The 10 Best Animated TV Shows on Netflix in May 2024

Archie Fenn
Written By Archie Fenn

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Animation is so easy to get lost in. Despite rarely representing reality, the vivid artistic styles and, often, over-the-top action and comedy draw us in. There’s a reason adult animated comedies have boomed in the last few years, because they’re great.

Here are the 10 best-animated series on Netflix right now.

Hilda

Hilda
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An underrated Netflix original, Hilda follows its titular protagonist as she travels from the wilderness full of elves and giants to a packed city bustling with new friends and mysterious creatures.

The Midnight Gospel

Midnight Gospel
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From comedian Duncan Trussel, The Midnight Gospel is a trippy, mind-altering animation that follows a space caster as he traverses worlds inside his universe simulator. On his adventures, he is often challenged with existential questions about life, death, and everything in between.

Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer
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One of the best anime series on Netflix, Demon Slayer is about… just that. After losing his family to demons, with the exception of his sister, who has been transformed into one, Tanjiro trains to become a Demon Slayer, to hunt down the original demon and turn his sister back.

Love, Death & Robots

Love Death Robots
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The best sci-fi anthology on Netflix right, Love, Death & Robots has three seasons of short films that take alternative looks at the most beloved sci-fi tropes. From robots exploring a post-apocalyptic earth to sentient yogurt taking over the human race, there’s something for everyone in Love, Death & Robots.

Arcane

Arcane
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One of Netflix’s most lorded animated series, Arcane is based on the video game League of Legends and takes two of the most beloved characters from the games and brings their backstories to life.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender original series
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After disappearing for 100 years, Avatar Aang, who can control the four elements (Earth, Fire, Water, and Air), returns to a world fraught with war. With the help of his two friends Katara and Sokka, Aang must reunite the four nations and bring peace and balance to the world.

Cowboy Bebop

Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
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The legendary anime is currently available to watch on Netflix. Cowboy Bebop follows the misadventures of the crew of the Bebop, a gang of interstellar bounty hunters just trying to get by and avoid starvation, all set to a killer jazzy soundtrack. Just don’t confuse this with the terrible live-action remake.

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman
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One of the most iconic adult animations, BoJack Horseman tells the story of the titular washed-up sitcom star as he struggles to stay relevant, write his biography, and turn his life around after he was fired from his hit show.

Entergalactic

Entergalactic
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An animated musical, Entergalactic follows ambitious artist Jabari, who attempts to balance success and love after he moves to his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his neighbor.

Castlevania

Castlevania
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Based on the hit video game franchise of the same name, Netflix’s Castlevania is among the best fantasy medieval fantasy animations of all time. After his wife is killed, Dracula declares war on the nation of Wallachia, leaving it up to a drunkard vampire hunter, an arrogant magician, and Dracula’s own son to try and stop him.

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City of God
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Narcos
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Shadow & Bone
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