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Default   #12   Demonskid Demonskid is offline
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BANNER COMING SOON
Legal Streaming Services:

These services are ones dedicated to the USA, I will try to learn of others for other areas outside the US.

Crunchyroll:
If you're here in this thread, then you already know of CR. Crunchyroll is the best place for Simulcasts (Same day subbed releases as they aired in Japan!) of Anime and Dramas.

-Free: Access to Anime, Drama and Manga but you get ads. Some anime may be unavailable, mainly just the new episodes.

-Premium:
Access to everything, no ads, faster customer service

-Premium +: Access to everything, no ads, better customer service, chances to win trips to Japan.

Funimation:
If you prefer Dub over Sub this is the better choice over Crunchyroll.

-Free: Very limited, first few episodes are free with ads, the rest of the show you need premium.

-Premium: Full access to all the anime they have.

VRV:
Made by the company that made Crunchyroll, VRV brings both the Crunchyroll Channel and Funimation Channel into one place. You can subscribe to VRV to get access to all channels, or you can use your existing Subscriptions and link them to VRV.

-Linking Accounts to VRV: The only pro to using VRV right now, is the Offline Viewing feature. If you have only a CR account or just a Funi account, that would be the only use for VRV. It also may allow you to watch CR content during times CR's website is down or is having issues.

-Subscription: Really only good for those who wants both CR and Funi. It'd be cheaper in the long run. A Subscription on VRV means premium access on both Funi and Crunchy. Not just VRV but if gives you premium access to the other sites as well. So if you log into CR's website, you'll have premium access, even though you're paying for it through VRV.

HIDIVE:
When Sentai Filmworks split from Crunchyroll (they didn't like the partnership with Funi), they worked with Amazon's Anime Strike for a while. But now they're doing their own thing. HiDIVE. Subs and Dubs of all the stuff Sentai has.

-Free: Very limited to Subs from past seasons, even then some of those are premium only.

-Premium: Access to Simulcasts, Dubs, J-Dramas. Profiles for multi people households, and a Queue and the favorites list. The best part about the premium access is that its about 5$ or so.

AnimeLab:
Anime Streaming site for those in Australia.
Not much is known ATM, Will add more once DK checks out this site.

Wakanim
For those in Norway, possibly the UK? Not sure.. but if something isn't on Crunchyroll check to see if it is available there for you!


PAY ONLY:
These are places that don't really do "Free Viewing" of their shows. Hulu may allow it though.

Netflix:
Netflix isn't a major anime contributor. They'll pick certain series and just stick to those.

Amazon:
Amazon started getting into the anime stuff in 2017 with their channel Anime Strike. But when 2018 hit Anime Strike ended but Amazon still tries to get some shows for their Prime Viewers. They are backing down a bit but not completely. Prime Membership needed to view their anime selections.

Hulu:
Hulu isn't really as active as Netflix and Amazon. Most of their selections are given to them by Funimation, Viz, or Sentai. On occasion I see Hulu grabbing one or two titles for them selves. But it's very rare.

。[Crunchyroll] 。[Study Japanese] 。[OTKH] 。
。Youtube 。Twitch 。

Last edited by Demonskid; 04-07-2018 at 08:22 PM.
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