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The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users. Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.

Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.

Thousands of anime fans were shocked Thursday when the popular piracy site Animeflix voluntarily shut down without explaining why, TorrentFreak reported. Although Animeflix operators did not connect the dots for users, TorrentFreak suggested that the piracy site chose to shut down after facing "considerable legal pressure in recent months." Then in mid-May, rightsholders—including Netflix, Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros.—won an injunction through the High Court of India against several piracy sites, including Animeflix.

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