Is the anime streaming website legal or illegal in Germany?

You can stream many animes for free on the website 9Anime. But is that okay or illegal? We'll tell you whether you can visit the site legally.

The website 9Anime is often at the top of the list for fans of Japanese series. Due to the availability of a large number of different animes that can be streamed for free, the website is a real dream for series fans compared to other providers. But how does 9Anime work and can the site be legal with its free offer for all users? We'll tell you whether you can stream all animes on 9Anime legally and what alternatives there are to the website.

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Is 9Anime legal or illegal?

The short answer: No, the website 9Anime is unfortunately not legal in Germany. The reasons for this are quickly apparent. There must be something wrong with a website that offers a large selection of individual episodes for free. At 9Anime, all rights to the anime shown do not belong to the operators of the site and are therefore not in their possession. This means that all users who consume the content of the website are committing an offense.

Now, the owners of 9Anime could be so kind as to provide all the advertising revenue from the website to the respective producers of the series when distributing countless anime episodes for free. But since this is not the case and the operators give themselves the money for advertising, the website has failed even when it comes to the question of the morality of illegal streaming.

If you want to support the creators of your favorite series as best as possible, you should avoid 9Anime's offer and instead look for a cost-effective and legal alternative. We'll tell you below what alternatives you have for legally streaming anime series.

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What alternatives are there to streaming on 9Anime?

You can quickly find legal alternatives to 9Anime everywhere. In addition to the usual legal anime sites like Crunchyroll, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video also have some anime series in their catalog that you can watch with the respective subscription. This way you not only support the operators of the respective sites, but also the production studio of the anime that you are currently watching. In another article, our colleagues also found a trick to find their secret series on Netflix & Co. and thus get even more out of your subscription.

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