Also this month, let’s find out what’s in store for us on streaming services Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+.
Netflix
Barbie – In the world of video games (January 1st)
Barbie is magically transported into her favorite video game and transformed into a fun character on roller skates. During this fantastic adventure he meets Cutie and Bella, the ice skating princess.
Hajime no Ippo – The fight (January 1st)
Ippo Makunouchi is a high school student who is forced to help his mother run the family fish business, so he doesn’t have as much free time as many of his peers. His life is also complicated by constant episodes of bullying of which he is the victim. Only one of these episodes will determine the opportunity for Ippo to change his life: he is actually rescued by a professional boxer named Takamura and decides to follow in his footsteps and start training as a boxer.
The Way of the Apron – The Homemade Yakuza 2 (January 1st)
Tatsu the Immortal is a former yakuza who left the path of the underworld to become an honest man. But is it possible that he’s still getting himself into trouble in this version of the devoted stay-at-home husband?
monster (January 1st)
The protagonist of this title is a Japanese doctor who practices in Germany in an important clinic. In addition to being a surgeon of rare skill, he is also engaged to the hospital director’s daughter. He’s also a humble man with his head on his shoulders, but he has one trait that makes him make a mistake that will cost him dearly: he loves and believes in his work. So far exploited by the director to boost the clinic’s prestige, he comes across a patient’s family member who accuses him of killing her husband, not operating on him and instead dedicating himself to a person who arrived at a later but with one certain notoriety. When asked for advice by his fiancée and father, he was told that all lives are not equal.
Things repeat themselves, this time he’s about to operate on a child when he’s told to leave it alone and go to the mayor. This time he refuses. He saves the child, but the mayor, operated on by colleagues, dies. He falls out of favor with the director and his career seems to be ending, but that’s not what worries him… maybe he shouldn’t have saved the child… he should have let him die… he probably saved a monster’s life.
Vinland saga – season 2 (9 January)
Europe, eleventh century. The Vikings are now an unstoppable force, and no coast on the continent is safe from dragon-snouted ships, particularly those of the Jomsvikings. Battle is always a source of pride for Vikings, but many myths also surround these battles, as those who talk about them most of the time have never experienced one, often leading to certain death. The epic narrative of Vinland Saga begins, intertwining the grand tale and personal events of a group of characters such as young Thorfinn, whose only goal is to quench his thirst for revenge, and Askeladd, a cunning mercenary at the Head of a group of Vikings.
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight – second season (January 12)
A mysterious pair of weasels covet four powerful and dangerous weapons. Accompanied by “Wandering Blade”, Po, a sober English warrior, must ensure that this does not happen. Together, these unlikely paladins embark on an epic adventure to find magical weapons and save the world from destruction while learning from one another along the way.
Junji Itō Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (January 19)
Animated adaptation of various stories by the famous author Junji Itō. Twenty stories for twenty episodes of suspense and horror!
Recording of Ragnarok II – the first 5 episodes (January 26)
The gods meet to decide whether or not to let humanity live. A lone Valkyrie suggests giving the men one last chance and proposes a final battle: 13 gods will face off against 13 humans in one-on-one combat. The future of mankind will depend on it.
Amazon Prime Videos
The Croods 2 – A New Era (January 1st)
Sequel to the famous 2013 film. The prehistoric Croods family is challenged by a rival family, the Bettermans, who claim to be better than them and more evolved.
South Park – first 6 episodes – season 25 (January 12)
Television series that tells the adventures of Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny, four boys who attend elementary school in the small town of South Park in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. In the beginning, the cartoon was created with stop motion (cut-out animation), later this technique was replaced by computer animation.
Breaking the sky Gurren Lagann (15. January)
In a very distant future, frequent earthquakes have forced humanity to live in underground villages that are constantly expanding thanks to the work of some excavators. Among them is Simon, a boy who lost his parents to an earthquake at an early age and found a strange luminous object in the shape of a snail during one of his excavations. That’s where Kamina comes in, a ruthless young man who lives in the same underground village as Simon and dreams of getting to the surface with him. One day, a giant robot breaks through the cave ceiling and starts destroying the village. Kamina bravely decides to face the enemy, armed only with a katana, but is interrupted by a mysterious girl who enters the scene and shoots. This is Yoko, a resident of Ritona Village who hunted the giant robot Ganmen. Here they discover that the ganmen controlled by the human beasts constantly attack humans and are also the cause of earthquakes. While defending Ritona, Kamina manages to snag one of these Ganmen and names it Coo. The trio will choose to head towards the enemy base to end these battles.
Gurren Lagann – The Movie 01 – The End of Childhood (15. January)
Film synopsis of the first part of “Tengen Toppa: Gurren – Lagann”.
Gurren Lagann – The Movie 02 – The lights in the sky are stars (15. January)
Film synopsis of the second part of “Tengen Toppa: Gurren – Lagann”.
The Legend of Vox Machina – second season (January 20)
We will follow the journey of a group of adventurers called Vox Machina. In search of some gold with which to buy a drink without shying away from fun and brawls, our seven heroes will face all sorts of problems to save the kingdom and, why not, their reputation too.
Lupine III vs Cat’s Eye (January 27)
New project celebrating both the 50th anniversary of the Lupine III anime and the 40th anniversary of Tsukasa Hojo’s Cat’s Eye manga. Set in 1980 during the original Cat’s Eye, the three sisters steal three paintings that previously belonged to their father. Lupine has the same purpose, but the paintings hide a secret buried by time.
Overlord II (January 27)
In this second season, we’ll continue to follow the exploits of Ainz Ooal Gown, lich (an undead) with immeasurable powers and ruler of the Great Catacomb of Nazarick, in his attempt to conquer the new world he found himself catapulted into after the closure by Yggdrasil, a MMORPG (MassiveLY Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) in which he played regularly. In this attempt he is aided by the servants and denizens of Nazarick himself, former NPCs (computer controlled characters) created by himself and the others of his guild in the old game, now brought to life along with their phenomenal magical powers. This season, Ainz will begin to violently control the region around the Catacombs by declaring war on the 5 Lizardman tribes, while in the meantime continuing to hide outside the safe walls of his palace under the assumed identity of the adventurer Momon venture out in search of other players who may be trapped in Yggdrasil like him.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch -.Season 2 (January 4)
Clone Force 99, also known as Bad Batch, is a team of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In this series, this group has to face daredevil missions after the clone wars.
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Serial things (I, II)
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