Why do you need StreamFab?

On-demand videos come and go on streaming services

Rakuten TV's official download system imposes multiple layers of restriction that limit how subscribers interact with content they pay to access. The platform locks saved content to the specific device used for downloading, enforces viewing windows that expire downloaded episodes after a set period, and caps the number of simultaneous offline saves. Rental content carries even stricter limitations — once playback begins, the viewing window shrinks to as little as 48 hours regardless of whether you finished watching.

Content that leaves the Rakuten TV catalog due to licensing expiration disappears from your download queue without notice. For subscribers who value Rakuten TV's catalog of anime, J-dramas, movies, variety shows, and Rakuten original programming, these restrictions create a frustrating gap between paying for content and actually owning access to it. The official app also limits offline playback to mobile devices, offering no practical option to watch downloaded content on a PC or external display.

What can StreamFab do?

Permanent 720p local copies with full metadata

StreamFab Rakuten TV Downloader captures the streaming video at its native 720p resolution with AAC 2.0 audio and packages it as a standard MP4 or MKV file playable on any device. This direct capture methodology preserves the H.264 encoding without re-compression, ensuring your local copy matches the streaming quality frame for frame. The StreamFab engine, trusted by tens of millions of video software users worldwide and refined over a decade of development with weekly compatibility updates, handles Rakuten TV's content delivery changes within 24 to 48 hours.

Unlike the official download system, StreamFab-captured files have no expiry dates, no device locks, and no download count limits. With support for multiple subtitle languages, batch downloading, subscription-based auto-downloads, and comprehensive metadata preservation, the tool transforms Rakuten TV's temporary streaming catalog into a permanent personal library of Japanese entertainment. StreamFab offers 3 free downloads so you can evaluate quality before purchase.

720p HD with native streaming quality

Rakuten TV delivers its streaming content at 720p HD resolution — a quality standard that preserves the visual detail of anime productions, J-drama cinematography, and film releases available on the platform. StreamFab captures this stream at its full 720p ceiling, maintaining every visual detail from the precise line art of an animated series to the atmospheric lighting of a Japanese thriller.

The H.264-encoded download preserves the original bitrate profile, avoiding the quality degradation that screen recording tools or browser-based download extensions inevitably introduce through re-encoding. For viewers watching on laptop displays, tablets, or standard HD televisions, the 720p output delivers crisp, detailed imagery that faithfully reproduces the Rakuten TV streaming experience without the buffering interruptions or adaptive quality drops that internet-dependent streaming introduces. StreamFab offers 3 free downloads to verify the quality firsthand.

Transfer the downloaded MP4 files to play on any device

Rakuten TV's official app restricts offline playback to its proprietary player on mobile devices, with no option for PC, Mac, or external display viewing. StreamFab liberates your content by saving it as standard MP4 or MKV files. MP4 provides universal compatibility — playing natively on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, smart TVs, and portable media players without additional software.

MKV supports embedding multiple subtitle tracks and audio streams within a single file, making it ideal for Rakuten TV content that offers both Japanese and foreign language audio options. For viewers who want to watch Rakuten TV content on their computer during a work break, on a large screen at home, or on a tablet during a Shinkansen journey, the format flexibility ensures your content plays everywhere the official app cannot reach.

Intelligent language matching for audio and subtitles

Rakuten TV's catalog includes Japanese originals, dubbed foreign films, anime with multiple audio tracks, and international content — material that often includes multiple subtitle options. StreamFab's language engine detects your system's UI language and automatically pre-selects matching audio and subtitle tracks for each download.

For a Japanese-language system, it prioritizes Japanese audio with Japanese subtitles; for an English system, it selects English tracks where available. This automatic matching saves considerable time when batch-downloading diverse content from Rakuten TV's library. You can always override the default selection manually, choosing from all available audio and subtitle combinations that Rakuten TV provides for each title — essential for viewers who watch foreign films in their original language with Japanese subtitles.

Feedbacks on StreamFab Rakuten TV Downloader

It is really annoying that the videos downloaded from the Rakuten TV platform using its native download feature cannot be transferred to my other devices. As a result, I can only watch them on the device I downloaded to, and with the official app only. But when I tried out this Rakuten TV video downloader, I immediately know it is exactly what I am desperately looking for. I now can copy the downloaded videos to my Samsung smartphone, my kid’s iPad, wife’s tablet, TV in the living room, and also my Xbox One console. What a brilliant downloader it is!

Malcolm / Photographer

The reason I love this Rakuten TV downloader is that my internet speed is not that fast, as a result, there is always the video buffering thing bothering me! So I have to download my favorite dramas offline and watch them without an internet connection. Plus, I don’t want to always watch my downloaded videos inside the Rakuten app. This downloader solves all my problems, I can watch the downloads wherever I want to, no video buffering bugging me anymore. I’ve recommended this downloader to all my friends.

Anne / Journalist

As we all know the videos downloaded from paid streaming services with their official apps do not allow users to keep the downloads for more than 30 days. Plus the fact that most of those services also ask users to finish watching the video within 48 hours once they begin watching. So to those are intended to keep the downloaded videos as their permanent collections, then a 3rd-party downloader is a must. In the case of Rakuten TV, StreamFab's Rakuten TV video downloader gives all I could possibly demand from a streaming downloader. Highly recommended.

Emily / Writer

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