Good, because there’s a lot of it out there and lots of options to watch it with, many of those options are of, shall we say, dubious legal merit, so we’re gonna skip those and stick with the services that definitely will not load malware onto every device you own. Let’s dive in. I want you to think of this as anime streaming 101. If you’re new to this topic, you’ll learn a thing or two. If you’re already a master streamer of anime, then you’ll probably know most of this stuff, but I want you to stick around and check out the advice that I’m giving, and then hit comments below when we’re done to dispense any additional wisdom you might have. Now, first up are the services you probably already have honestly, Hulu and Netflix. Funimation is available on every major streaming device, and so you won’t have a problem finding a place to watch it, there’s a free ad-supported version that you can go with, or you can go the $5.99 Premium route which gives you ad-free access to the full library, plus two simultaneous streams. If you go for the $7.99 Premium Plus plan, then you get five simultaneous streams and you get to download your content to watch on the go. Now, there is a lot of free stuff that is ad-supported of course or you can pay $7.99 a month for the Crunchyroll Premium and strip out the ads. You only get one simultaneous stream for that though, but for $9.99 a month, you can get Crunchyroll Premium plus VRV Premium. And that brings us to VRV. Now VRV has its own library of originals like HarmonQuest (VRV’s kind of hybrid animated show) but the real appeal for VRV comes in the collection of properties. They’ve got Crunchyroll, Mondo, HIDIVE, Rooster Teeth, Boomerang, and lots more. So for $9.99 a month for VRV Premium, you’re pulling in a whole bunch of stuff, including that Crunchyroll content. And one last note—this is about HBO Max—we’ve talked about the coming rollout of HBO Max, and we’re not sure how this is gonna shake out for anime fans because Crunchyroll has been listed as part of the content lineup for HBO Max. AT&T owns both so that makes sense, but it also owns VRV, so will the rest of VRV’s content also be available on HBO Max, will Crunchyroll ever be an HBO Max exclusive? As of now, we don’t know the answer to these questions or how this is all gonna fit together, so we’re gonna have to keep an eye on it.
