New Anime Released on Netflix
A comprehensive list of all the new anime on Netflix whether that’s new anime series or new anime movies.
October 1st, 2020
7.6/10 Sword Art Online (Season 3)
Language: Japanese TV-14
A video game whiz helps create a new technology that enables players to guide their online avatars with their own bodies -- but a dark twist emerges.
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, ThrillerCast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination.
8.2/10 Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Season 2)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, DramaCast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Minami Takahashi, Maaya Uchida, Ai Kayano
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 2 nominations.
September 30th, 2020
7.8/10 Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) (Season 3)
Language: Japanese TV-14
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCast: Michael C. Pizzuto, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Daisuke Ono
Runtime: 24 min
September 20th, 2020
7.8/10 Black Butler (Season 2)
Language: Japanese TV-14
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCast: Michael C. Pizzuto, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Daisuke Ono
Runtime: 24 min
September 11th, 2020
7.5/10 Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Part 2)
Language: Japanese TV-Y
Young trainer Ash and his new friend Goh become research fellows at Professor Cerise's laboratory, traveling all over the world to learn about Pokémon.
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, FantasyCast: Ikue Ôtani, Rica Matsumoto, Rodger Parsons, Kayzie Rogers
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 1 nomination.
September 10th, 2020
The Idhun Chronicles (Season 1)
Language: Spanish TV-14
A boy suddenly orphaned fights his parents' killer to save a planet, and discovers a new world of danger -- and wonder.
Genre: Animation, AnimeCast: Itzan Escamilla, Michelle Jenner, Nico Romero, Sergio Mur
September 1st, 2020
8.7/10 The Promised Neverland (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
When three gifted kids learn that their isolated orphanage isn't the haven they thought, they vow to lead the other children in a risky escape plan.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, ThrillerCast: Sumire Morohoshi, Maaya Uchida, Mariya Ise, Yuhko Kaida, Nao Fujita, Shinei Ueki
Runtime: 30 min
7.5/10 Blue Exorcist (Season 2)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Determined to throw off the curse of being Satan's illegitimate son, Rin enters the True Cross Academy to become an exorcist, just like his mentor.
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, HorrorCast: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Bryce Papenbrook, Jun Fukuyama, Johnny Yong Bosch
Runtime: 30 min
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations.
5.6/10 Fate/Grand Order -First Order- (2016)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Discovering that humanity is facing extinction, a new recruit to the Chaldea Security Organization goes back in time in order to save the future.
Genre: AnimationDirector: Hitoshi Nanba
Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rie Takahashi, Madoka Yonezawa, Ken'ichi Suzumura
Runtime: 74 min
Awards: 2 nominations.
8.5/10 Erased (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Satoru Fujinuma can travel back in time to save others' lives. When he wakes up 18 years in the past, he has a chance to save his murdered classmates.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, ThrillerCast: Ben Diskin, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Michelle Ruff, Minami Takayama
Runtime: 30 min
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations.
6.5/10 Children of the Sea (2019)
Language: Japanese TV-PG
Ruka spends her summer at the aquarium, where she's drawn into an enigmatic aquatic event alongside two mysterious boys raised in the ocean.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, MysteryDirector: Ayumu Watanabe
Cast: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
August 20th, 2020
8.4/10 Great Pretender (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-MA
Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, CrimeCast: Natsumi Fujiwara, Chiaki Kobayashi, Mie Sonozaki, Jun'ichi Suwabe
August 14th, 2020
Zoids Wild (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-Y7
A quest for freedom and legendary treasure begins when a cheerful young adventurer follows his father's footsteps to become the greatest Zoids hunter.
Genre: Anime, Kids, AnimatedCast: Kensho Ono, Takahiro Sakurai, Mikako Komatsu, Etsuko Kozakura, Subaru Kimura, Kaito Ishikawa
August 6th, 2020
8.1/10 The Seven Deadly Sins (Season 4 - Imperial Wrath of the Gods)
Language: Japanese TV-14
When a kingdom is taken over by tyrants, the deposed princess begins a quest to find a disbanded group of evil knights to help take back her realm.
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, FantasyCast: Yûki Kaji, Rintarou Nishi, Misaki Kuno, Bryce Papenbrook
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 1 nomination.
August 1st, 2020
8.1/10 Toradora! (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, Ry?ji forms an unlikely friendship with Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, RomanceCast: Rie Kugimiya, Junji Majima, Yui Horie, Hirofumi Nojima
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 3 nominations.
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
In a world where humans are divided between the land and the sea, four childhood friends from the ocean must attend middle school on the surface.
Genre: AnimeCast: Natsuki Hanae, Kana Hanazawa, Ai Kayano, Ryota Osaka, Kaito Ishikawa
July 9th, 2020
Japan Sinks: 2020 (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-MA
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-FiCast: Reina Ueda, Masaki Terasoma, Yûko Sasaki, Tomomi Muranaka
June 30th, 2020
7.2/10 BNA (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Morphed into a raccoon beastman, Michiru seeks refuge, and answers, with the aid of wolf beastman Shirou inside the special zone of Anima-City.
Genre: Animation, FantasyCast: Sumire Morohoshi, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Gara Takashima, Maria Naganawa
June 21st, 2020
8.2/10 Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (Season 1)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, DramaCast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Minami Takahashi, Maaya Uchida, Ai Kayano
Runtime: 24 min
Awards: 2 nominations.
June 18th, 2020
A Whisker Away (2020)
Language: Japanese TV-PG
A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
Genre: AnimationDirector: Jun'ichi Satô, Tomotaka Shibayama
Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Hiroaki Ogi, Mirai Shida, Kôichi Yamadera
Runtime: 104 mins
June 12th, 2020
Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Part 1)
Language: English TV-Y7
Young trainer Ash and his new friend Goh become research fellows at Professor Cerise's laboratory, traveling all over the world to learn about Pokémon.
Genre: Anime, KidsCast: Ikue Otani, Sarah Natochenny, Zeno Robinson, James Carter Cathcart, Michele Knotz, Cherami Leigh
9.2/10 ONE PIECE (4 Seasons)
Language: Japanese TV-14
Monkey D. Luffy sails with his crew of Straw Hat Pirates through the Grand Line to find the treasure One Piece and become the new king of the pirates.
Genre: Anime, Adventure, Comedy, FantasyCast: Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Kazuya Nakai, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Otani
7.0/10 
70/100 Okko's Inn (2018)
Language: Japanese PG
After losing her parents, a young girl learns about grief and healing from a friendly ghost who lives in her grandmother's traditional Japanese inn.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, FantasyDirector: Kitarô Kôsaka
Cast: Seiran Kobayashi, Nana Mizuki, Satsumi Matsuda, Rina Endô
Runtime: 94 min
Awards: 2 nominations.
June 5th, 2020
6.7/10 BAKI (Part 3)
Language: Japanese TV-MA
While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.
Genre: Animation, Action, SportCast: Tôru Furuya, Kirk Thornton, Troy Baker, Nobunaga Shimazaki
Runtime: 45 min
June 1st, 2020
7.0/10 
91% 81/100 Mirai (2018)
Language: Japanese PG
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, FantasyDirector: Mamoru Hosoda
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, John Cho, Crispin Freeman
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 31 nominations.
