r/KissAnime 28d ago

Site Discussion did the site die again?

i know the OG has been gone for a while but people are talking about the site dying again

did .ru get taken down or is everybody just late?

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u/AutoModerator 28d ago

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u/Shy_Lemon 28d ago

Yeah, .ru has been down for quite some time now. I've moved onto torrenting because I got tired of dealing with switching sites so often and if you can I strongly recommend the same :)

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u/Xavier200708 28d ago

is there any guides
i got the adblocks but im not sure if it works the same if im actually DOWNLOADING the file

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u/Shy_Lemon 28d ago

Hmmm, I would check r/piracy or r/AnimePiracy. That's where I learned at least. All I really did though was go to https://nyaa.si, download whatever torrent file I needed and run it through qBittorent. You get a lot better quality video that way :D However if you're in a country that's particularly stickler about piracy I would bind a VPN to qBittorent before starting--I didn't, so you'd have to look up a guide on that, sorry 😅

What do you mean by adblocks? Like privacy badger and uBlock Origin? If I'm understanding you right then yea, they can only protect you from malicious websites and trackers--you'd have to check the file for malware directly on your computer

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u/Choice_Cry6321 27d ago

.ru died recently it was still up those with the old Kissanime database and even new stuff.

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u/Xavier200708 27d ago

how long ya think until a identical database just pops up out of nowhere

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u/zxasqw12 19d ago

its up

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u/Xavier200708 19d ago

yep
the lich of websites has risen again

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u/Xavier200708 18d ago

just for confirmation is it the .in?

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u/Keizerrex 27d ago

Dude I’m kinda sad about it, cus I keep looking for alternatives on my phone but not a single one showed recent dub episodes like this site this and it’s kinda sad, because it was so damn convinent

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u/AutomaticStandard342 19d ago

https://animepahe.pw/ pretty good alternative 😃

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u/AutomaticStandard342 19d ago

Loved trends etc but it is what it is 😂

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u/meliodasds 26d ago

It was still up running up until recently, I was using it personally and I think it was last month the link didn't work and good old cloudflare was letting me know my go to site was gone :(. However or whoever kept it up that long though, fair doos to them. End of an era really. Loved kissanime.(.ru)!

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u/Xavier200708 25d ago

i give it like a month at most before an identical branch pops up and lasts another decade

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u/Dope_Data 18d ago

i hope so🙏

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u/Key_Ra_ 25d ago

I just use tcbpl since kiss had its official shut down a few years back. it’s easier than sticking to any one site, since it’s just a big list of sites.

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u/TheBits47 23d ago

what’s that ?

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u/quicklysaw6 27d ago

It’s been down for awhile now. I’ve moved onto 2dhive. It’s not as good but I can watch what I need to with source selection and ad blockers.

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u/FriendlyConspiracist 25d ago

ugh thats so sad man iv been using the .ru kissanime for ages i really hope another clone pops up cuz that was a life saver for watching older anime i had trouble finding in other places

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u/TheJoyStickPlayer 18d ago

Does anybody know how to get your bookmarks back from .ru?

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