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Kurozora

Netherlands

🌟 Welcome Adventurer! 🌟

We're a passionate team working on an open-source anime discovery, tracking and streaming service named Kurozora. But it's not only anime, as Kurozora also offers manga, game and music with a growing collection of over 90,000 Japanese media combined — all without ads.

Kurozora's mission consist of three parts that work together to improve the user’s experience while also keeping the industry healthy:

  1. Offering better anime streaming services

    Problem

    Back in 2016, I was fed up with the state of anime streaming: pricy subscriptions, limited catalogs, and poor quality options. These are true even today. As a result, many anime fans turn to illegal streaming sites for a better experience. At Kurozora, we aim to change that.

    Goal

    Our goal is to combine the best of legal and illegal services. We’ll offer legal streaming with affordable subscription plans that cater to different budgets, a free tier with better experience and video quality, provide all anime to all users regardless of location, and ensure safe streaming without spicy ads, pop-ups, and malware.

  2. Be a reliable and modern anime tracking service

    Problem

    In 2017, the Aozora app, for which I served as one of the admins, was acquired by Kitsu. While I appreciate the value that Kitsu brings to the users, I noticed that some of the unique features that made Aozora stand out were not carried over to the Kitsu platform. Additionally, many existing tracking services have outdated user experiences, and even poorer mobile apps. There’s a lack of innovation.

    Goal

    We understand the importance of having a reliable and up-to-date tracking service for your anime, manga, and game collections. We will improve the tracking experience for everyone, with features that matter to anime, manga and game fans like you. We’ll offer modern user experiences and user interfaces, while making sure it’s as intuitive and easy to use.

  3. Support the anime industry

    Problem

    During the same time back in 2016 (and recently in 2020), there were kickstarters for collecting funds to give to anime artists, since they didn't make enough money. Also in the years prior, a lot of beloved anime studios went bankrupt (Manglobe </3) due to financial reasons. Unfortunately, the current system often means that distributors and licensors get the biggest slice of the pie, leaving the artists and studios with little.

    Goal

    We love anime, manga, and games. We know that the people who create them deserve fair compensation for their hard work. With Kurozora, we want to level the playing field. Our goal is to have more money go directly to the studios and animators who create the content that we all love.

By sponsoring us, you directly contribute to our development efforts, and help us support the sustainability of the anime industry. Join us on this exciting journey! 🚀🌍

@Kurozora

Cover hosting costs for the website, API and search engine.

Meet the team

Featured work

  1. Kurozora/kurozora-app

    Your go-to platform to discover, share and track anime and much more!

    Swift 50
  2. Kurozora/KurozoraKit

    Simple to use framework for interacting with the Kurozora API

    Swift 1
  3. Kurozora/kurozora-discord-bot

    KuroBot adds an easy way to access Kurozora services on Discord.

    JavaScript 1
  4. Kurozora/kurozora-extension

    Kurozora Web Extension for FireFox and Chrome

    JavaScript 2
  5. Kurozora/kurozora-linux

    Your go-to platform to discover, share and track anime and much more on Linux!

    C++ 5
  6. Kurozora/kurozora-android

    Your go-to platform to discover, share and track anime and much more!

    Kotlin 22

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Heart of Copper

Your donation will pay for a significant part of our bandwidth and hosting costs. You will receive:

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  • Your name and link goes on the copper list 🥉 in our projects' README
  • Your name and link goes on the copper list 🥉 on the Kurozora website

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Heart of Bronze

Your donation will pay for our bandwidth and hosting costs, and then some. You will receive:

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  • Your logo, name and link goes on the bronze list 🥉 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the bronze list 🥉 on the Kurozora website

$299 a month

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Heart of Silver

Your donation will pay for our bandwidth and hosting costs, and then some. With this can expand Kurozora with more features to make it even more reliable and convenient for everyone. You will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • One prioritized feature request, within reason
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the silver list 🥈 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the silver list 🥈 on the Kurozora website

$599 a month

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Heart of Gold

Forget about bandwidth and hosting costs. With this we can expand the infrastructure Kurozora runs on such as implementing caching servers, and separate scheduled tasks from the main server. You will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • Request two features, within reason, to be implemented
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the gold list 🥇 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the gold list 🥇 on the Kurozora website

$999 a month

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Heart of Platinum

With this we can expand the infrastructure Kurozora runs on beyond caching servers, and separate scheduled tasks, for example we can make use of a faster database server! We can also provide new features such as video uploads. You will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • Three prioritized feature requests, within reason
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the platinum list 💍 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the platinum list 💍 on the Kurozora website

$1,499 a month

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Heart of Diamond

Servers aren't a concern, neither is the database. Now we can focus on bringing anime streaming to everyone around the globe. You will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • Request 3 features, within reason, to be implemented
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the diamond list 💎 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the diamond list 💎 on the Kurozora website

$2,599 a month

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Heart of Sapphire

We can now expand beyond the constraints of the web and start holding irl events, join conventions, create Kurozora merch, and make a serious change in the physical world. You will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • Request 3 features, within reason, to be implemented
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the sapphire list 🔵 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the sapphire list 🔵 on the Kurozora website

$4,999 a month

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Heart of Emerald

Just to fill in the last tier. Of course no one is crazy enough to subscribe to this, but just in case you will receive:

  • A Sponsor badge 🏅 on your profile
  • Request 3 features, within reason, to be implemented
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the emerald list 🟩 in our projects' README
  • Your logo, name and link goes on the emerald list 🟩 on the Kurozora website
  • A time machine. No promises though