What is animeclips.online?
animeclips.online is a free, community-built anime clip library for AMV editors and other anime content creators. Every clip on the site is pre-cut by hand from the original source, kept in its original framerate, and stripped of logos and watermarks, so you can drop it straight into After Effects, Premiere Pro, CapCut, Vegas, or any other editor. The library has been growing since 2017 under the project's earlier name and continues today as a free resource the community can lean on.
Quick answer animeclips.online is a free anime clip library for AMV editors. We provide pre-cut anime scenes in their original framerate, ready to use in any editing software, with no logos or watermarks. The site is built and run by a small team of AMV editors and is supported by the community.
Our promise We built animeclips.online to be different and simple. No ads. No surveys. No forced zip downloads. No sign-up gate just to access the library. Everything is free, with no charges and no limits. What you see is what you get. Take what you can use.
What we do
We cut anime episodes and movies into individual scenes, encode them as clean .mp4 files, and host them in a searchable gallery at animeclips.online/clips. Every clip is:
- Pre-cut on natural scene boundaries, so you do not have to trim or scrub through full episodes
- In the show's original framerate (usually 23.976fps for TV anime, 24fps for movies)
- 1080p or 1440x1080 source quality, with no upscaling fakery
- Encoded as standard .mp4 files that work in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Vegas, and every other major editor
- Free of logos, watermarks, and re-encoding artifacts
The whole site is built around a simple idea: skip the hours of ripping, cutting, and cleaning. Pick a clip, download it, drop it on your timeline.
Who animeclips.online is for
Originally we built it for AMV editors: the people making anime music videos on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and X. Over the years the audience has grown a lot. Today the site is used by:
- AMV editors, from total beginners to long-time creators with hundreds of edits published
- Edit content creators making anime montages, character spotlights, and reaction edits on short-form platforms
- Motion designers and YouTubers who use anime clips as B-roll or visual punctuation in their videos
- Anime fans who want a clean copy of a favorite scene for personal use
If your work involves grabbing a specific anime scene quickly without ripping a whole episode, the site is built for you.
What makes us different from torrenting raw episodes
The other common way to get anime footage is torrenting full episodes from sites like nyaa.si and cutting your own clips. That works, but it is slow and adds a lot of friction. With animeclips.online you skip every step in between:
- No full-episode downloads (clips are usually 5 to 30 seconds, a few MB each)
- No video editor needed just to trim the scene you actually want
- No subtitle burn-in, no opening or ending sequences attached
- No release-group logos or watermarks
- Pre-organized by show, so you can scroll a single page to find the scene you remember
For shows we have not released yet, we also host a built-in nyaa.si search so you can find the raw episodes elsewhere and cut your own clips while you wait.
Who runs animeclips.online
animeclips.online is built and run by a small team of AMV editors who genuinely care about the art of making AMVs. We grew up watching and making this kind of work and felt deeply that the community deserved a real home for it.
The honest origin story: we kept looking for a reliable, well-designed site where we could quickly grab anime clips to edit with, and we could never find one that actually delivered. The closest options were either inconsistent, riddled with ads, or abandoned. After enough years of frustration we figured the only way forward was to build it ourselves. We had to be the change we wanted to see.
So we did. We started cutting, encoding, and hosting clips ourselves, then built the site around making them as easy as possible to find and use. Today animeclips.online is the resource we wish we had when we started editing, and we keep working on it because that same community keeps coming back.
Is animeclips.online free?
Yes. The entire library is free to browse and download. You do not need an account, you do not need a subscription, and every clip we publish becomes available to everyone for free.
We do run a Patreon for people who want to support the project, and supporting is fully optional. The way to think about it: we prefer to drop full clip packs at once when they are ready, the same way Netflix releases a whole season in one go. If you would rather not wait for the public release, Premium and Ultra supporters get early access to whatever we are currently working on. So the main perk of supporting is the early-access window. Nothing stays paywalled forever, and the free tier always gets the full library in the end.
Is it safe and legal to use?
The site itself is safe to visit. We do not serve malware or shady popups, we do not ask for sensitive information to download, and we use HTTPS across the entire site.
On the copyright side, we want to be very clear about something a lot of people misunderstand: we do not own the anime in the clips, we do not provide licenses, and we are not responsible for how you use the clips you download. The underlying anime is owned by its studios. Our role is curating and cutting the clips, nothing more.
In practice this means: if you upload an AMV to YouTube using our clips and the studio's Content ID system claims your video, that claim is between you and the studio. Same goes for anything you publish on TikTok, Instagram, or anywhere else. Treat anime footage the way you would treat any other copyrighted material: fan use is generally fine, monetized commercial use is a gray area, and the responsibility for navigating that sits with you, the creator.
How does animeclips.online make money?
We do not. animeclips.online does not run ads, does not sell user data, and does not charge for clips. We are essentially a community-funded project with a Patreon for now.
Anything we receive through community support, even the smallest contributions, gets reinvested into the project. That means:
- Storage costs (the clip library is big and keeps growing)
- Server and bandwidth costs for hosting
- Building future features that make the site easier to use
If you find the site genuinely useful and want to help keep it online, supporting us on Patreon is the most direct way. But the most important thing is that the site stays a free resource for the community, and we plan to keep it that way.
When was animeclips.online started?
animeclips.online officially launched in 2021, with early development starting around 2020. The clip library itself is older than that, though. It traces back to a precursor project called weeklyamvcontest, which launched in 2017 as one of the first organized AMV editing competitions on YouTube.
weeklyamvcontest went through several rebrands and community partnerships over the years (anime base, anime soul, weeklyamvcontest:re) before consolidating into its current form as animeclips.online. That history is why the library is this comprehensive today: a lot of the older releases were originally uploaded years before the 2021 launch and are still part of the gallery.
If you want the full story of how it all came together, here is a video about it:
How to start using it
The fastest way to start: head to animeclips.online/clips, pick a show, hover any clip to preview it, then click to download. No account needed.
For a full walkthrough of the download flow (including the Quick Preview hover feature, Quick Select batch downloads, and the right-click download menu), we have a step-by-step guide on how to download anime clips from animeclips.online.
Once you have the clips, you can drop them straight into your editor and start cutting. If you are new to AMV editing, our other guides cover the rest: the best free After Effects plugins for new AMV editors, how to script and encode your AMV, and why you should never edit AMVs in 60fps.
FAQ
Is animeclips.online free to use?
Yes. The whole library is free to browse and download. No account, no subscription, no permanent paywalls. We run a Patreon where Premium and Ultra supporters get early access to clips we are currently working on, but every pack becomes free for everyone once it is finished. Supporting is fully optional.
Is animeclips.online safe?
Yes. The site is malware-free, served over HTTPS, and does not ask for any sensitive information to download clips. We do not serve ads or popups either.
Do you provide copyright licenses for the anime clips?
No. We do not own the anime in the clips and we do not provide licenses. The underlying anime is owned by the studios that made it. Our role is purely curating and cutting the clips. How you use them (personal AMV, monetized video, social media post, etc.) is your responsibility, and any copyright claims from the studios go directly to you, not to us.
How does animeclips.online make money?
We do not. animeclips.online is essentially a community-funded project with a Patreon. We do not run ads, do not sell user data, and do not charge for clips. Anything we receive in community support gets reinvested into storage costs and future features that make the site easier to use.
When was animeclips.online founded?
animeclips.online officially launched in 2021, with early development starting around 2020. The library traces back further to a precursor project called weeklyamvcontest, which started in 2017 as one of the first organized AMV editing competitions on YouTube.
Who runs animeclips.online?
A small team of AMV editors who built the site because no reliable, well-designed alternative existed when we started editing. We cut, encode, and host every clip ourselves, then keep the site running as a resource for the community.
Is animeclips.online affiliated with the anime studios?
No. animeclips.online is an independent community project. We have no affiliation with the studios that produce the anime in our library, no partnership with any distributor, and no official endorsement.
Do I need an account to use animeclips.online?
No. You can browse the gallery and download clips as a guest with no account at all. Creating an account gives you optional features like a profile, follows, and bookmarks, but it is not required to download anything.
How is animeclips.online different from torrenting raw anime episodes?
Torrenting gives you full episodes (often 1 to 2 GB each) that you then have to cut, trim, and clean up yourself. animeclips.online gives you pre-cut individual scenes (a few MB each), already in original framerate, with no opening or ending sequences, no subtitles burned in, and no release-group logos. Much faster path from "I want this scene" to "the .mp4 is on my timeline."
How often are new clips added?
We aim for a new release roughly every 3 months when possible, depending on what is currently airing and what the community is asking for. Cuts are still done by hand by a small team, so the cadence depends on how much content each release covers.
What anime shows are available on animeclips.online?
The library covers a wide range of popular and classic shows, including Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Tokyo Ghoul, Blue Lock, Solo Leveling, Attack on Titan, Bleach (including the Thousand-Year Blood War arc), Chainsaw Man, and many more. You can see the full list by browsing animeclips.online/clips.
What if the anime I want is not in the library yet?
For shows we have not released yet, we host a built-in nyaa.si search at animeclips.online/nyaa that helps you find the raw episodes elsewhere so you can cut your own clips. You can also suggest shows on our socials, and Ultra tier supporters on Patreon get to officially submit one anime per month that we add to our release priorities.