Netflix Announces August 2024 Adult Animation Premieres ; Acquires Venture Bros. Catalog

In terms of adult animation premieres coming to Netflix in August 2024, if you’re an anime fan you’re going to be thrilled because there is a LOT on tap. Moreover, Netflix has acquired 81 episodes of Venture Bros., that they are intending to stream starting August 16th. In the meantime, anime is the name of the game for Netflix and you can get premiere dates for everything below:

 

English Dub Season Three Premieres: August 1

Adapted by the slice of life/romantic comedy manga Kimi ni Todoke, the premise of the series revolves around a girl nicknamed “Sadako” for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.

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Network: Netflix

Premieres: S2 8/6/24

The legendary Weekly Shonen Jump manga series by Nakaba Suzuki, author of “The Seven Deadly Sins,” gets its first anime adaptation! Third-grader Nanaumi Gawain lives with his grandfather in the mountains of Fukushima. He practices baseball with his friends all day long while dreaming of becoming the best hitter in the world. One day, he encounters a female professional golfer named Kiria Nishino and becomes enchanted by golf after hitting the ball over 300 yards on his first drive. Afterward, Kiria helps him move to Tokyo and enroll at Camelot Academy, a world-famous school for junior golfers. There, his innate talent for golf blooms as he ruthlessly competes against gifted rivals from all around the world!

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Network: Netflix

S2P2 Premieres: August 15

The hugely popular martial arts manga series “Baki,” published in Akita Shoten’s “Weekly Shonen Champion” and written by Keisuke Itagaki, has sold over 85 million copies. It tells the stories of various fighters, centered on the epic life-and-death clash between protagonist Baki Hanma and his father Yujiro Hanma, the “strongest creature in the world.” The battle action manga “KENGAN ASHURA,” written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon, is published on the comics website Ura Sunday and the comics app MangaONE. It begins when humble office worker Kazuo Yamashita encounters mysterious martial artist Ohma Tokita and gets wrapped up in the “Kengan” matches, in which corporations settle business disputes by betting large sums on seasoned fighters. This unlikely alliance between underground fighting organizations brings together two titans of martial arts manga as the dream collaboration between “Baki” and “Kengan Ashura” finally becomes a reality! Iconic badasses from both series clash in extreme and unpredictable matchups so thrilling they’re sure to get your blood pumping!

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English Dub Premiere: August 22

The upcoming adventures are set in April, when the cherry blossoms are in bloom and Tokyo is in a festive mood as it celebrates the largest Total Solar Eclipse of the century. As the new moon obscures the sun and gradually dims its light, Usagi and Chibi-Usa encounter Pegasus, who is in search of the chosen Maiden who can break the seal of the Golden Crystal. Meanwhile, a mysterious troupe called the Dead Moon Circus appears in town who’s nefarious plan is to scatter the nightmare incarnations known as Lemures, seize the ‘Legendary Silver Crystal,’ rule over the moon and the earth, and eventually dominate the entire universe…

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Network: Netflix

Premieres: August 29

2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity.

Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.