Legal anime streams list
Last updated on July 10, 2009.
I've cleared this with Digi-kun beforehand, so it should be all right. If you find any errors (I guarantee there will be some) or know of another site with LEGALLY LICENSED uploads, please contact me through PM and I'll make the relevant changes. If you find that one of my links is not a legally licensed distribution channel (which shouldn't happen), contact me and I will remove it as soon as I get your message. If someone else posts a link that isn't to a legally licensed distribution channel, contact that user (and if they don't respond, contact a moderator).
A lot of anime these days is getting uploaded legally to sites like YouTube or Hulu. Here's a list of links to places where you can legally watch stuff. This list is sorted by network. Show entries will be marked either as English subbed, English dubbed, or both available. If I notice a series hasn't been completely uploaded, I'll try to make a note of it. Feel free to contact me with more links to legally licensed content; I'll add it to the page and credit you with finding it.
Anime Network (all dub)
First off, you can view all of their available stuff on their site, provided you're paying them money. I won't bother listing stuff you have to pay for to watch, but some of the stuff can be viewed on their site with a free registration. Any links to their site require this registration, so take note of that. Some of their paid stuff has a preview episode or three that you can watch; I won't include that because you can just look it up on their site. They also host some content on YouTube.
Angelic Layer: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Area 88: AnimeNetwork
Bastof Syndrome: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Best Student Council: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Chance Pop Session: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Diamond Daydreams: AnimeNetwork
Divergence Eve: AnimeNetwork
Gilgamesh: AnimeNetwork
Lady Death the Motion Picture: AnimeNetwork
Magical Play (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness: AnimeNetwork
Nurse Witch Komugi (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Paraside Dolls: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Pet Shop of Horrors: YouTube
Saiyuki: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Super Milk-chan (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork (is this link for a variant or something? not sure)
Bandai Entertainment
It looks like they're only airing stuff on YouTube. I can't find anything on their site other than a link to the YouTube channel, so I'm assuming that's all they've put up.
Code Geass (sub and dub): YouTube
Gundam 00 (sub and dub): YouTube
Kurokami (dub): YouTube
FUNimation
This list will be quite long; FUNimation has put a lot of stuff online. Here's the link to the episodes hosted on their website. They also host some stuff on Hulu and YouTube. I'll include partial uploads from their site simply because of how long and disorganized their list of stuff is.
Black Blood Brothers (sub):
YouTube has the first two episodes subbed
Hulu has episodes 2 - 12 subbed and episode 6 dubbed
FUNimation has episodes 7 - 12 subbed
Rumbling Hearts (sub, incomplete upload):
YouTube has episodes 12 - 14
FUNimation has episodes 1 - 3
Air Master (sub): FUNimation
Aquarion (sub and dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Baccano (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Baldr Force EXE (sub): YouTube (missing ep2), FUNimation
Big Windup (dub, first four episodes only, temporary availability): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Blassreiter (sub): FUNimation
Burst Angel (dub): FUNimation
Captain Harlock (sub): FUNimation
Darker than Black (dub, ep2 only): FUNimation
Desert Punk (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Digimon Adventure 02 (sub): FUNimation
Dragonaut: The Resonance (sub): FUNimation
Fist of the North Star (sub): FUNimation
Fist of the North Star 2 (sub): FUNimation
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (dub, incomplete upload?): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (sub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation (more up-to-date)
Gad Guard (sub): FUNimation
Galaxy Express 999 (sub): FUNimation
Galaxy Railways (dub): YouTube (first four episodes only), Hulu, FUNimation
Ghost Hunt (sub and dub): YouTube (sub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation (both)
Glass Fleet (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Gunslinger Girl (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Gunslinger Girl IL Teatrino (sub, first two episodes dubbed): FUNimation
Guyver (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Heroic Age (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Jyu-Oh-Sei (sub and dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Kiddy Grade (dub): YouTube, FUNimation
Le Chevalier D'Eon (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Moon Phase (sub and dub): FUNimation
Mushi-shi (dub): Hulu, FUNimation
Negima!? (sub): FUNimation
Negima!? Spring & Summer Specials (ep1 sub and dub, ep2 dub): FUNimation
Origin - Spirits of the Past (dub?): Hulu
Peach Girl (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Phantom (sub): FUNimation
Pretty Cure (sub): FUNimation
Ragnarok (dub, first episode only): FUNimation
Samurai Champloo (dub): FUNimation
Sasami (dub): FUNimation
Save Me! Lollipop (sub): FUNimation
School Rumble (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
School Rumble 2 (dub): FUNimation
School Rumble OVA (dub and sub): FUNimation
Shigurui (dub and sub): FUNimation
Shikabane Hime (sub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Shin-Chan (dub, incomplete upload): FUNimation
Shuffle (sub and dub): YouTube (sub and ep1-4 dub), Hulu (sub and 1-4 dub), FUNimation
Slam Dunk (sub): FUNimation
Slayers (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Slayers NEXT (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Solty Rei (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (sub and dub): YouTube (sub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation
Suzuka (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou (sub and dub): FUNimation
Tower of Druaga - The Aegis of URUK (sub): FUNimation
Vandread (dub, first four episodes only): FUNimation
Welcome to the NHK (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
xxxHOLiC (sub and dub): YouTube (no sub, ep1-4 dub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation
MANGAentertainment
I didn't really look into their site too much. They have videos, but I'm not sure if they host any full episodes. I'm certainly not going to go through their various "channels" looking. Here's the YouTube channel.
Astro Boy (dub): YouTube, Hulu
Virus - Buster Serge (dub): YouTube
Media Blasters (all dub?)
Horrible site design. I'm not even going to try. Main page says that I have Flash version 0 installed in a big banner at the top, and then when I enter the main site (which opens in Flash anyway), there's random code splattered everywhere. Here's their YouTube channel and Hulu page.
KITE: Liberator: Hulu
Ramen Fighter Miki: YouTube
Viz Media
As far as I could tell, there was nothing hosted on their site. I looked under "downloads" and "shows," which seemed to me like where they'd be if they were there... but they weren't. Here's their Hulu page.
Bleach (sub): Hulu
Death Note (sub): Hulu
Naruto (sub and a few dubbed): Hulu
Naruto Shippuden (sub): Hulu
Gong (all dub?)
I believe all their anime is available on their site. I say "I believe" because after five minutes, I was about 7% done loading their site. I don't know if they charge for any of it. Anyway, here's their YouTube channel and their Hulu page.
CosmoWarrior Zero: Hulu
Gun Frontier: Hulu
Iki Tousen: YouTube, Hulu
Saiyuki: YouTube
Slayers: YouTube
KADOKAWA
I just remembered this, so I added it. Looks like they're only airing Haruhi episodes for a little while before taking them back down. Here's their YouTube channel, but be forewarned that it is entirely in Japanese.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (sub, at this time only ep 9-12 are available): YouTube
That's all I could find. Mostly, I just searched around Hulu, YouTube, and the sites that licensed out the rights to them. There are probably some places that simply didn't license out to those sites, and thus I'm missing content from them completely. If you find any of these sites (and you're sure they're legal), just contact me and I'll add it in and credit you with the find.
Legalise out loud: I claim no rights to the works or names listed or linked to above; they are the property of their respective copyright or trademark holders. However, this list, as it appears on July 12, 2009, is released into the public domain as much as is legally possible and may be freely redistributed or modified for any purpose, commercial or otherwise. I hereby waive all copyright and related or neighboring rights together with all associated claims and causes of action with respect to this work to the extent possible under the law.
Last updated on July 10, 2009.
I've cleared this with Digi-kun beforehand, so it should be all right. If you find any errors (I guarantee there will be some) or know of another site with LEGALLY LICENSED uploads, please contact me through PM and I'll make the relevant changes. If you find that one of my links is not a legally licensed distribution channel (which shouldn't happen), contact me and I will remove it as soon as I get your message. If someone else posts a link that isn't to a legally licensed distribution channel, contact that user (and if they don't respond, contact a moderator).
A lot of anime these days is getting uploaded legally to sites like YouTube or Hulu. Here's a list of links to places where you can legally watch stuff. This list is sorted by network. Show entries will be marked either as English subbed, English dubbed, or both available. If I notice a series hasn't been completely uploaded, I'll try to make a note of it. Feel free to contact me with more links to legally licensed content; I'll add it to the page and credit you with finding it.
Anime Network (all dub)
First off, you can view all of their available stuff on their site, provided you're paying them money. I won't bother listing stuff you have to pay for to watch, but some of the stuff can be viewed on their site with a free registration. Any links to their site require this registration, so take note of that. Some of their paid stuff has a preview episode or three that you can watch; I won't include that because you can just look it up on their site. They also host some content on YouTube.
Angelic Layer: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Area 88: AnimeNetwork
Bastof Syndrome: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Best Student Council: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Chance Pop Session: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Diamond Daydreams: AnimeNetwork
Divergence Eve: AnimeNetwork
Gilgamesh: AnimeNetwork
Lady Death the Motion Picture: AnimeNetwork
Magical Play (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness: AnimeNetwork
Nurse Witch Komugi (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Paraside Dolls: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Pet Shop of Horrors: YouTube
Saiyuki: YouTube, AnimeNetwork
Super Milk-chan (incomplete upload): YouTube, AnimeNetwork (is this link for a variant or something? not sure)
Bandai Entertainment
It looks like they're only airing stuff on YouTube. I can't find anything on their site other than a link to the YouTube channel, so I'm assuming that's all they've put up.
Code Geass (sub and dub): YouTube
Gundam 00 (sub and dub): YouTube
Kurokami (dub): YouTube
FUNimation
This list will be quite long; FUNimation has put a lot of stuff online. Here's the link to the episodes hosted on their website. They also host some stuff on Hulu and YouTube. I'll include partial uploads from their site simply because of how long and disorganized their list of stuff is.
Black Blood Brothers (sub):
YouTube has the first two episodes subbed
Hulu has episodes 2 - 12 subbed and episode 6 dubbed
FUNimation has episodes 7 - 12 subbed
Rumbling Hearts (sub, incomplete upload):
YouTube has episodes 12 - 14
FUNimation has episodes 1 - 3
Air Master (sub): FUNimation
Aquarion (sub and dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Baccano (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Baldr Force EXE (sub): YouTube (missing ep2), FUNimation
Big Windup (dub, first four episodes only, temporary availability): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Blassreiter (sub): FUNimation
Burst Angel (dub): FUNimation
Captain Harlock (sub): FUNimation
Darker than Black (dub, ep2 only): FUNimation
Desert Punk (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Digimon Adventure 02 (sub): FUNimation
Dragonaut: The Resonance (sub): FUNimation
Fist of the North Star (sub): FUNimation
Fist of the North Star 2 (sub): FUNimation
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (dub, incomplete upload?): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (sub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation (more up-to-date)
Gad Guard (sub): FUNimation
Galaxy Express 999 (sub): FUNimation
Galaxy Railways (dub): YouTube (first four episodes only), Hulu, FUNimation
Ghost Hunt (sub and dub): YouTube (sub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation (both)
Glass Fleet (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Gunslinger Girl (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Gunslinger Girl IL Teatrino (sub, first two episodes dubbed): FUNimation
Guyver (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Heroic Age (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Jyu-Oh-Sei (sub and dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Kiddy Grade (dub): YouTube, FUNimation
Le Chevalier D'Eon (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Moon Phase (sub and dub): FUNimation
Mushi-shi (dub): Hulu, FUNimation
Negima!? (sub): FUNimation
Negima!? Spring & Summer Specials (ep1 sub and dub, ep2 dub): FUNimation
Origin - Spirits of the Past (dub?): Hulu
Peach Girl (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Phantom (sub): FUNimation
Pretty Cure (sub): FUNimation
Ragnarok (dub, first episode only): FUNimation
Samurai Champloo (dub): FUNimation
Sasami (dub): FUNimation
Save Me! Lollipop (sub): FUNimation
School Rumble (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
School Rumble 2 (dub): FUNimation
School Rumble OVA (dub and sub): FUNimation
Shigurui (dub and sub): FUNimation
Shikabane Hime (sub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Shin-Chan (dub, incomplete upload): FUNimation
Shuffle (sub and dub): YouTube (sub and ep1-4 dub), Hulu (sub and 1-4 dub), FUNimation
Slam Dunk (sub): FUNimation
Slayers (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Slayers NEXT (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
Solty Rei (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (sub and dub): YouTube (sub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation
Suzuka (dub): YouTube, Hulu, FUNimation
The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou (sub and dub): FUNimation
Tower of Druaga - The Aegis of URUK (sub): FUNimation
Vandread (dub, first four episodes only): FUNimation
Welcome to the NHK (dub, first two episodes only): FUNimation
xxxHOLiC (sub and dub): YouTube (no sub, ep1-4 dub), Hulu (dub?), FUNimation
MANGAentertainment
I didn't really look into their site too much. They have videos, but I'm not sure if they host any full episodes. I'm certainly not going to go through their various "channels" looking. Here's the YouTube channel.
Astro Boy (dub): YouTube, Hulu
Virus - Buster Serge (dub): YouTube
Media Blasters (all dub?)
Horrible site design. I'm not even going to try. Main page says that I have Flash version 0 installed in a big banner at the top, and then when I enter the main site (which opens in Flash anyway), there's random code splattered everywhere. Here's their YouTube channel and Hulu page.
KITE: Liberator: Hulu
Ramen Fighter Miki: YouTube
Viz Media
As far as I could tell, there was nothing hosted on their site. I looked under "downloads" and "shows," which seemed to me like where they'd be if they were there... but they weren't. Here's their Hulu page.
Bleach (sub): Hulu
Death Note (sub): Hulu
Naruto (sub and a few dubbed): Hulu
Naruto Shippuden (sub): Hulu
Gong (all dub?)
I believe all their anime is available on their site. I say "I believe" because after five minutes, I was about 7% done loading their site. I don't know if they charge for any of it. Anyway, here's their YouTube channel and their Hulu page.
CosmoWarrior Zero: Hulu
Gun Frontier: Hulu
Iki Tousen: YouTube, Hulu
Saiyuki: YouTube
Slayers: YouTube
KADOKAWA
I just remembered this, so I added it. Looks like they're only airing Haruhi episodes for a little while before taking them back down. Here's their YouTube channel, but be forewarned that it is entirely in Japanese.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (sub, at this time only ep 9-12 are available): YouTube
That's all I could find. Mostly, I just searched around Hulu, YouTube, and the sites that licensed out the rights to them. There are probably some places that simply didn't license out to those sites, and thus I'm missing content from them completely. If you find any of these sites (and you're sure they're legal), just contact me and I'll add it in and credit you with the find.
Legalise out loud: I claim no rights to the works or names listed or linked to above; they are the property of their respective copyright or trademark holders. However, this list, as it appears on July 12, 2009, is released into the public domain as much as is legally possible and may be freely redistributed or modified for any purpose, commercial or otherwise. I hereby waive all copyright and related or neighboring rights together with all associated claims and causes of action with respect to this work to the extent possible under the law.
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