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 parts of Europe, Southeast Asia and India. The court order provided for 'dynamic' blocking meaning that Disney could ask for further bans on websites violating copyrights other than the ones in the order. It was also blocked in India in 2020, along with other pirate streaming and torrent websites, after a decision by the Delhi High Court in favour of the plaintiff, Disney 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. TorrentFreak reported that the sites had audiences of millions and that for a time, KissAnime was 'the most visited pirate site in the world'. KissAnime was described as 'one of the world’s biggest streaming anime websites'. It was a sister site to a related manga viewing website, KissManga.

KissAnime was an anime-focused file streaming website that hosted links and embedded videos, allowing users to stream or download movies and TV shows illegally for free.

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