Returning and New Animated Series Worth Tuning In For!

Although there isn’t a huge slate of new animated series to debut in the coming months, what’s presented is a wylde selection from North America and Japan

Phineas and Ferb leading the charge for summer animated seriesNow that we’re well into Spring and school is almost over, some kids may well want to laze about watching various animated series on television while others go to camp. Alternatively, some families may well be preparing for going on a massive vacation. Whatever the case, the upcoming slate of programming is small, but I’ll be tuning in to watch at least half of the returning if not new shows.

What’s offered is a handful of series coming out not only here in North America but also Japan. These are shows I’m looking forward to, and list includes broadcast dates where possible.

June 2025
Phineas and Ferb—Season 5

When the beloved step brothers return with new summer adventures, just what these two can get up to is only more chaotic fun, and more tales about what makes this pairing the oddballs that they are. When Michael Bublé and Meghan Trainor have guest roles, there’s something to be excited for!

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Top Five New Cartoon Series To Look Forward To This Fall/Winter

While cable television no longer broadcasts new cartoon series, thankfully speciality networks and streaming can fill the empty space for Gen X’ers and Millennials expecting something new this October.

>Tomb Raider- The Legend of Lara Croft - New Cartoon Unlike the days from when cable television was king, I’m often excited to see something new come to broadcast television. The landscape changed with streaming services, and new cartoon launches can occur anytime of the year. While I’m sticking to tradition, what I offer are series starting during this month as that was the tradition when having cable television was the norm. To note, I’m happy to see Cartoon Network is bringing back Totally Spies! to his slate. It’s not a new series, but I rather love the universe that animation studio Marathon (now known as Banijay Kids & Family) created. Martin Mystery was another series that debuted two years later.

> Although I’m not expecting a revival of this studio’s older works, what I’m looking forward to this year are the following. To note, not every series has a release date, but they are expected this year.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Netflix on
Oct 10

>When Netflix announced that their Tomb Raider anime series will fill in the narrative gap between the more recent prequel games and the original games’ timelines, that should be enough to keep me interested. Although I never kept up with the reinventions and more modern looking games, to have Hayley Atwell (Captain America, Agent Carter) provide the voice of Lara sounds perfect, and I can’t wait for the previews to begin!

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What Cartoon Should Disney Revitalise Next?

Disney is coming close to running out of their own properties to reboot and as for what they’ll revitalise next may be hard to guess.

Disney PlusDisney is close to running out of their own properties to reboot. With Ducktales and Rescue Rangers being in the forefront, what’s left isn’t much. Not everyone is even aware the chipmunk’s ‘continuing’ Park Life adventures is up to season two. This toon has been out for a while, even before the release of the live-action CGI film. And regarding the zinger at the end of the Rescue Rangers film, and all I have to say is, “Yes, please!”

As for Uncle Scrooge and family, it’s possible to see their adventures continue as feature films. Perhaps we can see them embark on adventures where there’ll be more crossovers. As for Cape Suzette; I’d welcome seeing how Kit is handling the family business beyond the one episode featured. The kids have all grown up, and I don’t recall if that episode said where Baloo von Bruinwald and Rebecca Cunningham went.

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Knowledge Network at 40 Years & Kids Programming Block Updates

Knowledge Network’s Knowledge Kids is entirely free and commercial-free across Canada and is carefully vetted and selected by a human (who is also a mother).

Knowledge NetworkThe Autumn television season is almost upon us, and that often means school is starting. Whether that’s post-secondary or elementary, sometimes all it takes is an extra audio-visual component to make learning wonderous–and that’s where Knowledge Network comes in. They have an excellent range of documentaries to help broaden any viewer’s mind.

I fell in love with this network’s offerings because of a special on Australia’s aboriginal culture a long time ago. If only Western Civilization 12 was taught like how this channel enlightens, I may have became an anthropologist instead of journalist. Flash forward to today, this British Columbia based publically funded broadcasting network is continuing with their mission. I mostly watch their specials on ancient history. From time to time, I’ll have their kids programming material playing in the background. In the past, I listened to Bill Nye the Science Guy and tuned into animated adaptations of popular children’s books I grew up reading.

Over the many decades of programming, their Knowledge Kids brand, now in their tween years, is only getting better. Not only can people find it on air Saturday mornings but also to watch on the go on iOS, Android or Roku enabled devices. In 2021, they’re offering something old and something new. I had a chance to correspond with Michele Paris, the Senior Manager of Children’s Programming, on what’s coming up:

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Which Scooby-Doo Are You on Halloween?

Long time fans may well feel jaded Scooby-Doo and gang doesn’t get the love during Samhain. We’re going to highlight the best moments though!

Scooby-DooCuriously, despite the Scooby Doo franchise being over 50 years old, there aren’t that many releases featuring the gang in Halloween-specific adventures. Although there’s a handful of works released during the month of October, they honestly don’t count.

I can only name two–Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School from (1988) and Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020). This romp marks Warner Brothers’s foray into uniting all their franchises by bringing in The Scarecrow from Batman. However, his warning to the gang, “You’re in over your head in this one,” goes unheeded.

They try to figure out what’s going on in this latest crime caper and meet Elvira. Her appearances with this franchise is synonymous with the season. Her appearance here felt more of an obligatory inclusion than anything else. I’d rather return to seeing the gang deal with their usual problem solving from the televised series.

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