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Crunchyroll is giving away some free seasons to stream for a limited time
Link for the lazy... https://www.crunchyroll.com/
Free first seasons of returning shows:
- SPY x FAMILY
- The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Heaven Official's Blessing
- The Faraway Paladin
- The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
- Girlfriend, Girlfriend
- HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima
- GOBLIN SLAYER
- Arknights
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
The free Halloween lineup I see on their website:
- Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Blue Exorcist
- Corpse Princess: Shikabane Hime
- Deadman Wonderland
- Ghost Hunt
- Hell's Paradise
- Hellsing
- Hellsing Ultimate
- Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU
- How to Keep a Mummy
- Is this a Zombie?
- Junji Ito Collection
- Kemono Jihen
- Mieruko-chan
- The Case Study of Vanitas
- The Vampire Dies in No Time
- Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Trinity Blood
- ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
I'm pretty sure this is different from the FAST platform TV channel partnership they announced. Rather, these are time-limited free streams they're giving away direct on their website. I haven't checked if they're also available on their apps, but I would assume so.
The first four returning series plus Hells Paradise for me. All good manga as well
Any idea how long they will be free for?
That's a really good question, I don't know when it ends! As far as I can tell, this is a new promotion they're doing for the first time since they locked down ad-supported streams last year, so I can't compare with past seasons, unless I'm missing something.
I personally started watching a couple of episodes of Zombieland Saga from this. I've noticed they scream... a lot, but on the other hand it's funny so far, so I'm not sure if I'll watch all the way through, but I appreciate them making it available for free, so I didn't have to subscribe first to figure out if I liked it or not.
I'm also a little curious about Arknights and Umamusume, which are both based on gacha games, and I'm curious about if they can make a decent anime out of them.
I saw someone here mentioned Tokyo Ghoul, so I'm a bit curious about that too.
It's funny to me how picking a few shows out of their massive catalog, and slapping a time limit on it, are what interest me to start bingeing, lol
Old man time, but it wasn't too long ago that everything was free on Crunchyroll that didn't release that week. Kind of shows you where the streaming world is headed.