Here s Every Anime You Can Watch On HBO Max Right Now

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Here s Every Anime You Can Watch On HBO Max Right Now

HBO Max has a surprising mix of recent anime hits and unsung gems, along with all the Ghibli you could ask for. Ready for another streaming service? Yeah, no, me either. It's bad! But it's the world we're living in. Anyway, the first thought that usually comes to my mind when one of these things launches is this: "y'all got any anime?" Turns out, HBO Max's answer to that is a resounding "yes." In fact, it's pretty shocking that the service got some of the picks they did. There's a good smattering of mega-hits, unsung gems from recent years, and the motherlode of Studio Ghibli. So, let's dig into it!

The Series

You know what's up here. It's a TV series, but animated - and, y'know, better than most Western TV shows. Here's the stuff you can stream right now, courtesy of HBO Max's partnership with CrunchyRoll. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY 91 Days Berserk Bungo Stray Dogs Erased Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood In/Spectre Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Kill La Kill Kiznaiver Konosuba Re:ZERO Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- Rurouni Kenshin Schwarzes Marken The Testament of Sister New Devil Your Lie In April Overall, it's a nice start. There are some bonafied classics here, like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Kill La Kill - aka "those shows your friends keep telling you to watch, but you keep putting off." I'm really partial to Kabaneri and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! myself, especially the former, which is headed up by Attack on Titan vets and designed by the iconic Haruhiko Mikimoto.

The Movies

Let's start with the bad news. The diversity of the movie selection here is pretty woeful. There are a lot of easy choices that HBO could've made here, from tapping into Sony's back catalog with Paprika or Metropolis to using their GKids partnership for some other stuff. Imagine putting Promare on this thing! That being said, what HBO Max does have isn't anything to scoff at. They're got a treasure trove of Ghibli gems, and not just the major ones. My Neighbor Totoro Spirited Away Kiki's Delivery Service Howl's Moving Castle Princess Mononoke Ponyo Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind The Secret World of Arriety Whisper of the Heart The Cat Returns Porco Rosso The Wind Rises Castle in the Sky When Marnie Was There The Tale of Princess Kaguya Ocean Waves Tales from Earthsea Only Yesterday Pom Poko From Up On Poppy Hill My Neighbors The Yamadas Yeah, that's every single major theatrical Ghibli release right there - and even Ocean Waves, a made-for-TV movie that was notoriously hard to track down for a good while. It's hard to recommend one of these over the other, honestly, considering the absurdly high bar of quality set by most of them. I will say that my personal favorites of the bunch are Only Yesterday and Whisper of the Heart, with a special shout-out to Ponyo, as it was the first Ghibli film I saw in theaters. Just... maybe skip Tales from Earthsea, yeah? Directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro, the movie was so bad . That whole story's been blown a bit out of proportion over the years, but Earthsea's a pretty awful flick, and his follow-up From Up On Poppy Hill is much better. There you have it, then. In total, there are 38 different anime series and movies to watch on HBO Max. It's a better start than some services, and honestly, I'm impressed that they have what they do. Hopefully, that list will only grow as more subscribers pour int.