We’ve seen this site before, but that was before they started hosting anime on their own servers. I got good speeds from both their servers, though the Europe server obviously gave me better speeds.

Overall, ID-TV is now a pretty amazing site (not that it wasn’t before!), with a large archive of Megaupload-hosted anime and fast direct downloads from their own servers (plus some extra sections, i.e. raws and OSTs hosted on Megaupload, too).

1) ID-TV Community

• Media Server Speed: Quite Fast
• Media Server Content: US Server hosts the latest episodes from some ongoing series (e.g. Hayate no Gotoku!, Nodame Cantabile, etc.), while the Europe server hosts 5 ongoing series (e.g. Reideen, Romeo x Juliet, etc.), 1 completed series (Venus versus Virus) and some other stuff (Hana Yori Dango 2, Evangelion Renewal for now).
• Free File Host (Megaupload) Speed: Average
• Free File Host Content: Approximately 150 anime series, both ongoing (e.g. Idol Master Xenoglossia, Nagasarete Airantou, etc.) and completed (e.g. Last Exile, Gundam Seed, etc.) series. Also, there is a RAW section, containing raws of some of the latest ongoing series, e.g. OverDrive, Shining Tears x Wind, and etc. And an anime OST section, e.g. Paradise Kiss, Honey and Clover, etc.
• Update Frequency: Quite Frequent
• Video Format: HQ file formats, e.g. .avi (HQ), .mkv (HQ), etc.
• Note: Hassle-free, i.e. no registration or forum posting required to access downloads. Up to a max. of 4 simultaneous connections.

Here’s an anime distro site by Kyuuketsuki, which you might know from fansubbed series like Busou Renkin and KIBA - both of which just ended pretty recently.

I’m afraid I wasn’t impressed with the two new series they’ve just picked up, i.e. Koutetsu Sangokushi and Shining Tears X Wind, but I guess it’s a bit early to say anything much.

In any case, that doesn’t impact the fact that you now have yet another anime direct download site at your disposal:

1) [Kyuu] Direct Download

• Speed: Average
• Content: Unlicensed series fansubbed by Kyuuketsuki, e.g. Koutetsu Sangokushi, Shining Tears X Wind, Busou Renkin, and etc.
• Update Frequency: Almost As Soon As Kyuuketsuki Releases New Fansubs
• Video Format: HQ file formats, e.g. .avi (HQ)
• Note: Free registration required, but forum posting is not required.

It’s been a few posts since we’ve looked at non-free file host anime direct download sites/forums (not that there is anything bad about them), with the most recent one being Anime Horizon.

Anyway, back to today’s site. Craving Anime is still pretty new, so they’re pretty much hosting a range of completed anime, and have yet to put up any ongoing series. Nevertheless, it’s a growing community with some quality admins, so give it a look:

1) Craving Anime

• Speed: Average
• Content: 27 completed series (e.g. Red Garden, Airmaster, GateKeepers) and 118 manga titles.
• Posts Required to Access Downloads: Average post rate of 0.375 (i.e. posts/days = 0.375).
• Update Frequency: Average
• Video Format: HQ file formats, e.g. .avi (HQ), .ogm (HQ).
• Note: Free registration and forum posting is required. Max. of 2 simultaneous connections enforced.

Continuing on from yesterday, here’s another anime direct download site focused on a single anime, which is Mushishi in this case.

No streaming video here, but there’s Megaupload (and Filecoast) anime downloads, as well as manga downloads on a variety of free file hosts (e.g. mihd.net, GigaSize.com).

1) Mushishi.net

• Free File Host Speed: Unknown (too many different free file hosts used)
• Content: All episodes of Mushishi. All chapters of Mushishi manga released so far.
• Update Frequency: As Soon as a New Chapter is Released.
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Hassle-free, i.e. registration and forum posting not required to access downloads.

This anime DDL site is pretty much self-explanatory, I think. Similar to sites like BleachTV, the site focuses completely on Death Note alone - providing both streaming episodes and direct download of all the episodes via Megaupload.

1) Death Note TV

• Megaupload (Free File Host) General Speed: Average
• Content: All episodes of Death Note released so far.
• Update Frequency: As Soon as a New Episode is Released.
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Hassle-free, i.e. registration and forum posting not required to access downloads.

Next up is an anime downloads site which at first glance looks to have a gargantuan collection of anime series on free file hosts (primarily on Megaupload). But digging a bit deeper, I found some manga titles in their anime downloads list, and some pages which are still devoid of links. Nothing wrong with that really. I just needed to qualify some of the numbers I’ll be putting down here.

The nice thing about Anidown is that there are no registration requirements, and to quote one of their info emails in verbatim, “No registration required just come in download and get out.” So, Megaupload Premium users in particular, here’s a whole archive of anime (unfortunately only in .rm or .rmvb formats) for your viewing (or maybe just downloading) pleasure.

Note: The comments below have alerted me to the fact that Anidown’s collection is to a large extent made up of content from other sites. I have verified this, e.g. .hack// Legend of the Twilight Bracelet was taken from Anime-Sensei and Afro Samurai from Euphoric-Anime. They do give attribution in certain cases, e.g. 2×2=Shinobuden was attributed to Vortex @ Mystic-Chambers, while there is a credits page of sorts for Da-Anime and Anime-Sensei. And Anime-Sensei’s admin has publicly stated that their link stealing case with Anidown.com has been closed. I haven’t, however, seen attribution to sites like Euphoric-Anime. So, use Anidown.com as your beliefs/values permit.

1) Anidown.com

• Megaupload (Free File Host) General Speed: Average
• Content: Approximately 300 ongoing and completed anime series.
• Update Frequency: Unknown
• Video Format: Mostly .rm (LQ to MQ)
• Note: Hassle-free, i.e. registration and forum posting not required to access downloads.

Okay… so it has been a few months since I last posted, but the study-social life-internship searching-blogging balance really is a tough one. In any case, enough about me and now on to what we’re all here for: Anime DDL sites!

Got this one from an email the admin sent (and quite a number more where that came from), and from early tests, the site looks pretty good. Admittedly, I’d have liked to see some of the hosted series filled up with all released episodes rather than with just a portion of them, but speeds are nice and registration was quick.

And so… off you go…

1) Anime Horizon

• Speed: Quite Fast
• Content: 7 ongoing series (e.g. Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny, Naruto Shippuden, Death Note, etc.), some episodes from 20 completed series (e.g. Rozen Maiden, Full Moon Wo Sagashite), and 1 OVA (Afro Samurai).
• Update Frequency: Above Average
• Video Format: High Quality (HQ) file formats, e.g. .avi (HQ)
• Note: Free registration required, but forum posting is not required. Max. 3 simultaneous downloads.