Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, And More In August 2022
August is packed with big-name animated features, series, and specials heading to streaming platforms.
Theatrical fare heading to platforms this month includes Pixar’s Lightyear, which will look to improve on its underwhelming box office performance. Lightyear will be available to stream on Disney+ on August 5.
NBCUniversal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which is still dominating at the box office, is scheduled to drop onn Peacock in August, although we don’t have a precise release date yet. We do know that late last year the streaming service announced it would get every Dreamworks and Illumination film 45-days after they hit theaters, meaning the latest Minions feature is likely to land on the platform in mid-August.
Direct-to-streaming debuts in August include Netflix’s Lost Ollie, a limited series from creator Shannon Tindle and director Peter Ramsey, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. The streamer is also dropping new episodes of The Cuphead Show and the first of two Fullmetal Alchemist features.
On August 5, Apple TV+ will launch Luck, its first-ever animated feature, produced with Skydance Animation. Meanwhile, Paramount+ continues to up its animation game with the additions of the Beavis and Butt-Head series reboot and season three of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
A note on the list: streamers often announce new animation releases mid-month. Our guide only catalogs what the streamers announce at the beginning of the month, but, when possible, we try to update the schedule if there are mid-month announcements. If there are other U.S. streaming services you’d like to see added to our line-up, share a comment below.
Here’s a look at the streaming animation release calendar for the month of August:
Netflix
- Big Tree City: S1 (series, August 1)
- Polly Pocket: S4 (series, August 1)
- Space Jam (feature, August 1)
- Kakegurui Twin: S1 (series, August 4)
- Super Giant Brothers: S1 (series, August 4)
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (feature, August 5)
- Team Zenko Go: S2 (series, August 8)
- Dota: Dragon’s Blood: Book 3 (series, August 11)
- Deepa & Anoop: S1 (series, August 15)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: S3 (series, August 18)
- Tekken: Bloodline: S1 (series, August 18)
- The Cuphead Show: S2 (series, August 19)
- Fullmetal Alchemist The Revenge of Scar (feature, August 20)
- Lost Ollie (limited series, August 24)
- Angry Birds: Summer Madness: S3 (series, August 25)
- Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure: S1 (series, August 25)
- Might Express: S7 (series, August 29)
Prime Video
- Go, Diego, Go! (series, August 1)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (feature, August 10)
Freevee
- Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink (feature, August 1)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (feature, August 1)
- Ozzy (feature, August 1)
- Sausage Party (feature, August 23)
Disney+
- The Ghost and Molly McGee: S1 (series, August 3)
- Lightyear (feature, August 3)
- The Lion King – 2019 Sing-Along Version (feature, August 5)
- The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Sing-Along Version (feature, August 5)
- Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation (special, August 5)
- Bluey: S3 (series, August 10)
- I Am Groot (shorts, August 10)
- Meet Spidey and His Amazing Friends: S2 (series, August 17)
- Beauty and the Beast – 1991 Sing-Along Version (feature, August 19)
- Beauty and the Beast – 2017 Sing-Along Version (feature, August 19)
- Tangled – Sing Along Version (feature, August 19)
- Chibi Tiny Tales: S2 (series, August 24)
- Doc McStuffins: The Doc is 10! (special, August 26)
HBO Max
- DC Showcases Short: Constantine – The House of Mystery (special, August 1)
- Garfield (feature, August 1)
- Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (feature, August 1)
- Teen Titans Go: S7 (series, August 1)
- Belle (feature, August 3)
- The Smiling Friends Go To Brazil (special, August 7)
Peacock
- Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (feature, August 1)
- Shrek (feature, August 1)
- Shrek 2 (feature, August 1)
- Peabody & Sherman (feature, August 11)
- Dragons: The Nine Realms: S3 (series, August 18)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (feature, TBD)
Paramount+
- Beavis & Butt-Head (series, August 4)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: S3 (series, August 25)
- Big Nate (series, August 30)
Hulu
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Season 1 (series, August 1)
- Despicable Me (feature, August 1)
- Despicable Me 2 (feature, August 1)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (feature, August 1)
- Hotel Transylvania (feature, August 1)
- Surf’s Up (feature, August 1)
- Trolls: TrollsTopia: S7 (series, August 11)
- Dragons: The Nine Realms: S3 (series, August 18)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: S1 (series, August 23)
- FX’s Little Demon: S1 (series, August 26)
- The Croods: Family Tree: S4 (series, August 31)
Apple TV+
- Luck (feature, August 5)
Pictured at top: “Lightyear,” “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” “Lost Ollie,” “Luck”
