cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/278196
Dear fbi: I’m writing a fanfic and the character has to do this and i want it to be realistic
Ideally not a torrent cause my character is a noob
The only places I can think of are torrenting sites, otherwise you have to get lucky a find a web site that streams it, but not the best option in terms of quality and security and such.
nyaa.si is a good one
nyaa.si is great, I seldom search anywhere else
Btw, it’s really hard to get malware from video files, unless you double click on file.mp4.exe or something
The most true noob way that i can think of would be to rip them from Youtube using a browser add-on. Although that only works if your character is using a PC.
animes on yt are usually dmca’d
Another way, which was common practice in the mid 2000s, was to use the intitle:“index of” technique to find an open directory containing the item you want.
There’s still a risk of malware, as malware creators have learned to hide their stuff in their own malicious open directories. When you’re dealing with raw files, you can never completely be safe.
So your fanfic character will need some antivirus protection for sure. (You can probably make up the name for the antivirus in your story)
animekaizoku let’s you download
This script from Github could work. Though I do admit that I personally haven’t used it, as I prefer to stream anime using ani-cli.
It would be nice to be able to download any anime, but also support the anime’s creators.
Why is that harder than going to a website without solid evidence of it being legal (I’ll just have to assume it is) to watch it for free?
And why is there so much censorship and region locking on the mainstream sites.
… that said … I don’t have any time to watch anime right now.
Torrents and usenet would be the obvious choices. Can’t go wrong with either option, although a combined approach would be best.
The late https://animekisa.tv/ has some links
