"Piracy Anime, Manga Sites KissAnime, KissManga Shut Down". "Piracy Giants KissAnime and KissManga Shut Down". ^ a b c d Van der Sar, Ernesto (15 August 2020)."KissAnime, longstanding pirate anime streaming site, is 'closed forever '". "Pirate Streaming Sites KissAnime & KissManga Shut Down Permanently As Japan Cracks Down On Piracy". Even though the main website has shut down, many mirrors of the original websites still exist. The closure of the site led to the creation of a number of Internet memes. Many of the works can now be considered lost, as not only are many titles not distributed legally in many countries, but in some cases they are only available on physical media, which is subject to degradation over time, and are not possible to legally stream anywhere in the world. Another commentator has described the outcome as both "a major strike to media piracy a blow to the history of anime", noting that the website has also been an archive of rare titles, such as the 1993 original video animation, Battle Angel. One commentator noted that "fans are furious" as "in many countries they really have nowhere to go" for the kind of content that was hosted on the site. Its main site,, was shut down on August 14, 2020. The site has been criticized for its copyright infringement and occasionally for advertising that contained malware, but it has been praised for popularizing anime and manga, and for providing access to content that is not legally available in certain areas, particularly in Southeast Asia and India. In 2018 the site was blocked in Australia. disseminating infringing content on a MASSIVE scale, for profit."
In 2017 the site was also a target of a subpoena by US company FUNimation, which described its actions as aimed at "someone. ru domain in 2016), and it has been suggested this was done due to copyright complaints, and the threat of the new, stricter Japanese laws on online piracy. com website had been registered in 2012 and a more recent. The website, as well as KissManga, was shut down on 14 August 2020 after about 8 years of existence (the.
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