Unfortunately many sites have been taken down as of very recently. Aniwave for one, the other site I used for anything I couldn't find here. I am considering getting both Crunchyroll & HIDIVE subscriptions because they seem to be the two best options with vast library's and certain exclusives each have to their own. I believe paid sites are great and are good ways to watch lots of anime while "supporting the creators" but I feel both are flawed compared to aniwatch. For a paid subscription you still have region locked content, shows that have both sub & dub version sometimes only have the sub even tho there is a dub version (still don't understand that abt Crunchy, like ik this show has a dub... I just checked on aniwatch n its right here. tf we paying good money for to not have everything we'd want). With that being said I still think having a site like aniwatch is vital due to the easy access to older anime's and both sub & dub of many others. If aniwatch goes down idk what I'm gonna do, so many shows I was planning to watch and hyped about soon I might not get the chance to try if aniwatch gets taken down too. Does anyone know of any "secret" or other good sites that would be harder to get taken down or less likely in this big wave? I just want to have the comfort of having some place to fall back on when the paid sites fail to deliver. Decided to make a post here since gatekeeping on places like twitter, yt, and everywhere else should honestly stay that way to lessen the loudmouths that will ruin great times for everyone else.

TL;DR
Many good sites taken down now recently, paid sites don't even provide the perfect experience in comparison, any (good, safe, lowkey) alternatives similar to aniwatch incase this wonderous site gets ripped away from us all?