Welcome to our first-ever monthly guide to streaming animation.
We’ve rounded up the shows and films — new and old alike — coming to Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max in January (in the U.S.). Fully animated and hybrid titles are included, as are documentaries about subjects related to animation. We’ll be publishing a new round-up every month.
Check out our five picks of the month, then scroll on down for the full list.
Our picks
Carmen Sandiego. Netflix’s well-liked take on the long-running edutainment franchise returns for a fourth and final season, which will continue to flesh out the benevolent super-thief’s back story. (Jan 15)
Isle of Dogs. Wes Anderson’s Oscar-nominated feature is a love letter to pooches, an homage to Akira Kurosawa and yakuza films, and an immaculately crafted stop-motion marvel wrapped into one. Three years after its release, it is joining Disney+. (Jan 15)
Studio Ghibli documentaries. Over the last decade or so, the hermetic Japanese studio has greenlit a string of behind-the-scenes documentaries, two of which — The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness and Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki — are on HBO Max. (Jan 12)
Vintage Cartoon Network. HBO Max is also welcoming a torrent of old shows from its sister network. Subscribers can now revisit Codename: Kids Next Door; Courage the Cowardly Dog; Ed, Edd n Eddy; and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. (Already streaming)
Pixar Popcorn. Buried in the deluge of announcements at Disney’s recent Investor Day, this series of mini-shorts is one of the first newly unveiled shows to launch. We know little about it, other than that it features established Pixar characters in new storylines. (Disney+, Jan 22)
Netflix
Abby Hatcher (series; Jan 1)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (feature; Jan 1)
The Haunted Hathaways (series; Jan 1)
Headspace Guide to Meditation (series; Jan 1; Netflix Original)
Running Man (series; Jan 1)
Gabby’s Dollhouse (series; Jan 5; Netflix Original)
Charming (feature; Jan 8; Netflix Original)
The Idhun Chronicles, part 2 (series; Jan 8; Netflix Original)
Mighty Little Bheem: Kite Festival (series; Jan 8; Netflix Original)
Carmen Sandiego, season 4 (series; Jan 15; Netflix Original)
Disenchantment, part 3 (series; Jan 15; Netflix Original)
Kuroko’s Basketball (series; Jan 15)
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie (feature; Jan 15)
Pinkfong & Baby Shark’s Space Adventure (feature; Jan 15)
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, season 2 (series; Jan 22; Netflix Original)
Go Dog Go (series; Jan 26; Netflix Original)
Disney+
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (feature; Jan 1)
Ferdinand (feature; Jan 8)
Star Wars Forces of Destiny (series; Jan 8)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (tv special; Jan 8)
Elena of Avalor, season 3 (series; Jan 15)
Isle of Dogs (feature; Jan 15)
Mary Poppins Returns (feature; Jan 15)
Pixar Popcorn, premiere (series; Jan 22)
Epic (feature; Jan 29)
HBO Max
12 oz. Mouse (series; Jan 1)
Apple & Onion (series; Jan 1)
Batman Beyond (series; Jan 1)
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker (feature; Jan 1)
Batman: Bad Blood (feature; Jan 1)
Batman: Death in the Family (short; Jan 1)
Batman: Hush (feature; Jan 1)
Batman: The Animated Series (series; Jan 1)
Codename: Kids Next Door (series; Jan 1)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (series; Jan 1)
Craig of the Creek (series; Jan 1)
Ed, Edd n Eddy (series; Jan 1)
Happy Feet (feature; Jan 1)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series (series; Jan 1)
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (series; Jan 1)
Happily N’Ever After (feature; Jan 1)
Happily N’Ever After 2: Snow White (feature; Jan 1)
The Jellies! (series; Jan 1)
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (feature; Jan 1)
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (series; Jan 1)
Superman: Doomsday (feature; Jan 1)
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (feature; Jan 1)
TMNT (feature; Jan 1)
Tom Goes to the Mayor (series; Jan 1)
Squish (series; Jan 8; HBO Max Original)
Ben 10, season 4A (series; Jan 9)
Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation (feature; Jan 12)
Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs (feature; Jan 12)
Hellboy: Blood and Iron (feature; Jan 12)
Hellboy: Sword of Storms (feature; Jan 12)
Hellboy: The Dark Below (feature; Jan 12)
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (feature; Jan 12)
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: Amazing Word Explorers (short; Jan 12)
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: Counting on Lemonade (short; Jan 12)
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: The Letter Machine Rescue Team (short; Jan 12)
Leapfrog: Numberland (short; Jan 12)
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (feature; Jan 12)
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (feature; Jan 12)
Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure (feature; Jan 12)
The Ollie & Moon Show (series; Jan 12)
Promare (feature; Jan 12)
Ride Your Wave (feature; Jan 12)
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures (feature; Jan 12)
Vixen (series; Jan 12)
Re:ZERO – Starting Life in Another World (director’s cut), season 1 (series; Jan 15)
Looney Tunes Cartoons, second batch of episodes (series; Jan 21)
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