Amazon Is Giving Away Black Butler & Yu Yu Hakusho Right Now

There are few words anime fans like better than ‘free anime,’ and Amazon knows it. If you have [...]

By Megan Peters

There are few words anime fans like better than 'free anime,' and Amazon knows it. If you have been on the fence about diving into Black Butler or Yu Yu Hakusho, then you have no reason to hold back any longer. The first seasons of both anime series can be yours for free right now, and Amazon is the place to snag the gift.

Amazon Prime Day may be a thing of the past, but the site still has goodies for otakus. If you check out Black Butler's landing page for Amazon Video, then you will see the anime's first season is available for free right now. A full 25 episodes of Black Butler can be downloaded for no cost, so fans can finally get started on the anime in HD and with an English dub.

As for Yu Yu Hakusho, the classic series is also being given away to interested otakus. The anime's first season can be downloaded for free, giving fans 28 episodes of English dubbed goodness for zero dollars.

It's a pretty sweet deal, right?

If you are not familiar with either franchise, then there has never been a better time to get reacquainted. Yu Yu Hakusho is an older series which was popularized on Toonami way back when, and fans of Hunter x Hunter should find the show familiar. After all, the two series do share a creator. You can read Amazon's description of Yu Yu Hakusho below:

"When delinquent Yusuke dies saving someone else, he gets a second shot at life as a Spirit Detective. With his former rival, Kuwabara, and demons Kurama and Hiei, Yusuke takes on the monsters and humans who desire to rule the three realms of reality."

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As for Black Butler, the gothic series has been a fan-favorite for years. The supernatural series debuted back in 2006, and Black Butler recently had a new feature film released over in Japan. You can read up on the show's synopsis below:

"Ceil Phantomhive was born into a life of luxury, only to have his parents murdered before his eyes. Wrought with grief, he summoned a devilish servant, Sebastian, to help him track down - and suitably punish - the fiends who made him an orphan."

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