Bubbleblabber’s Fall 2023 Adult Animated TV Preview
Already the Pumpkin Spice flavors are all over the place, Halloween candy is being sold, and the kids are back in school…its the Fall 2023 season. And despite the fact that we have a multitude of show business strikes, we have a TON of content on the horizon, complete with a few premiere dates that have multiple series premiering on multiple streamers and networks which means some tough viewership decisions are going to need to be made. Fortunately, we’ll be there with you every step of the way starting with our Fall 2023 preview to let you know what’s on tap in the coming months below.
September 2023
Network: Netflix
Part Five Premieres: September 1st
From Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, comes Disenchantment – an adult animated comedy fantasy series following the misadventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion, and her personal demon.
Network: TBS
Premieres: September 4th @ 10 pm ET/PT, check your local listings
Network: Netflix
Premieres: September 7th
Gamera, the giant monster which has been beloved by Kaiju fans across the globe since the 1960s, faces off against five enemy creatures across six episodes in this new animated series.
Network: Paramount+
Premieres: September 7
Boimler (Jack Quaid), Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), Tendi (Noël Wells) and the rest of the U.S.S. Cerritos crew prove they are more than just lower deckers in the official Season 4 trailer!
Network: Adult Swim
Premieres: September 9 at Midnight ET/PT
Prequel to the original “FLCL.” While the adults have no hope for tomorrow, the youth accept the decline and poverty of the city as an ordinary part of their reality, until Haruko throws the city into chaos.
Network: Warhammer+
Premieres: September 13
The new animation takes place deep in the Nephilim Sector, a dynasty of Necrons has awoken from its aeons-long slumber to find a galaxy full of fleshy upstarts making their home in the Pariah Nexus. Emerging from the shadows, Illuminor Szeras begins a truly grand experiment to reinstate Necron supremacy upon the planet of Paradyce.
Network: Netflix
Premieres: September 21
The intense battle action manga “KENGAN ASHURA” (written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon) is a massive hit, having been read by over 500 million people, and remains steadfast as the most popular comic among readers of the online comics website Ura Sunday and the comics app MangaONE.
Part Four Premieres: September 21
With a trusted pair of hairdressing scissors and the ability to disguise himself, Seven offers contract killing for cheap; the problem is he often has trouble completing assignments.
Network: MAX
Premieres: September 21
The Max Original animated series YOUNG LOVE debuts with four episodes THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 on Max. The twelve-episode season will continue with four episodes weekly, leading up to the season finale on Thursday, October 5.
Expanding on the groundbreaking Academy Award®-winning short Hair Love, from creator Matthew A. Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation, YOUNG LOVE gives an honest, heartfelt, and comedic glimpse into the lives of African American millennial parents Stephen Love (Scott Mescudi) and Angela Young (Issa Rae) as they experience the relatable ups and downs of modern life. In remission following a battle with cancer, Angela struggles to balance her work as a stylist with the demands of parenthood, while Stephen attempts to carve out a career as a musician in an ultra-competitive industry. Along with their fearless daughter Zuri (Brooke Monroe Conaway), this tight-knit Chicago family juggles careers, marriage, parenthood, social issues, and multi-generational dynamics, all while striving to make a better life for themselves.
Voices include Scott Mescudi (Stephen Love), Issa Rae (Angela Young), Brooke Monroe Conaway (Zuri Young Love), Loretta Devine (Gigi Young), Harry Lennix (Russell Young), Tamar Braxton (Star), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Sheree), Debra Wilson (Additional Voices), and others.
YOUNG LOVE is based on Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; executive producers, Matthew A. Cherry, Monica A. Young, Karen Rupert Toliver, Carl Jones, David Steward II, Carl Reed; producer, Karen Malach. Produced in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation.
Network: Disney Channel
Premieres: September 23
This season, expect a Michael Bolton guest appearance, plus the likes of June Diane Raphael, Tom Green, Brad Marchand (!!!!), Margo Martindale, Justin McElroy, Tim Meadows, Dean Norris, Ms. Pat, Tim Robinson, Paul Scheer, Amy Sedaris, and comedian Trevor Wallace.
The premiere episodes are entitled ‘Truck Stopped / Jingled’ with the first episode seeing Tilly and Cricket at a truck stop and with Tilly coming up with a jingle for a commercial featuring Bolton guest-starring as “Rick Razzle”. Other episodes will see Cricket attempting stand-up comedy, Bill going nuts, and Gramma attempting to become a minimalist. Also coming, the 100th episode, and a possible musical episode down the road.
Network: FOX
Premieres: September 24th @ 8pm ; Continues October 1st @ 830 pm, check your local listings.
Set in mythical ancient Greece, Krapopolis tells the story of a dysfunctional family of humans, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities, while also trying their best to not kill each other in the process. The series features the voices of Emmy Award-winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso, Game of Thrones), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Matt Berry (What We Do in The Shadows), Pam Murphy (Mapleworth Murders) and Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel).
Network: Tubi
Season Two Part Two Premieres: September 24th
The animated series – based on the renowned, 55-year-old stoner comic and featuring the voices of Pete Davison, Adam Devine, Tiffany Haddish Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Blake Anderson, and others – follows the misadventures of three time-traveling 🌿-loving hippies and their cat as they navigate life after smoking a magical strain that takes the from 1960s counterculture to the present day.
Network: Netflix
Premieres: September 28
The gory and gothic adventures of the Castlevania franchise continue with an exciting new setting and their highest stakes yet. A gripping story of love and loss, Nocturne marks an evolution to the original fan-favorite Castlevania Netflix Series. Featuring a never before seen origin story of Richter Belmont (gaming icon, and one of the Franchise’s most beloved characters).
Network: Disney Channel
Premieres: September 29th @ 800 PM ET/PT, check your local listings
Kiff is ready to have a spooky Halloween, but Barry gets scared easily.
Network: Disney Channel
Premieres: September 29th @ 830 PM ET/PT, check your local listings
“Beta’s Gonna Hate” — Beta suspects that a cleaning robot is actually a chaos bot spy, but Hailey and Scott aren’t so sure.
“The A-maize-ing Maze” — Hailey and Beta ditch Scott to complete a complicated corn maze, but quickly regret it when they become very lost.
