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Netflix: All animated content coming this 2024 and beyond

Prepare adding these to your to-watch lists

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We are halfway already into the year. Those into streaming movies and series have probably already checked several boxes on their respective to-watch lists, if not all. And if animated movies and series suit your taste, rejoice, because Netflix has just announced a ton more titles coming to the streaming platform for the rest of the year and even beyond.

Here’s a quick preview video to get you started:

Be ready to update your lists or bookmark this page for your next binge-watching session.

Films

Ultraman: Rising: June 14

Baseball star Ken Sato returns home to take on the mantle of Ultraman. While saving Tokyo from monster attacks, he also meets a 35-foot-tall fire-breathing baby kaiju. He will have to balance work and parenthood, while protecting the baby from forces as well.

The Imaginary: July 5

Studio Ponoc’s film centers on Amanda and her imaginary companion Rudger, a boy no one can see but imagined by Amanda to share her thrilling make-believe adventures. Rudger suddenly arrives alone at the Town of Imaginaries, where he faces a mysterious threat.

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie: August 2

Based on the Spongebob SquarePants series, this standalone movie takes viewers to Sandy Cheeks’ hometown of Texas to save Bikini Bottom as it is scooped out of the ocean.

Spellbound: November 22

Directed by Vicky Johnson, Spellbound follows the adventures of Ellian, the tenacious young daughter of Lumbria’s rulers. She goes on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transformed her parents into monsters.

That Christmas: December

Based on Richard Curtis’ trilogy of children’s books, That Christmas follows a series of tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl: This winter

Lastly, the next installment of Nick park and Merlin Crossingham’s adventure takes viewers for a ride as Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. That’s where Gromit steps in to battle these forces and mastermind behind the inventions, to save his master.

Also coming in 2025 are:

  • In Your Dreams
  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters
  • Plankton: The Movie
  • Pookoo
  • The Twits

Anime

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (Parts 1 and 2): August 22

This film covers the Shadow Galactica arc, which is the final chapter of the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon series. Sailor Moon must stand up and fight again when Shadow Galactica, an organization bent on destroying everything and destroying the universe, begins eliminating her friends one by one.

Tokyo Override: This 2024

In an AI-optimized Tokyo set a century in the future, an orphan teenage hacker blends in until a favor for her only friend inadvertently draws her into a benevolent gang of outcast motorcyclists. This uncovers the utopian city’s sinister underbelly through a murder investigation linked to a drug syndicate.

Aside from these two films, My Oni Girl is already available on Netflix. Meanwhile, Leviathan, which focuses on the eve of the war in 1914 and the airship of the same name, will be releasing in 2025.

Preschool

Of course, it’s only imperative that there are new titles for kids when talking about animated shows. Gabby’s Dollhouse (August 5), CoComelon Lane (August 19), and the second season of Hot Wheels Let’s Race (Fall 2024) are all scheduled to release later this year.

Adult Series

Exploding Kittens: July 12

God gets fired from above and sent to Earth to reconnect with humanity. But there’s a catch: He’s trapped in the body of a chubby house cat. He moves in with a dysfunctional family and tries to solve their problems. But He ends up spending a lot of time chasing laser pointers. And to top it off, Godcat’s next-door neighbor, who is also a cat, turns out to be the Antichrist. The result is the ultimate fight between good and evil. Or is it?

Terminator Zero: August 29

In 1997, the AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. A survivor from 2022 is sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. As she helps Malcolm Lee, the scientist who works to launch a new AI system to compete with Skynet, Malcolm is also hunted by an assassin from the future which alters the fate of his three children.

Twilight of the Gods: Fall 2024

This series brings Zack Snyder’s take on Norse mythology to life.

Tom Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft: October 10

Set after the events of the Tomb Raider video game trilogy, this series will chart the next chapter in Lara Croft’s adventure.

Arcane (Season 2): November 2024

The award-winning animated series returns, starring Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell.

Also, the final season of Big Mouth, the longest running series in Netflix series, will be dropping next year. The Undervale, which is about a single mother who runs a haunted hotel, is also coming soon.

Family Series

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Season 2): Fall 2024

Set six years after Camp Cretaceous, members of “The Nublar Six” struggle to find their footing off the islands filled with dinosaurs and people who want to hurt them. They are able to reunite in the wake of tragedy, only to realize they’ve been catapulted into a global adventure to unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaurs and humnkind alike.

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld: 2024

Lastly, this show’s titular protagonist is a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town. She finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been trying to get rid of. With the help of her great-aunt and millennia-old jiangshi, Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters.

Coming soon on Netflix: Ghostbusters, Minecraft, more

Other titles with “coming soon” status for now are Motel Transylvania and Wolf King. Netflix is likewise working with Sony Pictures Animation for an animated series based on the GhostbustersAdditionally, the service is collaborating with Mojang Studios for another series based on the popular game Minecraft.

 

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UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony gets two more shows

Both shows will be held on the next day.

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The Philippines has an unquenchable love for game-based concerts (so *wink wink* please bring more of them). Though these concerts do generate a lot of hype, the drawback is that they often sell out way before most fans can grab tickets. If you’re an UNDERTALE fan, that experience might be rocking you right now, as both shows have already sold out. But fear not: UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony has just opened two more shows.

Late last month, Film Concerts PH, in partnership with SOHO Live, announced UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony happening on October 17. As expected, both shows, at 3pm and at 7pm, sold out very quickly after sales opened.

Today, the concert experience is opening two more shows on the next day, October 18. Like the original date, the two shows will happen at 3pm and at 7pm, allowing more fans to experience the concert.

The concert will be performed by the Filharmonika Orchestra and conducted by Thanapol Setabrahmana. Personally curated by creator Toby Fox and developed by Lambert Jackson with Materia Music, the concert experience showcases the game’s most recognizable tunes laid over gameplay footage playing simultaneously. Plus, for the world tour, the experience will have expanded scoring.

Tickets are available through Ticketmelon. Both dates will be held at The Proscenium Theater in Makati.

SEE ALSO: UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony hits Makati in October

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Here’s what you should watch before Avengers: Doomsday

The road to Doom begins here.

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As of today, the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will take around 650 hours to watch. So, if you wanted to catch up with everything before this December’s Avengers: Doomsday, you would need to allot around 5 hours per day to watch content from Marvel. For a lot of us, that sort of commitment is completely untenable. Thankfully, Marvel has released an official watchlist, paring the list down to something much more manageable.

Before the MCU got as big as it is today, it was fun to do a movie marathon heading into a major Marvel release. For example, when Avengers: Endgame came out, some theaters held continuous marathons lasting a few days. Take note that this was before Marvel officially included every TV show and legacy movie (like the X-Men universe).

Now, heading into Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel will not ask you to devote the rest of your year just for homework. Instead, here’s an official list you can use to catch up:

  • X-Men
  • X2
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Loki
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Captain America: Brave New World
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  • Thunderbolts
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Compared to the extensive list of everything Marvel, this official list is much more manageable, especially since there’s only one show (Loki). It’s also a veritable who’s who of the MCU, so it’s hard to get bored.

The official list as seen on Disney+

There are, however, a few surprises and spoilers. For one, if you’ve been avoiding the teasers and trailers, the X-Men films might be a shock to you. Likewise, the inclusion of the critically panned Brave New World is interesting.

The exclusions are just as noteworthy, too. Though the two earliest X-Men films are included, the list doesn’t add Days of Future Past, one of the first Marvel films to use time travel. Thor: Love and Thunder isn’t on here, despite Love, Thor’s adopted daughter, appearing in the trailers. Brand New Day is also missing, but that’s likely because the movie isn’t on Disney+ yet.

Avengers: Doomsday premieres in cinemas on December 18. Four months should be enough time to catch up on these titles.

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Marvel Studios unveils new X-Men cast

Adam Driver, Inde Navarette, more join Sadie Sink for film set for May 2028

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At the D23 Disney fan event, Marvel Studios has officially unveiled the cast of the new X-Men movie, which has been announced for a May 5, 2028 premiere.

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and director Jake Schreier were joined onstage by Sadie Sink, who made her debut as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, for the showcase.

The trio then welcomed Sink’s new co-stars: Kit Connor as Scott Summers/Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Maya Boyd as Storm.

Finally, Adam Driver crashed the panel with one final video surprise, where he revealed that he will be playing a very sinister figure named Nathaniel Milbury, a.k.a. Mister Sinister.

Mister Sinister has been a recurring antagonist throughout various X-Men media, including in Season 2 of the 1992 animated series and in the first season of X-Men ’97.

Now, he will serve as the main villain in the new X-Men film that jumpstarts the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Mutant Saga.

Given the initial cast, this X-Men reboot will be set in the earlier stages of the team’s lifecycle, taking audiences back to how the school built its foundation for a faithful setup based in the comics. Although within the MCU chronology, it will be set in the present day.

The rebooted X-Men film is now the third confirmed feature film in the post-Multiverse Saga MCU, after Black Panther 3 and Ghost Rider.

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