Anishelf

Watching anime usually involves going to an anime streaming website, and spending countless hours binging your favorite content. With so many such sites out there, the lack of software to watch anime on your desktop is surprising, to say the least.

AniShelf is a desktop application that grants users the ability to watch their favorite anime series and movies right from their desktop, without needing to set up anything. The interface is clean and intuitive, and allows users to download and store their anime locally, for offline viewing.

The program was created to offer users an alternative to using their browser to watch anime: those who like to collect their favorite animated series and movies can now do so through this app, which makes the whole process a lot simpler than you might think. It's really as simple as inputting an anime name, and clicking the episodes you want to watch. The app will then download those episodes, so you'll be able to get to watching right away. Subtitles are automatically downloaded, so you don't have to worry about looking up the subs for a certain series.

As the anime is downloaded to your storage, an internet connection is not required to play it — of course, provided you downloaded the anime in the first place. There are no ads to deal with, and the interface is quite neatly designed, making for a worry-free experience.

Any anime you download will appear in the Library tab, which means that you can use the app as a way to track what you've been watching. You can play the episodes directly via the app, but if you prefer to use an external player, you can modify that in Settings.

The software uses Allanime as the video source, which confers a great deal of content to watch. Virtually any anime you wish to watch should be there.

Anishelf is a well-made app that offers users the possibility to watch their favorite anime series and movies right from their desktop, all free-of-charge and ad-free.