The Best Alien Movies and TV Shows on Funimation

What it's about: Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?

Where to Watch: 15 episodes (60%) are available to watch free online (Tubi, PlutoTV, Crunchyroll & 1 other). 24 episodes (96%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Netflix, Hulu & Funimation). 9 episodes (36%) are available to stream on a TV everywhere service (Adult Swim). 25 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Five years have passed since the fight with Piccolo Jr., and Goku now has a son, Gohan. The peace is interrupted when an alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that that they are members of a near-extinct warrior race called the Saiyans.

Where to Watch: 291 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 165 episodes (57%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).

What it's about: Long ago in the mountains, a fighting master known as Gohan discovered a strange boy whom he named Goku. Gohan raised him and trained Goku in martial arts until he died. The young and very strong boy was on his own, but easily managed. Then one day, Goku met a teenage girl named Bulma, whose search for the mystical Dragon Balls brought her to Goku's home. Together, they set off to find all seven and to grant her wish.

Where to Watch: 161 episodes (65%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & Funimation). 151 episodes (61%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).

What it's about: Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy although a little cynical. When his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and make advances on Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.

Where to Watch: 18 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Adult Swim). 6 episodes (33%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & Funimation). 6 episodes (33%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon Balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf. The wish; that Goku once again become a child! Goku, together with Trunks, and his own granddaughter Pan, blast off into the outer reaches of space in search of the mysterious Blackstar Dragon Balls. But these Dragon Balls have a fatal secret: if not collected within one year Earth will be destroyed.

Where to Watch: 64 episodes (57%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & Funimation). 59 episodes (52%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (Prime Video).

What it's about: If you are chosen by the bizarre black sphere known as the Gantz, you are already dead—yet you might be able to reclaim your mortality. First, the Gantz demands that you undertake brutal missions of madness, killing aliens hidden among the population. It is your only chance and you have no choice. You must play this disturbing game. And if you die again—and you likely will—it’s permanent.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (81%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 26 episodes (81%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Prime Video & YouTube).

What it's about: One day, New York City as we know it vanished overnight into a mysterious fog. Now known as Hellsalem's Lot, it has become a place where another world beyond imagining is connected to our reality. The balance within this new world is protected by a secret society known as Libra. Leo, a journalist and photographer who arrives in the city, is unexpectedly recruited to join their ranks.

Where to Watch: 24 episodes (96%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 25 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a popular subscription service (Hulu & Funimation). 25 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 4 services (iTunes, Google Play & 2 others).

What it's about: Renton Thurston desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure. When a robot crashes through Renton's garage the meeting sparks the beginning of Renton's involvement with the Gekkostate as he takes off alongside the young girl Eureka as the co-pilot of the Nirvash.

Where to Watch: 74 episodes (94%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 76 episodes (96%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 5 services (iTunes, Google Play & 3 others).

What it's about: Outlaw Star follows the outlaw Gene Starwind and his eleven year-old business associate, Jim Hawking. Together they run a small jack-of-all-trades business on the backwater planet Sentinel III. After the two take a job as bodyguards for a mysterious outlaw, they find themselves the owners of the XGP15A-II, a highly advanced prototype spacecraft, and the caretakers of a bio-android named Melfina, The series follows the exploits of the slowly growing ragtag crew.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 26 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $0.99 on 3 services (iTunes, Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: Seth is a boy who seeks to become a great magician, and a group of witches who seek to travel to the Radiant. Radiant is a mythical land that spawns monsters called "Néméses" which fall to the world from the sky. While traveling, they are also hunted by The Inquisition.

Where to Watch: 42 episodes (100%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 42 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Crunchyroll Premium & Funimation). 42 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 3 services (Google Play, Prime Video & YouTube).

What it's about: Kusanagi Kei, a high-school student living with his aunt and uncle, has an encounter with a female alien. This alien is revealed to be a new teacher at his school. Later, he is forced to marry this alien to preserve her secrets. From there, various romantically-inclined problems crop up repeatedly.

Where to Watch: 11 episodes (92%) are available to watch free online (Crunchyroll). 12 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation).

What it's about: Alien frogs come to take over the planet & get into all kinds of trouble while living under the roof of a small family.

Where to Watch: 78 episodes (22%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation).

What it's about: Earth has been populated by thousands of aliens from all over the galaxy. While all the other aliens are aware of their presence, it is a secret only from the Earthlings. Baka, the prince of the planet Dogra, crash lands on Earth and loses his memory. He forcibly moves in with Yukitaka Tsutsui, a first year high school student who had just moved out on his own. The normal life he once knew is quickly pulled away as he becomes the target of the prince's torment.

Where to Watch: 13 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 13 episodes (100%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 1 service (iTunes).

What it's about: Chuuta Kokonose is an orphan who lives with his aunt. For as long as he can remember, he's had a voice in his head, but other than that he's a normal boy—right until the day when a strange-looking thing follows him home and teleports him to a place filled with more fantastic creatures. It's a space police station, and Rein Brickke, the Chief of Solar System Department, tells him that he's been chosen by the computer as a possible candidate to join the police force. Misuzu Sonokata, a girl from Chuuta's school with an angelic face and ill temper who turns out to be one of Rein Brickke's subordinates, doesn't think him suitable for such a job. Chuuta, who was shocked at first, decides to take the aptitude test after being urged by the voice in his head and to prove Misuzu wrong.

Where to Watch: 12 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation). 4 episodes (33%) are available to rent or buy from $1.99 on 2 services (Google Play & YouTube).

What it's about: Oh! Edo Rocket is a stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima. It was adapted into an anime TV series in April 2007, directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Studio Madhouse. It is a comedic story often breaking the fourth wall, that involves a firework maker in medieval Edo and his efforts to build a rocket to carry an alien back to her people on the moon. The series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.

Where to Watch: 26 episodes (100%) are available to stream on a subscription service (Funimation).