Coming off its presentation at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Netflix unveiled its packed slate of animated works coming to the streamer later this year and beyond. Included in its reveal were sneak peeks at upcoming shows, films, and anime we already knew were coming, and we certainly won’t turn down a new look at them to amplify our excitement.
In terms of what’s less new and more of a new look, Netflix debuted the first teaser for WIT Studio’s upcoming remake of The One Piece. Although we already knew the series would be composed of seven episodes, this is the first time we got to see the anime in action. Likewise, Netflix gave us ample help with the English-dubbed trailer of the Straw Hats at the start of their seafaring journey. The One Piece hits Netflix in February 2027.
Next up are new images of Flying Bark Productions’ upcoming TV series, Ghostbusters: Night Shift. Prior to today’s drop, all we’d gotten was poster art and a release window of sometime next year. Now, we’ve got some really sleek images, a logline to piece together a story, and the promise of more adventures in the franchise’s spooky supernatural world. Its logline reads:
New York City, 1994 – Five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, a new wave of supernatural terror hits the Big Apple, forcing a group of scrappy, young New Yorkers—untrained, underappreciated, and kinda sorta responsible for the problem—to put on proton packs, face their fears, and bust some ghosts.
Moving right along, the next cool thing Netflix gave us a look at is Brad Bird’s sci-fi detective film, Ray Gunn, starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits. Alongside getting a new glimpse at its titular characters, we also got a release date for the movie: December 18, 2026. Here’s its plot synopsis:
In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.
Capping things off for Netflix was a new trailer for anime studio Outline’s upcoming film, The Ribbon Hero. The film, inspired by Osamu Tezuka’s beloved manga Princess Knight, sees a princess named Sapphire take up arms to defend her kingdom from a smorgasbord of creatures intent on harming her subjects. The Ribbon Hero releases on August 8th.
Other reveals from today’s Annecy drop that are a little less inside the sci-fi action wheelhouse but nonetheless might be worth folks’ time are Ricky Gervais’ adult animation cat-centric show Alley Cats, coming August 7; Steps, a feature-length reimagining of Cinderella that focuses on the princess’ sisters, starring Ali Wong, Amanda Seyfried, Stephanie Hsu, Nikki Glaser, and Bette Midler, coming November 20; and In Waves, a film about a love story between a surfer girl and a skateboarding guy, starring Will Sharpe and Hsu, coming December 11.
Outside today’s announcement was the reveal that the hit-man-turned-family-man anime Sakamoto Days is getting a second season, which is also due to hit the streamer next year. We also got a look at Mizu in the second season of Blue Eye Samurai. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a bit longer to find out whether Mizu takes revenge on her deadbeat father (likely causing the Great London Fire in the process), since its release date is in the dreaded “coming soon” territory. Good things come to those who wait, and all that jazz.
London has no idea what’s coming. Here’s a new look at Blue Eye Samurai Season 2. pic.twitter.com/ajIAnQMU5d
— Netflix (@netflix) June 23, 2026
Given Netflix’s blockbuster announcement yesterday that it had secured exclusive streaming rights for Shaft and Sunrise’s anime adaptation of Fool Night alongside the promise of more exclusive works to come with Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man studio Mappa, it’s clear the red streamer is serious about becoming the premier destination for animation that relies more on quality than quantity. Regardless, we look forward to marking our calendars and staying alive to see these shows when they release.
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