Entertainment
Netflix: All animated content coming this 2024 and beyond
Prepare adding these to your to-watch lists
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 Ghostbusters. Additionally, the service is collaborating with Mojang Studios for another series based on the popular game Minecraft.
Entertainment
Marvel New York Comic Con: Major updates, 2026 Disney+ slate
X-Men ’97 Season 2, VisionQuest, more
Marvel Television and Marvel Animation dropped major updates at New York Comic Con 2025, giving fans what to expect for 2026 on Disney+.
The Marvel panel showcased exclusive footage and surprise guests, hosted by Phase Hero’s Brandon Davis and Brad Winderbaum.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Season 2 (Fall 2026)
Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set to return for a second season.
Teaser footage showed a familiar, sentient black goo—hinting at new, intriguing twists for Peter Parker’s world.
X-Men ‘97 – Season 2 (Summer 2026)
X-Men ‘97 Season 2 was one of the major highlights of the panel. Eric and Julia Lewald, the original series creators, returned as Executive Producers, joined by director Larry Houston.
They gave fans a sneak peek of what’s to come, along with exclusive footage from the upcoming season.
Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2 (March 2026)
Marvel’s Daredevil franchise continues to grow, with Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again confirmed for 1Q 2026.
Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter (reprising her role as Jessica Jones) joined the stage to discuss where their characters will go next.
On top of that, was a special announcement that Season 3 is already in development.
Wonder Man (January 27, 2026)
Moreover, releasing early next year is an exciting new eight-episode series: Wonder Man. This stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley.
The show takes a unique approach by exploring the behind-the-scenes chaos of a superhero movie remake. At the panel, the first trailer for the series also dropped.
VisionQuest (2026)
The final surprise of the panel was VisionQuest, the much-anticipated continuation of the story that began with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along.
Paul Bettany joined the panel to talk about Vision’s next chapter and his reunion with James Spader’s Ultron.
A Minecraft Movie was decidedly not for me. However, there’s no denying how much the movie was so effective for younger fans and gamers who grew up with Minecraft. It’s one of the highest-grossing movies this year. Even if I didn’t personally like it, I still consider it a success for videogame adaptations. Now, recognizing the film’s success, Warner Bros. has signed off on a sequel to Jack Black’s blocky caper, as confirmed by Variety.
It’s a mystery where the sequel will take players. Not to spoil anything, but the original movie did end with virtually loose ends neatly tied into a bow. Then again, Minecraft is an endless well of content. Where one story ends, another can just as easily open up in its place. As a game, it’s a completely open sandbox where nothing is limited.
However, to establish continuity, the sequel is reportedly tapping the talents of director Jared Hess once again. Chris Galleta might also come back to write the screenplay.
Interestingly, Jack Black is not confirmed yet. But given how much of a star he was as Steve, it’s hard to imagine a sequel without his energy, so it’s likely that he’s coming back. On a more positive note, Jason Momoa, who co-starred as Garrett Garrison, is expected to co-produce the sequel.
Warner Bros. has currently scheduled the sequel’s premiere on July 23, 2027.
SEE ALSO: Now Playing: A Minecraft Movie
Entertainment
Is this baby Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie?
The unnamed baby is wearing the same colors and has a wand.
Less than a month ago, Nintendo announced a sequel to the widely lauded Super Mario Bros. Movie. The upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie will take audiences to outer space. It’s based, of course, on the game of the same name. Since the movie is coming out in the first half of 2026, Nintendo doesn’t have a lot of time to hype audiences for the sequel. However, the company might have just sneakily released its first teaser.
Right now, we don’t know much about the sequel’s story. All we know is that most of the main cast is coming back to reprise their roles, including Jack Black as Bowser. However, we still haven’t seen hints of a new character critical to the Galaxy series: Rosalina.
Today, Nintendo posted a mysterious video, titled Close to You, on its social platforms. The four-minute animated video shows an unnamed baby playing in their room. Suddenly, their pacifier starts floating away. The baby tries to get it back, but it floats to a mobile high up above the baby’s crib. The baby then presumably takes their first steps and falls before their mom catches them. Then, the video ends abruptly without so much as a title card.
Though the video is a mystery, there’s a high chance that the baby is Rosalina, Super Mario Galaxy’s space princess. The baby, who is also blonde, is coincidentally wearing the same colors as Rosalina. For a short time, they’re also holding what looks like a wand. Could this be a baby Rosalina?
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for Nintendo to confirm the baby’s identity… or even what this video is about. If it is a teaser for the movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie premieres on April 3, 2026.
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