It’s inevitable that most of the anime direct download sites available on the net today host only Naruto and/or Bleach. Why? Their sheer popularity. So, just bear with it when multiple DDL sites on these series are featured here.

Don’t worry. There will always be sites that serve other stuff. A first stop to discover those? Anime Field’s type-sorted list.

So, for now, here’s a site that hosts both of the series we mentioned earlier:

1) Saiyan Island

• Media Server Speed: Above Average
• Media Server Content: Recent episodes of Naruto and Bleach.
• Update Frequency: Above Average
• Video Format: .rmvb (LQ to MQ)
• Note: Hassle-free, i.e. registration and forum posting not required to access downloads.

First up, a warning: zipped .rmvb anime episodes ahead. If you don’t mind, here’s yet another .rmvb anime direct download site for your perusal. It’s focused on Bleach and Naruto, but there’s some DBZ and Yu Yu Hakusho as well.

1) saiyan-REBIRTH

• Speed: Quite Fast
• Public Content: Some episodes from 4 anime series (Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Update Frequency: Low
• Video Format: .rmvb (LQ to MQ)
• Note: Hassle-free site, i.e. no registration or forum posting required to access downloads. However, episodes are compressed into .zip format, and thus require unzipping after you finish downloading them.

I’m quite surprised I haven’t written on Bleach Exile before because it is undoubtedly one of the largest Bleach direct download sites available. But when I think of the fact that Bleach has a “near unlimited” fanbase, and thus tons of large Bleach DDL sites are available (a number of which we’ve looked at before), then my guilt lessens significantly since it’s pretty much impossible to cover all of them, right?

Anyway, here’s another good Bleach direct downloads site to satiate your Bleach anime and manga thirst:

1) Bleach Exile

• Speed: Quite Fast
• Content: All episodes and chapters of Bleach anime and manga.
• Update Frequency: Frequent.
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Hassle-free site, i.e. no registration or forum posting required to access downloads. However, there is a cap of one anime episode download per 30 minute time period.

Anime Field’s Naruto and Bleach Week might have ended two weeks ago, but given the insatiable downloading desires of Naruto and Bleach fans, I figured I couldn’t go wrong featuring a Naruto and Bleach direct downloads forum.

1. OtakuTalk

• Speed: Unknown (Sorry, I haven’t had the time to gain access to their downloads section)
• Posts Required to Access Downloads: 10 posts.
• Content: Recent anime episodes and manga chapters of Naruto and Bleach.
• Update Frequency: Frequent
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Requires free registration and 10 non-spam forum posts to access downloads. Ad-free.

Edit: An updated review of OtakuTalk is available.

Let’s forge on in our quest to discover and document each and every Bleach and Naruto direct download site out there with EveryAnime - yet another Bleach and Naruto DDL site.

It’s still in the process of reuploading and relinking most of its anime (in fact, all of its Bleach and Naruto), but its Air Gear episodes are working fine.

1) EveryAnime

• Speed: Quite Fast (tested on Air Gear)
• Content: Recent episodes of Bleach, Naruto and Air Gear (about 5 episodes for each series).
• Update Frequency: Quite Frequent
• Video Format: .rmvb (MQ)
• Note: Hassle-free site, i.e. no registration or forum posting required to access downloads.

Next up, DragonBallZ DivX. It’s an established site with a large number of members (17000+ if you take a look at their member statistics), so many of you might have heard of it already.

It provides quite a number of different anime series for its members, but Bleach and Naruto remain as primary direct download targets.

1) DragonBallZ DivX

• Speed: Quite Fast
• Content: Recent episodes of Bleach and Naruto (about 20 episodes for each series), plus a few other series (e.g. Soul Link, Blood+, etc.)
• Update Frequency: Frequent
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Free registration required for most direct downloads provided. There is also an option for Premium Downloads - which you must pay for. However, it’s just an option.

Continuing on with our Naruto and Bleach frenzy, we have Bleach Weekly with us today thanks to a tip from Kon.

1) Bleach Weekly

• Speed: Quite Fast
• Content: Latest episodes of Bleach (from episode 54 onwards)
• Update Frequency: Frequent
• Video Format: .avi (HQ)
• Note: Hassle-free site, i.e. no registration or forum posting required to access downloads.

Next?

P.S.: For those that are sick and tired of Bleach and Naruto, don’t worry. I’ll be slotting in some more conventional DDL sites as well.

Today, we will put BleachTV under the spotlight - as suggested by Suxion in the previous post.

And since we had Bleach7 and NarutoFOB before this, this would be the third Bleach-related direct download site featured this week.

1) BleachTV

• Speed: Above Average (though I could have been downloading during peak hours)
• Content: All episodes of Bleach
• Update Frequency: Quite Frequent (they’re slower than other sites since they convert their files into .rmvb)
• Video Format: .rmvb (LQ to MQ)
• Note: Free registration required. E-mail confirmation required.

Hehe, anyone wants to point to the next Bleach or Naruto DDL site to be featured?