Mangas: where to watch animated streaming in VOSTFR or VF

Posted on September 19, 2023 at 5:54 p.m

The Wakanim streaming platform announces its closure

This popular site to view anime announced Tuesday its final closure on November 3. A logical consequence of its merger with its competitor Crunchyroll, announced in 2022.

Posted on September 19, 2023 at 5:54 p.m

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Wakanim, a French anime streaming platform particularly popular with adolescents and young adults, will definitively stop its activities in France on November 3, the company announced in an email sent Tuesday, September 19 to its subscribers. The majority of the content offered by this service is already available on Crunchyroll, another tricolor platform with which its merger was announced in March 2022.

“After this expiration date, you will no longer be able to access the content purchased on the platform”, specifies the company in its press release, reproduced by the specialized site Manga news. Subscribers, whose accounts will be deleted and which are free to switch to Crunchyroll or not, are encouraged to download the series and videos which they have acquired in order to be able to keep them. Wakanim also refers to an explanation page answering a number of questions that Internet users could have.

Wakanim, based in Tourcoing, was created in 2009. It was one of the first companies to offer broadcasts of Japanese cartoons in simulcast, That is to say by offering access to new episodes in France at the same time as in Japan. In recent years, the company had obtained the exclusivity of broadcasting the new episodes of several major series, of which The attack of the Titans. After a series of acquisitions and concentration movements in the sector, the service merged with its French competitor, Crunchyroll, and the American Funimation, himself a subsidiary of Sony.

In August 2022, a database presented as containing the personal information of all Wakanim users had been put up for sale on the Internet. The anonymous seller claimed to have hacked and hold personal data of 6.7 million users of the platform. The National Commission for Data Protection (CNIL) had been warned, the platform had at the time.

Mangas: where to watch animated streaming in VOSTFR or VF ?

A lively (Or anime) is a way to designate Japanese cartoons which are therefore in the video form. As for manga, it designates Japanese comics in paper version. The animateds are most often from manga, but this is not the case for all of them. The animates are today very popular and available on several Free or paid video streaming sites. In this article, we have selected for you the most practical and complete websites for Watch animates in streaming in VOSTFR or VF.

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Vocious.com : The best known anime streaming site in France ?

Voiranime is probably the best -known anime streaming site in France with thousands of visitors every month (and more than 1.5 million research per month on Google) !

The anime catalog is very supplied and you will find both the most famous animes and the latest innovations broadcast in Japan.

Disadvantage of this site, like most free streaming sites, the site hosts many invasive advertisements ..

Jetanimes.com : an anime streaming platform in VOSTFR and VF

Streaming sites have appeared to be one of the most practical ways to avoid criminal sanctions that are watching for those who engage in illegal downloads (torrents or the Direct Download Being practices quickly identified and sanctioned by Hadopi, the internet gendarme in France).

Jetanimes.com is a site that gives you the opportunity to see your favorite animés online both in VF and in VOSTFR. The term VF designates a version of the anime in French, with dubbed voices from Japanese in French. About the Vostfr version, It allows you to see the anime with the original votes and subtitles in French. One of the advantages of Jetanimes.com, this is its easy -to -use interface. The theme is dark, the catalog of animés provided (both in terms of manga news and older animés) and navigation is easy between the different pages of the site.

The site also offers several research means. The filter per year is useful if the anime you are looking for is not recent and you have forgotten the title. There is also a filter in alphabetical order and a classification by genre in case you are looking for a new animated series. And good point, the site is free in addition to not requiring registration beforehand. Medal setback of course, the site is funded by advertising, I advise you to use an advertising blocker so as not to be invaded by invasive advertisements.

Anime-up.net : free animated streaming

This free site gives you the possibility of RStreaming and making anime downloads in VF and VOSTFR. He already lists 10.000 members registered. The site also has 35.000 files available, 132.000.000 downloads in total and 40.000 hours of streaming. This site also offers A large OST library (For Original Soundtrack either the original music of an animated or a film). In short, a very complete catalog that promises hours of viewing your favorite animated series and animated films.

Its large community also has a Discord server of 1,600 members to discuss your passion for manga and Japanese culture. You will be able to discuss and get in touch with new people. The site is well organized but unfortunately is full of many advertisements that can make the experience unpleasant ..

VOSTFREE : free animated download

It’s really one of the best free streaming sites which enjoys great popularity with amateurs and amateurs of anime and manga. The home page is so rich that with a little luck, you will not even need to do research to find the series or the animated film that interests you.

There is a classification of the most popular animated and you can also Download the Animes that interest you. Its database is gigantic and you will hardly feel slowdown during navigation between the pages. Contrary to what its title could suggest, you can view both anime in VOSTFR but also in VF on this site.

Ianmes.org

It is a site that allows you to watch animés in movies or series. It has VF and VOSTFR versions. Everything is in its place and you will not run the risk of getting lost on the interface which is simple and friendly. The background offers a new visual as you sail between the pages.

The site remains rather fast despite its free. The little downside remains the display of advertisements. This one sometimes forces you to click twice (or even much more …) on a link before reaching your content. In terms of research, Ianime.org presents a search bar accompanied by a filter by genre.

Crunchyroll : legal animated streaming

Crunchyroll is the number 1 animated streaming platform. It is literally the boss of Legal animated streaming. You will therefore need, at least, to create a free account to watch videos that will allow you, for example, keep the trace of anime that you would like to watch later. You will find classics like Naruto, One Piece Or Tokyo Ghoul but also more recent anime like The attack of the Titans, My Hero Academia, Tokyo Revengers, Demon Slayer, The Seven Deadly Sins Or One Punch Man. Note that this site claims the largest anime collection in the world and that it is available in many languages ​​(French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Arabic, Italian, Russian etc.)).

If the basic option remains free, Crunchyroll also offers A paying subscription to access Full HD flows. This membership plan that will also remove advertisements will cost you 4.99 € to 6.49 € per month (64.99 € per year for the premium formula named Mega Fan). It will also give you access to the entire Mangas library. The paid version allows, in addition to the absence of advertising, to have access to the unlimited Crunchyroll catalog, to access the episodes of the animés only an hour after their broadcast in Japan, an offline mode and the possibility of streaming to with 4 simultaneous screens. In short, a really very interesting offer that can be said to be crunchyroll that it is a bit of Netflix of animated !

Note that it is possible to do a free trial for two weeks to see if the services offered and their animated catalog suits you. And to perfect it all, I prepared you a top 10 of my favorite animes available on Crunchyroll.

Anime Digital Network (DNA) : a SVOD legal platform of anime

Anime Digital Network Or DNA is a good French streaming site, Pioneer of the Japanese SVOD. She offers manga in VOST, VF and HD. It is a platform that offers lively time animates just after their broadcast in Japan.

It offers a rich variety of manga from the most popular towards the most unpublished. You could look there for example:

• My Hero Academia;
• Boruto;
• Fairy Tail;
• City Hunter;
• or Shingeki no Kyojin (SNK).

The monthly DNA subscription is from 6.99 euros and 4.99 euros per month if you choose the annual option. The option “Download” offered by the site allows you to download animés to 14.99 euros per month Or 11.99 euros per month for an annual subscription.

Wakanim : a legal manga streaming platform with a free subscription option

Wakanim is also a good French animated streaming platform, even if it is a little less known DNA. Wakanim offers you the free option without subscription that allows you to view the episodes 30 days after their release in Japan.

The condition is to watch an advertising spot before the start of the episode. Also, it will take 100 minutes between each viewing. It offers many famous manga including SNK or the attack of the Titans, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Bofuri, etc.

It has a powerful translation service that allows you to view the episodes in VOST the day after their broadcast in Japan. The subscription is relatively affordable: 5 euros per month with a free 14 -day trial for the subscription monthly ; 13.99 euros for the quarterly And 49.99 euros for theannual.

Edit 03/22: Following the acquisition by Crunchyroll, the Wakanim site is led to disappear. Its animated catalog will be transferred to Crunchyroll.

Netflix : anime but not only ..

Netflix is the best known and most used streaming platform in the world. Its aesthetic interface, its very rich catalog and its interesting offers are constantly seducing new subscribers. Netflix offers the best animes of the moment.

You will find, in addition to films and TV series, manga with big licenses such as: Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, The attack of the Titans, My Hero Academia, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon, Aijin, The Seven Deadly Sins, Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, Baki, Food Wars, One-Punch Man, Vampire Knight, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Beyblade, Shaman King and many other exclusives. The catalog is impressive, so I have prepared you a list of the best animes available on Netflix.

Apart from a few exceptions, Netflix offers the majority of the manga mentioned above. Its animated catalog is really huge for a platform not specialized in anime. To access Netflix, you have several options ranging from 7.99 euros at 15.99 euros per month to access all the contents of the SVOD number one platform in the world.

Amazon Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming platform

Amazon Prime Video is one of all Amazon paid services. This streaming platform offers preferential rates exclusive to its subscribers. This is not a site exclusively dedicated to manga, so you will not find the wide variety of sites specializing in animated such as DNA or Wakanim. This did not prevent me from preparing you a top 10 of the best animes present on Amazon Prime Video.

However, you will find manga like Legend of Korra, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress of the Creator of SNK, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Boruto, Hunter X Hunter, Assasation Classroom, Fairy Tail, Pokémon and other less known titles. Video premium is included in the Amazon Prime subscription which returns to 49.99 euros per year. The platform also offers a free 30 -day test to its users.

In summary, take a look at the different sites offered and you will have them on your behalf. Paid subscription, completely free sites, everything is done to make sure you take advantage of your experience to view your favorite animes. Of course, we recommend that you favor paid solutions that make it possible to finance content and pay off their authors.

Know that you can Test free Amazon Prime Video for 30 days free, Which gives you time to look at the many animates present on the platform and get an idea of ​​the service and the catalog !