Official record · ICANN
ICANN's Reveal Day list places .anime in contention set 12.
Applicant names and statuses are shown as ICANN lists them, read on 7 October 2026. Open ICANN's list
2 applicants claimed this string in public before Reveal Day, across 3 records. 1 earlier record is preserved below as not proceeding.
Kept as history. Each record links to where the claim was made and says whether an entry in ICANN's list has been matched to it.
Claimed: .anime
Unstoppable Domains announced a partnership with Kitnsugi to apply for .anime and .manga
Later status (2026-08-25): ICANN Applications are in! Some TLDs are eligible for a refund. · Unstoppable Domains · Archived screenshot
In each case, the brand partner behind the TLD decided not to move forward with an ICANN application and instead chose to focus on Web3 only.
Source: Exclusive: Oinkadot applies for 25 top level domains · Domain Name Wire
Claimed: .anime, .bit, .bug, .cancel, .dine, .dragon, .ghost, .glitch, .hack, .heart, .king, .loop, .manga, .moon, .panda, .puff, .queen, .sign, .spice, .stack, .stay, .super, .weed, .wire, .zzz
Elsewhere, the CEOs of registrars Porkbun and Dynadot, Ray King and Todd Han, have reportedly formed a new entity called Oinkadot to apply for 25 strings: .anime, .bit, .bug, .cancel, .dine, .dragon, .ghost, .glitch, .hack, .heart, .king, .loop, .manga, .moon, .panda, .puff, .queen, .sign, .spice, .stack, .stay, .super, .weed, .wire and .zzz.
Source: New gTLDs: what we do and don't know about the 2026 round · Domain Incite
Claimed: .anime
While the applications haven't been confirmed, D3 previously announced a partnership with Animecoin Foundation to apply for .anime
Source: Exclusive: Oinkadot applies for 25 top level domains · Domain Name Wire
Claimed: .anime, .bit, .bug, .cancel, .dine, .dragon, .ghost, .glitch, .hack, .heart, .king, .loop, .manga, .moon, .panda, .puff, .queen, .sign, .spice, .stack, .stay, .super, .weed, .wire, .zzz
The partnership has already paid $5.675 million in application fees and said it is prepared for contention set auctions if necessary.
Source: Exclusive: Oinkadot applies for 25 top level domains · Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains says five applications were submitted for the 2026 round. Fourteen previously announced TLD plans will not proceed, and its refund page accounts for two more.
