Aniwatch Alternatives 2024: 8 Best Sites for Watching Anime - MySmartPrice (2024)

Aniwatch, the once popular anime streaming website had to shut shop due to a court order in India. This has left a void in anime fans in India, as Aniwatch was the default website for many anime enthusiasts to watch their favourite anime online. If you’re looking for an Aniwatch alternative, you’re at the right place. We list out the 8 best Aniwatch alternatives for 2024, which you can use to watch all the popular anime. In this list, you will find the best free and paid alternatives to Aniwatch, which can stream anime on phones, PC, smart TVs and more. Let’s jump right in.

Top Aniwatch Alternatives for 2024

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is one of the biggest Anime streaming platforms in the world. With a catalogue of over 1,000 anime, it eclipses every other Aniwatch alternative in this list in terms of content. Crunchyroll is owned by Sony and the imported anime and originals it carry are unmatched.

With Crunchyroll, you can watch popular anime such as Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter, My Hero Academia and more. Ongoing anime will be available to stream on Crunchyroll shortly after it is released in Japan.

Crunchyroll works like Disney+ Hotstar or Zee5, many anime can be watched without any premium subscription, but ads will be served. Newer anime and ongoing anime are locked behind Premium plans.

The premium subscriptions start from Rs 79 per month for the basic plan and the Mega plan costs Rs 99 per month or Rs 999 per year. Crunchyroll subscription also gives you access to Crunchyroll GameVault, a curated collection of premium Android and iOS games.

Crunchyroll can be accessed via its website, and apps for Android, iOS, iPadOS, Android TV, FireTV, Samsung TV (TizenOS), LG TV (WebOS), Apple TV and more.

Popular Anime on Crunchyroll

• Kaiju No. 8
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• My Hero Academia
• TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
• One Piece
• Re:Monster
• WIND BREAKER

Pros and Cons

Price and Tiers

Netflix

Netflix, the torch bearer of streaming services has a vast catalogue of Anime, making it one of the best places to watch Anime. It has blockbuster anime like Death Note, Demon Slayer, Naruto, and more. Netflix keeps adding new anime every month and the catalogue is growing rapidly. Netflix has its original anime content as well as other well-established anime shows.

In India, Netflix starts from Rs 149 per month for the Mobile plan and goes up to Rs 649 per month for the Premium plan. Netflix is accessible everywhere: website, Android app, iOS app, Android TV app, Fire TV app, Samsung TV app, and more.

Netflix subscription also gives users access to Netflix Games, unlike Crunchyroll’s GameVault, Netflix Games gives access to top-quality Android and iOS games, not limited to anime games.

Popular Anime on Netflix

• Death Note
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Naruto
• Blue Eye Samurai
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Violet Evergarden
• Vinland Saga
• Arcane

Pros and Cons

Price and Tiers

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video, the other streaming giant also has a good catalogue of anime. It has popular anime such as Vindland Saga, Rebuild Of Evangelion, Hunter X Hunter, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Land Of The Lustrous, and more.

Amazon Prime Video is accessible with the Amazon Prime subscription fee, which starts from Rs 299 per month or Rs 1,499 per year. Prime Video is accessed via the Prime Video website and dedicated apps for Android, iOS, FireTV, Android TV, Apple TV, and more. Amazon Prime will also give you access to free 1-day delivery on Amazon, Amazon Prime Music streaming platform, Prime Early Access, Prime Gaming, Prime Reading and more.

Popular Anime on Amazon Prime Video

• Vindland Saga
• Evangelion 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon a Time
• Hunter X Hunter
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
• Land Of The Lustrous
• Shinchan: On On On No
• JuJuTsu Kaisen

Pros and Cons

Price and Tiers

Tubi

Tubi stands out from all streaming platforms because it offers free streaming, supported by ads. You can watch popular anime such as Future Card Buddy Fight, Toradora, Romeo’s Blue Skies, Arjuna, and more for free on Tubi. The catalogue of anime in Tubi isn’t as big as the rest of the streaming apps mentioned here, but it is completely free unlike anything else.

With Tubi, there isn’t any subscription plan. Every Tubi account is on the same plan, an ad-supported plan that doesn’t cost any money, but costs 0. Tubi can be accessed via the Tubi website, Android app, iOS app, and TV apps for Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV, LG TV, Samsung TV and more.

Popular Anime on Tubi

• Future Card Buddy Fight
• Monsuno
• Romeo’s Blue Skies
• Arjuna
• Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
• Yukikaze (Dubbed)

Pros and Cons

YouTube

YouTube surprisingly is a great source to watch anime. YouTube is becoming a free alternative to streaming websites and with many YouTube channels officially uploading full-length anime on the platform, it definitely deserves a place in this list.

Anime such as Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury, Urusei Yatsura, Monster, Robotech: Some of the Macross Saga, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and more are available on YouTube. Some of them are officially uploaded, while some of these anime are classic ones.

YouTube is free for everyone, supported by ads. But there’s also a YouTube Premium plan that starts from Rs 129 per month, which removes all ads in the platform. YouTube Premium subscription also gives you access to the YouTube Music music streaming platform. YouTube can be accessed via the YouTube website, apps for Android, iOS, and TV apps for Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV, LG TV, Samsung TV and more

Popular Animes on YouTube

• Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury
• Urusei Yatsura
• Monster
• Robotech: Some of the Macross Saga
• Revolutionary Girl Utena

Pros and Cons

Price and Tiers

Other Aniwatch Alternatives

Up until now, we have talked about different popular Aniwatch alternatives. However, there exists a sub-culture of anime streaming websites that are possibly illegal, depending on the anime you’re streaming.

NOTE: At MySmartPrice, we don’t endorse piracy. Websites such as animeowl, hianime, animesuge, etc. are listed for educational purposes only. Please stick with legal platforms for watching anime online.

HiAnime.to

HiAnime is the most popular Aniwatch alternative for 2024. It has all the popular anime that can be streamed for free, but the website is filled with pop-up ads and spammy ads, you need to be careful while visiting HiAnime.to as you’ll be constantly redirected to other websites with pop-up ads. HiAnime.to can be accessed via web browsers on PC and mobile, accessing it via Android TV or Fire TV will be a frustrating experience.

Animeowl.live

Animeowl.live is another alternative to Aniwatch, which streams popular anime movies and TV shows for free. This website also features countless ads, but it is less distracting than HiAnime as there are fewer pop-up ads and more banner ads. Animeowl.live can be accessed via web browser on PC and mobile, but it will not work well on smart TVs.

Animesuge.to

Animesuge seems to be a good alternative to Aniwatch. It streams all the popular anime, but it features heavy advertisem*nts – pop-up ads and banner ads, which sometimes make it impossible to watch something. This also means you’ll only be able to watch anime on Animesuge.to on PC and mobile through web browsers, you won’t be able to use it on your smart TVs.

There are also various other websites such as gogotaku, 9animetv anix, zorox and more, but many of these platforms are blocked in India on order from authorities/court. Please stay away from such platforms if you encounter a warning like this:

Please stick to the legal platforms we mentioned such as Crunchyroll, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more to watch anime. Crunchyroll features lots of anime in the free plan with ad support, Tubi has a good catalogue of free anime, and YouTube is a treasure trove of anime that you can find for free. Stay away from platforms currently banned in India by the authorities.