Watching Anime on Internet

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Is watching anime for free on a website illegal?

For most websites, it probably is. Whether you are likely to get convicted of something, is highly unlikely. More that the people running those websites are doing the wrong thing. But they are a necessity if you want to watch a lot. There are some technically free legal ways to watch anime online, like I believe that Crunchyroll does not require a paid subscription to watch things, but you get ads that appear during the video, and I think you have to wait a week before you new shows can be seen. Other official sites, like Funimation, like may also have free aspects, but last time I checked there was some region problems from where I am in the world.

Probably the bigger thing to be careful of if you want to use illegal streaming sites, which I do in fact use for some obscure shows that are not covered by my subscription to Crunchyroll, is risk of things like viruses. So able virus protection is advised.

Yeah, it depends on the website. Like he said, Crunchyroll and Funimation have free offerings, I know Hulu has a lot of anime too (I don't know if they still offer free stuff though). I tried watching Gantz on Funimation, though, and it only let me watch the first episode.

I think there's another free streaming service too, but I can't remember what it was called. I know it had Kimba the White Lion, and maybe Astro Boy.

Yeah hulu is no longer free.

That's a bummer.

I know the last time I tried to check Hulu, I couldn't actually get to any content without logging in first...but I've subscribed to a Plus account since then, so I have no easy way to confirm if that still works.

Oh! Crackle is free, they have some anime. I know they have one of the Lupin III movies, I don't usually look at their TV selections.