We Built The Anime Social Platform That Should Have Existed Years Ago.
MAL had the data. AniList had the design. Crunchyroll had the content. Nobody had all three plus a community worth staying in. We got tired of waiting.
Our Mission
Three Pillars.
Discovery
AI-powered recommendations that understand your taste profile, not just what's trending. Our Neural Oracle maps your DNA across 12 taste dimensions so every suggestion lands.
Community
Discord-quality community tools inside a Letterboxd-quality product. Dens, threads, polls, live debates — all built around anime, not around general chat.
Legacy
Your watch history is a personality statement, not a spreadsheet. We archive every rating, review, and streak so your anime legacy lives on — publicly, beautifully.
12.4k
Shinobi Members
1.2M
Anime Archived
24
Titles Catalogued
98.4%
Rating Accuracy
The Crew
Founding Shinobi.
darwhite08
Founder & Lead Shinobi
"We had 400 anime on our lists and no platform worthy of them. So we built one."
RyuuArchitect
Core Systems Shinobi
"If the tech can't handle 12.4k concurrent Shinobi without breaking a sweat, it's not good enough."
ShadowDesigner
UX & Motion Shinobi
"Every frame of this UI was obsessed over. Anime fans deserve a platform as beautiful as the medium itself."
Engineering
Built on Truth Not Hype.
Every technology chosen for performance and longevity — not hype cycles.
Next.js 16
App Router · Server + Client components
TypeScript Strict
No any. No escape hatches.
PostgreSQL + Prisma
Normalized catalog, optimistic writes
Socket.io
Real-time community — posts, notifications, live scores
JWT + httpOnly Cookie
Stateless auth, refresh rotation, zero localStorage
Vercel Edge + Node
Sub-400ms TTFB on every anime detail page
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