Hulu.com, that brilliant online video site partnership between NBC and FOX, has added an anime channel today. They’ve added 20 English-subtitled episodes of Naruto, all 37 English-subtitled episodes of Death Note, and 12 English-dubbed episodes of Mushi-Shi.

As I wrote in 4 places to watch anime for free legally, Hulu already had Speed Racer and Astro Boy on their site. Now with these new additions, they’re more up to date. Complete total awesomeness. Let’s hope the trend continues and we see more on Hulu. I’ve been a big advocate of free online anime distribution, and I’ve always praised Hulu and Joost as great models to follow. As I wrote in IGN Anime’s Fansubbing Dilemma, “If the media conglomerates that handle the production and distribution of Anime would provide timely, high quality, online resources subtitled in English, the fansub problem could possibly be solved”. I’m glad some people in the biz are catching on.

Also, Joost has added some new anime as well: Death Note and more Naruto (this time subtitled).

Check out the Hulu anime channel at : http://www.hulu.com/channels/Animation-and-Cartoons/Anime, and to celebrate, here’s the first episode of Mushi Shi, embedded from Hulu:

Enjoy!

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