In case you’ve been living under a rock this week, NyaaTorrents has permanently shut down. It’s sad news for us all but it’s not the end of the world. A lot of people have since been lost on what to do now, and how to download releases, so I thought I’d make a short post to highlight some things to do, and some things not to do.

First, let me reiterate something which I’ve pointed out countless times in the past to people, and which some people still can’t understand even though I’ve put it on the FAQ, because it’s more important now than ever:

Do not use ancient blog posts to download old releases. They are unmaintainable and many links are dead. Now that NT is gone, all download links to date are dead except for magnets.

The FFF blog is for providing news and updates, information about releases, and download links to recent releases. Do not treat it as a download link archive. The releases page linked at the top of the site should be used to find old releases. That page has still not been remade, and I don’t know if it ever will be, but it will always at least be kept updated to tell you what we recommend you use as a download link archive instead. (Right now, Anime Tosho or Tokyo Toshokan.)

Finally, all release posts since February 2016 have magnet links. Future posts may only have magnet links. Most, if not all, of the magnet links on the site so far will require DHT enabled in your BitTorrent client to work. Magnet links on future posts will not.

That’s all for now. I’ll probably provide more updates including some clearer plans on what we’ll do going forward when stuff is ready to release.