Watch anime from Linux command line

This is a really cool feature for anime lovers. You can search and watch anime just from the command line, how convenient is that? All the commands below were run in a Linux Mint, please adjust accordingly if you are not using Linux Mint 😁

Step 1: Launch your terminal

Step 2: Download and install ani-cli and mpv player

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install ani-cli mpv -y

Step 3: Search for your favourite anime using ani-cli command. In the following example, I was searching for "One Piece" anime 720 video quality. If you somehow prefer vlc, you can add -v option. BY default it will use mpv video player.

$ ani-cli -q 720 one piece

Step 4: Choose from the list, which entry (or season) that you wan to watch

Step 5: Choose the episode

Step 6: Watch your anime 

Optional step: Once you know the list number and episode, you can directly go to the view by using below options:

$ ani-cli -q 720 -S 1 -e 1 one piece

Happy watching!