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Looking for some spooky animation to watch as the leaves begin to fall and pumpkins grown toothy grins? We’ve put together a list of the animation coming to major streaming platforms in the leadup to Halloween.

Netflix’s schedule is, as usual, packed with new animation, but the most chilling offering looks to be Henry Selick’s upcoming feature Wendell & Wild, which will hit the platform on October 28. Tonko House, indie darling of the festival scene with its Dam Keeper series, will release its most ambitious production yet in Oni: Thunder God’s Tale. Multi-Emmy winning comedy series Big Mouth is back with a new season, while TheOdd1sOut, one of the most successful animation Youtube channels of all time, will premiere its first streaming series Oddballs. And Hamish Steele’s Dead End: Paranormal Park could hit the spot for those in the Halloween spirit.

Hulu and Crunchyroll are bringing the goods for anime fans in October. High-profile premieres shared by the two platforms include Chainsaw Man, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition, and season 3 of Mob Psycho 100.

As animation continues to be harder to find on HBO Max, the service is paying lip service to the artform, at least, in a pair of interesting specials: Before Mickey Mouse: A History of American Animation and Century of Animation Showcase: 1922 – 2022. The streamer will also drop Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! just in time for Halloween.

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 October:

Netflix
  • Barbie: It Takes Two: S2 (series, October 1)
  • Charlotte’s Web: 2006 (feature, October 1)
  • Scooby-Doo (feature, October 1)
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (feature, October 1)
  • Chip and Potato: S4 (series, October 3)
  • Oddballs (series, October 7)
  • Tiger & Bunny 2 (series, October 7)
  • Missing Link (feature, October 8)
  • LEGO Ninjago: S4 Part 2 (series, October 10)
  • Spirit Rangers (series, October 10)
  • The Nutty Boy (feature, October 12)
  • Dead End: Paranormal Park: Season 2 (series, October 13)
  • Exception (series, October 13)
  • Oni: Thunder God’s Tale (special, October 21)
  • Pokémon Ultimate Journeys (series, October 21)
  • Hotel Transylvania 2 (feature, October 27)
  • Romantic Killer (series, October 27)
  • Big Mouth: S6 (series, October 28)
  • Wendell & Wild (feature, October 28)

Disney+
  • The Simpsons: S33 (series, October 5)
  • Puppy Dog Pals: S5 (series, October 5)
  • Zombies: Addison’s Monster Mystery (shorts, October 5)
  • Big City Greens: S3 (series, October 10)
  • Sofia the First: S1-4 (series, October 10)
  • Alice’s Wonderland Bakery (series, October 19)
  • PB&J Otter: S1-3 (series, October 19)
  • SpiderMan: The New Animated Series (series, October 19)
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man (series, October 19)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (feature, October 28)
  • Marvel’s Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (special, October 89)

Crunchyroll
  • My Hero Academia: S6 (series, October 1
  • Spy X Family (series, October 1)
  • Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!: S2 (series, October 1)
  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition (series, October 1)
  • Pop Team Epic: S2 (series, October 1)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (series, October 2)
  • Beast Tamer (series, October 2)
  • IDOLiSH7! Third BEAT! (series, October 2)
  • Shinobi no Ittoki (series, October 4)
  • VAZZROCK the Animation (series, October 4)
  • Mob Psycho 100 III (series, October 5)
  • Do It Yourself!! (series, October 5)
  • Muv-Luv Alternatives: S2 (series, October 5)
  • The Human Crazy University (series, October 5)
  • Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal (series, October 7)
  • BLUELOCK (series, October 8)
  • BOCCHI THE ROCK! (series, October 8)
  • Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: S3 (series, October 8)
  • Chainsaw Man (series, October 11)
  • To Your Eternity (series, October 23)

Hulu
  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition: S1 (series, October 1)
  • My Hero Academia: S6 (series, October 1)
  • Spy x Family: S1 Part 2 (series, October 1)
  • Aliens In The Attic (feature, October 1)
  • Spirit: Stallion Of Cimarron (feature, October 1)
  • A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special (special, October 3)
  • Abominable and The Invisible City: S1 (series, October 5)
  • Mob Psycho 100: S3(series, October 5)
  • The Rising of the Shield Hero: S2 (series, October 10)
  • Chainsaw Man (series, October 10)
  • Pil’s Adventure (feature, October 14)
  • Duncanville: Final 6 Episodes (series, October 18)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (feature, October 31)
  • Hotel Transylvania (feature, October 31)

HBO Max
  • Before Mickey Mouse: A History of American Animation (special, October 1)
  • Century of Animation Showcase: 1922 – 2022 (special, October 1)
  • Open Season (feature, October 1)
  • Open Season 2 (feature, October 1)
  • Rock Dog (feature, October 1)
  • Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob! (feature, October 1)
  • Straight Out of Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (feature, October 8)
  • We Baby Bears (series, October 9)
  • Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (feature, October 15)
  • Pickles (series, October 17)
  • Meet the Batwheels (series, October 18)
  • Green Lantern: Beware My Power (feature, October 24)

Criterion
  • Life, Animated (feature)
  • Sierra (short)

  • Prime Video/Freevee
    • Monster House (feature, October 1)
    • Peabody & Sherman (feature, October 1)
    • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (feature, October 1)

    Paramount+
    • Monster High (shorts, October 1)
    • Monster High The Movie (feature, October 6)
    • Beavis and Butt-Head Classic: S5-7 (series, October 12)
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012: S2 (series, October 19)
    • PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (October 19)

    Peacock
    • Casper’s Haunted Christmas (feature, October 1)
    • How to Train Your Dragon (feature, October 1)
    • Minions (feature, October 1)
    • Monster High (shorts, October 1)
    • The Tale of Despereaux (feature, October 1)
    • Abominable and the Invisible City (series, October 5)
    • Caillou: The Bravest Wolf Boy (October 15)

    Pictured Above: Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, Wendell & Wild, Chainsaw Man