KissAnime's official shut down brings forth a new free channel on YouTube. The sudden closure of the popular anime website was terrible news for many anime lovers. However, there's still good news that they should be looking forward to.
NEWS: Japan's Top Anime Studios Have United Together To Launch A YouTube Channel! Toei Animation, Nippon Animation, Kodansha, Tezuka Productions and Shinei Animation have United together to launch a YouTube channel called "Animelog" which will stream free anime. pic.twitter.com/TTw9DTPJwA — Nico Robin #SHPMY (@robinnchwan) August 15, 2020
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Currently, film piracy is rampant, especially when it comes to anime content since there's an ever-growing international fan base that demands more accessible free anime content. KissAnime and KissManga helped lessen the gap between the west and the east through subtitles in the fantasy world of Japanese animation.
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The two major anime platforms also served the global community for over a decade. However, the stricter Japanese copyright laws have officially closed both services on Aug. 14.
"KissManga and KissAnime will be closed forever. Thank you for your supports. Thank you for those years," wrote the KissAnime support team.
New websites started to surface after KissAnime's closure, claiming that they have the official anime content from KissManga and KissAnime. Udou's latest report warned that these websites should not be accessed since they are highly dangerous for user's devices and used for phishing purposes.
YouTube will soon have AnimeLog, a free anime channel
More than 30 Japanese anime production companies have worked together to create a YouTube channel called AnimeLog, that would provide the fans with free anime content.
People are posting stories about AnimeLog with images from shows like My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Attack on Titan when the reality is... this pic.twitter.com/NpaotuKTe1 — Seibaa Seibaagahama (@SeibaaHomu) August 17, 2020
According to Bounding Into Comic's latest report, the new channel holds licenses for content produced by Tezuka Productions (Astro Boy, Black Jack), Shin-ei Animation (Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan), Nippon Animation (Anne of the Green Gables, Hunter x Hunter), and Toei Animation (Digimon, One Piece).
The organizations' goal is to reach insurmountable views monthly by releasing over 3000 anime titles by 2022. Currently, Japan is the only country that has AnimeLog. However, it will soon be released to international subscribers on Chinese-subbed and English-subbed titles.
"Some of the works may be expressively inappropriate," noted AnimeLog, confirming that it will also remove anime's censorship.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.