gogoanime.io

GogoAnime is an anime streaming website that was created with the goal of providing content and a community for anime fans. In order to provide a clean and organized commenting experience, comments can only be made on video reviews. There is not much information available about the website, GogoAnime. The "About Us" section primarily tells viewers the goal of the site, while social media accounts only leave a light footprint. The Facebook page has few posts and the Twitter page is difficult to track down and lacks posts.

Website Design

I find the website design of GogoAnime to be impressively sleek. The vast majority of ads are intrusive, but despite this the site feels friendly and bright in night mode. There are quite a few chibi characters hidden around the website. One chibi Naruto sits on the home page sitting above a menu. An unfortunate issue I noticed is that their social media links are broken. I searched them on multiple platforms but did not find much.

The Gogo Anime TV logo is vibrant and eye-catching. The orange color is a great choice for night mode, as it stands out against the dark background. It makes it easy to read text and navigate the website.

The menus are well designed and it is easy to navigate on the page. The organization of the website is perfect. There are a lot of categories with multiple sub-selections.

Content

There are many subsections, like TV Shows and Cartoons. You can also find your favorite shows by using the search bar. The top shows are always updated. The main focus of GogoAnime is anime. There is an inexhaustible supply of anime for streaming on their website. This organization provides viewers with an amazing experience through their main menu which includes Home, Anime List, New Season, Movies, and Popular. There are many subsections like TV Shows and Cartoons which make it easy to find your favorites. The top shows are always kept up to date so that viewers can find what they're looking for easily. The home page of dubbed.org features the latest releases in dubbed anime. The column on the right includes advertisements. Down the page on the right are Ongoing Series subsections and Genre subsections. In the middle of the home page are the Recently Added Series.

The shoujo genre is filled with series such as A Song of Ice and Fire, K-ON!, and Attack on Titan. There are a few titles missing here and there, but most series are complete. The slice of life genre typically features anime about everyday life, such as Toradora! and Hanasaku Iroha. There are many series in this genre, but only a few are available on the website at the moment. Many genres that are worth mentioning include the popular shonen, shoujo, and slice of life genres. There are countless series on the website that can be found in any one of these genres. Some titles available in the shonen genre include Fairy Tail, Pokemon, and Boku no Hero Academia. There are a couple of episodes missing here and there, but most series are complete. The shoujo genre is filled with series such as A Song of Ice and Fire, K-ON!, and Attack on Titan. There are a few titles missing here and there, but most series are complete. The slice of life genre typically features anime about everyday life like Toradora! and Hanasaku Iroha which can be found on the website at the moment.

The Anime List on the main menu includes every show the website hosts. These shows are organized in alphabetical order. There are 5 full pages of approximately 140 titles. GogoAnime hosts close to one thousand titles, and with such an impressive library it is easy to choose a great show.

The website hosts both dubbed and subtitled versions of popular anime shows. There are a lot of subtitled shows on the website, but they all feature recently released dubs on the home page, so they are easy to find. The video and audio quality of both versions are wonderful—either way.

Desktop & Mobile Accessibility

The desktop version of GogoAnime is really good. There are a few hiccups that aren't great. Overall, the stream qualities are amazing. The load times are good. Audio is also impeccable. The layout of the website is easy to look at for multiple hours at a time. The night mode color scheme gives the website a youthful and hip aesthetic. The mobile browser version of this website is scaled-down. It is almost exactly the same. The font is slightly too small, but not unbearable. The ads are slightly more overwhelming on the phone. I would suggest using the desktop browser, if at all possible. Unfortunately, there are no mobile applications for GogoAnime.

Positives

GogoAnime has many positive features. The website's organization is one of the best things about it. It is easy to find specific shows and browse new ones on the website. The main menu and other categories are easy to find in the layout of the website. The search function on GogoAnime is a great resource. It works well and is easy to find. Not only does the search bring up the title you search for, but it also brings up titles with related keywords.

GogoAnime hosts subtitles and dubbed versions of Japanese shows. There are usually more subtitles, but there are plenty of dubs for popular shows. GogoAnime does a great job of highlighting the dubs on their home page. They also have a sub-genre of dubbed on their website to filter all English shows. They also have a good selection of movies.

One of the best features of GogoAnime is the high quality video and audio streams. The video quality is amazing right out of the gate and the site needs next to no time to buffer or load. The audio quality is also good and there are no commercials that interrupt the stream, which is a big plus in my book.

The comment feature on the videos is a great way to encourage fans to connect. The option to participate in conversations with like-minded fans is an amazing feature. Discerning episodes on the specific episode is also a great way to avoid spoilers.

The website's overall aesthetic is great. The color scheme and layout are a great combination. The chibi anime characters are my favorite part of the website.

Negatives

GogoAnime has many positive aspects, but there are also a number of negative factors. One of the more apparent problems is pop-ups. They are abundant and very persistent. When you click on the search bar, home page, or any menu function, new windows will open entirely. There may be an app to block the ads. Ad-blocking technologies are available that could help, but measures like this should not be necessary to use the website. The About Us section of the site is disappointing. The only information provided is a couple sentences. I wanted to find more information so I tried social media. GogoAnime has media links in the top right-hand corner of their website. I assumed they would work and tried to track them down on Facebook and Twitter, but the links were dead. I tracked them on their social media by searching them, but found nothing of interest. Both of their profiles were empty.

One negative about GogoAnime for me was the lack of community. The two about us sentences they did manage to write claimed to be a community for anime fans, but there is no way of communicating on the site other than through comments. I was expecting a forum at the very least, but I was disappointed. There are no forums, apps, or any other means to communicate other than through the comment sections.

Improvements Needed

Some improvements that GogoAnime could make to better serve their viewers include developing an app for watching the streams on mobile devices, making it easier for viewers to communicate with one another, and more. The pop-ups on this website are causing a major disruption in viewer experience. Even reducing their number by just a little would make a huge difference. The actual advertisements in the sidebars on the website are not bad at all, but the pop-ups are causing problems.

I think that community features could be better.Instead of limiting contact with comments on episodes, a forum might be the solution.Forums could provide a central location for fan chat.This feature would also drive extra traffic to the website.

Summary

Overall, I found GogoAnime to be an okay website. It provides an extensive library of popular and obscure titles in multiple languages. There are over 1000 titles available. The navigation and layout are nice. The vibe of the site is youthful and it gives off a hip appearance. Whereas the mobile browser version of the website is not great, there are also a ridiculous number of pop-ups. Additionally, improvements can be made to the community side of the website.