AllMyTube to download any videos you want.
Step 1. Download and install AllMyTube on your computer.
Step 2. Open the anime video you want to download and copy the URL.
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Step 3. Go to upper-left corner of the program's main interface, then select 'Paste URL'. The video will be downloaded immediately.
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This is the top 12 best websites for anime download. Do you know any other good sites to download free anime? Let me know and I will list it in this post.