8 Best Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

Food Wars!

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

Do you find yourself constantly scrolling through pictures of amazing looking food? Well then, Food Wars! should be up your alley. The series follows a handful of students from the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, as they undergo intense cookery exams and compete in awesome food battles. The whole thing is about as tongue in cheek as it gets, and is worth watching just for how amazing all of the food looks.

Food Wars! takes several anime battle cliches and uses them to elevate a cookery show into something altogether more epic. The first three seasons are on Crunchyroll right now, and are absolutely worth your time.

My Hero Academia

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

My Hero Academia presents a tantalizing world where the majority of its inhabitants have super powers or ‘quirks’. The story follows a kid called Deku who, tragically, doesn’t possess any super powers of his own. Despite his bad luck, Deku is still hellbent on becoming a superhero, so does everything in his power to do so. He is given superhuman strength by another hero, and then goes on to enrol in U.A. High School, a place where would-be heroes go to learn the ropes.

It’s a perfect amalgamation of everything that makes superhero stories so great, and features some amazingly creative original superheroes which make up its main cast. My Hero Academia has it all; high school drama, big action set pieces and plenty of heart. We’ve all dreamt of being a superhero at some point in our lives, meaning that Deku is both relatable and endearing. There are three seasons to watch over on Crunchyroll.

Pop Team Epic

Anime can get bogged down by the tropes it has created over the last few decades. Pop Team Epic shatters any and all expectations of what an anime should be, and goes on to produce something wholly refreshing and delightfully surreal. Broken up into a series of minute-long skits, Pop Team Epic veers between wacky surrealism and heart-warming comedy. The show’s quick cuts and limitless subject matter give it a truly addictive quality. You’ll no doubt find yourself wide-eyed at 3 a.m., reaching for the remote to watch ‘just one more episode’

Pop Team Epic skewers everything from video games to movies, and does so at a blistering pace. It just might be the most meme-able anime to come out in the last five years, managing to offer something for everyone watching. It’s easy to see why the show has become so popular, and is definitely worth streaming on Crunchyroll.

A Place Further Than the Universe

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

A Place Further Than the Universe forgoes huge monster battles and over-the-top comedy for a more personal and grounded tale. It tells the story of a girl as she travels to Antarctica to search for her missing Mother. At its core, it’s a study of the subtleties of female friendship, as four very different young women go on the ultimate road trip to a land that ‘strips everything bare’. Each character is fully fleshed out and portrays incredible depth.

As with all great road-trips, this anime is more about the journey than the destination, which takes the girls to far corners of the Earth and brings them closer than they ever thought possible. You can check out all 13 episodes of A Place Further Than the Universe over on Crunchyroll.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is an effortlessly stylish hodge-podge of pop culture and several different genres. As such, it’s pretty difficult to describe. Each season centers around a different hero, a different era, and a distinct action style, covering a wide breadth of subject matters and tones. The first season takes place in Victorian England and focuses on the straight arrow, Jonathan Joestar, and his Dickensian feud with his adopted vampire brother–Dio.

In later series, the show moves from secret Nazi experiments, to 1980’s Japan, managing to maintain a consistent level of quality throughout. It’s a perfect snapshot into where manga was as a medium in the ’80s, and is one of the most faithful anime adaptations you’re likely to find. Head over to Crunchyroll to watch all four series of the show.

Attack on Titan

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

Attack on Titan has solidified itself as one of anime’s greats in its short time on the air so far. Telling the story of Eren Yeager, a young man who enlists in the army to avenge his dead family, Attack on Titan is impressive in its scope and epic in its approach to action. The show’s baddies, the Titans, are genuinely terrifying, and the way it treats death means that it constantly keeps the viewer guessing. There’s an awesome twist about half way through the series which subverts all expectations and takes things in a more interesting direction.

The action scenes are a particular highlight, with the Survey Corps utilizing an acrobatic fighting style to even the odds against the menacing Titans. It’s astoundingly gory, heartbreaking and awesome, and absolutely deserves all of the hype it’s getting. There was a rather lengthy break between seasons one and two so you won’t be too far behind if you jump in now. You can stream them both over on Crunchyroll.

Naruto Shippuden

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

Naruto Shippuden is an anime series adapted from Part II of Masashi Kishimoto’s manga series. It’s set two years after part one, and follows ninja Naruto Uzumaki. There’s excellent action, grounded romance and satisfying character arcs which span nearly a decade. Naruto Shippuden is a masterclass in playing with viewer expectations, often moving in a completely different direction than most other animes would.

There’s a lot to watch at this point, but it’s definitely worth it. The show keeps up a great pace throughout and seeing where the characters stand at the end of the series compared to at the beginning is a true joy to behold. It comprises 500 episodes in total, all of which are available to watch on Crunchyroll.

Fairy Tail

Anime Shows on Crunchyroll You Must Watch

Fairy Tail is perfect for fans of all things magical. It’s set in Earth-Land, in which wizards have formed a group of magical guilds, where they offer their services in exchange for money. The series centers on the titular Fairy Tail Guild which is known for its chaotic method of problem solving. A novice wizard named Lucy forms an eccentric team made up of an ice wizard, a dragon-slayer and a cat named Happy, and embarks on a series of wizard’s guild missions.

The series excels in its magic-based action. Earth-Land is a rich and most importantly believable world, given extra context and color by magical sporting events, century-old lore, and distinct wizard-types. You can stream two seasons of Fairy Tail on Crunchyroll now.