Anime on Hulu: Not all that bad, surprisingly
03. Oct, 2008
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Now, you will almost never see Tofugu talking about anime on the site, at least not directly. But how could I not pass this up. I’m not particularly interested in the fact that Hulu has anime. Who cares about that? The most interesting thing is that they aren’t dubbing (most of) it. It comes in Japanese, and they provide subtitles. Considering that Hulu is very similar to watching normal television programming, their decision to not do sucky dubbed versions of shows surprised me. Well done, Hulu, well done. I’m actually impressed.
I should probably introduce Hulu. Basically, it’s a legal, free, internet service that lets you watch television shows online. The great thing about it is that you can watch new tv shows (just watched season 3, episode 3 of Heroes), and, if you get the hunkering to do so, watch old shows as well (been watching me some A-Team. I pitty the foo’!). There are commercials, but they’re very manageable, usually only 15 seconds long, and only a few times a show.
Recently, Hulu added an anime channel. Granted, I’m not really interested in the shows themselves (Conan O’Brien keeps me busy enough!), but the decision to keep the Japanese audio, and just do subs. There are a couple of anime on Hulu that are dubbed too, and surprisingly, they even manage to get this right. Speed Racer and Astro Boy just aren’t the same without their silly English voices. Embarrassingly, I’ve been watching Speed Racer and enjoying it immensely. I just love how fast that kid talks, then how he randomly jumps into the Mach 5 and drives away, for almost no reason at all…
They also seem to be adding to their collection. Recently it looks like they added Death Note and Bleach, though it doesn’t look like they have a ton of episodes yet. I imagine that if they keep doing what they’re doing, it will get more popular.
Personally, if you want to see some Japanese programming on Hulu, I would suggest Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, but that’s just me.
Update: If you’re outside the U.S. you can’t use Hulu…or can you? Check out this article to learn how to watch Hulu even if you aren’t in America.
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Just a note… I've read that some countries outside the USA, specifically those in neighboring Europe, may not be able to access Hulu.
Thanks for introducing me to this.
Now It's guaranteed I won't be doing my homework anymore. lmao xD
It's also not available for Europe. At least, not for the Netherlands anyway.
I see the “error message” where the video's supposed to be.
It's not even available in Canada! I mean, for God's sake, it's CANADA! Same continent! Everyone else across the world can't even discern the difference between our two countries! Gah!
Even americans can't tell the difference! :P Sorry it doesn't work up
there, and in europe, or anywhere else, folks :(
Added an update to the article, down at the bottom, which tells you how to view Hulu from anywhere in the world ;)
Added an update to the article, down at the bottom, which tells you how to view Hulu from anywhere in the world ;)
hmm . . . i wonder if i can watch j-dorama on it . . .
i've been looking for the hana yori dango moview
by the way koichi . . . i watched your 'j-doramaholic' video . . . are you a matsumoto jun fan?
Hey Koichi thanks for the ライチグミ!
Thanks Koichi, this is really cool! i went on the link to see how to access hulu from outside the US and im going to try it now!
hope it works!
OMFG….thank you so much, Koichi. I tried the hotspot shield software and it WORKS. I used to get my TV streams from Sidereel.com and TVliveshows.com but they were pretty poor in quality (broken links, unfinished episodes, small viewing screens, pixlelated) but Hulu.com totally rocks. I don't think they have everything (Battlestar Galactica is missing Season 2), but hey, it's free s*** so no complaints over here.
yeah, a lot of the newer stuff only does the newest episodes (they
want you to buy older seasons). It's good if you want to watch the
newest episodes of things as they come out, or watch really really old
shows where they do have entire seasons, etc. For example, I just
watched all of Arrested Development from start to finish, and it was
great :)
thumbs down for not working in Canada :(
internet service that lets you watch television shows online. The great thing about it is that you can watch new tv shows
Thanks for introducing me to this…..
I love this anime….
nice article! nice site. you're in my rss feed now ;-)
keep it up
I love anime
Naruto is one of my favorite anime…….
Death Note is one of my fav anime. ^_^
Just for the record I like anime, but I am not ubsesed becouse I am not a saad litle nerd
speed racer!
same here al jordan
Sort about the mix ups with the As my A key fell off a wile ago
haha
I was browsing around for alternate ways to watch hulu. It looks like the only decent way to do it, is to purchase a private VPN account. I highly doubt hulu can ban them all. I purchased mine from http://www.hidemynet.com , they provide UK and US servers currently, so I can also login to the UK server to access online video offered in the UK :). Like, Iplayer, Channel 4 on demand, bbc, etc. And it's only 5$/month, beats having to deal with the hassles of using hotspot shield (which is now banned anyway).
i like anime too also not obsessed but it is fun to watch
i like anime too also not obsessed but it is fun to watch
my favourite!
Your articles above are very thoughtful and insightful
my favourite!
Your articles above are very thoughtful and insightful