Hydrax

The header

At the top of every page, a slim navy header stays in place as you scroll, with a soft blur behind it. On the left, the logo shows a round porthole ringed in aqua, with two waves inside, one aqua and one coral, and a small white play button above them, followed by the word hydrax in heavy lowercase letters.

Beside the logo, the menu offers Home, Movies, Series, Anime, Top rated, Genres and My List. The page you are on is marked by a short aqua underline and a darker panel behind the word. On the right, a compact search box with an aqua magnifier is always within reach.

On tablets and phones the menu folds into an aqua Menu button, and on a phone the search box moves onto its own row under the logo, wide enough to type a long anime title comfortably.

The stream finder

The home page opens with the stream finder. A wide backdrop fills the top of the page, softened by a deep blue vignette so the writing stands out. In the centre, a small aqua badge reads Stream finder, and beneath it comes the Hydrax headline in heavy type and a short paragraph that explains the dive.

Below the paragraph sits the largest search box on the site, outlined in aqua with a soft glow around it and a solid aqua search button on the right. Type any film, series or anime and press the button to see every match.

Under the search box, a line headed Try suggests five titles, each underlined with a dashed aqua line: at the moment Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Dune: Part Two, Stranger Things, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and JUJUTSU KAISEN. A row of rounded buttons follows for Anime, New, Series, Hidden gems, Top rated and My List.

Wide cards

Hydrax shows many titles as wide cards rather than posters. Each wide card uses the title's backdrop, a scene from the film or series in the shape of a screen, with a small aqua label that reads Film or Series, the title in bold and a line with the year, the runtime or number of episodes and the score.

At the foot of the stream finder, four wide cards preview the dive: Dune: Part Two, Stranger Things, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and JUJUTSU KAISEN.

Wide cards give a better sense of a title's look than a poster can: the colours, the setting and the mood. Hovering over one enlarges the image slightly and outlines the card in aqua.

The depth gauge

Below the stream finder, the depth gauge begins. A thin line runs down the left of the page, shading from aqua at the top through deep blue to coral at the bottom, and each section is pinned to it with a rounded marker showing its depth in metres.

Above each section heading, a small coral line names the depth and the zone: Surface, Currents, Mid-water or Deep dive. The heading itself follows in heavy type, with a See all link on the right.

On a phone the gauge moves close to the left edge, and the depth markers turn on their side so they take up very little room.

Surface: new and trending

At 0 metres, the Surface holds new and trending titles from 2025 onward, shown as six wide cards in two rows. At the moment it includes Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey and Coyote vs. Acme.

The Surface changes most often of all the layers, as new films arrive and audiences move on to the next favourite.

The See all link opens the full Surface shelf, with every title from 2025 onward.

Currents: anime

At 50 metres, the anime currents show the six most popular anime series on Hydrax right now as poster cards, each with its score in a small aqua box in the corner and the number of episodes beneath the title.

The anime shelf is one of the strongest on Hydrax, with new favourites such as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Solo Leveling beside long-running adventures such as One Piece and Naruto Shippūden.

The See all link opens the full anime series shelf, and the anime guide suggests where to start.

Series streams

At 120 metres come the series streams: the six most popular English-language series on Hydrax right now, shown as poster cards with their episode counts.

At the moment the row includes Reacher, The Rookie and Ted Lasso, and it changes as new seasons arrive.

The See all link opens the full series list, and each series page lists every season and episode with its air date.

Mid-water: favourites everyone knows

At 300 metres, Mid-water holds the favourites everyone knows: titles watched and rated by more than fifteen thousand people, sorted by score and shown as wide cards.

At the moment the layer is led by The Dark Knight, Interstellar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Spirited Away, films that almost everyone has heard of and that reward a return visit.

Mid-water is the place to start if you are looking for a sure thing: every title here has been loved by a very large audience.

Deep dive: hidden gems

At 700 metres, the Deep dive holds the hidden gems: films that score highly with the people who have watched them, but with a smaller audience than the blockbusters above.

At the moment the layer includes David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse and Steven Universe: The Movie.

The hidden gems guide explains how they are chosen, and the hidden gems shelf holds the full set.

The deepest scores

At the bottom of the gauge, at 1000 metres, the deepest scores list the ten highest-rated titles on Hydrax in two columns. Each entry shows its rank in coral, a small poster, the title, the year and type, and the score with an aqua star.

Only titles with at least five hundred votes enter the list, so it reflects large audiences. Films, series and anime compete on equal terms, which is why Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood can sit beside The Dark Knight.

The link at the top right opens the full Top rated page, with the top one hundred titles in order.

Shelves and help

Beneath the depth gauge, a grid of dark panels lists every shelf on Hydrax with its title count in aqua: Surface, Anime series, Anime films, Series, Superheroes, Science fiction, Fantasy and adventure, Animation, Action, Horror, Hidden gems and Before 2010.

A second grid gathers the help pages, each with a title and a one-line summary: how to watch, the anime guide, the depths, hidden gems, subtitles and dubs, picture quality and more.

The footer rises from the page like a wave, with the logo, the main links and a note on where the information comes from.

The title page

Every film, series and anime has its own page. At the top, the poster sits beside the title, the original title, which for anime is shown in Japanese, and a row of tags for the type, the year, the status, the number of dated episodes and the genres.

A few lines of story follow, then the aqua Watch now button and an Add to My List button. Below, a panel titled Where to watch explains the viewing options, and a grid of facts lists the original title, the first air or release date, the original language, the country, the studio and the audience score.

Series and anime pages add a list of seasons, each opening to its episodes with titles and air dates, which helps with long-running anime such as Detective Conan and Pokémon.

The Watch now button

Watch now is the button that takes you from Hydrax to the stream. Press it on any title page, choose your country in the panel that opens, and press it again.

Hydrax then sends you to the title's page on JustWatch, the independent guide to streaming services around the world. It lists every subscription that includes the title, every shop that rents or sells it, and every free service with adverts that carries it in your country.

Choose a service there and the title opens in its own app or website, ready to play in the best quality your plan allows.

Your country

Streaming rights change from country to country, and anime rights especially: a series may be on Crunchyroll in one country and on Netflix in another. Hydrax asks for your viewing country once and remembers it for every title.

The United States comes first, followed by the Philippines, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and several European and Latin American countries.

Change the country from the viewing panel at any time, and every Watch now button follows the new choice.

Anime on Hydrax

Anime is at the heart of Hydrax. The anime series shelf holds more than thirty series, from gentle fantasies to epic battles, and the anime films shelf holds twenty films, from Studio Ghibli classics to recent cinema hits.

Anime covers every kind of story: adventure, comedy, romance, mystery, science fiction, sport and drama. What unites it is the craft of Japanese animation studios, with their expressive characters, detailed backgrounds and memorable music.

The anime guide and the anime films guide suggest where to start.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End begins where most fantasy stories end. The hero's party has defeated the Demon King and returned home, and Frieren, an elf mage who lives for thousands of years, watches her companions grow old.

Realising how little she knew them, she sets out on a new journey with a young apprentice, retracing the old route and learning what the people she travelled with meant to her. The series is quiet, funny and deeply moving.

It has become one of the highest-rated anime of all time, and it is a perfect first series for anyone new to anime.

Battle anime

Battle anime are among the most popular series on Hydrax. JUJUTSU KAISEN follows a student who swallows a cursed finger and joins a school of sorcerers, with some of the most spectacular fight animation of recent years.

Solo Leveling follows the weakest hunter in a world of monster-filled dungeons as he grows stronger, and Kaiju No. 8 follows a man who gains the power to turn into a monster himself.

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle bring the battles of Tanjiro and his friends to the big screen.

Long adventures

Some anime run for hundreds of episodes, and their fans follow them for years. One Piece follows Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew across the Grand Line in search of the greatest treasure in the world, and it has run for more than a thousand episodes.

Naruto and Naruto Shippūden follow a young ninja who dreams of leading his village, Bleach follows a teenager who becomes a soul reaper, and Dragon Ball Z follows Goku through battles of ever greater scale.

The series page lists every season and episode, so you can find your place in even the longest story.

Modern masterpieces

Some anime are regularly named among the finest series ever made. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood follows two brothers who pay a terrible price for trying to bring their mother back to life, in a story of rare depth and scope.

Attack on Titan begins with humanity hiding behind giant walls from man-eating giants and grows into a complex story about war and freedom. Death Note pits a student who can kill with a notebook against a brilliant detective.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Monster and Hunter x Hunter complete a shelf of series that reward close attention.

Comedy and slice of life

Anime is full of comedy. SPY x FAMILY follows a spy who builds a fake family for a mission, unaware that his wife is an assassin and his adopted daughter can read minds.

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War turns a student council romance into a battle of wits, and Mob Psycho 100 follows a psychic boy who just wants to live an ordinary life.

Ranma ½ is a classic comedy of martial arts and mix-ups, and Haikyu!! turns high-school volleyball into one of the most exciting sports series ever animated.

Mystery and drama

The Apothecary Diaries follows a young woman with a talent for medicine who solves mysteries in the imperial palace, and Detective Conan follows a detective shrunk into the body of a child, solving cases across more than a thousand episodes.

Classroom of the Elite follows students competing in a school that ranks them in every way, and Tokyo Ghoul follows a student who becomes half ghoul after a chance encounter.

These series mix suspense with character drama, and each keeps you guessing to the end.

Other worlds

Stories of people transported to other worlds are some of the most popular in anime. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- follows a young man who returns to a fixed point in time each time he dies, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime follows a man reborn as a friendly slime who builds a nation.

Overlord follows a player trapped inside a game as his powerful character, and Sword Art Online follows players trapped in a virtual reality game.

These series are full of invention, with magic systems, kingdoms and creatures of their own.

Anime classics

Hydrax also holds the classics that introduced anime to the world. Neon Genesis Evangelion reinvented the giant robot series in 1995, and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion completed its story.

Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters were childhood favourites for millions, InuYasha mixed feudal Japan with romance and adventure, and Fighting Spirit is one of the great boxing stories.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Fairy Tail continue the tradition with bold style and endless energy.

Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn films are among the most loved animated films in the world. Spirited Away follows a girl trapped in a bathhouse for spirits, and it remains one of the highest-rated films of any kind.

My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service and Whisper of the Heart are gentle and warm, while Princess Mononoke and Warriors of the Wind are epic stories about people and nature.

Howl's Moving Castle and The Boy and the Heron show Hayao Miyazaki's imagination at its richest.

Landmark anime films

Akira and Ghost in the Shell brought Japanese animation to audiences around the world, with visions of future cities that influenced filmmakers everywhere.

Perfect Blue is a psychological thriller of real power, and Your Name. became one of the most successful anime films ever, a story of two teenagers who swap bodies across Japan.

A Silent Voice: The Movie tells a moving story of bullying and forgiveness, and Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc brought one of the most talked-about manga to the cinema in 2025.

Films on Hydrax

Beyond anime, Hydrax gathers the films audiences are watching and loving most: new releases, the big franchises of the last twenty-five years and a handful of hidden gems.

The film shelves are arranged by kind: superheroes, science fiction, fantasy and adventure, animation, action and horror, with a Before 2010 shelf for older favourites.

Every film page shows the runtime, so you can pick a two-hour adventure for a weeknight or a three-hour epic for the weekend.

Marvel

The Marvel films are the largest group on the superhero shelf. Iron Man began the story in 2008, and Iron Man 2, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron built the team.

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame brought more than twenty films to a close, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 gave its misfit crew a moving farewell.

Deadpool & Wolverine brought Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman together for a comedy for grown-ups, and new films continue the story.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man has a shelf of his own. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man set the template in 2002, and Tom Holland took the role in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: No Way Home, which brought three generations of the hero together.

The animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are among the most inventive animated films ever made, mixing comic-book textures and many styles in a single frame.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues the story in 2026.

DC heroes

DC's heroes are here too. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is often called the greatest superhero film ever made, and Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall brings a famous comic storyline to animation.

Superman opened a new chapter for DC in 2025, and Supergirl followed in 2026.

The superheroes shelf gathers Marvel, DC and the Spider-Verse in one place.

Science fiction

The science fiction shelf holds some of the most striking films on Hydrax. Interstellar sends a crew through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity, and Inception stages a heist inside dreams.

Denis Villeneuve's Dune and Dune: Part Two bring Frank Herbert's desert planet to life on an epic scale, and Blade Runner 2049 is one of the most beautiful films of its decade.

James Cameron's Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash take place on the moon of Pandora, and Project Hail Mary sends a lone astronaut to save the Earth.

Fantasy and adventure

The fantasy shelf is home to two great sagas. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King remain the benchmark for fantasy on screen.

The Harry Potter films, from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone through Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, follow the young wizard through his school years.

Jurassic World Rebirth, The Odyssey and Ocean's Eleven add adventures of other kinds, from dinosaurs to Greek myth to a Las Vegas heist.

Animation

The animation shelf gathers films from Pixar, DreamWorks, Disney, Illumination and more. Inside Out, Coco and The Wild Robot are moving stories that suit the whole family.

Despicable Me, Zootopia 2, Coraline and Toy Story 5 offer comedy, mystery and adventure, and Hoppers and Minions & Monsters arrived in 2026.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender continues one of the most loved animated stories of all, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie returns to the Mushroom Kingdom.

Action

The action shelf gathers stunt work and spectacle. Mad Max: Fury Road is almost one long chase across a desert, and Top Gun: Maverick put its actors in real fighter jets.

New arrivals include Mutiny, The Runner, Mayday and The Punisher: One Last Kill, and The Mandalorian and Grogu brings Star Wars back to cinemas.

These films reward a large screen and a good sound system. The picture quality guide explains how to get the best from them.

Horror and suspense

The horror shelf is for brave nights in. The Conjuring follows real-life investigators into a haunted farmhouse, and Evil Dead Burn continues the famous series.

Resident Evil returns to the survival-horror world in 2026, and the animated Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: Vendetta and Resident Evil: Death Island follow the heroes of the games.

Backrooms and The Whisper Man bring new chills, and The Housemaid is a tense thriller full of secrets.

Series on Hydrax

The series shelf gathers the English-language series audiences are watching most. Some are made for a weekend binge, others for months of evenings.

Stranger Things mixes 1980s adventure and horror, House of the Dragon brings dragons to Westeros, and The Boys imagines superheroes run by a corporation.

The series guide suggests where to start.

Thrilling series

Reacher follows a former military policeman who solves crimes with his wits and his fists, and FROM traps its characters in a mysterious town that holds on to everyone who arrives.

Silo follows the last survivors of humanity in a giant underground silo, and Westworld asks what happens when the robots of a theme park wake up.

Chicago P.D., 9-1-1 and The Rookie offer weekly drama with close-knit casts.

Drama series

Better Call Saul follows a small-time lawyer's slow transformation and is one of the most admired dramas of its decade. Fargo tells a new crime story in each season.

Yellowstone follows a Montana ranching family, Tulsa King sends a New York mobster to Oklahoma, and Outlander sends a nurse back in time to eighteenth-century Scotland.

The Good Doctor, Lucifer and The Flash are long-running favourites, and Ted Lasso and Young Sheldon offer warmth and laughter.

Hidden gems in detail

The hidden gems are some of the most rewarding titles on Hydrax. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is the great naturalist's witness statement about the changes he has seen across his lifetime.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a hand-drawn short film about kindness, and Clouds and Life in a Year are heartfelt stories about young people facing illness with courage.

Steven Universe: The Movie is a musical continuation of a much-loved animated series, and Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour and One Direction: This Is Us are made for music fans.

Subtitles or dub

For anime, the first choice is between subtitles and a dub. Subtitled anime keeps the original Japanese voice acting, which many fans consider an essential part of the performance; dubbed anime lets you keep your eyes on the pictures, which suits younger viewers and busy evenings.

Most popular series, including Attack on Titan, SPY x FAMILY and JUJUTSU KAISEN, are offered both ways on the major services. Open the audio or speech-bubble menu in the player to switch.

The subtitles and dubs guide explains the options, including subtitle size and colour.

Simulcasts and seasons

New anime is released in seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn, each bringing a new wave of series. Many are streamed as simulcasts, with subtitled episodes arriving within hours of their broadcast in Japan.

Dubbed versions usually follow a few weeks later. Series such as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Solo Leveling drew huge audiences week by week as their episodes arrived.

The series page on Hydrax lists every episode with its air date, so you can see when the next one is due.

Where anime streams

Crunchyroll carries the largest anime catalogue in most countries, with simulcasts of new series and a deep library of classics. Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and Disney+ also carry many popular series, some as exclusives.

Studio Ghibli's films are on Max in the United States and on Netflix in many other countries, and anime films often arrive for rent or purchase after their cinema run.

The Watch now button lists every option for your country, so you can see at once which service carries each anime.

Where films and series stream

Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Max, Hulu, Apple TV, Paramount+ and Peacock carry most of the films and series on Hydrax. New releases arrive first on rental and purchase services such as Apple TV, Google TV, Prime Video and Fandango at Home.

Marvel and Star Wars live on Disney+, the Harry Potter films move between services, and many of the series are exclusive to one service.

The guide to services compares them.

Picture quality

Services stream in HD at 720p or 1080p, and many films in 4K with HDR on premium plans, adjusting quality to match your connection.

Most anime is produced and streamed in 1080p, and its clean lines and bright colours look superb on a good screen. Spectacles such as Dune: Part Two and Avatar: The Way of Water benefit most from 4K and HDR.

A connection of about 5 megabits a second suits HD, and about 25 suits 4K. The picture quality guide has more.

Phones, televisions and consoles

Hydrax works in any browser. On a phone the menu folds into an aqua Menu button, the wide cards stack one above the other and the depth gauge shrinks to a slim line down the left edge.

To watch on a television, choose a title on your phone and open it in the same service's app on the television, or cast it with Chromecast or AirPlay. Most games consoles have apps for the major services, including Crunchyroll.

Add Hydrax to your home screen from the browser menu for one-tap access. The apps and devices guide has more.

Free and legal

Many titles can be watched free and legally. Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Plex and YouTube's free films carry large catalogues with adverts, and Tubi and Pluto TV carry many anime series.

Kanopy and Hoopla give many library members free access, and many subscription services, including Crunchyroll, offer a free first week or month.

The Watch now button marks free options for your country. The free and legal guide gathers more.

My List

My List is where you keep the titles you want to watch. Press Add to My List on any title page, and it joins the My List page with its poster and score.

Use it to plan an anime season, a Marvel marathon or a weekend of hidden gems.

The list lives in your browser and works right away. Export My List saves a small file; Import a saved copy merges it on another device. The My List guide has ideas.

More ways to browse

Beyond the home page, the films and series lists hold every title, most popular first, and the collections page gathers every shelf.

The depths guide explains each layer of the home page, and the finding titles guide explains search and filters.

The how to watch guide walks through each step from the stream finder to the player.

The official Hydrax

Hydrax has one fixed address, shown in your browser, and its own design, writing and title pages: the deep navy page, the porthole logo, the stream finder and the depth gauge.

Bookmark it or add it to your home screen, and it opens with your country and My List in place. Every Watch now button leads to JustWatch and official services.

The official site and site status guides explain what to check.

Staying safe

Hydrax shows posters, stories and links to JustWatch and official services, and every button goes exactly where its label says.

Official services keep your devices safe and support the studios and animators behind every title. Anime studios in particular depend on legal viewing to fund new seasons.

Elsewhere, leave pages that open windows on their own, ask you to install a player or ask for card details to watch something free. The safety guide has a short checklist.

How titles are chosen

The Hydrax catalogue is built from the titles audiences watch and rate most: popular recent films, well-loved films of the last twenty-five years, English-language series, the most popular anime series and films, and a shelf of high-scoring hidden gems.

Anime is chosen by audience and score, with long-running favourites beside the newest hits.

Hydrax is a site for a general audience. Titles sold on explicit sexual content, including fan-service anime, are left out, so every shelf is comfortable to browse with anyone nearby.

Where the information comes from

Posters, backdrops, titles, original titles, stories, genres, runtimes, casts, episodes and audience scores come from TMDB, the community film and television database used around the world.

Where to watch comes from JustWatch, updated daily for every country. The help pages and this guide are written for Hydrax.

The catalogue is refreshed regularly, so new titles and new episodes arrive as they air.

Your first dive

If this is your first visit, start at the Surface and let the depth gauge guide you. Pick one new title from the Surface, one anime from the currents and one favourite from Mid-water, and add all three to My List.

Next time, dive a little deeper: try a hidden gem, or one of the ten deepest scores you have yet to see.

Before long, My List will hold a varied set of titles from every depth, ready for any evening.

Where to start with anime

New to anime? A short, complete series is the best place to begin. Death Note tells its whole story in thirty-seven episodes, and Neon Genesis Evangelion in twenty-six.

For something warm and funny, SPY x FAMILY is a delight for the whole household. For an epic, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood tells one complete story across sixty-four episodes.

A Studio Ghibli film such as Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro is an ideal first anime film, and Your Name. is a perfect second.

Anime for the whole family

Plenty of anime suits every age. My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service and Pokémon are gentle and joyful, and SPY x FAMILY is funny for children and parents alike.

Haikyu!! is an uplifting story of teamwork and determination, and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is thoughtful and kind.

Services add their own age ratings and parental controls for every series, which you can set in each app's profile settings.

Marathon plans

Some sagas are made for marathons. The Lord of the Rings trilogy runs to about nine hours in its cinema versions, and the Harry Potter films add up to about twenty.

For anime, a weekend suits Death Note or Mob Psycho 100, and a month of evenings suits Attack on Titan or Hunter x Hunter. One Piece and Detective Conan are journeys of a year or more.

Add a marathon to My List before you begin, and the episode lists on each series page help you keep your place.

Music in anime

Anime is famous for its music. Opening and ending songs become hits in their own right, and many fans can sing the openings of Attack on Titan, JUJUTSU KAISEN and Naruto Shippūden by heart.

Joe Hisaishi's scores for Studio Ghibli, from Spirited Away to Howl's Moving Castle, are some of the most loved film music of all, and the soundtrack of Your Name. by the band Radwimps topped the charts in Japan.

Good headphones or a soundbar bring out the full richness of these scores.

Anime studios

Following a studio is a good way to find new anime. MAPPA made JUJUTSU KAISEN and the final seasons of Attack on Titan, and Madhouse made Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Death Note and Hunter x Hunter.

Bones made Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Mob Psycho 100, and Ufotable made the Demon Slayer films. Studio Ghibli's films have a shelf of their own.

Each title page lists its studio, so following a studio's work is only a tap away.

Directors to follow

Some directors are worth following across Hydrax. Christopher Nolan made The Dark Knight, Inception and Interstellar; Denis Villeneuve made Blade Runner 2049 and both Dune films.

In anime, Hayao Miyazaki made Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and The Boy and the Heron, Makoto Shinkai made Your Name., and Satoshi Kon made Perfect Blue.

The title page names each director, and searching a name gathers their work together.

Reading the scores

Every card on Hydrax shows a TMDB audience score out of ten in a small aqua box. Scores above eight mark the titles audiences love most, and the deepest scores are made almost entirely of them.

The vote count matters too. A title rated by tens of thousands of viewers has a very settled score; a new release, or a hidden gem with a smaller audience, may move as more people watch.

Scores are a helpful guide rather than a final word, and some of the most enjoyable titles on Hydrax sit just below the top.

Following new episodes

Many series on Hydrax are still running. The status tag on each series page shows whether it is returning, ongoing or finished, and the episode list shows air dates for each new episode.

For anime, new seasons often arrive a year or two after the last. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, JUJUTSU KAISEN and Solo Leveling are among the series whose new seasons are eagerly awaited.

Add a running series to My List and check its page when a new season is due.

From manga to screen

Most anime series begin as manga, Japanese comics published week by week or month by month. One Piece, Naruto, Attack on Titan, JUJUTSU KAISEN and SPY x FAMILY were all hit manga before they were animated.

Some anime follow their manga closely, while others add new scenes or change the order of events. Fans often read ahead in the manga while waiting for the next season.

Light novels are another source: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Sword Art Online and Overlord all began as illustrated novels.

Sports anime

Sports anime turn games into gripping drama. Haikyu!! follows a short high-school player determined to become a volleyball ace, with matches as tense as any thriller.

Fighting Spirit follows a bullied teenager who discovers boxing, and it remains one of the great sports stories in any form.

These series are about teamwork, practice and growing up, and they appeal even to viewers with little interest in the sport itself.

Films from games

Video games have inspired many titles on Hydrax. The Resident Evil films, from the animated Resident Evil: Degeneration to the new Resident Evil, follow the survival-horror series, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie brings Nintendo's plumber back to cinemas.

In series, Sword Art Online imagines players trapped in a game, and Overlord follows a player who becomes the ruler of a game world.

These titles are a natural next step for gamers looking for something to watch.

Weeknight viewing

On a busy weeknight, an anime episode of about twenty-four minutes is a perfect fit. Comedy series such as Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and SPY x FAMILY are easy to enjoy one episode at a time.

For films, the title page shows the runtime, so you can find a ninety-minute film that finishes in good time.

Save the three-hour epics and the long anime arcs for the weekend, when you can settle in and enjoy them fully.

Worth another dive

Many titles on Hydrax reveal more on a second viewing. Inception and Interstellar hide clues that only make sense once you know the ending, and Attack on Titan rewards a rewatch with foreshadowing that stretches across years.

Death Note and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion are full of plans within plans, and knowing the outcome lets you enjoy how carefully each move was set up.

Sharing a favourite with a friend seeing it for the first time is one of the pleasures of film and anime: their reactions make it feel new again.

A worldwide audience

Anime and blockbusters have audiences in every country, and Hydrax is built for viewers around the world. The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India have especially large anime communities, and many services offer subtitles in local languages.

The viewing country menu covers North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and JustWatch shows what is available in each.

Wherever you are, the Watch now button leads to the legal options closest to you.

Enjoy the dive

Hydrax exists to help you find your next film, series or anime, and to make each one easy to watch legally wherever you live.

Every layer of the home page is an invitation to go a little deeper: from the newest releases at the surface to the quiet treasures waiting in the deep.

Bookmark Hydrax, build your list, and enjoy the dive.

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