Release date: May 15, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, string-puppet rock stars, it can only be Love, Death + Robots.
The fourth volume, presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher, sees Jennifer Yuh Nelson return as supervising director for ten shorts showcasing the series’ signature, award-winning style of bleeding-edge animation, horror, sci-fi and humor.
Release date: June 6, 2025 on Hulu.
Synopsis: The anthology film follows three warriors: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge; a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession; and a World War II pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause.
But while all these warriors are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent — the ultimate killer of killers.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg.
Co-directed by Josh Wassung.
Written by Micho Robert Rutare and Dan Trachtenberg.
Release date: April 25, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Synopsis: WondLa follows 16-year-old Eva 9 as she uncovers truths about her past and the world she calls home.
Picking up from season one’s cliff-hanger, Eva is drawn toward the promise of home — but new discoveries only lead to more unanswered questions.
As she searches for the truth, Eva finds herself pursued by a relentless force that believes she holds the key to something far greater than she ever imagined.
Voice cast:
Jeanine Mason as Eva 9
Teri Hatcher as Muthr
Brad Garrett as Otto
Gary Anthony Williams as Rovender
Alan Tudyk as Cadmus Pryde
John Kim as Hailey
Ana Villafañe as Eva 8
WondLa is based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi.
Release date: June 5, 2025 on Disney Channel and Disney XD. June 6, 2025 on Disney+.
Synopsis: Phineas and Ferb follows the inventive stepbrothers as they tackle another 104 days of summer.
Candace is more determined than ever to finally bust her little brothers while their pet platypus, Perry, continues to lead a double life as the suave Agent P, whose sole mission is to thwart Dr. Doofenshmirtz from taking over the Tri-State Area.
In this new season the boys will break several world records, Candace will take her driver’s license test and Perry will finally make a trip to the vet.
Created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff Marsh.
Release date: May 4, 2025 on Disney+.
Synopsis: The anthology series focuses on the criminal underbelly of the Star Wars galaxy through the experiences of two villains.
Former assassin and bounty hunter Asajj Ventress is given a new chance at life and must go on the run with an unexpected new ally, while outlaw Cad Bane faces his past when he confronts an old friend, now a Marshal on the opposite side of the law.
Created by Dave Filoni.
Written by Matt Michnovetz.
Release date: July 9, 2025 on Comedy Central.
The wait is almost over. After season 26 finished airing March 29, 2023, fans wondered when the series would return. Those with a Paramount+ subscription were treated to 3 specials to make the two-year wait more bearable.
From what we gather, season 27 will feature storylines that parody Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Diddy, as only Parker & Stone can.
US release date: May 25, 2025 on Adult Swim. September 1, 2025 on Max and Hulu.
Season 8 synopsis: Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the other Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a new task? Whatever happens, you can’t keep Rick and Morty down for long. People have tried!
Release date: April 6, 2025 on ADN, Aniplus, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix, and Tropics.
Dubbed episodes in English will stream three weeks after their Japanese television broadcast, beginning April 27, 2025.
Synopsis: Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him.
Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity.
Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
Release date: May 2, 2025 in limited theaters. May 20, 2025 to rent or buy on digital platforms.
Synopsis: Van is a teenage tooth fairy with a rebellious streak who wishes to explore life beyond the boundaries of his secluded civilization and rigid traditions.
When he encounters Rupee, the world’s cutest troll, and Gemma, a daring goblin girl with a knack for science, the three tiny creatures embark on an adventure to unite their separate kingdoms while avoiding malicious encroaching spiders.
Voice cast:
BooBoo Stewart
Larkin Bell
Vivica Fox
Jon Lovitz
Fran Drescher
Directed by Michael Johnson.
Written by Jeffrey Giles, Michael Lurie and Richard Dane Scott.
Release date: Summer, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: Yoshiki and Hikaru live in a rural village and have been close friends since they were young. On a perfectly ordinary summer day, as they laugh over trivial things, Yoshiki turns to Hikaru and says: “You’re not Hikaru, are you?”
Six months earlier, Hikaru went missing in the mountains and returned unexpectedly a week later. The new Hikaru looks and sounds just like the original, but something else is stirring within him.
Yoshiki continues spending his days with the “something” imitating Hikaru, while pretending as if nothing has changed.
Meanwhile, strange incidents begin to plague the village. Thus begins this coming-of-age horror story.
Release date: April 10, 2025 on Netflix.
Synopsis: In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions.
However, Sapientia’s lunar development project, which sends criminals and pollutants to the Moon to maintain Earth’s peace, creates disparity and poverty on the Moon, sparking a catalyst for war.
Jacob “Jack” Shadow gets caught up in this conflict after losing his family to a terrorist bombing by the Moon’s rebel army. Vowing revenge, Jack joins the Earth army as a scout on the Moon, only to discover an unexpected leader among the resistance forces.
Directed by Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan).
Based on the novel by Tou Ubukata.
Release date: June 20, 2025.
Synopsis: Elio is a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession who’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide.
There, Elio is mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader and must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate an intergalactic crisis, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.
Directed by Madeline Sharafian (Burrow), Domee Shi (Turning Red) and Adrian Molina (Coco).
Written by Julia Cho, Mark Hammer and Mike Jones.
PBS KIDS is set to premiere an hour-long special based on Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, the children’s book by Kwame Alexander, alongside Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams, a series of 20 shorts that will introduce kids to jazz music.
Centered on Acoustic Rooster, a guitar-strumming rooster who joins the Barnyard Band of Jazz Greats, the series and special feature 24 original tracks composed by Mark McLean, as well as special guests, including Herbie Hancock and Amy Shook.
The special premieres May 1, 2025. In addition to the sneak peek at the top of this page, a second short will debut April 11, with the remaining rolling out weekly beginning May 9, 2025.
The special follows the musical adventures of Acoustic Rooster and his friends, Mules Davis, Lil’ Herdin, Ella Finchgerald, Duck Ellington, and the Chick-A-Dees.
The Acoustic Rooster shorts and special were created by Kwame Alexander and Kay Donmyer and directed by Rachel Stolberg and Ranjit Gill.
Release date: June 6, 2025 on Nickelodeon.
Synopsis: In Wylde Pak, living together for the first time, half-siblings Jack and Lily are pushed outside their comfort zones as they learn to coexist while navigating new family dynamics, friends, and endless hijinks all while helping run the family’s pet grooming and boarding business.
With guidance from their parents and grandmother, the two will learn about each other’s previously separate lives, blended identity, vibrant culture and the importance of family.
Episode synopsis: Woori World’s special giveaway turns into an all-out store brawl, with customers diving, fighting and wrecking everything in sight just to claim the prize — a box of imported Hallasand cookies.
Release date: April 18, 2025.
Synopsis: Sneaks follows a pair of one-of-a-kind sneakers, siblings Ty and Maxine, stolen by The Collector. In their attempt to escape, Ty ends up separated from his sister in the middle of NYC.
Alone, and desperate to find her, Ty meets with JB, a streetwise, scuffed-up sneaker with an affinity for anything shiny, learning that your best life begins when you get out of your box.
Written by Rob Edwards (Captain America: Brave New World, The Princess and the Frog).
Directed by Rob Edwards and Chris Jenkins (Home, Surf’s Up).
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