Last updated: September 21, 2026 Originally effective: June 2026
Welcome to ANIMELEKO (https://animeleko.com), an independent anime blog featuring analyses, theories, guides, rankings, and news. By accessing and using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use described below. If you disagree with any part of them, please don’t use the site.
These terms should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data and cookies.
1. About the Site’s Content
ANIMELEKO exists for informational and entertainment purposes. Our articles include, among other things:
- analyses, reviews, and trivia about anime and manga;
- rankings and lists, which reflect the author’s own opinions and criteria;
- theories and speculation, which are personal interpretations, not official information;
- news and release predictions, which can change at any time and shouldn’t be treated as official dates or confirmations unless the article explicitly cites an official source.
Spoiler warning: articles may reveal major plot points from anime and manga. When possible, we’ll flag spoilers, but we recommend caution when reading about series you haven’t finished yet.
2. Copyright and Intellectual Property
2.1. What belongs to ANIMELEKO
The original articles, analyses, theories, rankings, guides, and overall content structure published on ANIMELEKO are authored by the site and protected under applicable copyright law.
2.2. What belongs to third parties
Anime, manga, characters, names, logos, images, cover art, and other elements from the works we discuss belong to their respective rights holders — authors, publishers, and animation studios. ANIMELEKO is an independent site with no affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement from those rights holders. These elements are referenced or displayed solely for informational, analytical, critical, and commentary purposes.
2.3. Permitted use
You may:
- read and view our content for personal, non-commercial use;
- share links to our articles;
- quote short excerpts from our texts, as long as you clearly credit ANIMELEKO and link back to the original article, without distorting the meaning of the content.
2.4. Prohibited use
Without our prior written permission, it is prohibited to:
- copy, reproduce, or republish full articles or substantial portions of them on other sites, channels, social media, or platforms;
- use our content for commercial purposes, resale, or public display;
- scrape our content through automated means, reverse-engineer, or copy the site’s source code;
- remove copyright or intellectual property notices;
- use our content to train or feed automated content-generation systems without authorization.
Violating these rules may result in the revocation of your permission to use the site and applicable legal action.
2.5. Takedown requests (rights holders)
If you’re a copyright holder and believe content on this site infringes your rights, send a request through our contact page including:
- your name and contact information;
- the exact URL of the page containing the disputed content;
- a description of the protected work and proof of ownership;
- an explanation of why the use is unauthorized.
We’ll review the request carefully and, where warranted, remove or adjust the content as quickly as possible.
3. Rules for Using the Site
By using ANIMELEKO, you agree to:
- comply with applicable law;
- not attempt to access restricted areas, compromise the site’s security, or interfere with its operation;
- not send viruses, malicious code, or any harmful material;
- not use bots, scripts, or other automated means to generate artificial traffic, views, or clicks.
3.1 Advertising
The site displays third-party ads, including Google AdSense. Repeatedly, incentivizing, or artificially clicking on ads, or generating invalid traffic in any way, is strictly prohibited. This kind of behavior can hurt the site and will be treated as a violation of these terms.
4. Comments and User-Submitted Content
If the site allows comments or message submissions, you’re responsible for whatever you post or send. The following isn’t allowed:
- offensive, discriminatory, or threatening content, or content that incites hate or violence;
- spam, unauthorized advertising, or misleading links;
- illegal content or content that violates third-party rights;
- sharing another person’s personal information without consent;
- unmarked spoilers, when the context calls for a warning.
ANIMELEKO reserves the right to moderate, edit, or remove any comment or message that violates these rules, without prior notice. By posting a comment, you grant us permission to display it on the site, without this transferring any rights over our content to you.
5. Accuracy of Information and Disclaimer
We do our best to publish careful, well-researched content, but:
- content is provided “as is,” for informational purposes;
- errors, omissions, or outdated information may exist, especially in news pieces and release dates;
- analyses, theories, and rankings reflect the author’s own opinions and interpretations;
- ANIMELEKO may edit, correct, or remove content at any time, without any obligation to update it.
If you spot an error, please reach out through our contact page so we can fix it.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ANIMELEKO and its editors are not liable for damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, the site or its content, including temporary downtime, technical failures, or decisions made based on the information published here.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any rights you may have under applicable law that cannot be waived by contract.
7. Third-Party Links and Services
The site may contain links to third-party sites and services, including ads. ANIMELEKO doesn’t control or continuously monitor these sites and isn’t responsible for their content, privacy practices, or the services they offer. The presence of a link doesn’t imply endorsement. Access to external sites is at your own risk.
8. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use periodically. The date of the most recent update will always appear at the top of the page. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated version.
9. General Provisions
If any part of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will stay in full effect.
Any leniency shown by ANIMELEKO regarding a violation of these terms doesn’t waive its right to enforce them later.
10. Governing Law
These terms are governed by applicable law. Any disputes will be resolved accordingly, respecting any rights users are entitled to under law.
11. Contact
If you have questions about these terms, want to request content removal, or have any other concern: