Netflix’s Anime NYC Line Up Is Ridiculously Stacked

Typically, when a streamer announces new anime shows for a given season , they take a shotgun approach, where quantity trumps quality. Netflix has proven to be an exception to that trend. In keeping with its reputation for smarter curation of animated shows in its catalog, the streamer reminded folks about its slate of absolutely stacked anime with a batch drop of trailers and new looks at upcoming shows.

Despite getting a glimpse of what’s ahead at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, Anime NYC is here, and Netflix has come out to play with a shortlist of new and continuing series bound to occupy the tippy top of folks’ watchlists. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so to expedite the process, we’re gonna run down what was revealed in alphabetical order, including a brief synopsis of their premises, the studio behind them, their cast, and when they’ll premiere.

Animated by Studio Mir ( The Legend of Korra / Devil May Cry ), Bass X Machina is a steampunk western anime where a father battles outlaws, machines, and supernatural oddities to protect his family. The show stars Brian Tyree Henry ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ), musician and actor Janelle Monáe, Tati Gabrielle ( Mortal Kombat II ), and seasoned voice actor Cree Summer. The series premieres on November 3.

Animated by Blue Spirit , season two of Blue Eye Samurai sees roaming samurai Mizu (Maya Erskine) continue her vengeful journey in search of her father in London. Meanwhile, back in Japan, Mizu’s companion Ringo (Masi Oka) searches for a new purpose in life while Akemi (Brenda Song) and Taigen (Darren Barnet) navigate the politics of Edo Castle under a new, dangerous shogun. The series, by writers and showrunners Amber Noizumi and Michael Green , is slated to return in January 2027.

Studio Trigger and CD Projekt RED’s highly anticipated follow-up to the 2023 Anime of the Year-winning series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners follows a new crew in Night City in a 10-episode standalone story set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 . Along their neo-noir journey, the show—which draws heavy inspiration from classic cinema like City of God —asks what extremes its heroes are willing to go to for their stories to matter.

Its cast includes Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, among many other iconic roles) as Weak Kingsley, an edgerunner; Nazeeh Tarsha (Kafka Hibino in Kaiju No. 8 ) as D, a netrunner; Kimoy Lee (Syrup in Witch Watch ) as Talia, a chromed-out Corpo who fraternizes with the Maelstrom gang; and Valeria Rodriguez (Venture in Overwatch ) as Roman Carax, a young cinephile documenting all the horrors in Night City, LiveLeak-style, from his camcorder. The series premieres on October 20.

Jointly animated by Sunrise ( Mobile Suit Gundam / Cowboy Bebop ) and Shaft ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica ), Fool Night , based on Kasumi Yasuda’s ongoing manga series, is a dystopian sci-fi anime set in a world plunged into eternal darkness following an ecological disaster.