


The issue of legality has always been a thorn in the flesh for KissAnime and the streaming community at large, and to have the website survive for so long is already a feat in itself. Thank you for your supports ☹ Thank you for those years.” While an unpleasant surprise, it was only a matter of time before the to-go streaming service fell to the law. KissManga and KissAnime will be closed forever. Later that night, the information was made official by the KissAnime support team on Discord, who wrote, “All files are taken down by copyright owners. The news first surfaced on the r/KissAnime subreddit, when a user noted the shutdown time to be somewhere between 10pm and 10.20pm PST on 14 August 2020. Following stricter piracy laws from Japan, both platforms will be taken down permanently, after nearly a decade on the Internet. Daily Guardian - Popular loophole sites KissAnime and KissManga have reached the end of the road, bringing an end to years of free, pirated content for the community.
