---
id: retrotoon
name: RetroToon
description: "RetroToon is a Private Torrent Tracker for ANIMATED MOVIES / TV"
language: en-US
type: private
encoding: UTF-8
links:
  - https://www.retrotoon.world/

caps:
  categorymappings:
    # from https://www.retrotoon.world/torznab.php?t=caps
    - {id: 2000, cat: Movies, desc: "Movies"}
    - {id: 2070, cat: Movies, desc: "Movies/Anime"}
    - {id: 3000, cat: Audio, desc: "Audio"}
    - {id: 3030, cat: Audio, desc: "Soundtrack"}
    - {id: 5000, cat: TV, desc: "TV"}
    - {id: 5070, cat: TV/Anime, desc: "TV/Anime"}
    - {id: 5080, cat: TV/Documentary, desc: "TV/Documentary"}
    - {id: 7000, cat: Books, desc: "Books"}
    - {id: 7030, cat: Books/Comics, desc: "Comics"}
    - {id: 8000, cat: XXX, desc: "Adult"}
    - {id: 1, cat: Movies, desc: "Retro"}
    - {id: 2, cat: TV, desc: "Modern"}
    - {id: 3, cat: Movies, desc: "Feature"}
    - {id: 4, cat: TV/Anime, desc: "Anime"}
    - {id: 5, cat: TV/Anime, desc: "OVA"}
    - {id: 6, cat: TV, desc: "Shorts"}
    - {id: 7, cat: Movies, desc: "Indie"}
    - {id: 8, cat: XXX, desc: "Adult"}
    - {id: 9, cat: TV, desc: "CGI"}
    - {id: 10, cat: Other, desc: "Clay"}
    - {id: 11, cat: Books/Comics, desc: "Comics"}
    - {id: 12, cat: Books/Comics, desc: "Manga"}
    - {id: 13, cat: Other, desc: "Art"}
    - {id: 14, cat: Audio, desc: "OST"}
    - {id: 15, cat: TV/Other, desc: "Ads"}

  modes:
    search: [q]
    tv-search: [q, season, ep]
    movie-search: [q]
    book-search: [q]
    music-search: [q]

settings:
  - name: apikey
    type: text
    label: API Key
  - name: info_key
    type: info
    label: About your API Key
    default: "You can find your API Key by accessing the <a href=\"https://www.retrotoon.world/prowlarr.php\" target=\"_blank\">RetroToon Prowlarr & Torznab integration</a> page and scrolling down to the <b>Your Passkey</b> section. (Passkey is the same as the APIkey)."

login:
  # returns "401 Unauthorized, check your credentials" if apikey is invalid
  path: torznab.php
  method: get
  inputs:
    apikey: "{{ .Config.apikey }}"
    t: search
    limit: 1

search:
  paths:
    - path: torznab.php
      response:
        type: xml

  inputs:
    apikey: "{{ .Config.apikey }}"
    t: "{{ .Query.Type }}"
    q: "{{ .Keywords }}"
    cat: "{{ join .Categories \",\" }}"
    season: "{{ .Query.Season }}"
    ep: "{{ .Query.Ep }}"
    limit: 100

  keywordsfilters:
    # replace spaces between words with percent wildcard
    - name: re_replace
      args: ["\\W+", "%"]

  rows:
    selector: rss > channel > item

  fields:
    category:
      selector: "[name=category]"
      attribute: value
    title:
      selector: title
    details:
      selector: link
    download:
      selector: enclosure
      attribute: url
    date:
      # Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:24:34 +0000
      selector: pubDate
      filters:
        - name: dateparse
          args: "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz"
    size:
      selector: "[name=size]"
      attribute: value
    imdbid:
      selector: "[name=imdbid]"
      attribute: value
    seeders:
      selector: "[name=seeders]"
      attribute: value
    leechers:
      selector: "[name=leechers]"
      attribute: value
    grabs:
      selector: "[name=grabs]"
      attribute: value
    downloadvolumefactor:
      selector: "[name=downloadvolumefactor]"
      attribute: value
    uploadvolumefactor:
      selector: "[name=uploadvolumefactor]"
      attribute: value
    minimumseedtime:
      # 3 days (as seconds = 3 x 24 x 60 x 60)
      text: 259200
# torznab xml