Want to celebrate spooky season with some thematically appropriate anime but don’t know where to start? Crunchyroll’s got your back.
For the whole month of October, Crunchyroll is letting all subscribers—even those in the free tier— watch 20 creepy titles for no extra charge.
There are only two catches. Like most free things in the year 2023, you’ll be subjected to ads. And this deal only applies to English-subtitled anime with Japanese audio. If you want to get rid of the ads or switch to the English dubbed audio, you’ll have to pull out your credit card. Scary!
Free anime on Crunchyroll until October 31
- Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Blue Exorcist
- Corpse Princess: Shikabane Hime
- Deadman Wonderland
- Ghost Hunt
- Hell’s Paradise
- Hellsing
- Hellsing Ultimate
- Higurashi: What They Cry – GOU
- How to Keep a Mummy

- Is this a Zombie?
- Junji Ito Collection
- Kemono Jihen
- Mieruko-chan
- The Case Study of Vanitas
- The Vampire Dies in No Time
- Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Trinity Blood
- ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

Other free anime on Crunchyroll
- Beast Tamer
- BLUELOCK
- BOCCHI THE ROCK!
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
- Chainsaw Man
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
- The Daily LIfe of the Immortal King
- DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
- Golden Kamuy
- Lycoris Recoil
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury
- My Dress-up Darling
- Ranking of Kings
- The Reincarnation of The Strongest Exorcist in Another World
- Soul Eater
- SPY x FAMILY
- VINLAND SAGA
- Yona of the Dawn
These free titles are available to all subscribers year-round. However, like the seasonal October selection, they’re ad-supported, and only available in subbed form.
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