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According to my information, Crunchyroll provides streams of anime and is
legal. It has tons of anime, most of them are only english subbed. The biggest
issue regarding Crunchyroll is that most of the anime are not available in all
regions of the world.

I would like to know the names of a few free alternatives to Crunchyroll which
have English dubbed anime and are legal.


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What are some free streaming services besides Crunchyroll which stream English Dubbed shows?


To stream a dubbed anime legally in a given region, you need to have the
appropriate licence. The problem is that if you want to stream something
across 10 countries, you will potentially need to arrange for 10 licences
because the original producer (which would generally be a company in the US)
may have arrangements with a different company in each of the 10 countries for
that company to have the local distribution rights. It might be a bit
different if (a) the US company has local subsidiaries in those companies or
(b) there is no local licencee and the original producer is then the default
license-holder - in both cases you can arrange with the parent company to
licence off all of those regions together.

In any case, the end result is that out of (1) has a large range of shows, (2)
lets you watch the shows in all regions, and (3) is legally allowed to stream
the shows, you get to pick two. Also, licencing costs money, so odds are that
if you want something that offers shows for free (especially the newest stuff)
then you almost certainly aren't looking for something legal.

For most regions, CrunchyRoll is still going to be your go-to. They do mostly
have subs, but for some older series they have dubs as either an alternative
or the only option, and while not everything is available in all regions it's
still a pretty good offering. Netflix is now available in many countries, and
in at least some of those countries it has a sizeable anime selection, at
least some of which is dubbed. Otherwise, you'll probably have to look for
something specific to where you are, possibly run by a local distributor. For
example, here in Australia both MadMan and Hanabee have some series streamable
on their respective websites, and MadMan also set up AnimeLab as a kind of
local Crunchyroll.


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MyAnimeList compiled a list of [The 18 Best International Sites to Legally
Stream Anime](http://myanimelist.net/featured/1617). They do mention a few
that offer dubs (and they mention Crunchyroll offers _some_ dubbed titles),
and they also mention the region availability. Not all of them are free, but
most of these will offer at least _some_ free content:

  * [Funimation](http://www.funimation.com/), Availability: US and Canada
  * [AnimeLab](https://www.animelab.com/home), Availability: Australia and New Zealand
  * [Hanabee](http://hanabee.tv/), Availability: Australia and New Zealand
  * [Hulu](http://www.hulu.com/tv/genres/anime), Availability: US
  * [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_hi_2?rh=n%3A2858778011%2Cp_n_theme_browse-bin%3A2650364011&bbn=2858778011&ie=UTF8&qid=1460709393), Availability: Global
  * [The Anime Network](http://www.theanimenetwork.com/), Availability: NA and UK
  * [Animax TV](http://www.animaxtv.co.uk/), Availability: UK and Ireland
  * [Manga Entertainment](http://www.manga.com/titles), Availability: UK and US
  * [MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/), Availability: Global (dependent on title)
  * [Anime Serien](http://www.anime-serien.com/), Availability: Global (note: this site is not a streaming site, but rather one that helps you locate legal streams for anime subbed/dubbed in various European languages)


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