TokyoToshokan

Introduction

If you’re in search of the latest free Japanese indie content, you’re most likely to rely on a website based in that region. While that’s a clever idea, it does have many drawbacks. For instance, most of these websites come with lots of ads and restrictions which makes most of the anime torrent websites an unsuitable option.

Similarly, other websites ask for registration or money to download torrents from their website. Now in order to avoid getting phished or endangering your device, you can rely on a secured and trustworthy platform. And talking about trustworthy, there are only a few sites that can match the quality offered by Tokyo Toshokan.

What is Tokyo Toshokan?

Tokyo Toshokan is an open torrent library that provides Japanese indie content for free. The website covers all kinds of free Japanese indie content and ensures quality downloads. It can be accessed from any country across the world and has no restrictions. Tokyo Toshokan has a community that can be accessed only by becoming a registered member of the website.

Is Tokyo Toshokan safe?

For a torrent site to be safe for browsing, it needs to have an SSL certificate, which Tokyo Toshokan does have. By using tools such as SEOQuake and MOZ, you can easily check the credibility of a website by gauging Domain Score (DS) and Trust Score (TS). Based on my research, Tokyo Toshokan has a domain score of 24 and a trust score of 35 which is better than most sites out there. Sure, it’s not uncommon for torrent sites to have a DS less than 15 and a TS less than 40. That’s the reason why Tokyo Toshokan even though just an 8-year old torrent site manages to exceed our expectations in terms of safety and reliability.

What should you expect from Tokyo Toshokan?

There are many great things about Tokyo Toshokan that can be great attractions for indie anime and Japanese indie content seekers. Here are some of them.

Massive Free Indie Content Library – Tokyo Toshokan has an extensive free indie content library that comprises several kinds of Japanese indie media. Most of the torrents in the library are amassed by the admin and the sysops of the website along with the registered members. The other half of the free indie content of the website is added by the peers. Visitors can download torrents from the website for free.

Easy Navigation – Tokyo Toshokan has a simple design that is very easy to navigate. The torrents are placed in the form of a list with all the necessary details mentioned under them. You can find the torrent you are looking for in the category section or you can search for it using the website’s search bar.

If you are looking for something new you can see the list that is placed on the homepage of the website. This list combines the various categories and lets you pick your torrent from the page by giving you the download option next to the name.

Speed – Torrents with low seeds and high leeches can take a lot of time to download. Tokyo shows you the right amount of seeds and leeches for the files and ensures that you have a fast download. If the torrent is from a peer website, you are taken to the peer website where you can download the torrent file from and also see the current seeds and leeches that are available for the file.

No Ads – Ads can give you the worst experience of a torrent website. They consume a lot of time and sometimes can also get you in an awkward position with the indie content it displays. Tokyo Toshokan is among the few open torrent websites that provide indie content to the users without any ads on the website. The peer websites may have ads, therefore, you have to be careful when opening a peer website for downloading a torrent.

Personalization and Specification – This is one of the premium features that torrent websites charge a lot of money for or in some cases, you might have to upload a lot of torrents on their website. However, Tokyo Toshokan allows you to personalize your homepage recommendations for free and you don’t even have to create a registered account for the same. It also lets you customize the RSS feed and create your own URL for a torrent on the website. The most important part of this benefit is the specification, you can specify the size of the file when searching for it.

Tokyo Toshokan in numbers

As per the Alexa rankings, Tokyo Toshokan is ranked #38,182 which makes it amongst the top 40,000 websites on the internet. It attracts more than 950,000 visits a month with an average of 80,000 unique visitors. An average visit on the site lasts for more than 8 minutes with each user visiting 2-4 pages before bouncing off the website. In terms of engagement, Tokyo Toshokan does surpass all my expectations. Due to the incredible user interaction, it is able to maintain a commendable bounce rate at 42.55%

How to access Tokyo Toshokan?

You can access Tokyo Toshokan by searching for the term ‘Tokyotosho.info’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: Tokyo Toshokan.

Design

As mentioned earlier the website has a very basic design which comprises very few elements. The entire website is made of links, search boxes, checkboxes, dropdowns, tables, links and text boxes, icons, and more.

Header – It is very difficult to decide what actually can be deemed as the header of Tokyo Toshokan as there are numerous links placed on the topmost part of the page. However, we can assume that the part consisting of the following tags/links can be considered as a header Home (SSL), Customize, Register/Login, Submit New Torrent, Search, RSS (Customize), Docs, Chat, Donate!, Contact, VPN Service, IdleRPG and Status Page.

Inner Pages – The website has numerous inner pages and a wide majority of it can be accessed by visitors and members. Tokyo Toshokan maintains a white background in all the pages of the website and the most common elements on the pages are texts, search bars, buttons, and links. Every page of the website is designed distinctly and according to its functionality.

Content – Tokyo Toshokan has an extensive torrent database that has been amassed from various sources. The website has no restrictions on torrent downloads and users can download any torrent several times. It allows users to download several torrents simultaneously.

Desktop/Mobile experience

Tokyo Toshokan’s plain white background with black text works really well for desktops. The website fits the screen conveniently and all the functionalities of the website can be used with ease. Due to simple design, the website has a very low loading time and can be accessed with a stable internet connection of even 5-7 Mbps.

The website does not have a dedicated mobile layout and the users who prefer using the website on their mobile might find it inconvenient for usage. They will have to zoom in and out to view the content of the pages and use the functionality of the website.

Suggestions I have for Tokyo Toshokan

The website also has a lot of empty links that only take you to blank pages. Tokyo Toshokan can remove these links or add some useful content in it.

Conclusion

Free indie anime and manga can be a great find and to top it all Tokyo Toshokan gives it to you in such abundance. The website is a great place for indie manga lovers and should be in their top 5 list for free Japanese indie content.