Getting Started¶
Play an anime interactively¶
ani-cli-rs "frieren"
The normal flow is:
- search the selected Anikoto catalog;
- choose the correct anime entry or season;
- choose an episode;
- resolve supported sources and requested quality;
- launch the platform player: mpv, IINA, or an Android player from Termux;
- use the post-launch menu to choose next, replay, previous, another episode, or another quality.
If the query is omitted, ani-cli-rs prompts for it:
ani-cli-rs
Subbed, dubbed, and adult results¶
ani-cli-rs --dub "cowboy bebop"
ani-cli-rs --allow-adult "search query"
--dub changes the translation catalog. --allow-adult permits adult-marked search results; it does not disable network or router filtering.
Quality¶
ani-cli-rs -q best "title"
ani-cli-rs -q worst "title"
ani-cli-rs -q 720p "title"
An explicit resolution falls back to the best resolved stream when that exact resolution is absent.
Choose episodes without a prompt¶
ani-cli-rs -e 1 "title"
ani-cli-rs -e 2-5 "title"
ani-cli-rs -e "1 3 5.5" "title"
-r/--range is an alias of -e/--episode. Fractional episode labels are preserved when the selected catalog publishes them.
Multiple interactive episodes¶
Choose Select multiple episodes in the episode picker, or open it directly:
ani-cli-rs --multi-selection "title"
Use Space to toggle entries and Enter to confirm.
Download by title¶
ani-cli-rs --download "anime title"
Select the anime/season and episodes. Version 0.6.0 and newer preflight every selected episode before starting the first transfer. See Downloads.
Continue from history¶
ani-cli-rs --continue
Select a history entry and ani-cli-rs chooses its next published episode. History is compatible with Bash ani-cli's tab-separated ani-hsts format.
Keyboard navigation¶
| Key | Fuzzy anime/episode menus | Ordinary action menus |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Move | Move |
| Tab / Shift+Tab | Down / up | Down / up |
| Type | Filter results | — |
| Space | Toggle in multi-select | Select |
| Enter | Select/confirm | Select |
| Escape | Go back | Cancel/quit |
j / k |
Typed as filter text | Down / up |
h / l |
Typed as filter text | Previous / next page |
q |
Typed as filter text | Cancel/quit |
The visible Back row has the same effect as Escape. In fuzzy search, q remains available for titles containing that character.
Next episode schedule¶
ani-cli-rs --nextep-countdown "anime title"
This displays the next scheduled Japanese/raw and subtitled release timestamps from AnimeSchedule, then exits.