There doesn't seem to be much out there. At least as far as torrent mirrors are concerned. There's a handful of DDL sites but they only seem to share their own encodes of dubious quality with the slowest mirrors they could find, so they probably aren't much better than the dime a dozen streaming sites that have been around for 20 plus years. There's a couple XDCC bots still uploading some airing anime, but it's nowhere near the reliable option it used to be

Someone linked a site a few pages back that mirrors whatever torrent link you feed to it, and that seems to work, which I guess for the immediate future makes it the best thing left.

good bye bro ,<im waiting for the moment when i get new ANIME DDL's i hope its going to be great

Be the change you want to see in the world.

I just want to tell you that I love Anime Tosho. You did a great work here. Thank you for everything you've done!

thank you for your hardwork for so long years hope we can find another one as good as AT..

can i get a nekomimi onee san

Does anyone have suggestions for alternative sites that are similar to Tosho? Particularly for direct download links?

Can't someone make a new site that's exactly like tosho? With audio/video/subtitle download links and everything?

Many thanks, I've probably used the site since about it started. You deserve much more than this text, sadly I have my own "shutdown" esque things I have to manage.

yes. this is the same for. :((

its so sad to hear about the shutting down. I loved this site and always use to for the direct links. :(((    

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Thanx you for all the hard work

whats the best site to use for new dub anime.

Thank you for all you've done all these years.

It is truly sad news.
Thank you for being a hero for so long.
My country's politicians are in the pockets of the media MAFIAA, so torrents are too risky. I have relied on animetosho for many years for the direct download mirrors (before XDCC, but as another comment mentioned many sources disappeared recently).
There's no real alternative as of yet that comes even close to animetosho's quality/simplicity/service.
The internet is getting smaller and worse again.

Is there an alternative that rips the subs? AT have been fantastic for this, not sure any alternative exists that do the same, don't want to have to get multiple files just for the subtitles, I mean ones where it also includes the chinese subs not just english

thank you for all the anime

I only just saw the message of the shutdown D= You've probably already read this kind of message thousands of times but I also want to add my appreciation for your work and this site. I used it as an unofficial tracker on top of a place to dl my anime and it will be sorely missed. There's nothing to really quite replace it in my heart but wishing you the best in your future endeavors.

Most of it isn't so useful. In fact, I think you can run without it as the code has fallbacks for if it isn't there.

sendfile is slightly more efficient than read+write calls for uploading, but it only works with raw streams and basically all hosts these days use HTTPS, so doesn't get used any more. Though there's OpenSSL's SSL_sendfile if you want to go there, but the efficiency gain might not be worth it.
posix_fadvise was meant to help hint the disk scheduler, but you can mostly get the same effect with large read buffers, which is what the script does anyway, so not all that useful.

swap4 encoding is used for obfuscation when wrapping uploads in 7z archives. Currently no uploaders wrap uploads in 7z, but it's there if it's ever needed.
You can of course do the encoding in PHP, but the ways I could come up with were all significantly slower than doing it in a custom extension.

Now we have a date. I figured earlier in the month was going to be a reality based on previous posts about data consumption and lowering activity until it resets.

Thank you again. Everything must come to dust.

If someone wants to take over the site, they can do so by running their own copy of it. I'm happy to direct users to such copies.
I can answer some questions around the code, but I do expect people to mostly figure it out for themselves.

probably for speed as php is slow and many more things

love you admin + everyone who interacted with me(including my anon comments) in the comments, this is part of my fav. sites list, this site was the reason i was able to interact with 2B, Trix, admin and so many more people, also i am so happy to have a release of mine listed before the shutdown as a memory, meow

@Admin Thanks for everything~<333

I'm digging through the open sourced code.
I spot a lot of technical debt, which feels like a annoying bunch of chores to deal with.  

I can't wrap my head around what https://github.com/animetosho/uploader-php-ext tries to resolve though.
What  and why couldn't be done in PHP?

Anyone make a copycat site yet?

thank you for everything u have done, u were a beacon to us all

Thank you for everything and having to shoulder it all. This has been a wonderful site and great communication with everybody as well. Hopefully in the future you are able to restart the site again or possibly with more help later on. It has been amazing to have the ease of use and wish you the very best in life and all future endeavors.

Admin, surely there's a way?

Put a notice up on the site offering the chance for applicants to take over the site, spend a little time training them how to navigate the idiosyncrasies of your code (I know you once said that the code wasn't designed for others) Whats the worse that could happen? It's going to crash and burn anyway.

You also have the option of doing a crowd funding to go towards site costs and rewarding you for your efforts? I would donate.

thank you for everything, this has been a really good alternative to nyaa.si as i can no longer reach the main site where i live.
really hoping for a revival of some sort by someone though.

I completely understand the reasons behind the shutdown. The site has contributed so much to the community, and I truly appreciate everything you’ve done.
I’ll have to look for an alternative, though I haven’t come across anything that really compares to AT.
Thank you for all the support and effort you’ve given over the years. It won’t be forgotten.

Fully understand the motives for the shut down, you have supported the community in so many ways and I appreciate that, as i'm sure everyone that has used the site.
I will need to find an alternative site, but none that I have used in the past can hold a candle to AT.

Thanks for all you help and support over the years, you will be missed.

Admin, TYVM for putting the source and a how-to together. Thank you for your service. The Seven High Seas of Weebs will never forget you. 🏴‍☠️
I hope that animetosho is said in the same whispers as many of the other late great 🏴‍☠️  sites.

i am sad to AT shutting down , been using it for years
i can't find any good alternative
i want a site that group resales under one episode like "https://animetosho.org/episodes?filter_old=1"
if any one can help
thank you

I am going to absolutely mourn the passing of your site. You've been part of my daily life for so long, it's going to be hard to adjust. I do understand, though and I wish you well in all your future endeavors. I mean this sincerely.

It's always sad to see your favorite library closed. Imagine a premium service for subtitles, ddls and nzb with no ads at all for free that has been operating for the last 15 years. Also, admin never ask and/or accept any form of donations. That's what makes admin the GOAT and deserve a place in a hall of fame. Thank you and good luck, admin.

i was here after site old animetake take down, i experience how i cant get any peaceful mind for fews month before i find this site yeah we stilll got some similar type website who give mirror download non torrent and various fansub but  also i love simple design on webpage with no image or something can put more bandwidth to load page and just give title search and link and website load so fast because how simple this website, i remember even some times this site get down i kinda panic because im afraid times come again like before and trying search for answer its that really down on server site or somehow take down by government stuff because i know is not only hard to find and the only one who fit criteria website i like just the one and only fucking "AnimeTohso" man this was great lost for many people here i dont know i should go after this it so sad, but i understand every beginning always have end, but i want to tell u how happy im when i find your website, and this website become my main sources for season ongoing anime stuff it was great run my friend thanks for everything from beginning to end, sure no website like this i can find after u shutdown this website, u are the best dude hope whatever u do after this u got good karma for all good deeds u have here nothing can replace animetosho in my hearts, now i need fight my habit every morning because your website is first one i open everyday every morning for many years my life , thanks for hard works and times u spend for di website to make everything up to date and works. o7                

Deym saw the announcement. This has been my go-to anime DDL site post-tor*ent for almost 10 years! I dont want to go back to*rent T __ T

holy shit. end of an era for us. never thought this would ever happen

OMG, I just now found out... I suppose I can understand how nothing lasts forever, and sometimes the chapters in a person's life can change and such, and while I do GREATLY appreciate all that you've done on this site and for the anime community, I can only hope that you reconsider and change your mind ( maybe even accept donations for server maintenance costs or something ) and or pass the site onto a new person that will continue it going into the future. --- I mean, there's already far too much frustrations and misery going on in this world and AnimeTosho has been my main website. I check it several times a day, and even when I get a new computer or first turn an existing one on, AT is the first one I look at...... Yes, other anime sites may exist, but I don't look at them anymore, only this one as  IMO it's the best!! --- The moment I heard it may be going away, my brain started to panic... I'm having a hard time imagining my anime life without AnimeTosho, and I'm hoping this ray of sunshine can somehow continue to exist and brighten up an otherwise difficult time. --- Again all has been appreciated and I'm sure a LOT of us can understand Life and such, but while I hate to sound selfish, I'm seriously hoping there's a way to continue things as they are, even if that means the torch gets passed to someone else and or donations can keep AnimeTosho going. - No matter what, THANK YOU for all these wonderful years.

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So sad... A genuine life-enhancer over the last ten years. All the best to all involved and all reading this.

Your legend will never die

It is a shocking news, i really enjoy this web and the extensive archive u guys have, i wish u guys the best for ur next endeavor, can anyone help me find another alternative that let us download only the English Subs, it is so massive help tbh

I tried some website listed on the announcement section, but none provide the subtitles only... Please help me out...
Wish there is anyone can help me... T_T...

Thank you so much for ur guys dedication and amazing work... Wish everyone, the admin, the developer, and even people who enjoy the web the best ^^  

Love u guys so much <3 <3 <3

That was sudden for me.. I wasn't a really old user so i don't exactly know how many of you are feeling, but I however much time I spent on this partform was great, I still have a lot to figure out like i just noticed they have a discord server, nerver knew the correct way to get to the comments, I am never been a fan of light themes but I always choose 2024q3 - Minamo (idkw)

Discovering the site cause I didn't want to use torrent but wanted the raw files, finding a awesome codec called AV1, helping people who were just like me, it was all fun

Thank you for everything

I just saw the notice that this site is shutting down. This really comes as a blow for me as I've relied on this site for so many years that I can't even remember at this point. 10 years? maybe a bit more than that? Initially I started with nyaa and occasionally tokyotosho but I always found their search functions and sorting to be difficult so when I found this site it was a god send. Back then I also used some of the mirrors due to my weird internet connection so having all these features was amazing. Looking back, I feel like maybe I have taken all these features for granted. I realize that some projects can't continue going on forever but i deeply appreciate the service that you have provided for us.

There's no particular meaning in the chosen date, other than being before the server's lease expiry.

Thank you so much for the service you've provided over the years!

Hello, I wonder if AT shutdown day should be on 15th of August or 1st of September (Japan armistice / surrender day) instead of 9th May (Third Reich surrender), considering that anime is a japanese phenomenon?

I just read through the shutdown notices and it is utterly devastating to read. In times when fan-translated and fan-subbed anime and manga sites are being forced to shutdown, this comes as yet another horrific news. I've been using Anime Tosho since 2013 or so, and this was THE place I used to come to download episodes of anime I liked and if not downloading, then just scrolling through what new anime has come up. The sorting done on this website is really the best, one can grab the files in the quality of their choice from the providers of these episodes that they want. My own fan-subbed anime episodes of Hybrid Child, Junjou Romantica, Little Women, and few others were also grabbed from Nyaa on this site and honestly, it made me super happy that more audience outside only torrenting fans could find my files.

I understand that this decision must have been really tough for you. But I still have that tiny ray of hope that you will possible reconsider the decision of ending this website. If the website is not causing problems to you, maybe there isn't a need to end it permanently.

I wish you all the best in your future endeavours and a happy and safe life ahead.

i like this site because i can download subtitle only. so sad it will gone soon. thank you admin for the past years.