Review of Anime Downloads Online

One of the most successful online retailers of downloadable anime to come into the scene recently is Anime Downloads Online.  This site is one of the many paid anime download sites that allows you to download as much anime as you want after a flat payment of $37.  This one-time payment gets you access to all the downloads they have available on their site.

Selection


Probably the best thing about Anime Downloads Online is its sheer amount of hosting space - which means a very dense selection.  Its archive site boasts a capacity over 5000 gigabytes, over 950 anime series, 500 manga, and 400 drama video downloads.  It has some of the more popular anime series like Gundam and Cowboy Bebop, but also more obscure titles.

A bonus is the availability of anime soundtracks as well, which you can download once you're a member.

Selection rating: 5/5

Download speed

This is the other major asset of Anime Downloads Online.  Their download speeds are upwards of 1500 kbps within the US alone, and probably equally good in other countries (though I can't say for sure since my only downloads were done within the US.)  You can download as much as you want in a month, though you are limited to five actual downloads at a time.  As fast as the downloads go, you could easily download 10 or 15 movies per day, or an entire seasons' worth of series.

Download speed rating: 5/5

Customer service

Unfortunately, this is where Anime Downloads Online starts to fail.  The customer service is strictly online; there's no phone support - at least that I could find.  On top of that, it took the email support over a day to get back to me concerning a faulty download.  I think the rep was not a native English speaker, as the reply I got was confusing and hard to understand.  I finally did manage to get a decipherable response, however, which fixed the problem.

Customer service: 3/5

Bottom line


For its flat fee of $37 for lifetime anime downloads, Anime Downloads Online is hard to beat.  If you are willing to sacrifice easy access to customer service and just be content with a wide selection and great download speeds, this is a good site to sign up with.  You probably won't find a better paid site for anime downloads, since that's what these guys specialize in.

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