Top 5 Anime News Sites You Need To Start Reading
Introduction
The following anime news sites are the BEST available worldwide for an English-speaker based upon 4 factors:
- Views per month – to present the size of the website.
- Average articles per day – how many new articles are published each day on average.
- Content – are these articles interesting, short or long etc.
- Visual – is the website user friendly and easy to navigate.
These anime news sites retrieve most of their information from tertiary sources such as Twitter and directly from the specific anime’s website. Moreover, as the main source of anime comes from Japan, most of the first-hand news is in Japanese and will be translated from these outlets.
#1 Anime News Sites – Comic Book Resources (CBR)
- Views per Month – 10.6 Million
- Average Articles per day – 11
- Content – 8/10
- Visual – 9/10
CBR is based in Canada and began in 1995. They post everything about anime, comics, movies, and TV shows.
Good: I REALLY like the look and feel of the site while navigating through all the posts. While reading through the news you actually have articles more than a paragraph long with thought put into it, which is refreshing to see.
Bad: Most of the output given is based upon anime reviews or discussions on the latest episodes, nothing much on a scope outside fo this.
#2 Anime News Sites – Anime News Network (ANN)
- Views per Month – 2.5 Million
- Average Articles per day – 21
- Content – 7/10
- Visual – 7/10
ANN covers video games, music, merchandise, events, and live-action media.
Good: It is the go-to place for the latest news on anime and is easy to flick through while zooming through.
Bad: The quantity of output from the site is seen in the quality. The website looks a bit out-dated.
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#3 Anime News Sites – Comic Book
- Views per Month – 2.7 Million
- Average Articles per day – 21
- Content – 7/10
- Visual – 7/10
Anime is just one topic within this site whereby Comic Book discuss Gaming, TV, and Movies as well.
Good: A user-friendly website with TONS of anime news articles.
Bad: Only focuses on anime shows and nothing else. Irritating video ads.
#4 Anime News Sites – Crunchyroll
- Views per Month – 17.4 Million
- Average Articles per day – 17
- Content – 7/10
- Visual – 5/10
Crunchyroll news includes video games, music, and popular social media content.
Good: One of the main legal places to watch anime (in addition to Funimation) which gives an abundant amount of news.
Bad: I don’t like clicking next for every 10 articles to view older articles though. (Maybe just me!)
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#5 Anime News Sites – My Anime List (MAL)
- Views per Month – 17.7 Million
- Average Articles per day – 3
- Content – 5/10
- Visual – 6/10
MAL news focuses on announcements of new anime, anime cast and staff, and manga.
Good: Very informative and HUGE engagement from readers regarding reviews and comments.
Bad: Limited news articles per day.
Other Anime News Sites
| News | Views per Month (Million) | Articles per day (Average) | Content | Visual |
| UK Anime News | 0.037 | <1 | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Funimation | 2.900 | <1 | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Anime News & Facts | 0.016 | 3 | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Random Curiosity | 0.026 | 2 | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Tokyo Otaku Mode News | 0.350 | <1 | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Otaku USA Magazine | 0.045 | 8 | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| Comic Watch | 0.024 | <1 | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| UK Anime Network | 0.001 | <1 | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Otaku Kart | 0.300 | <1 | 4/10 | 7/10 |
Source: Views per month – Semrush
Summary
Some of the niche anime new sites mentioned at the end could make it up the ranks if they produced more content on a daily basis.
If you are like me and want to read the news in LARGE quantities and QUICKLY than these top 5 anime news sites are perfect for you.
Use these 5 anime news sites to get up-to-speed on everything that is happening with anime TODAY!
