Pluto TV Adds Two Anime Channels and 1,300 Hours of Dubbed Programming
Pluto TV is treating anime as a growth category, betting that free English dubs and dedicated channels will hold the young, high-engagement audience that Western studios have struggled to reach.
Reporting from 1 source: Cartoon Brew.
Pluto TV is adding two dedicated anime channels, more than 1,300 hours of programming, and several English dubs debuting this month. The free ad-supported service will carry dubbed versions of One-Punch Man and Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, which Pluto says makes it the only free streaming platform with either dub. New channels It's Anime and Big A Anime launch this month. The expansion targets younger viewers, who account for nearly half of all anime viewing hours on the platform.
The push is built around younger viewers, an audience Western studios have fought hard to win over but struggled to reach. Adults 18 to 34 account for nearly half of all anime viewing hours on the platform, and anime viewers spend almost three times as many hours on Pluto TV as the average viewer. Nielsen reported Americans streamed more than 45 billion minutes of anime in 2025. Pluto TV says it will be the only free streaming platform carrying the English dubs of One-Punch Man and Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.
- One-Punch Man: English dub debuting this month
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: English dub debuting this month
- Naruto: expanded dub access
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: expanded dub access
- Inuyasha: expanded dub access
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead: expanded dub access
- Captain Tsubasa: expanded dub access
- Inuyashiki: Last Hero: new addition
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: new addition
- Terror in Resonance: new addition
- Mononoke: new addition
- Vampire Knight: new addition
- Hikaru no Go: new addition
- It's Anime: channel focused on English-dubbed programming, including simulcasts from Japan
- Big A Anime: channel combining series and films with event specials and fan-oriented programming
- Vinland Saga: on Big A Anime
- Dororo: on Big A Anime
- One Piece: anchors the library
- Hunter x Hunter: anchors the library
- Death Note: anchors the library
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: anchors the library
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.