Anime-On-Demand

Link of the day for Sunday, September 9

Anime, the quick-action Japanese animation genre, has been around for more than 2 decades, but is just now becoming part of North American mainstream media. The problem with anime is finding an entire series in a non-encrypted, English format in its entirety. After all, who wants to spend 3 days downloading the latest season of Naruto, only to find out that it has not been translated or dubbed, or that you are missing an episode.

This is where animesplat comes in. It claims to have "over 200 series of anime directly on [their] server". Some of the most popular anime series are there, including: Naruto, Avatar, and Negima. The episodes I started watching all had their original Japanese soundtrack, with subtitles in English. You have to watch the episodes using the built-in flash player, but a full-screen button allows you to watch any episode up to a resolution of 1280x800.

Like it or hate it, one thing's for sure, anime has always had its own fan base, and will continue to grow as long its fans continue to support it. I hope animesplat helps contribute to the cause.