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Anime News Network

Who runs Anime News Network, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest anime news alternatives.

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Prices
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MyAnimeList

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Anime News Network

Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com

Wikidata: English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Anime News Network tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 11 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Anime News Network

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Anime News Network, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than Anime News NetworkNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

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  2. 02
    CBR cbr.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news

    Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!

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  3. 03
    Natalie natalie.mu

    Japanese entertainment news website

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  4. 04
    comicbook.com English 5 trackers

    Comicbook.com: Comics, Movies, TV, Gaming and Anime

    Comicbook.com is the #1 site for everything geek. Get news, opinion and exclusives on movies, TV shows, video games, comics, anime and more.

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  5. 05
    Famitsu famitsu.com Japanese 3 trackers

    ファミ通.com / ゲーム・エンタメの速報・最新情報

    ゲーム・エンタメ総合情報サイト。Switch・PS5・PS4・Xbox Series X・アプリ等の最新ニュース、ゲーム発売日情報、レビュー、ゲーム販売本数ランキングから、クリエイターのインタビュー記事、他アニメ・声優コンテンツなども充実しています!

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    Oricon oricon.co.jp Top 10K 2 trackers

    オリコンニュース(ORICON NEWS)|最新情報を発信する総合トレンドメディア

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    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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    4gamer.net Japanese 1 tracker

    4Gamer.net ― 日本最大級の総合ゲーム情報サイト。最新ゲームのニュース,レビューはここで!

    ゲームの最新ニュースをお届けします。また,ゲームのタイトルのユーザーレビューの募集/掲載や,発売スケジュールなども用意。遊びたいゲームを探す時にご活用ください!

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  9. 09
    thetv.jp Japanese 5 trackers

    WEBザテレビジョン | 芸能ニュース・テレビ番組情報・タレントプロフィール情報満載

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    BARKS barks.jp Japanese 1 tracker

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    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

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  12. 12
    modelpress.jp Japanese 2 trackers

    モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース

    モデルプレスは日本最大級の女性向けエンタメ&ライフスタイルニュースサイトです。ファッション、モデル、恋愛、ヘア、コスメ、ネイル、ダイエット、ディズニー、スイーツ、カフェ、ドラマ、映画、音楽、海外セレブ、トラベルなどの最新情報をお届けします。

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  13. 13
    BiliBili bilibili.tv Top 10K English 2 trackers

    BiliBili

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    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

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    ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

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    Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com Top 10K English

    American video streaming service

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  16. 16
    4Gamers 4gamers.com.tw Chinese 2 trackers

    4Gamers

    電玩 x 科技 x 動漫 x 影劇 x 紳士 最棒的 Gaming 生活充電站,For Gamers.

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    GameMeca gamemeca.com Korean 2 trackers

    게임메카, 대한민국 1등 인터넷 게임신문

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    Vulture vulture.com English 2 trackers

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    Vulture is a New York Magazine site providing continuous entertainment news covering TV, movies, music, art, books, theater, comedy, podcasts, celebrities, and the entertainment industry itself.

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    thisisgame.com 1 tracker

    디스이즈게임

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    jut.su Russian 1 tracker

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Anime News Network adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

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k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
26 ms

Competitor map

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