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Welcome to Cartoon Brew’s list of animated series that are due to premiere in 2022 — or have already done so — on U.S. streaming, broadcast, and cable.

The list is far from complete: it will be built as the year rolls on. We will update it regularly, and certainly at the start of every month. For now, we are focusing on what’s coming out in January.

We’re only including series that are officially premiering in the U.S.; new seasons (or new parts of first seasons) don’t qualify. Nor do specials, anime OVAs, or anthology films. The major anime streamers, Funimation and Crunchyroll, simulcast a large number of Japanese series, and as such have many entries here. Linear broadcasters are getting a diminishing number of new shows as the industry pivots to streaming.

Below is the list as it currently stands, along with the series’ premiere dates. The list is accessible from the Charts & Data dropdown on the homepage. If we’re missing any new debuts, please drop us a line.

Adult Swim
  • Smiling Friends (Jan 9)
Amazon’s Prime Video
  • The Legend of Vox Machina (Jan 28)
Apple TV+
  • El Deafo (Jan 7)
Cartoon Network
  • We Baby Bears (Jan 1)
Crunchyroll
  • Freakangels (Jan 27)
  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform (TBD)
  • Cue! (TBD)
  • In the Land of Leadale (TBD)
  • Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (TBD)
  • Love of Kill (TBD)
  • Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department (TBD)
  • My Dress-Up Darling (TBD)
  • Orient (TBD)
  • Sabikui Bisco (TBD)
  • The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest (TBD)
  • Tokyo 24th Ward (TBD)
  • World’s End Harem (TBD)
Funimation
  • Tokyo 24th Ward (Jan 5)
  • My Dress-Up Darling (Jan 8)
  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform (Jan 8)
  • Sasaki and Miyano (Jan 9)
  • Fantasia Sango — Realm of Legends (Jan 10)
  • Tribe Nine (Jan 10)
  • Sabikui Bisco (Jan 10)
  • The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Jan 11)
  • She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (Jan 11)
Netflix
  • Action Pack (Jan 4)
  • Angry Birds: Summer Madness (Jan 28)
  • The Orbital Children (Jan 28)
Peacock
  • The Supernatural Academy (Jan 20)

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Alex Dudok de Wit

Alex Dudok de Wit is Deputy Editor of Cartoon Brew.