FAQ's Thread for Watching Shenmue The Anime

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Hello,

I thought it would be best to list some FAQ's and their answers here as a quick guide for everyone including key information.

The Show airs on Feb 5th 2022. 9.30pm Pacific, 12.30am EST, 5.30am GMT (Sunday)

In North America the show will air with English Dub on Toonami, the Anime branch of Adult Swim. Crunchyroll will air the subtitled version everywhere else.

Link to watch on Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/originals/en/index.html

This is, unfortunately unclear at this point. The press statement from Crunchyroll states the following:

"The series is set to kick off on Crunchyroll and Adult Swim on Saturday, February 5 at 9:30pm Pacific Time, with Crunchyroll streaming the subtitled version worldwide outside of Japan and Adult Swim airing the English dub."

UPDATE: You can watch the English Dub here https://www.adultswim.com/videos/shenmue-the-animation/thunderclap via a VPN!

Not confirmed but we anticipate 25 mins

Watch this rather helpful video:


There is a free version of Crunchyroll, which airs shows around a week after their premiere date. However this is rather advert heavy so you might want to avoid it.

They have 3 options for the paid subs:
  1. Fan Tier. Watch on One Device at a time. All shows within 1 hour of Japan. £6.50 (around 8 euros) a month.
  2. Mega-Fan. All the above + watch on 4 devices and offline. £7.99 (around 10 euros) a month.
  3. Yearly Sub: All the above just discounted by 16% when compared to the Monthly Mega-Fan version. £79.99 Per year (around 100 euros)
Full Details: https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/welcome?from=topbar&return_url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/#plans

You can cancel the monthly sub at anytime.

Also, until Feb 8th 2022, if you have Xbox Gamer Pass Ultimate you can get a FREE 75 day subscription to Crunchyroll Premium

NB all conversions are approximations and may vary up or down in your region.

You can get it on IOS, Andriod, consoles (inc PS5 and XB Series Consoles) and PC

Check here for full list: https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/devices

We understand, due to the show airing on TV on Toonami, it will be weekly

It looks unlikely. We are investigating ways via VPN etc.

LINK TO WATCH: https://www.crunchyroll.com/originals/en/index.html
 
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Feel like the FAQ should be updated to include a link to the free English dub stream in the US on the official Adult Swim website. Seen a few people not even know you can watch it for free in the US:


You can also use a VPN to stream it. At least you're giving clicks to the official source and they can see people are watching it.

It appears on the website after it airs in the US to watch for free. No Crunchyroll needed.
 
Feel like the FAQ should be updated to include a link to the free English dub stream in the US on the official Adult Swim website. Seen a few people not even know you can watch it for free in the US:


You can also use a VPN to stream it. At least you're giving clicks to the official source and they can see people are watching it.

It appears on the website after it airs in the US to watch for free. No Crunchyroll needed.
Agreed. Will update later today :)
 
Why is the English dub version on Toonami asking me to log into a Cable TV provider? Isn't Toonami free to watch these episodes?
 
Why is the English dub version on Toonami asking me to log into a Cable TV provider? Isn't Toonami free to watch these episodes?
The first episode was, but it looks like they’ve now changed it. I was actually going to give the English dub a second chance, but guess I’ll just stick to Japanese until the inevitable Blu-Ray release later this year. Can’t say I’m too bothered really, as Episode 1 was pretty bad.
 
Any chance it "unlocks" after 24 hours or some sort of timeframe? Did you stream the first episode right away? I ask because I watched the first English dub a few days after it aired.
 
Any chance it "unlocks" after 24 hours or some sort of timeframe? Did you stream the first episode right away? I ask because I watched the first English dub a few days after it aired.
Fairly certain I watched within a few hours of the premiere. I’ll keep an eye on it, but I can certainly see the logic of making only the first episode (which also seems to require a cable provider login now) free.
 
Any chance it "unlocks" after 24 hours or some sort of timeframe? Did you stream the first episode right away? I ask because I watched the first English dub a few days after it aired.
I did watch the English version on Toonami within an hour or two of when it released last week and did not need a cable tv account. Episode 1 is still free, but episode 2 is still locked. Not sure on the 24 hours thing but I will be checking back.
 
Anyone want to give me their cable TV login :p
 
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