Release date: November 22, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Spellbound follows a tenacious young princess who must go on a daring quest to save her family and their kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters.
Month: July 2024 (Page 1 of 3)
Synopsis: Alone In The Darkness is about exactly what the title suggests — how everyone, at one point or another, has to face demons within that only they can see. People can try to run from what torments them, but eventually, they have to confront their fears and anxieties head-on or risk being puppeted by their demons for their entire lives.
Siamés is an Argentine electropop group founded by Guillermo Stölzing (vocals and guitar) and Juan Manuel Kokollo (keyboard and synthesizer).
Directed by Danny Robashkin. A MAKE Originals production.
Siamés kicks off their latest tour in Brazil on September 21, 2024.
Release date: August 12, 2024 on Hulu.
Synopsis: Solar Opposites centers around a team of four aliens who are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome.
Korvo (Dan Stevens) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love TV, junk food and fun stuff.
On season 5, now that alien mission partners Terry and Korvo are married, the whole Solar Opposites team are focused on family values.
Release date: December 5, 2024 on Max.
Synopsis: Creature Commandos tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails… they’re your last, worst option.
Voice cast:
Steve Agee as Economos
Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana
Anya Chalotra as Circe
Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky
Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr.
Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel
David Harbour as Frankenstein
Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus
Indira Varma as The Bride
Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
Written and executive produced by James Gunn.
Release date: October 17, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance is composed of six 30-minute episodes focusing on the European front of the One Year War, which was the setting of the first Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam.
The series is written by Gavin Hignight, who wrote the animated series Tekken: Bloodline and Transformers: Cyberverse, as well as the video game Marvel’s Spider-Man and is directed by Erasmus Brosdau, who has worked on the animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness and the video games Star Citizen, Ryse: Son of Rome and Crysis.
Release date: September 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Voice cast:
Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime
Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron
Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1
Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee
Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion
Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime
Steve Buscemi as Starscream
Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Darkwing
Vanessa Liguori as Airachnid
Jason Konopisos-Alvarez as Shockwave
Jon Bailey as Soundwave
Evan Michael Lee as Jazz
Directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4). Written by Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and Eric Pearson (Godzilla vs. Kong).
Director’s note: Two friends, lovers, soulmates, a pair of two, searching and ultimately finding each other. This pair traveling between worlds and changing forms, expressed through 15 styles of animation, by 15 animators from across the world.
Directed by Raman Djafari.
Animation collaborators, in order of appearance:
Tokay
Dante Zaballa
Martin Robic
KINEMUS
Jack Zhang
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Moera.cf
Gaia Esther Maria
Aaron Fisher
Karlotta Freier
Raman Djafari
Isabel Garrett
Hannah van der Weide
Kohana Wilson
Ram Han
Synopsis: The video follows Cesare, a young musicology student whose fascination with a mysterious professor triggers an internal transformation.
Written and directed by Marie Larrivé & Lucas Malbrun. Music by Rémi Fox.
Synopsis: Frank proves he’s no ordinary rabbit. He’s a highly intelligent “wrabbit” with a philosophical world view that affords him great comfort. Unfortunately, his outlook is challenged when the farmer’s carrots disappear. His quick wit allows him to survive and prosper.
Directed by John Weldon.
Synopsis: Confronted with doubt and feelings of emptiness, drunk with unhappiness and seeking to drown his sorrow, Barnabé experiences a curious metaphysical visitation; lightning strikes the spire of his church and a mysterious bird appears, forcing him to reconsider his life. What is his truth pointing him towards? What is the deeper meaning of his life on earth?
Directed by Jean-François Lévesque.
Release date: July 7, 2024 on Prime Video, Crunchyroll, ADN and Anime Onegai, among others.
Synopsis: No one knows Torako used to be a delinquent. All of her classmates only know her as the perfect student. But everything changes when Nokotan, a transfer student with antlers, enters her life.
Antlers aren’t the only thing strange about Nokotan. Her deer nose can sniff out Torako’s secret past! Whether it’s at school or the zoo, chaos follows this doe-eyed girl’s every step. Torako has so many questions! Is Nokotan a deer, a girl, or something in-between?
Release date: October, 2024.
Synopsis: Due to a conspiracy, Goku and his friends are turned small. In order to fix things, they’ll head off to a new world! It’s a grand adventure with intense action in an unknown and mysterious world. Since Goku has to make up for his petite size, he uses his Nyoibo (Power Pole) to fight, something not seen in a long time.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his last album, Mandatory Fun, “Weird Al” Yankovic has released Polkamania!, a medley of a dozen pop hits.
Animator credits:
Cyriak – “Helena Polka (Al’s Version)”
David Wachtenheim & W/M Animation – “Bad Guy” & “Shake It Off (pt. 2)”
Augenblick Studios – “Hello”
Ghostbot / Alan Lau, Roque Ballesteros, and Roman Laney – “Flowers”
Jack D. Evans – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Vivienne Medrano/Spindlehorse – “Vampire”
Liam Lynch – “Old Town Road”
Jarrett Heather – “Despacito” & “WAP”
Bill Plympton – “Shape of You”
Ryan Krzak – “Uptown Funk”
KukoMitzu – “Thank U, Next”
Victor Yerrid & Melanie Mandl – “Shake It Off (pt. 1)”
Directed and animated by James Siewert.
Noah Benjamin Lennox, also known as Panda Bear, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founding member of the band Animal Collective.
Peter Kember, also known as Sonic Boom, is an English singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was a founding member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3.
Release date: August 14, 2024 on Disney Jr. and Disney+.
Synopsis: Set 200 years before The Phantom Menace, during the High Republic era, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures follows Jedi younglings Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, and Nubs as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way.
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 2 follows the younglings as they continue their training and embark on even bigger missions across the galaxy. Helping to lead the younglings on these missions is Master Zia’s new Padawan, Wes Vinik, and his astromech R0-M1.
As they continue their training and grow in the ways of the Force, the young Jedi will travel to new planets with new and old friends and encounter adversaries like The Ganguls, who are growing in their pirate ranks.