Top 4 Online Anime Viewing Sites

You might or might not have known that there are legal ways to watch Japanese Animation (Anime) online, not only that but for free as well. Japanese animation, called “Anime” is just what it says. In recent years the sharing of anime over file sharing services and bit torrent have become very popular. However, this has also cost the anime industry greatly as the amount of newly created and released anime coming out of japan has sharply fallen. This also affects the English dubbing and distribution of anime as more people choose to watch anime illegally, this causes the re-distribution industry to suffer as well and as a result there will be fewer and fewer releases. There are alternative however, whereby anime can still be watched legally online, for free and money still goes back to the industry to keep it alive.

There are a variety of websites that have partnered with anime distribution companies and are offering you the option to watch old and newly released anime with either the original Japanese audio and English subtitles, or completed dubbed in English. The only catch is that you have to sit through a few advertisements at the beginning and sometimes throughout the episodes. This is a fair trade off when you think about it. You get to watch anime and be entertained for free and the creators and companies involved get paid to continue producing more anime for you to watch.

Top 4 best free anime viewing sites are:

1. Hulu

2. Veoh

3. Crunchyroll

4. Funimation’s YouTube Channel

A point to note is that these sites do not currently allow viewers from outside of the United States of America. The reasons being due to copyright ownership and territory distribution broadcast rights and restrictions.