RetroToon World is a private BitTorrent tracker dedicated exclusively to animated content - cartoons, animated series, animated movies, anime, and more. Our goal is to be the most complete and well-organized cartoon archive on the internet, preserving classics that are hard or impossible to find elsewhere.

There are three ways to join:

Invite - a friend who is already a member sends you an invite.

Application - fill in the application form. Staff review every application and you get an e-mail once yours is approved.

Open signups - from time to time staff open public registration for a limited period. Check the front page to see if signups are currently open.

Only animated content is allowed:

Classic Western cartoons (Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Hanna-Barbera, etc.)

Animated TV series (old and new)

Animated feature films

Anime (series and films)

Animated shorts and compilations

Rare, obscure, or hard-to-find animation from any country or era

Yes, as long as you are not violating another tracker's rules by doing so, and you properly credit the original encoder or release group if known. Do not pass off someone else's work as your own.

A REPACK is a corrected re-release of a torrent you already uploaded - for example if you discovered a corrupt file, wrong episode, or mislabeled content. Mark it clearly as [REPACK] in the title and explain what was fixed in the description. Do not silently replace files in an existing torrent.

Every torrent you download must be seeded for a total of 72 hours (3 days), or until you reach a 1:1 ratio on that torrent - whichever comes first. This is our most important rule.

Seeding time adds up across sessions, so you don't have to do the 72 hours in one go. You can follow your progress on the Hit & Run page.

The torrent shows up as a Hit & Run on your Hit & Run page until you finish seeding it. Resume seeding, or use an H&R Cleanup Token from the Bonus Shop to clear it.

Staff review accounts that keep leaving Hit & Runs: download privileges may be suspended, and repeat offenders will be permanently banned. If you cannot seed for 3 days, please wait until you can before downloading.

There is no hard ratio limit for downloading. However, your ratio and total upload decide your rank: you need a good ratio to be promoted, and you are moved down a rank if it drops too low. Leeching heavily without ever seeding back is also reviewed by staff.

See the Ratio Guide for tips on building a healthy ratio, including freeleech torrents and bonus points.

Life happens! Your seeding time is never lost - it simply continues adding up as soon as you start seeding again. Just resume as soon as you can. If a torrent stays well below the 72-hour mark because of technical problems, contact staff - we are human and will consider the context.

Absolutely! Seeding old or rare torrents that have few seeders is one of the best things you can do for the community.

It also pays off for you: every torrent you seed earns bonus points every hour, even when nobody is downloading it, and bigger torrents earn more. See How do I earn bonus points? in the Ratio Guide.

A Hit & Run is a torrent you downloaded but stopped seeding before reaching 72 hours of seeding time or a 1:1 ratio on it. Hit & Runs are tracked automatically and listed on your Hit & Run page.

A Hit & Run disappears on its own as soon as you finish seeding it, or you can clear it with an H&R Cleanup Token from the Bonus Shop. Repeated Hit & Runs will affect your account standing.

Bonus points are the site currency. You earn them mainly by seeding: every hour, each torrent you seed gives you points depending on its size (from 0.5 points/hour for small torrents up to 2 points/hour for torrents of 20 GB and more).

You also earn points by idling in our IRC channel, checking in daily for attendance rewards, filling requests, and from donations. Your current earning rate is shown in the Bonus Shop. All the details are in the Ratio Guide.

In the Bonus Shop you can exchange points for:

Upload credit (directly improves your ratio)

Freeleech slots

H&R Cleanup Tokens

Invites

You can also gift points to other members, offer them as a reward on a request, or use them to repair a broken attendance streak.

On a freeleech torrent, part or all of what you download is not counted against your ratio (25%, 50%, 75% or 100% freeleech), while everything you upload still counts in full. Some torrents also have an upload boost (2x or 3x), so your upload counts double or triple.

Personal freeleech makes every download free for you: new accounts get it for their first 48 hours, and donors have it for their whole donor period.

A freeleech slot (from the Bonus Shop or a donation) makes one torrent of your choice freeleech for you. Use it from the torrent's page before downloading. More in the Ratio Guide.

Every day one torrent is featured on the front page as the Toon of the Day. While featured it is 100% freeleech for everyone and earns its seeders 3x bonus points (still 2x for the 7 days after). When the next Toon of the Day is picked, one random member still seeding the previous one wins 5 GB of upload credit.

See past picks in the Toon of the Day history.

Check in once a day on the Attendance page to build a streak. Streaks of 7, 14, 30, 90, 180 and 365 days unlock rewards: bonus points, upload credit and, from 30 days on, invites.

Missed a day? You can repair up to 2 days per month for 500 bonus points each. The full reward table is in the Ratio Guide.

Donations keep the site running, and every donation package comes with rewards: bonus points, upload credit, freeleech slots, invites and a VIP period with a Donor star and personal freeleech on every torrent. See the Donations page for the current packages.

Yes! Regular members start as a Toon and can be promoted to Toon Hero, Toon Legend and Toon Superstar as their upload and ratio grow. Higher ranks show your standing in the community. Donors, uploaders and staff have their own ranks.

Promotions are fully automatic. The system regularly checks your total upload, ratio and account age, and promotes you as soon as you meet the requirements of the next rank - you will get a PM when it happens.

If your ratio later drops below the requirement of your rank, you are moved down one rank, and promoted back automatically once your stats recover.

Here is what you need for each rank:

Toon: the starting rank for every new member.

Toon Hero: at least 14 days on the site, 50 GB uploaded and a ratio of 1.05 or higher.

Toon Legend: at least 30 days on the site, 150 GB uploaded and a ratio of 1.50 or higher.

Toon Superstar: at least 60 days on the site, 500 GB uploaded and a ratio of 2.00 or higher.

There is a small grace margin before demotion: you only lose your rank if your ratio drops below 0.95 (Hero), 1.45 (Legend) or 1.95 (Superstar).

Yes. Accounts can be disabled at any time for rule violations.

For inactivity: if you don't log in for 90 days, we send you up to 3 reminder e-mails about 30 days apart. If you still don't log in within 30 days of the last reminder, your account is deactivated. For the next 6 months, simply logging in reactivates it exactly as you left it. After that, the account and its data are permanently deleted.

Use the Forgot Password link on the login page. If you no longer have access to your registered e-mail, contact staff via IRC with proof of account ownership.

No. Multiple accounts per person are strictly forbidden. If you have lost access to your old account, contact staff to recover it instead of registering a new one. Ban evasion via new accounts results in a permanent ban for all associated accounts.

Use a strong password that you don't use anywhere else, and enable two-factor authentication from the Two-Factor Authentication page. Staff will never ask for your password.

Promotions on RetroToon are fully automatic. The system checks every member regularly, and once you meet the requirements for the next rank you are promoted and receive a PM from the system. You do not need to ask staff.

Rank requirements

• Toon - the rank every new member starts with.
• Toon Hero - at least 50 GB uploaded, ratio 1.05 or higher, member for 2 weeks or more.
• Toon Legend - at least 150 GB uploaded, ratio 1.50 or higher, member for 30 days or more.
• Toon Superstar - at least 500 GB uploaded, ratio 2.00 or higher, member for 60 days or more.

You have to meet all three requirements (upload, ratio and account age) for a rank. Ranks are earned in order: Toon > Toon Hero > Toon Legend > Toon Superstar.

Can I lose my rank?

Yes. If your ratio drops too far below the requirement for your current rank, you are moved down automatically and get a PM explaining why. There is a small buffer, so a single download will not demote you:

• Toon Superstar is demoted to Toon Legend if the ratio falls below 1.95.
• Toon Legend is demoted to Toon Hero if the ratio falls below 1.45.
• Toon Hero is demoted to Toon if the ratio falls below 0.95.

Once your stats recover, you will be promoted again automatically. Keep seeding!

What about other ranks?

Higher ranks such as Gold Legend, Silver Star, Uploader and staff ranks are not automatic. They are given by staff.

Want to improve your ratio? See the Ratio Guide.

Go to the Invites page, enter your friend's e-mail address and they will receive a registration link. Each invite uses one invite from your balance.

You can get invites from attendance streak rewards, the Bonus Shop and donations. Staff may close invitations from time to time. Invites are limited - use them wisely!

Yes! You are fully responsible for the behaviour of anyone you invite. If your invitee breaks the rules, your account may also be penalised. Only invite people you trust to be good community members.

Be respectful, constructive, and friendly. This is a community built around a shared love of cartoons - keep it fun! The following are not allowed:

Insults, harassment, or personal attacks

Hate speech of any kind

Spam or off-topic flooding

Sharing personal information of other users

Impersonating staff or other members

Report it immediately using the Report button and describe the issue in detail. Do not open suspicious files. Staff will investigate and remove dangerous content as a top priority.

Yes! Post it on the Requests page. Be specific - include the title, year, language and preferred quality, and the IMDb/TMDB ID if you have it.

You can put bonus points on your request as a reward, and other members can add theirs. Whoever uploads a matching torrent and fills the request receives the whole pot. If the request is cancelled, everyone gets their points back. See the Requests guide for details.

Use the Helpdesk, or find us on IRC. Please don't message individual staff members for things that every staff member can help with.

Any standard client works - qBittorrent, Deluge, and Transmission are popular free options. We recommend enabling encryption in your client settings for better privacy. Avoid clients known for poor seeding behaviour.

This usually means the last piece is unavailable because there are no active seeders. Use the Request Reseed button on the torrent page, or ask in the torrent's comments. Be patient - seeders may come back online.

Speed depends on the number of active seeders and your own connection. Older or rarer torrents may have fewer seeders. Make sure your torrent client ports are open and forwarded correctly ? this significantly improves speeds.

Port forwarding allows other peers to connect directly to your client, improving download and upload speeds. It is not strictly required but highly recommended. Check your router settings or search for a guide specific to your router model and torrent client.

Yes. You can get personal RSS feeds, and create an API key to add RetroToon as a Torznab indexer. There are step-by-step guides for Prowlarr and Sonarr.

The seeding rules apply to automatic downloads too - make sure your setup keeps seeding for 72 hours.