Anime To Watch This International Frienship Day On Crunchyroll
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Friendship can begin in the most unexpected places: on the battlefield, in a classroom, across a volleyball net, or while setting out towards an impossible dream. Some bonds are forged through years of trust, while others grow between former rivals, unlikely teammates, and people who simply choose to stand beside one another when it matters most.
From companions who face powerful enemies side by side to found families that offer belonging, courage, and a second chance, these stories celebrate the many forms friendship can take. Through shared victories, painful sacrifices, spirited rivalries, and plenty of chaos along the way, they remind us that even the strongest heroes rarely make it through alone.
This International Friendship Day, Crunchyroll celebrates the characters who lift each other up, challenge one another to grow, and refuse to leave a friend behind. Whether you’re watching with your closest companions or revisiting the anime friendships that have stayed with you over the years, these titles offer action, laughter, heart, and a reminder that every great adventure is better when it is shared.
Naruto Uzumaki’s journey is getting even closer to home for fans in India. Starting 6 July, Naruto Shippuden will stream on Crunchyroll with a Hindi, available exclusively on the platform, Tamil and Telugu dubs. The rollout will continue in batches through September 2026, bringing the first 220 episodes of the beloved series to anime fans across the country.
Goku—the strongest fighter on the planet—is all that stands between humanity and villains from the darkest corners of space. Joined in battle by the Z-Fighters, Goku travels to distant realms in search of the magic powers of the seven Dragon Balls!
Haikyu!! is a slice-of-life volleyball sports anime based on the Weekly Shonen Jump manga series from Haruichi Furudate. Hinata is inspired to create a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Matched against the “King of the Court” Tobio Kageyama’s team they ultimately lose. Vowing to surpass Kageyama, Hinata joins the high school volleyball team only to find that Tobio has joined too.
In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government comes crumbling down. A trusted vassal, Ashikaga Takauji, betrays the shogunate and organizes a rebellion. Hojo Tokiyuki, the rightful heir, escapes the massacre with a Shinto priest named Suwa Yorisige to Kamakura. On the run and fighting to stay alive, Tokiyuki sets in motion his plan to reclaim his birthright.
Crude, rude, and a little…cute? Get ready for the larger-than-life attitude of Popuko and Pipimi, the small and tall stars of Pop Team Epic! Based off the bizarre four-panel webcomic by Bukubu Okawa comes a comedy that’ll throw you off with its out-there jokes and intense absurdity. You think you’re ready for these girls? Think again, F#%**er!
Although born with tremendous power, Itadori Yuji lives a completely ordinary life. One day, to save a classmate, he eats a cursed finger, and now Ryomen Sukuna lives in Itadori’s soul. Guided by the Jujutsu Sorcerers, he joins the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, an organization that fights the curses. Now begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to end a curse.
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!
The story follows a teenage girl named Lucy Heartfilla who is determined to join the notorious magical Fairy Tail Guild.
During a daring rescue, she encounters Natsu who is part of the guild and eventually offers her a place. They become teammates performing various missions for the Fairy Tail Guild. Be prepared for an action-packed adventure!
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn’t end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudy will seize every opportunity to live the life he’s always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he’s always dreamed of, he’s embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact!
Geeky university student Naofumi Iwatani goes from second-class citizen to second-class hero when he’s summoned to the videogame-like kingdom of Melromarc. Known as the weakest of four heroes, the Shield Hero, he’s tasked with defending the world from calamity. But when Naofumi ends up betrayed and belittled from the start, will this hero-turned-cynic still be willing to fight?
Tokyo is burning, and citizens are mysteriously suffering from spontaneous human combustion all throughout the city! Responsible for snuffing out this inferno is the Fire Force, and Shinra is ready to join their fight. Now, as part of Company 8, he’ll use his devil’s footprints to help keep the city from turning to ash! But his past and a burning secret behind the scenes could set everything ablaze.
Modern society is lost when a mysterious light turns humanity to stone. Thousands of years pass and high schoolers Senku and Taiju awaken in an overgrown version of the world they once knew. With Senku as the brains and Taiju as the brawn, they’re determined to revive the petrified masses and rebuild civilization—but of those they’ve rescued, Tsukasa will rock their plans.
Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day
they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.
Dive into Iori Kitahara’s chaotic college life in Izu, where his uncle’s diving shop, Grand Blue, becomes the epicenter of madness. Instead of serene ocean views and good times with his roommate-cousins, he’s roped into the wild antics of a diving club and the family treats him like he’s nothing. Between uni life and ever-escalating buffoonery, Iori’s youth is off to a hilariously unhinged start!
Welcome to the Demon School! Iruma-kun
Suzuki Iruma, human, 14, is taken against his will into the world of demons, where his doting owner and self-appointed “Grandpa” is the chair-demon at his new school. In order to survive, Iruma must deal with a haughty student who challenges him to a duel, a girl with adjustment issues, and so many more scary beings! Can this ultimate pacifist dodge the slings and arrows that are flung his way?
Forget about homework and pop quizzes. The students of Class 3E have a far more important assignment: kill their teacher before the end of the year! A tentacle-d sensei that moves at Mach 20 is out to conquer the classroom after destroying seventy percent of the moon. In addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, the murderous monster behind the lectern will teach his students everything he knows about the assassination game. Should some eager beaver prove to be a quick study in killing, he or she will save Earth from extinction – and collect a hefty reward.
In a floating city where the rich discard their waste—and people—Rudo is framed for murder and thrown into the Pit, where a hellscape of mutated trash beasts dwell. To survive, he must wield a new power and join the rogue Cleaners. Rudo doesn’t just aim to battle monsters, but the corrupt who cast him into Hell.
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