March 2026 Updates
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March 2026 Updates
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Now moved to our new homegrown PDS at sakurasora.social. 😊
Progress with Sakurasora (AT Protocol/Bluesky PDS) (and Launch, soon…)
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At last, we are making some progress in finally setting up Sakurasora, which is Sakurajima’s version of Bluesky PDS, but independently run. The PDS is now up, but now in inital testing.
It will be open for invites in the near future. More about this coming soon.
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Now that Sakurasora PDS is now set up, we are testing things before moving our account there and starting invites who might be interested into moving to a Japanese media/culture centric independent PDS.
@aniblogtracker.app now has an official account. There will be one for the Fediverse soon.
Testing Discord Alternatives for Sakurajima
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Gauging Interest in a Teamspeak 6 server (for Sakurajima)
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Note: If we decide to provide this, we need to bring up the monthly donations to cover the licensing.
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As mentioned, we still have plans to add social groups to Sakurajima Forums as an alternative to Discord. We do have a chat option with the option to create private rooms.
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The Forums, Pixelfed, project sites, Yoshino Garden, Relay, and AniBlogTracker are now migrated to our new servers.
If you experience any issues, report them on the forums.
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February 2026 Updates
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If you don’t know, AniBlogTracker makes it easier for people in the Anime/Japanese media/culture fandom discover independently run Japanese media/culture and Anime/Manga blogs and related News sites.
If you want your Anime Blog added, see the about page for details.
aniblogtracker.app
At last, the AniBlogTracker list of sites is now rebuilt. There are 191 tracked websites, which includes blogs, newsletters, podcasts, and some news sites.
As always, if your site is not added and you wish to be added, see the post below.
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Sakurajima Forum Additions: Chat and Social Groups (soon)
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Sakurajima turns 3 years old
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AniBlogTracker now has it’s own dedicated updates section, which will list any fixes and new features.
More improvements coming in the coming days.
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Aniblogtracker is now up again on the new VPS with a limited set of sites initially with backend improvements. We will eventually expand it later on.
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Status of Restoration of Miscellaneous Sakurajima Services
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Some Updates on the Personal Dedicated Server Crash
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When Sakurasora launches, we will have our own TOS as we won't be relying on Bluesky's relay (we may launch our own or use Blacksky's relay.
We will have our own TOS, similar to what we are using on Mastodon and Misskey servers, and won't have any of the controversial decisions from Bluesky's.
We are Launching Sakurasora, an Independent Server on BlueSky for Japanese Media Fans, Bloggers, and Creators
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September 2025 Updates - forums.sakurajima.moe/threads/sept...
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AniblogTracker Update: The AniBlogTracker website (aniblogtracker.app) is now protected by the Anubis Anti-bot protection. Functionality should not be affected.
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Future Sakurajima Projects Updates
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For the past day, you may notice the AniBlogTracker having issues fetching post. We made some fixes so that the fetcher script uses requests instead of doing the feed retrieval using feedparser.
Made some simple fixes, and hopefully it will be more reliable in fetching new posts.
Anything Sakurajima Related (Mastodon, Sharkey, Chuckya-fe, Akkoma-fe for Mastodon, Elk) - ruri.tamaki-shimai.moe/sakurajima
Eventually the Github repositories will be removed at a later date.
Due to recent events, all of our modifications of Mastodon and Sakurakey (Sharkey), Xenforo-holo bot, and AniBlogTracker will be moved from Github to our own Gitlab server.
AniBlogTracker - ruri.tamaki-shimai.moe/aniblogtracker
August 2025 Updates
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That said, if you use Substack for your Japanese media/culture related blog/newsletter, you should consider an alternative, and don’t support morally questionable platforms. (4/4)
#substack #animeblogging
If you need alternatives, WordPress (despite it’s drama) and Ghost are the choices suggested. We may expand our offerings to provide affordable WordPress and Ghost hosting options for established bloggers who want managed hosting options tailored for Anime Bloggers and the like. (3/4)
I know, it’s hard to discover Japanese media content, but there is a tool for that. That is called AniBlogTracker. We do eventually plan to add the ability to follow blogs in the future. (2/3)
aniblogtracker.app
#substack #animeblogging