Is anime-on-line.com safe?

http://anime-on-line.com/

Low Risk

Analysis coverage: strong · 4 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

Anime On Line sells licensed anime Blu-ray, DVD and 4K releases via PrestaShop storefront

The site is an established UK-based online retailer of physical anime media with a 25-year-old domain, listed UK phone number, and domain email contacts. No credential harvesting, deceptive downloads, or harmful redirects were observed. the multi-engine malware scan and the browser scan returned clean results. The main limitations are the absence of independent customer reviews and a very old but still active PrestaShop installation.

The site shows no signs of malicious behavior. Shoppers should still verify current stock and delivery terms directly on the site and consider using a credit card for purchases. The long domain age and clean security signals support low-risk classification for normal retail use.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site is an established UK-based online retailer of physical anime media with a 25-year-old domain, listed UK phone number, and domain email contacts. No credential harvesting, deceptive downloads, or harmful redirects were observed. the multi-engine malware scan and the browser scan returned clean results. The main limitations are the absence of independent customer reviews and a very old but still active PrestaShop installation.

What the site appears to do

Anime On Line operates a standard e-commerce store selling physical anime releases including pre-orders, new releases, 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, collector's editions and soundtrack products from labels such as Anime Ltd, Crunchyroll and MVM.

The site uses PrestaShop software, displays a UK telephone number (01291 621700), domain email addresses, and provides links to terms, contact, about us and order tracking pages.

Strongest evidence and limitations

The registrable domain anime-on-line.com was created in February 2001 and is over 25 years old. The hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. No malicious or suspicious flags were returned by the multi-engine malware scan (0 malicious engines) or the browser scan.

No credential collection forms, deceptive download buttons, forced redirects or pop-up ads were observed in the saved page or browser behavior. The site displays ordinary newsletter signup and contact forms only.

Independent customer review platforms and recent third-party reputation data were not located for this specific operator.

Practical user impact

Users can browse and purchase physical media using standard account creation, sign-in and cart functions. The site redirects from the non-www HTTP version to HTTPS and presents a valid Let's Encrypt certificate.

No evidence of hidden subscription traps, unexpected charges or blocked withdrawals was found. Ordinary checkout and newsletter forms are present.

Why the score is 82

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 92

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
92
All 92 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

Sandbox Render
Page rendered in a safe sandbox
Requests made1
Unique IPs0
Countries2
Detected brandsNone

What this means: we opened the page inside a locked-down browser and watched what it tried to load. This is context for the checks above — not a verdict on its own.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
anime-on-line.com
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The saved image was reviewed for deceptive controls, visual impersonation, fake urgency, and other scam interface patterns.

Context only

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Anime On Line

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    No complete independent-research result was available in this saved report.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Domain registered February 2001 (9296 days old)
  2. 02Hosting IP has zero abuse reports

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domainanime-on-line.com
  2. Redirects towww.anime-on-line.com
  3. Hosted byRapidswitch
  4. Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · prestashop-project.org

Domain Timeline

  1. Feb 19, 2001
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 25 years old today.

  2. Aug 3, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

anime-on-line.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainhelp@anime-on-line.com, admin@anime-on-line.com
Phone numbers01291 621700
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (help@anime-on-line.com).
  • Phone number listed (01291 621700).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age25 years old
Registrar123-Reg Limited
RegisteredFeb 19, 2001
ExpiresFeb 19, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresSep 5, 2026 (32d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingRapidswitch
Server locationGB
Web serverApache

Redirect Chain

Hops
3
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://anime-on-line.com/
  • 2302https://anime-on-line.com/
  • 3301http://www.anime-on-line.com/
  • 4200https://www.anime-on-line.com/

Server Reputation

Hosting
CountryUnited Kingdom
NetworkIOMART-AS IOMART CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED, GB
IP address78.129.181.187
Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPRapidswitch
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result0 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 3, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
ResultThe saved page capture contained descriptive context only
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
ResultIndependent research was not available for this report
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is anime-on-line.com a scam or is it safe?
anime-on-line.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is anime-on-line.com safe to use?
anime-on-line.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 85%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has anime-on-line.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report anime-on-line.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is anime-on-line.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — anime-on-line.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the anime-on-line.com domain?
anime-on-line.com is 25.5 years old, registered on February 19, 2001 through 123-Reg Limited. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does anime-on-line.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — anime-on-line.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 32 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is anime-on-line.com hosted?
anime-on-line.com resolves to an IP operated by Rapidswitch in GB (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the anime-on-line.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 3, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about anime-on-line.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
82/100
Low Risk

Anime On Line sells licensed anime Blu-ray, DVD and 4K releases via PrestaShop storefront

Saved captureanime-on-line.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site is an established UK-based online retailer of physical anime media with a 25-year-old domain, listed UK phone number, and domain email contacts. No credential harvesting, deceptive downloads, or harmful redirects were observed. the multi-engine malware scan and the browser scan returned clean results. The main limitations are the absence of independent customer reviews and a very old but still active PrestaShop installation.

Recommended actionThe site shows no signs of malicious behavior. Shoppers should still verify current stock and delivery terms directly on the site and consider using a credit card for purchases. The long domain age and clean security signals support low-risk classification for normal retail use.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.

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