Where Can Fans Stream Namigonewild Episodes Legally?

So there’s been a lot of interest in watching ‘namigonewild’ legally and that’s great! For little shows like this I tend to look first at the creators own channels, such as their website, YouTube, Vimeo On Demand or even a dedicated streaming site of the producers. You can find a lot of little shows like this on the creators own site, with links to other places where it has been licensed on official streaming sites (which will be clearly stated in the creators own site or on their social media accounts). The first place I would head to in search of any series is the creators own official site and/or their YouTube channel (their Vimeo On Demand store too) or even a special dedicated site for the series made by the production team for streaming.

Next, check with various distributors that may carry the work. This might include Crunchyroll, HiDive, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. The work might be included in a package offered by the service in your region, or it may be available to buy or rent as an individual title. To locate such work, I recommend using a work aggregator service, such as JustWatch or Reelgood, that allow you to search for a title and find all of the services that stream, rent, or sell it, in your region. If you’re looking to purchase individual episodes of a work, check iTunes/Apple TV, Google Play, or Amazon Video for purchase and rental options. In some cases, the work may also be released as a physical package, such as DVD or Blu-ray discs, which may be available from the creator’s own online store or from retailers such as Right Stuf.

For independent works, it’s worth taking a look at how a creator has decided to release their work on a Patron-supported model. A creator may put up early versions of episodes or even director’s cuts for subscribers of higher tiers. Many creators also sell higher quality downloads via Vimeo On Demand, for example. It’s also worth looking at the pages of film festivals as there have been numerous cases of a short or even a special episode premiering at such and later being released on the festival’s platform. Now, I do try and avoid the odd video sharing site and the like, but I do verify first to see if the account in question is a verified account and so on. Also, read the pinned post at the top of a creator’s account, the description of the episode etc., most creators will outline where a series has been licensed to and which authorized streaming sites they’re available on in there.

I follow the Twitter, Instagram, etc of the show ‘namigonewild’ for updates on the licensing of new episodes. Sites like JustWatch and Reelgood allow me to search for ‘namigonewild’ to find the legal streaming, rental and buy options for the series. When supporting the creators of ‘namigonewild’ and watching it I always try to purchase or rent the show from the creators official store rather than somewhere like Amazon and try to buy the physical copies when available too. Even though pirated copies of ‘namigonewild’ may be available to watch straight away online, I have found that watching the show on official sites is definitely worth the wait as it supports the people who worked hard to create it, and it increases the chance of more episodes, and other goodies like merchandise being created for the fans of ‘namigonewild’.

Music rights! It’s become clear that older anime releases are often sink-holes for modern streaming platforms. Where did the music licenses for the opening and ending song videos for initial broadcast and home video go? Nobody thought to get those licensed in perpetuity for digital release. As a result, often re-releasing an older title costs too much to get the songs re-licensed, or they are simply impossible to license. As a result, studios must decide between painful re-dubs of the opening and ending, and not releasing the older show at all. As a result, a number of classic titles have languished on DVD for years. The whole mess is a legal nightmare of massive proportions, mostly invisible to fans, and that’s music alone.

Here is my process for trying to locate content – 7 tiers of possible sources for a particular piece of media to stream or purchase, in order from most to least likely to work, followed by a Google Alert and going on to something else. The process is so efficient that it prevents the kind of hours-long energy sink that would result from a line of reasoning much like this. This checklist, a series of steps in particular order, to locate media to stream or purchase turns what had felt like an open-ended, desperate search into a relatively quick and painless one.