Zero Zone (01 Tune)

Crunchyroll is arguably the most well-known worldwide anime streaming service. With over 25,000 episodes of content, they have one of the largest catalogues available. Since February 1, 2016, however, Crunchyroll has decided to make older titles exclusive to premium users in response to “the increasing cost of content and fluctuations in the Canadian exchange rates.” Therefore, non-premium users have access to all currently airing titles, one week after the episode airs, for a 13-week period.

Funimation is another big name in the industry, and also a great choice for streaming anime for free. The American foreign licensing studio is a leading distributor of anime in North America. Since they have both free and paid services, it can be challenging to tell whether or not a show is available to free users when browsing their catalogue. Another caveat is that the service is only available for viewing on a web-browser, since a FunimationNow subscription is required to use their apps.

DAISUKI is a fairly underrated anime streaming service with a pretty good selection of recent anime. The website is run by Anime Consortium Japan Inc. which is a part of the parent company BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. They do offer both free and premium services, but most of their titles are available for free with ads.

Viewster is another great source for free and legal anime. And unlike the options previously mentioned, the service is completely free. They have a wide selection of anime and also offer lots of other international series, films, and documentaries.

Tubi TV is another completely free service supported with ads. Claiming to be a free-of-charge competitor to Netflix, they have a massive selection of titles across many genres, including a pretty good collection of anime. In order to provide you with this content, they have partnerships with both Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Crackle, a Sony network, is also a completely free purveyor of cross-genre commericial-supported content. They have a pretty small anime catalogue, but their selection of shows changes frequently, so it is worth taking a look, especially if you enjoy watching your anime dubbed in English.

Viki is a website for watching international shows, although it’s mainly for streaming Asian dramas. They have a ridiculously small selection of anime, but I thought I’d mention it on the off chance that one of those few shows pique your interest.

Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California.