Bilibili is a popular video site that offers a wide range of contents such as anime, dramas, variety shows, and even manga for free. This article will explain how to save bilibili videos and what to look out for.
Bilibili is a popular video site that offers a wide range of contents such as anime, dramas, variety shows, and even manga for free. This article will explain how to save bilibili videos and what to look out for.
What is bilibili?
bilibili is a Chinese video sharing website. Like Youtube, bilibili is well known in Japan as a platform where viewers upload videos and distribute various contents such as anime, manga, live streaming, and games. Like Nico Nico, the most significant feature of the site is the "bullet-point" comment function that runs on the screen, but it also offers free access to content that cannot be uploaded on Japanese video sites, as well as a paid membership system. Although the site is geared toward China, it has now expanded into Japan and is popular enough to host events.
Download from bilibili's app
In fact, bilibili's app provides a download function for most videos, with the exception of paid content. However, bilibili is not available in the Japanese Apple Store or Google Play, so you must first install the application from the Chinese store. Unfortunately, the app itself does not support Japanese, but it is possible to search in Japanese, so you should have no problem as long as you master the simple usage. The download procedure is also simple.
Open the video from the application, tap the three dots in the upper right corner, and then tap the "缓存" button, which means download, to start the download. You can see the videos that are downloading or have been downloaded by tapping "我的"(My Page)→
离线缓存" (Downloaded).
Problems and cautions when downloading videos from bilibili
Although bilibili offers a lot of Japanese content, mainly anime, most of it is intended for distribution in China, and in fact, due to copyright restrictions, it is almost impossible to watch it in Japan due to regional restrictions. For such contents, you can use a VPN to watch them, but you cannot download them from the app, so be sure to watch them online.
As for the dangers of using bilibili, it is operated by a major Chinese company, so there is no risk of viruses or scams, but most online video download sites are created by foreign operators, so be careful not to click on suspicious advertisements by mistake. Be careful not to click on any suspicious advertisements.
How to download bilibili videos
bilibili is a very attractive video site, but when you find a video you want to watch, you want to save it on your device, but how can you do that? If you are wondering how to do that, here is how to do it.
Download from the bilibili website
For those of you who usually watch videos on your smartphone, the easiest way is to use the download function of the application, but since the web does not have that function, you will need to use another download tool.
Here are some useful tools that you can use on bilibili.
StreamGaGa
StreamGaGa is an excellent download tool that allows you to download videos from over 1000 websites. There are dedicated products for different sites, but all of them are quite convenient since they can be used on almost any site.
Here are the steps to download videos from bilibili using StreamGaGa
Go to the page of the video you want to download from bilibili and copy the URL.
Install and open the software from the official website.
Click on the "Paste URL" button in the upper right corner and paste it.
The download will then start automatically, and you can make the appropriate settings on the next screen.
That's all you need to do to complete the download.
Please use it not only for bilibili, but also for downloading other video sites.
BiliBili video downloader online
Next, we present an online downloader for those who want to download a video only once and don't want to install software.
BiliBili video downloader online is a very convenient tool that allows you to download videos from bilibili by simply copying the URL. Furthermore, it is also available in Japanese, so you don't have to worry. The downloaded video will be saved on your computer in MP4 format.
Conclusion
We have briefly introduced how to download videos from bilibili, a major video site in China, and the tool. This site is perfect for those who want to watch content that cannot be enjoyed in Japan or content created for the Chinese market, so you may want to take this opportunity to try it out.
