Netflix Moves to Block Miruro, Anikoto, animepahe and Re:Anime in Australia

Netflix has asked Australia's Federal Court to order internet providers to block 25 anime piracy sites, including some of the most visited in the world.

The list includes Aniwaves, Miruro, Anikoto, animepahe and Re:Anime, along with sites using the names of HiAnime, AnimeKai and 9anime. In total, the application covers more than 60 domains.

Netflix filed the case on November 5, together with Viacom International, part of Paramount. The details below come from the court documents, which OtakuDown has seen.

Netflix takes the lead

Netflix is no stranger to Australia's site-blocking law. Court records show it has joined at least 13 blocking cases since 2019, but always as one of a group of studios, with Village Roadshow or Universal named first.

This case is different. Netflix is the lead applicant, the usual studio group is absent, and nearly every target is an anime site. OtakuDown found no earlier blocking case filed under Netflix's name.

Netflix's own anime as evidence

To show that the sites infringe, the filing lists sample episodes. Many are anime from Netflix's own catalog: The Way of the Househusband, Romantic Killer, Lookism and the short film Sol Levante. Stranger Things, Squid Game and Santa Clarita Diet are on the list too.

Viacom's examples are episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.

What Netflix is asking for

The application names 39 internet provider companies, including Telstra, Optus, TPG, Vodafone, Aussie Broadband and Superloop. If the court agrees, they would have 15 business days to block the sites.

The block would last five years, while recent orders in similar cases ran for three. Netflix could also add new domains used by the same sites without another hearing, and would pay the providers $50 for each domain they block.

The sites were sent formal notice of the case on November 11, as the law requires. At that point, no judge had been assigned. The last case Netflix joined took less than three weeks from filing to order, while others took four to five months.

Some are already blocked

Several of these sites are already blocked in Australia. A November 2025 order, in a case led by Universal with Netflix as a co-applicant, covered HiAnime, Miruro, Anikoto, Aniwave and 9anime.

The new filing lists domains for those sites as well. It also adds many sites that do not appear in earlier published judgments, including animepahe and Re:Anime.

The biggest names are among the most popular anime sites anywhere. Aniwaves, Miruro, Anikoto, animepahe and Re:Anime together drew more than 300 million visits in September, according to Similarweb estimates reported by OtakuDown. The MPA also named animepahe and Aniwaves in its latest list of notorious markets sent to the US government.

Gotaku, the new anime site that gets visitors through manga site pop-ups, is not on the list.

The full list

These are the sites and domains as listed in the filing.

The big five

• Aniwave (Aniwaves): aniwaves.ru, aniwave.gr, aniwave.com.ro, aniwave.com.pl
• Miruro: miruro.ru, miruro.bz, miruro.com, miruro.ro, miruro.by, miruro.su
• Anikoto: anikoto.cz, anikototv.to, anikoto.me, anikoto.net
• animepahe: animepahe.pw, animepahetv.to
• Re:Anime: reanime.to

Sites using the names of shut-down sites

• HiAnime: hianime.at, hianime.de.com, hianime.gr, hianime.biz.pl, hianime.lol, hianimez.org, hianimes.ru, hianime.ms, hianime.dk, hianimeq.top, hianimef.de, hianime.com.pk, hianimes.bz
• Aniwatch: aniwatch.cx, aniwatch.ch
• AnimeKai: animekai.ro
• Anikai: anikaitv.to, animekai.org.in
• 9anime: 9anime.blue, 9anime.win, 9anime.tech

Other anime sites

• RareAnimes: rareanimes.fans, rareanimes.mov, rareanimes.buzz, rareanimes.com
• WatchAnimeWorld: watchanimeworld.one
• AnimeSalt: animesalt.cx, animesalt.to
• AniSuge: anisuge.tv, anisuge.se, animesuge.cz
• Animixplay: animixplay.cz
• Anizone: anizone.to
• Animex: animex.one
• Anikage: anikage.cc
• Anidap: anidap.lol
• Voir-anime: voir-anime.to
• MeguAnime: meguanime.com
• ani.pm: ani.pm
• AniSnatch: anisnatch.top
• AniDoor: anidoor.me
• Animegg: animegg.org

Movie and TV sites

• fmovies: ww6-fmovies.com, ww5-fmovies.com, ww4-fmovies.com, fmoviesv.com, new-fmovies.com
• Vexmovies: vexmovies.biz.id