This is a compiled list of legal Anime streaming and downloading sites.
I will try to keep this list as accurate and updated as possible.
Thanks for looking and enjoy.


Quick notes about these sites:
- Many of these services are only available to the North American audience due to regional licensing restrictions..
- All the streaming sites, unless otherwise noted, offer free viewing of their content.
- If an episode is available for download, usually a nominal fee is required, about $1.99.




Streaming Sites:


[adult swim]: adultswim.com
- This site doesn't have an accumulative collection of the series' episodes. They typically stream what episode is going to be aired on their time block.
- All series are in English.

ANIME NETWORK: TheAnimeNetwork.com
- A registered account is required to access the series. Most series are subjected to a subscription fee, which is $6.95 a month.
- Available on the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad for $6.99. Price includes a month subscription.

ANIMENEWSNETWORK: AnimeNewsNetwork.com
- Mostly stuff from Bandai, Crunchyroll, and FUNimation. This is more like an embedded site, but they do host some videos.
- Have partnered with Aniplex USA to launch their first simulcasts, Oreimo and Togainu no Chi.

Anime on Demand: Anime-on-Demand.com
- An extension of ANIMENEWSNETWORK that caters to the UK audience.
- Monthly and annual memberships available.

ANIMETV: GoAnimeTV.com STATUS PENDING
- A webcast show that is dedicated to reviewing the latest anime and sharing random stuff about asian pop culture.
- Last updated on 26. Aug, 2010. This webcast has possibly been canceled.

Cartoon Network: CartoonNetwork.com
- All they have really is Pokémon and Bakugan.

CRACKLE: Crackle.com
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Company's video site.
- Their latest venture is the Anime Overdrive Collection, which will launch a new anime every Monday until 2011. A listing of what they will be getting can be found here.
- They also have a ANIMAX channel.

crunchyroll: Crunchyroll.com
- Basic membership lets the user view almost everything for free, but there is a week waiting period for most of the newer content.
- The site requires a Star/Premium Membership for as low as $4.99/month to use some of it’s features like “advanced” viewing, 480p or “720p” "quality," and to access some of it’s contents.
- Available on iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, Facebook, and Boxee. Compatibility with Android devices is in the works.
- Video Release Calander.

Dailymotion:
crunchyroll Channel, Dailymotion.com/crunchyroll
ViZ Channel, Dailymotion.com/group/vmanime
- Videos are either embedded from Crunchyroll or Hulu, respectively.

Disney XD: Disney.go.com
- Only has one of their latest run of Naruto Shippuden.

FANCAST: Fancast.com
- Being renamed xfinity TV
- Comcast Corp.'s VOD website
- They have their own video player, but they get most of their anime content from hulu.

FUNIMATION: FUNimation.com
*FUNimation Download-To-Own Video Store
*Veoh Channel
- Shows update weekly.
- Some of the videos are hulu embedded.
- Episodes are available for download for $1.99.
- Their Video-Based Social Networking site (formally known as Shodojo.com) is finally up on the Internet. The beta site can be found here.

hulu: Hulu.com
- Like that of regular T.V. shows, there will be the "occasional" commercial breaks.
- Most videos are either 360p or 480p quality. A 720p (anime?) video option is available to huluPLUS subscribers.
- huluPLUS is available for $7.99 a month.

IMDb: IMDb.com
- Credit to TheUndeadLord for the information
- Streams courtesy of hulu

MANGA Entertainment: Manga.com

MEDIA BLASTERS: Media-Blasters.com

Netflix: NetFlix.com
- A memberships is required. Plans start as low as $7.99/month.

playspan: Playspan.com
- Funimation titles.
- Streaming video rental service. Videos are 99 UPoints (about $1 each). Once the videos are unlocked one can watch them for 7 days.

Pokemon.com: Pokemon.com

OnePieceOfficial.com: OnePieceOfficial.com
- Uses the Funimation video player.

OTAKU USA Magazine: OtakuUSAMagazine.com
- Videos are embedded from either Crunchyroll or Hulu.

TOONZAKI: ToonZaki.com
- 4Kids streaming website
- Utilizes hulu embedded videos.
- Credit to BasouKazuma

tv.com: tv.com

veoh: Veoh.com
-Basically FUNi titles...

ViZ ANIME: VizAnime.com
- Utilizes hulu embedded videos.

4Kids: 4KidsTV.com
- All series are in English.




YouTube Channels:


YouTube Animation & Cartoons: YouTube.com

ANIME NETWORK

BANDAI

FUNIMATION
- Some of these videos are in parts.
- There is a HQ, high quality, option for some of the series.

GONG
- Videos are blocked in the US and possibly other areas.

Kadokawa Entertainment
- Available Worldwide
- Thanks to ps2xgmr for the info

MANGA Entertainment

NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT

ViZ MEDIA
- Only anime trailers and expo videos

4Kids




If you speak Japanese, try these out:


Anime Newtype Channel- http://anime.webnt.jp/
Anime One- http://anime.biglobe.ne.jp/ (Change from BIGLOBE Stream- http://broadband.biglobe.ne.jp/)
Broba/goo- http://bb.goo.ne.jp/special/broba_st/index.html** or http://bb.goo.ne.jp/anime/index.html**
Dot Anime- http://www.dot-anime.com/**
Toei Animation- http://www.anime-bb.com/
Videx- http://www.videx.jp/anime/**
- There are many more...
* Some of these sites offer rental VOD, utilise DRM, and/or some regional restrictions may apply (specifically Bandai Channel hosted content)
** Thanks to Kagami_NT for the info.




Download Sites:


amazon Video On Demand Anime Store: Amazon.com
- Mostly FUNimation titles
- They sell Anime episodes for $1.99.

iTunes: Apple.com
- They sell Anime episodes for $1.99.
- iTunes software is required.

totalvid: TotalVid.com
- Plans starting from only $9.95 per month.

zune: Zune.net
* Also accesible through XBOX LIVE



Similar Forum Thread(s):
- For a comprehensive list of where to find certain anime series on legal websites, take a peak at the mania.com user, Chronoclast's forum post.



Articles on Anime and Licensing and Copyright:
- How Fansubs Steal from Studios, One Episode at a time by DomFortress
* "A spirited discussion on [the] crunchyroll forums, where user DomFortress explains how illegal fansubs [and distribution practices] hurt the [Anime] industry"



Closing Notes:
- I will not discuss (argue) about the legality of Fansubs, other "Anime" streaming site, and the like on this thread, as there has been more than a handful of them going around the Anime community and on this site especially. I listed these sites as legal because they more than comply with the copyright law practices in the U.S. and Japan.
- If you have any knowledge of any more sites like these, legal and such (one that has ties with the Anime companies), please share them.
- Suggestions, comments, corrections, random crap, anything else?

Again, thanks for looking, and I hope that this thread helped you.

Also many thanks to the user zendude for making this list possible.

News and Updates:

06/23/2011
- Added Anime on Demand to the list.


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Update 6/8/2010: ignore this post. i would delete it if i could (to lazy to get a mod). a year ago it was a reply to the user zendude, whom started this thread and was asking me to take care of it for him. He nuked his account shortly after and now for some reason out of the blue his post got deleted today. maybe a mod did this.... i dunno. . . . . now i have triple post, "yay." boy, that was a 'long winded' explanation and not really necessary. well, if you're still reading this it's yodf because u didn't heed my advice to ignore this post

original post~
Will do.

-moose

thanks for this it helps a lot

cool? :O

thanks...

TL;DR

Who would read all that shit?

This is not the only instance of a user compiling a list of legal sources online. Many similar attempts have been made on other sites and forums. So I am not alone.

BTW, this thread is a continuation from the original that has plenty of hidden goodies in it as well from contributors. This list is not perfect nor complete, but it is still a nice reference.

-moose

Thanks for reviving the list.

Also, I would like to know the other sites and forum that has such an extensive list.
I think that this is one of the more completed list out there.

No problem. Zendude turned it over to me.

They all pretty much have the same stuff. One that I know of is incomplete, but can be found at the Anime News Network forum. Here's another and another...

-moose

thank you very much..

Thanks for the list.

By the way, I like this list better because it is colorful. Although, some of the urls need to be fixed because they are so long and look awful.

If I were you, I'd probably update the link on ANN from the old thread to this one.

This thread is really helpful... Thanks

thank you =3

still think you shouldnt put these lists out in the boards on a site against nonliscensed anime streams- cause that just gives them a list of who to shoot down.