Stream thousands of anime titles for $25 monthly with this bundle
Stream thousands of anime titles for $25 monthly with this bundle
Watch subtitled, dubbed, and Japanese-language shows, as well as live-action adaptations of top animes with this bundle!
Japanese animation is one of the most consistently popular genres in all of streaming. Anime has devoted followers the world over, and most streaming services offer at least a small selection of these titles as a result. But which offer the most? How do you assemble a streaming bundle of anime-carrying services without ruining your monthly entertainment budget? We’ll walk you through an excellent bundle of three anime streamers that you can subscribe to for $25 per month, and get a mountain of extra entertainment to boot.
What’s the best budget streaming bundle for watching anime?
Hulu
This bundle starts with Hulu, whose ad-supported plan is the most expensive on this list at $10 per month. This is a well-known repository of classic anime titles, such as “Afro Samurai,” “Bleach,” “Cowboy Bebop,” “One Punch Man,” and a ton of other great shows. Outside of anime, the streamer also carries next-day streams of primetime shows from ABC and Fox, titles from FX, originals, movies, and a lot more.
Hulu even offers a 30-day free trial if you sign up directly instead of bundling it with other Disney services. That’s definitely the way to go here, as Disney+ and ESPN+ don’t have any anime of their own to offer.
Price of ad-supported Hulu: $10 per month
Netflix
Netflix may be a bit controversial on this list among some anime fans, but bear with me. To start with, the streamer has a good mix of actual anime titles, such as “Blue Eye Samurai,” “Pluto,” and “Violent Evergarden” just to name a few. It’s also home to live-action adaptations of titles like “Cowboy Bebop” and “One Piece,” and while these may not be favorites of all anime lovers, they are a bold step nonetheless.
Plans for Netflix start at just $7 per month if you’re willing to put up with ads, and that price will also get you almost everything in the streamer’s extensive library. It makes a worthy addition to this bundle, even with the inclusion of live-action anime adaptations that may be unpopular to some.
Price of Netflix Standard with Ads: $7 per month
Crunchyroll
This is the real star of the bundle, and the best news is it streams ad-free on every single plan. It carries more than 50,000 individual episodes across 2,000 series, with subtitled and dubbed viewing options available on many of its most popular titles. It offers 25,000+ hours of total content, one of the biggest repositories of anime you’ll ever see on any streamer. It’s bringing over 40 new titles to its library this fall and winter alone, including “Dragon Ball Daima,” the 25th anniversary season of “One Piece,” and much more.
You can sign up for several price tiers of Crunchyroll, but for the purposes of this bundle, you’re best off going with the Fan-level subscription for $8 per month.
Price of Crunchyroll Fan subscription: $8 per month
Price of Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix bundle: $25 per month
-
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is a subscription video streaming service catering to fans of anime with over 30,000 episodes. Viewers can see new episodes of shows one hour after they air in Japan, and read hundreds of chapters across dozens of manga titles. Some of their more popular titles are Dragon Ball Super, Attack on Titan, and Fire Force.
-
Hulu
Hulu is a video streaming service that gives access to thousands of full seasons of exclusive series, hit movies, kids shows, and Hulu Originals like “Only Murders in the Building,” and “The Handmaid's Tale.”
-
Netflix
Netflix is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 3,000+ movies, 2,000+ TV Shows, and Netflix Originals like Stranger Things, Squid Game, The Crown, Tiger King, and Bridgerton. They are constantly adding new shows and movies. Some of their Academy Award-winning exclusives include Roma, Marriage Story, Mank, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
