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Crunchyroll has the world's biggest library of anime for fans to indulge in, and many of them can be watched without a paid subscription. The streaming service is perfect for watching ongoing series, since the newest episodes often arrive on the platform an hour after their Japanese premiere. In Spring 2022, Funimation merged with Crunchyroll, making its vast library even bigger.

It can be difficult to choose which anime to watch next since there are so many titles. Fortunately, Crunchyroll always adds new anime titles, whether they're classics or brand-new series from every anime genre. There's an anime out there for everyone, and more likely than not, new viewers can find it somewhere on Crunchyroll.

Updated on March 15th, 2025 by Chelsea Steele: Crunchyroll's library is the widest anime library available. Whether fans are looking for brand-new seasonal anime or classics, they can find just about anything they could ask for on Crunchyroll.

Nothing sparks nostalgia like classic anime, bringing back memories of simpler times. However, just because an anime is considered a classic doesn’t mean it holds up. Nostalgia can mask major flaws, making outdated writing, poor pacing, or clunky animation seem better than they actually were.

These anime may still hold a special place in fans' hearts, but a rewatch tells a different story. Many haven’t aged well, whether due to tired tropes, lackluster storytelling, or production issues. Looking back, it’s clear these so-called classics are nowhere near as good as fans remember.

The Prince of Tennis Drags Across 178 Episodes Streaming On Crunchyroll

The Prince of Tennis is celebrated as a classic anime for being one of the first sports anime to really make it big. The series follows Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy who joins the tennis club at Seishun Academy. Along the way, he makes friends...

2024 is coming to a close, and with it comes another great year for manga. Whether it was a manga that had been running since 2023 and beyond or ones that just premiered, there were plenty of great manga to read, and no matter what someone was into, there was always something for someone to get invested in.

Plenty of great manga ran throughout 2024, and naturally, some manga stood out more than others. Whether it was because of great artwork, stellar storytelling, or some combination of the two, the best manga of 2024 were the ones that had the best presentation either narratively or artistically, and that’s true of both ongoing manga and manga that only just started in 2024. A few manga, in particular, are especially worth highlighting, as each one will be a great read for old and new fans alike in 2025 and beyond.

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Sword Art Online is that one show Isekai fans wish it never existed and this is even considering some of the trashy ones that come out every season. In terms of general popularity, it started out quite well, with Season 1 ranking high on MyAnimeList compared to its sequels. The plot was engaging, the concept was new, the animation was pretty good and the set-up for Season 2 got many fans eagerly awaiting it.

The main cast from Sword Art Online Season 1 | Credits: Studio A-1 Pictures

However, the downfall of Sword Art Online was when it subverted people’s expectations but in a bad way. According to critics, the story deviated from the horrors of living in a game-like world to literally overpowering Kirito more than Guts from Berserk. Then it ended up becoming a Harem show where the focus was all about the main character and the girls falling for him.

Although isekai manga have had their share of ups and downs, the genre's also been responsible for some classic series over the years. Fans of the genre enjoy isekai because they offer interesting fantasy settings while remaining relatable through their grounded protagonists.

While several of the best isekai manga and anime get their start as light novels before being adapted into anime, some others actually started out as manga. Conversely, it's also a popular format to see adaptations of popular material retold through. Despite the reputation some of these isekai series have, many isekai manga are quality reads and are often better than their anime adaptations.

Updated on October 17, 2024 by Robbie Robinson: Isekai has taken the world of anime and manga by storm. While many of it falls on the same tropes, there are plenty isekai manga out there that subvert readers expectations. Considering how saturated this field is,...

Kurone Kanzaki, creator of the popular isekai franchise Demon Lord, Retry!, revealed in a recent interview that the launch of the anime's newly airing sequel, Demon Lord, Retry R!, has come with a myriad of challenges, stating that "Its a miracle its even being broadcast."

The interview, posted on Kanzakis X (formerly Twitter) account, discusses the challenges of releasing the Demon Lord, Retry R! anime five years after its predecessor, Demon Lord, Retry, premiered in 2019. Kanzaki stated previously in an interview with Ln News that the delay in the series continuation came from a variety of factors, but especially due to the many "twists and turns" that came from production during Covid-19. He revealed that immediately after the conclusion of Demon Lord, Retry!s first season, talks began about Season 2. However, it took an additional four years for the process to formally start moving forward. By the time the series did receive a formal renewal,...

Fall 2024 is seeing the release of several fantastic new anime, with these ranging widely in terms of scope and genre. Many are adaptations of manga or light novels, with some also being sequel seasons to shows that have already begun. One series is already set to be this season's chief tearjerker, even if the title has some rather unfortunate implications.

Referred to by most fans as TsumaSho, Tsuma, Shgakusei ni Naru has a title that literally translates as "My Wife Will Become an Elementary School Student." Despite what the title seems to suggest, the show is nothing of the sort and is actually equal amounts of sweet and tragic. In fact, it deals with serious themes more than most mainstream anime do, making the potential controversy over its title all the more ironic.

This New 2024 Anime Has a Controversial Title That Title Misrepresents the Series In More Ways Than One

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Global anime streamer Crunchyroll is exploring the idea of shorter anime projects to suit the preferences of younger generations for short-form content, such as that seen on TikTok, according to a new interview.

Nikkei Xtrend interviewed Crunchyroll COO Gita Rebbapragada and President Rahul Purini about the latest trends concerning the anime industry. When the pair were asked how they believe anime will evolve in the future, Purini replied, "Most anime are 21-24 minutes long. Meanwhile, younger generations are used to watching short 2-4 minute videos one after the other (on TikTok etc.). We need to think about how to tell anime stories differently than we traditionally have done. The anime ecosystem itself needs to continue to evolve."

Related Crunchyroll Heats Up Winter 2025 With New Isekai, Harem & More Anime Streaming Announcements

Crunchyroll unveils four new titles headed to the platform for its Winter 2025 lineup, including Toilet Bound Hanako-kun, 100 Girlfriends and more.

Following the broadcast debut of The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest 's first episode, the fantasy anime series' official accounts let off some steam with the release of another Narsena-focused seasonal illustration, along with creditless versions of the opening and ending song sequences that feature "Saikyo? Saiko! Brave My Heart" by Hina Tachibana and "Only" by Sizuk, respectively. Sauna Illustration The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest Opening Video The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest Ending Video Related: Dan Da Dan Anime Gets the Ball Rolling with Nutty Opening, Ending Song Videos Based on the light novels by Kagekinoko and Kakao Lantern, Keisuke Onishi ( Call of the Night episode director) directs The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest at Studio Elle, with series composition...

After the long- anxious wait of four years, Fire Force will return with its third season in Spring 2025. Crunchyroll has announced that the long-awaited final season will be divided into two halves set to release in 2025 and 2026, respectively. With the Season 3 announcement, Fire Force has taken over the internet, leaving fans eagerly anticipating its return.

Fire Force Season 3 | Credit: David Production

Crunchyroll released a special trailer along with the desperately anticipated official confirmation. Indeed, the Season 3 announcement has created a huge buzz among the fandom, especially when Season 2 ended at a cliffhanger. Nevertheless, the long four-year delay made fans fear about the prequel’s success and concerned about the Fire Force‘s downfall.

Fire Force’s Four-Year Hiatus Could Risk Losing Its Momentum and Fanbase

Since its first season release in 2019, Fire Force anime was ahead of other titles of its time, offering viewers splendid narrative and terrific action scenes.

Pseudo Harem cleverly subverts harem stereotypes, creating a unique and heartwarming romance without typical plot pitfalls. Rin embodies different harem archetypes for Eiji's attention, leading to comical and endearing situations in their relationship. The anime focuses on Rin and Eiji's interactions, showing that quality relationships don't always need multiple romantic interests to develop.

Crunchyroll's sweetest romance this season is undoubtedly Pseudo Harem, thanks to its fun concept that adorably plays with a common trope of anime. Pseudo Harem's premise is exactly what it suggests: a story about a harem that isnt really one. This unique harem is follows Rin Nanakura, who, after joining her school drama club and meeting Eiji Kitahama, decides to use her acting skills to embody multiple harem archetypes to fulfill Eiji's wish to be popular.

Despite being a popular genre, harem series frequently spark controversy for stereotypes surrounding them. Some of the criticism...

Tenchi Universe blends space opera with sitcom tropes to produce a one of a kind viewing experience that's both nostalgic and forward-thinking at the same time. The show introduced Harem anime to Western audiences as part of Cartoon Network's "Toonami" programming block. Subsequent Tenchi Muyo! projects failed to gain traction with fans and recapture the perfect balance of Tenchi Universe.

In the Summer of 2000, Cartoon Network began airing a five-year-old anime import from Japan, Masaki Tajishima's Tenchi Universe, as part of their after-school "Toonami" programming block. Tenchi Universe took the same characters and setting from the shorter, story-focused OVAs that preceded it, added a few new players, and streamlined the complex lore, which resulted in a more well-rounded, but slower-paced show.

While Cartoon Network marketed the show as a simple, white-knuckle action-adventure anime, in many ways it was much more mature than that. Tenchi Universe is a coming-of-age story...

Many older shnen anime need reboots to improve adaptations and do justice to the original manga storylines. Some anime suffer from excessive filler and deserve reboots to have better pacing. Other anime would benefit from reboots to have better direction and more faithful storytelling.

Shonen anime, as with any medium, is no stranger to reboots. If a series is old enough, or if the original version is lacking in one way or another, a reboot is necessary to present the original work as best as possible. Anime like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Sailor Moon Crystal are classic examples of this, and even One Piece is being rebooted via The One Piece.

There have been plenty of great anime reboots over the years, but many anime that deserve one, especially shonen anime, still need one. Shonen anime have a history of falling short as adaptations due to the difficulties of having...

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Recent years have been quite fruitful for the romance anime genre. The fans have witnessed love stories that transcend time, clichés, and typicality. From meaningful high school dramas to fantasy romances, the genre has successfully embraced other sub-genres and churned out stories that have already become modern classics. The year 2024 is off to a strong start in terms of quality romantic stories, from wildly successful series like A Sign of Affection to sleeper hits like 7th Time Loop.

The winter 2024 anime season is high on the drug called love, and viewers can expect the...

An official website and Twitter account opened today announced that a TV anime adaptation of fantasy series Party kara Tsuiho sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyo ni Tsuki is in the works for a 2024 premiere. A teaser visual, along with cast and staff details, were also revealed. Teaser Visual Kensho Ono (Yuri in Spy x Family ) will voice protagonist Raust, joined by Kaori Maeda as Narsena. Raust character design Narsena character design Related: The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Anime Announced Based on the light novels by Kagekinoko and Kakao Lantern, Party kara Tsuiho sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyo ni Tsuki is being directed by Keisuke Onishi ( Call of the Night episode director) at Studio Elle, with series composition by Kurasumi Sunayama ( Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World ), character designs by Yumiko Mizuno and music by Naoki Tani and Tatsuya Yano. The story follows Raust, a healer...

Harem is a popular anime genre, but lately, its popularity is experiencing a downward spiral. The audience is past the eye-roll-worthy tropes and the same story copy-pasted with a different title. Harem anime used to be a lighthearted, fun, and guilty pleasure watch. There are fewer and fewer harem shows every season that can capture the viewers’ attention. Only a few decent hits like A Couple of Cuckoos, The Quintessential Quintuplets, In Another World With My Smartphone, and more have recently redeemed the genre.

Another successful harem series that has established itself through several seasons is Rent-a-Girlfriend. Based on the popular manga of the same name written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima, Rent-a-Girlfriend has hooked fans to its rom-com aura and messy love story. The show has successfully entertained fans through two seasons and continues the saga with a third installation that premiered on July 7th.

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The Quintessential Quintuplets is a conventional harem anime series in many ways. The story follows protagonist Futaro Uesugi, an ordinary boy with excellent study skills, who must tutor the five beautiful Nakano sisters at their father's request. As usual, this means multiple girls will fall for the self-insert male lead, but The Quintessential Quintuplets flexed its storytelling muscles with a simple trick to refresh this familiar paradigm.

As the title would suggest, The Quintessential Quintuplets is less about the male lead, Futaro, and is really about the identical Nakano sisters and their sympathetic, shared quest to grow up. The Nakanos were once afraid that their terrible grades would hold them back, but with Futaro's help, the Nakanos will learn, grow, and face their fears in five distinct but intertwined character arcs.

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A strong female lead is one of the most important aspects of a successful anime, especially rom-coms. Romance anime depend on a solid plot and commendable character development to counter the lack of action and thrill. However, romantic female protagonists were commonly reduced to dull love interests with zero charm and character. Luckily, the anime industry has caught on to the fact that a successful romance anime needs an anime girl who can steal the spotlight.

Recent popular romance anime like Tomo-chan Is A Girl!, Romantic Killer, My Dress-Up Darling, More Than A Married Couple, and more have portrayed phenomenal female leads who wowed the audience immediately. This year’s spring season lineup has several romantic titles, and it’s a relief that almost all of them are being led by amazing female characters. Among these beautiful ladies, three stand out as the top contenders for the best romance anime...

Stars: Quinn Nehr, Brynn Beveridge, James Matthew Fuller, Omar Vega Jr., Amanda Buhs, Anthony Pape, Gary Soumar, Tony Lee Gratz | Written and Directed by John Patrick Tomasek

“We’re explorers, not fake ghost hunters” Marcus tells Jessie at the beginning of Hell’s Half Acre. And he means it, he’s not interested in looking for ghosts in an allegedly haunted prison. Even if some ghost hunting might make his floundering urban exploration YouTube channel the money needed to help save his mother’s house, where he still lives, from foreclosure.

He is willing to do one of his usual videos in the prison, however. So he, Jesse, Dan, Jose (Omar Vega Jr.; Chicago P.D.), and the new addition to the team Cassie make plans to explore Rockland Heights Prison. But he’s going to have to deal with the supernatural whether he likes it or not.

Writer/director John...

Spanish hip hop artist Mala Rodríguez, the first female artist to win both Best Urban Album and Best Urban Song at the Latin Grammys, will take a role in “Harem, Land of Goddesses”, a sci-fi drama series set in the land of Ellah, where women reign over men.

Developed at the 8th TV Series Creation Lab, an initiative of Spain’s Sgae Foundation, “Harem, Land of Goddesses” will be introduced to potential producers today Sept. 14 at Pamplona’s Conecta Fiction, Europe’s biggest TV co-production forum with Latin America.

Rodríguez – whose songs have always proclaimed the need for women to stand on their own two feet – fits like a glove in this fantasy parable. In “Harem,” a woman is born for every thousand men, the latter divided into two categories: Valids, or harem studs, and Rejects, who are banned from approaching the palace. Women enjoy the status of goddesses until one,...

ABC has put in development Until the Wedding, a romantic drama based on the Israeli series of the same name (Ad Hatuna in Hebrew). The project hails from writer Becky Mode (Smash), producers Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly, Alon Aranya, Israel’s Reshet Media and ABC Studios where Timberman-Beverly Prods. is under a deal.

Based on the Israeli format, Until the Wedding is the story of how one couple’s decision to get married can affect everyone in their lives. The show will explore the intimate relationships of a group of friends/family as they are forced to reckon with their own romantic lives and come to terms with the realities of love and marriage.

The original series, created by Avner Bernheimer and Anat Weizman and produced by Ami Amir’s Matar Productions, aired on Israel’s Reshet 13.

Mode is executive producing the adaptation with Timberman and Beverly via Timberman-Beverly Prods.

Israeli television network Reshet has announced that it is canceling its planned merger with fellow network Channel Ten, saying that foot-dragging by the country’s broadcasting authority, whose final approval is required, had put it in an untenable position.

“The broadcast authority’s avoidance of a decision on the merger request has led to its cancellation,” Reshet said in a surprise statement Monday. “Despite the deal signed between Reshet and Channel Ten, and despite the understanding that a merger between the two channels is the best solution for the Israeli television market, the Reshet shareholders were forced to announce today the cancellation of the merger.”

Reshet said that its board would meet in the coming days to formally cancel the merger and that it would revert to its full programming schedule, undoing the preliminary work it had undertaken to integrate Channel Ten. The network said it could not continue indefinitely...

The Bridge producer Lars Blomgren is looking to crack remakes of the hit Scandi crime drama in China and India as he moves into a new role at Endemol Shine Group designed to bolster its foreign-language drama slate.

In a wide-ranging interview with Deadline, Blomgren, who previously headed Esg-owned Swedish producer Filmlance, lifted the lid of the superindie’s plans to expand on its current 40 non-English scripted series, explained how the success of Netflix’s Dark has lead to new challenges and discussed his willingness to bring UK and U.S. producers such as Kudos and Fifty Fathoms together with producers around the world to create new hits.

Blomgren becomes Head of Scripted, Europe, Middle East and Africa from September 1. While he admitted that the door was starting to close on Bron (The Bridge), which has had five international remakes, he said that the group was still chasing local...

Israel’s Antitrust Authority has approved a merger of TV broadcasters Reshet and Channel Ten.

The two companies announced their intention to join forces back in June, but had to await the ruling of the government authority, which granted the request Wednesday on one condition. Before the deal can be completed, Reshet must sell its stake in “The News Company,” formerly known as Channel 2 News.

Until last November, Reshet and Keshet shared airing rights on Israel’s Channel 2, the oldest and largest commercial broadcast station in the country. But in the wake of legislation aimed at boosting competition in the TV market, the broadcasters were forced to split into two separate channels last year.

Reshet has suffered in ratings and revenue since the split. Channel Ten, Israel’s only other commercial network, has also been struggling, and the two viewed a merger as the only way to stay afloat.

Endemol Shine Group is set to further expand its role in the competitive drama field with the appointment of well-seasoned Scandinavian executive Lars Blomgren to the newly-created position of head of scripted for the Emea region.

The hiring of Blomgren in this new role underscores the company’s ambition to ramp up its portfolio of non-English language scripted content.

Blomgren will work closely with Endemol Shine Group’s vast network scripted producers and companies across non-English language markets, including in the Nordics, Germany (Wiedemann and Berg), Netherlands (Nl Flms), France (Es Fiction), Iberia (Diagonal), Israel (Endemol Shine Studios Israel), as well as scripted teams in Italy, Poland, Russia, India and China. Each entity will now be reporting to Blomgren.

Blombren has worked for two decades at Filmlance International, the award-winning Swedish production company owned by Endemol Shine Group, where he’s currently managing director.

Blomgren’s credits include the global...

Lilles, France — In a keynote conversation given by Endemol Shine president Sohpie Turner Laing at Lille’s Series Mania, it was announced that Israeli broadcaster Reshet has commissioned a second season of the hit series “Harem,” to broadcast on Reshet 13.

“Harem” featured at this year’s festival as part of the International Panorama, where Laing announced the renewal. She then explained where the series fits in the company’s big picture outlook.

“We are about supporting our creative visionaries [allowing them] to do the best work they can do around the world. The benefit of being such a strong group is that we are able to make things happen really quickly.”

She went on: “It’s working with the local heads in every country to work out what’s in their development slate, and what stories are going to resonate with audience. Our group is about how we travel shows from one country to another.