HiAnime, a popular streaming platform, has announced it will permanently close after being unavailable for almost three months.
The site abruptly shut down in March, coinciding with a global effort by copyright owners and governments to combat websites illegally hosting anime and manga.
Despite a notice on HiAnime’s website saying it was shutting down, the team on their Discord server promised fans the service would be back and asked them to ignore rumors until an official announcement.
After 80 days, the HiAnime Discord team has announced that the website will not be coming back and is now permanently closed. Their latest message confirms the site has ceased operations.
HiAnime Officially Shuts Down After 80-Day Struggle
Here’s the complete announcement from the HiAnime Discord team explaining their decision to close down the server permanently.
It’s been about 80 days since the community website went offline for various reasons. Since then, our staff and administrators have been trying to reach the website team through all available methods, hoping to discuss a possible refresh of the site.
Therefore, we’ve decided the website will not be coming back and is now permanently closed.
HiAnime is closing down, but its team is creating a new, broader anime community where fans will have more say and freedom.
HiAnime’s permanent closure is the latest in a series of shutdowns for websites offering anime and manga illegally. These platforms are facing increasing pressure from copyright owners in Japan and governments around the world.
, a major illegal anime streaming site, ceased operations in May.
The website recently announced it’s shutting down and will no longer support the project. They recommend users save their lists and find another platform to continue tracking their anime.
AnimeKai was destroyed by a fire at its data centers, a loss compounded by existing political and technical challenges. The exact location of the data centers has not been revealed.
Although it wasn’t officially stated, many people believed the AnimeKai website closed down because of the fire at the data center in Almere, Netherlands.
and have joined forces with Japanese anime and manga publishers to combat illegal streaming websites, both within Japan and around the world.
This has led to the permanent closure of 9anime, Sflix, Watchseries, Fmovies and now, HiAnime.
Kakao Entertainment, the publisher of Solo Leveling, announced in January that they were responsible for shutting down “Bato.to,” a well-known website for illegally sharing manga.
A recent survey by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) estimates that anime piracy will cause losses of 2.3 trillion yen (about $15.1 billion) by 2025. This represents a significant jump – a 150% increase – compared to the $10 billion in piracy-related losses reported in 2022.
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2026-05-31 16:56