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Hachidori

Funimation Phaseout

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As recently announced or some see this coming, Funimation will be merging with Crunchyroll, or rather Funimation is going away in the future. Note that Hachidori will still support Funimation, but no updates will be made besides bug fixes if possible until the service ends. Once the service closes, the detection code will get removed in a future version.

We still plan to support Crunchyroll and Hidive in the Hachidori Lite Safari Extension, but there is no plans to add support for other streaming sites in the iOS/iPadOS Safari Extension. I plan to use the work from the Safari Subscription to add stream detection support to Firefox on macOS in the future.

Hachidori 3.3.5 Now Released

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Hachidori 3.3.5 is now out. This release fixes the toolbar icons under macOS Monterey as they appear way too big compared to previous versions of macOS, causing some icons not to be shown. 

In addition, there is now a new directory whitelist option under Exceptions settings. With this option enabled, it won’t detect any files outside the directories specified by the user.

To install this update, check for updates.

New Features​

  • Add directory whitelist option
  • Added support links to allow users to report issues easily

Bug Fixes and Enhancements​

  • Fixed toolbar icons under macOS Monterey
  • Preferences icons now uses SF Symbols in macOS Big Sur or later.

Later this week, we will most likely be releasing Shukofukurou for macOS 3.6. Note that 3.6 will require macOS Big Sur, but 3.5.x will be supported outside the App Store in a special version called Shukofukurou Legacy.

You can discuss this release on our forums.

macOS Monterey Support

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I managed to upgrade my development machine (Mac mini M1) to macOS Monterey Beta 8 and it seems that our apps work without any compatibility issues, besides the toolbar icons. These will be fixed in an upcoming release.

Hachidori 3.3.4 Released

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It’s been a while since we released an update for Hachidori since March, but here we are now. Hachidori 3.3.4 is now released with some bug fixes. Namely, it has to do with the season detection as some titles weren’t being detected properly.

Also, Hachidori 3.3.4 fixes Funimation detection as they finally rolled out a new video player, which broke detection. Not that Funimation now requires Javascript for full functionality, which will require the “Allow JavaScript from Apple Events” option enabled in Safari and Chrome based browsers. In addition, Peacock TV stream detection support for anime titles only is now added.

This update is now available for users to download or update through the update feature. Also, Shukofukurou for iOS/iPadOS 2.2 Beta should hopefully be out later this week on TestFlight for active patrons. We had some trouble getting the app approved since AniList started requiring two factor authentication, thus causing login issues with the test account. The test account will now use MyAnimeList, so hopefully there shouldn’t be any more issues.

Hachidori 3.3.3 Released

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Hachidori 3.3.3 is now out. This release fixes the Anime Relations feature, meaning that titles with continuous numbering will detect properly.

In addition, support for the beta version of Crunchyroll’s website is now added. You are able to detect titles from the episode viewing page and the watch history. The difference is that Javascript is required to make detection possible, meaning it will only work on Safari and most Google Chrome-based browsers. Instructions on enabling this can be seen here.

The change log is below. You can install this update by checking for updates.

This release fixes Anime Relations feature and adds support for Crunchyroll Beta stream detection.

MAL Updater OS X Users: To receive a new format license, upgrade to the latest version of MAL Updater OS X 2.4.x and open the about window. The license key will appear. Copy that and use it to register Hachidori

Hachidori requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or later.

New Features

  • Add support for Crunchyroll Beta Site (Requires Javascript)

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fixed Anime Relations feature

New Year, New Plans

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I hope everyone stayed safe and had a nice New Years. With 2021, we have some exciting things planned.

In 2020, we spent a good amount of time getting our apps ready for iOS 14 and the new Apple Silicon Macs. While it took two weeks to get our apps ready for Apple Silicon, it was relatively simple. I had to recompile all the frameworks and afterwards, we had a working Universal Binary 2 version. That took about 2-3 months.

Now, we plan on releasing a final version of Shukofukurou for macOS 3.4, which will finally have universal binary 2 support and some UI tweaks for Big Sur. However, more changes are planned as we are working on Shukofukurou for macOS 4.0.

It has been over two years since we last released a major version. The goal with 4.0 is to incorporate more UI additions in Big Sur, bunch of rewriting for the main interface window since it’s somewhat a mess, and list syncing. When 4.0 comes out, it will be a paid upgrade since it’s a major release, but existing users will be able to upgrade to the new version with a large discount as I plan to bundle the old version with the new version with a special pricing. From my understanding, if you own one of the app in the bundle, you just need to pay the difference in the bundle. More details on 4.0 will be shared for active Patrons along with test releases.

Note that 4.0 will only work on macOS Big Sur or later. The older 3.x release, which we will name as the Classic Branch will still be maintained for at least 2 years, but no new features will be added.

In addition, we need to work on an alternative to provide legal stream links in the title’s information view. Apparently, Because.moe stopped updating their dataset, leaving with AniList with a possible alternative. The only issue is that it doesn’t provide specific region availability. LiveChart also have this data too, but there is no accessible API or JSON file we can use the data from. However, we added LiveChart to the list of related sites for users to view additional information, including where to watch a particular show.

As for Hachidori, we plan to work on adding Emby support in the near future. It’s an alternative to Plex and some users have been asking for this. We will investigate how to add support for this in the coming months.

With that, we plan to release the stable version of Shukofukurou for macOS 3.4 later this month. Note that you can already use the beta version by going to its product page.